8Tracks Fandom Community

[morgandawn]

 First: fans are gathering and tracking the tags they are archiving here.  We can only grab 1000 playlists per tag so if your fandom has more than 1k, you will need to add additional tags to get the number down. How to extract links

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)

 

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.

 

If you have any questions let me know.

 

My email is admin@vidders.net.

 

I have assisted on projects to backup tumblr, Yahoo Groups and now 8tracks.

 

I am the admin of vidders.net the largest streaming vidding network online.

 

You can share this sheet with anyone who would like to do the same thing you are about to do

 

Again if there are any questions just email.
 

edited: if you are using [Bad username or unknown identity: vidderkidder's] Excel VBA macro, he did a tutorial video
 https://youtu.be/4WlI4yGW-8M