He creates a Spotify playlist that follows FIP’s programming in real time

Clever! A passionate fan has created a Spotify playlist that updates in real time with songs played on FIP radio.

But by what magic?

Radio France is playing the open data game to the hilt (thanks public service). On their developer site, you can access a whole host of data on programmes, guests and stations. On this particular subject, there’s no need to look that far. Launch any stream on the site and a little digging reveals the associated metadata. Basically, a text file with artist, song, label…

On the other hand, Spotify also provides a great deal of access to its API. A handy function allows you to search for a track in the database and automatically add it to a playlist.

The catch is that Spotify doesn’t have the entire FIP music catalogue. Radio France’s record library is the 4th largest in the world. All radio stations have the opportunity to rummage through it to find THE right version. So to listen to FIP in the best possible way, it’s best to listen directly to FIP.

What about other radio stations?

Matthou, the Radio France fan, has also created playlists for France Inter, FIP Hip Hop, FIP Electro and FIP Pop. Everything is accessible on his profile.

And for the others, it’s quite easy as long as you find the file that sends the song titles. Then you simply automate it (with or without code).

On Spotify, you have the LiveRadio profile, which offers the previous day’s playlist from around fifty radio stations around the world every day.