I have a code chunk like this
for track in (results['tracks']):
track_id_chunk.append(track['uri'])
print (str(z) + " - " + track['name'])
try:
r = requests.get(track['preview_url'], allow_redirects=True)
open('dataset/'+genres[x]+"/"+str(track['name'])+'.mp3', 'wb').write(r.content)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print ("---------------------- Couldnt get "+artists[j]+" - "+track['name'] + " !!!")
continue
z+=1
It downloads 30 seconds samples of artists given externally using spotify API.
The problem is when a song has a "/" in its name ("War Pigs / Luke's Wall - 2014 Remaster" for example) the file operation looks for the directory before "/", fails to find it and throws error:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: "dataset/metal/War Pigs / Luke's Wall - 2014 Remaster.mp3"
what is the best practice workaround or solution for this problem?
dzang :
If you are on Linux you can't have slashes in your filename.\nMy suggestion is to replace the character with something else like '-':\n\nstr(track['name']).replace('/', '-')\n",
2020-02-23T16:51:52