Build a Spotify music discovery app – Python & Flask

Welcome!

Have you ever wondered about automating your music playlists? How cool would it be to have a brand new playlist every couple of weeks with all new music by your favorite artists? All with the click of a button!

There are tons of web development and python courses out there that re–use the same boring and monotonous projects to help you along your learning journey. This course is very different!

In this course you’ll be creating an application that, when executed, will create a Spotify playlist in your profile with all new music releases by your favorite artists. You’ll be learning how to use Flask to create a back–end web application that communicates with Spotify’s API to gather this music data.

This code–along course will allow you to learn new skills while creating a practical and useful app that you can show off to your friends. If you’re a newbie developer or just starting out in your career, this will also give you a great foundation to building your portfolio and increasing your earning potential.

Important skills you’ll learn:

Flask

Python virtual environments

How to use Web API’s

Authorization/Authentication flows

How to structure an application

And much more!

This course is suitable for beginner and intermediate programmers, but assumes you have some previous python experience.