{"id":28206,"library":"spotify-ripper-morgaroth","title":"spotify-ripper-morgaroth","description":"A fork of spotify-ripper that rips Spotify URIs to audio files. It uses libspotify to stream audio and encodes it to MP3, FLAC, etc. Current version 2.9.6. Release cadence is irregular; last release in 2020.","status":"maintenance","version":"2.9.6","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/morgaroth/spotify-ripper","tags":["spotify","ripper","audio","fork"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install spotify-ripper-morgaroth","lang":"bash","label":"pip"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"Incorrect due to package structure; use correct import path.","wrong":"from ripper import Ripper","symbol":"Ripper","correct":"from spotify_ripper import Ripper"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from spotify_ripper import Ripper\n\nusername = os.environ.get('SPOTIFY_USERNAME', '')\npassword = os.environ.get('SPOTIFY_PASSWORD', '')\nripper = Ripper(username=username, password=password)\nripper.rip('spotify:track:4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT', output_dir='/tmp')","lang":"python","description":"Instantiate Ripper with Spotify credentials and rip a track."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Consider using spotdl or other alternatives that use the Web API.","message":"This library uses libspotify, which is deprecated by Spotify. New accounts may not work.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Ensure valid SPOTIFY_USERNAME and SPOTIFY_PASSWORD environment variables are set before instantiation.","message":"Ripper constructor may hang if credentials are invalid; no timeout handling.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run 'pip install spotify-ripper-morgaroth'.","cause":"Installed wrong package name or package not installed.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'spotify_ripper'"},{"fix":"Use 'from spotify_ripper import Ripper'.","cause":"Importing incorrectly or older version.","error":"AttributeError: module 'spotify_ripper' has no attribute 'Ripper'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}