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wedonnotcare) wrote2019-12-30 01:55 pm
wedonnotcare) wrote2019-12-30 01:55 pm
Saving 8track's fandom playlists info
Hello! Given the fact that 8tracks recently announced that they will be closing down on December 31st, fans have been trying to save all the fandom playlists they can so they don't get lost when the website shuts down. Good news! There is a way to easily extract the information of all the playlists in a 8tracks tag. Here's a post explaining how to do it.
This post is meant to be a place where people who are extracting URLs from tags (of any fandom!) on 8tracks before the closing of the site can post their progress in a comment to avoid extracting the same tags multiple times. Not everyone extracting URLs will know about this post so it will be incomplete, this is just one attempt to avoid unnecessary duplicates. Anonymous commenting is enabled, so you don’t need an account to let us know your progress!
UPDATE:
Thanks to VidderKidder, we now have an excel spreadsheet that will archive the playlist info (note: the playlist text file will be in a json format, but using the spreadsheet is a super fast way to getting the metadata and the covers).
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Download: http://bit.ly/8trackback
(you will need to have Macros enabled to run the spreadsheet)
https://powerspreadsheets.com/how-to-
Use the first sheet tab to paste your URLs and click the button to run.
What it will do:
*Extract relevant meta data from the playlist page and put it in your Excel Spreadsheet
*Download the JSON file with the playlist details to a folder on your desktop (8tracks)
*Download the cover photo for each playlist to a folder on your desktop (8tracks)
What you should do:
*Paste urls on the first column of the first sheet tab
*Create a folder on your desktop called 8tracks
*Click the button.
*When you are done and you want to run a new batch copy the info to the second tab
*Clear out the old urls and relevant info on the first tab and paste in the new urls and run again.
Here's a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/4WlI4yGW-8M
If you have any questions you can contactmorgandawn at admin@vidders.net
This post is meant to be a place where people who are extracting URLs from tags (of any fandom!) on 8tracks before the closing of the site can post their progress in a comment to avoid extracting the same tags multiple times. Not everyone extracting URLs will know about this post so it will be incomplete, this is just one attempt to avoid unnecessary duplicates. Anonymous commenting is enabled, so you don’t need an account to let us know your progress!
UPDATE:
Thanks to VidderKidder, we now have an excel spreadsheet that will archive the playlist info (note: the playlist text file will be in a json format, but using the spreadsheet is a super fast way to getting the metadata and the covers).
**********************
Download: http://bit.ly/8trackback
(you will need to have Macros enabled to run the spreadsheet)
https://powerspreadsheets.com/how-to-
Use the first sheet tab to paste your URLs and click the button to run.
What it will do:
*Extract relevant meta data from the playlist page and put it in your Excel Spreadsheet
*Download the JSON file with the playlist details to a folder on your desktop (8tracks)
*Download the cover photo for each playlist to a folder on your desktop (8tracks)
What you should do:
*Paste urls on the first column of the first sheet tab
*Create a folder on your desktop called 8tracks
*Click the button.
*When you are done and you want to run a new batch copy the info to the second tab
*Clear out the old urls and relevant info on the first tab and paste in the new urls and run again.
Here's a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/4WlI4yGW-8M
If you have any questions you can contact
morgandawn at admin@vidders.net
JSONs so far
I have done:
-xena warrior princess
-femslash
-supercorp
-supergirl
-eurovision
And I'm trying to get *everything* from the doctor who tag. I got everything that wasn't tagged with a distinct tag, and have done these <1000s: doctor x rose, romana, romana x doctor, academy era, mickey smith, vastra/jenny, sally sparrow .torchwood, trock, osgood, classic who, faction paradox, big finish, doctor who eu . koschei .trock .companions .the rani . cybermen . charley pollard . dw . the companions the ponds .rory williams . gallifrey . bad wolf . tardis . clara x danny .twissy .time hunter .tentoo x rose . blake’s seven .
still got a lot more to do but, keeping at it... I hope someone gets some Glee and Harry Potter ones. I sadly only have time to do 1 big fandom ):
Re: JSONs so far
(Anonymous) 2019-12-31 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)I probably won't have time to do more than that.
Re: JSONs so far
I also have URLs for
Twilight
The Twilight Saga
Edward Cullen
Bella Swan
Jacob Black
But I'm not sure I'll have time to run them all.
Re: JSONs so far