main.py

sp = spotipy.Spotify(
    auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(
        scope="playlist-modify-private",
        redirect_uri="http://example.com",
        client_id=YOUR UNIQUE CLIENT ID,
        client_secret= YOUR UNIQUE CLIENT SECRET,
        show_dialog=True,
        cache_path="token.txt"
    )
)
user_id = sp.current_user()["id"]
date = input("Which year do you want to travel to? Type the date in this format YYYY-MM-DD: ")
song_uris = ["The list of", "song URIs", "you got by", "searching Spotify"]

playlist = sp.user_playlist_create(user=user_id, name=f"{date} Billboard 100", public=False)
# print(playlist)

sp.playlist_add_items(playlist_id=playlist["id"], items=song_uris)

I'm so happy that I was able to finish this project. There might be some problems on the solution due to some system update but glad that I was able to solve it through the help of the people here. Thank you so much.

The solutions I did are:

1. The redirect URI should be "https://open.spotify.com/" not "'https://example.com/", and should also match the redirect URI on your Dashboard App URI
2. I changed the scope from "playlist-modify-private" to "playlist-modify-private playlist-modify-public". There should be two scopes added.
3. When the "Enter the URL you are directed:" pop up on your console, copy the whole URL to which you are directed. It won't appear the second time you run your code again.

Here's my code. Hope it helps:

import export
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth

date = input("Which year do you want to travel to? Type the date in this format YYYY-MM-DD: ")

url = f'https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/{date}/'
headers = {'user-agent': 'your own user agent'}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text,'html.parser')
song_names_spans = soup.select("li ul li h3")
song_names = [song.getText().strip() for song in song_names_spans]
print(song_names)

REDIRECT_URI = "https://open.spotify.com/"

sp = spotipy.Spotify(
auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(
client_id=CLIENT_ID,
client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET,
redirect_uri=REDIRECT_URI,
cache_path="token.txt",
scope="playlist-modify-private playlist-modify-public"))

year_input = date.split("-")[0]
song_uris = []

for song in song_names:

search_requests = sp.search(q=f"track:{song} year:{year_input}")

try:
    uri = search_requests["tracks"]["items"][0]["uri"]
    song_uris.append(uri)

except IndexError:
    print(f"\n{song} does not exist in Spotify. Skipped...\n")

user_id = sp.current_user()["id"]

playlist = sp.user_playlist_create(user=user_id,
name=f"{date} Billboard 100",
public=False,
description=f"Top 100 songs on {date}")

sp.playlist_add_items(playlist_id=playlist["id"], items=song_uris)

Good to hear, ChaVarilla!
Happy Learning!

As of October 2025, this code is working as attended for everyone reference

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

user_input = input('Which year do you want to travel to? Type the date in this format YYYY-MM-DD: ')

headers = {'User-Agent': 'MY USER AGENT'}

site_html = requests.get(f'https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/{user_input}/', headers=headers).text
soup = BeautifulSoup(site_html, features='html.parser')

top_100 = soup.select('li ul li h3')
top_100_list = [songs.text.strip().replace('\n', '').replace('\t', '') for songs in top_100]

#print(top_100_list)
sp = spotipy.Spotify(
    auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(
        client_id=os.getenv('SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID'),
        client_secret=os.getenv('SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET'),
        scope='playlist-modify-private',
        cache_path='token.txt',
        redirect_uri='http://127.0.0.1:9090',
        show_dialog=True,
        username='g35k',
))
user_id = sp.current_user()["id"]

song_uris = []
year = user_input.split('-')[0]
print(year)
for song in top_100_list:
    result = sp.search(q=f'track:{song} year:{year}', type='track')
    print(result)
    try:
        uri=result['tracks']['items'][0]['uri']
        song_uris.append(uri)
    except IndexError:
        print(f'{song} not found')


playlist = sp.user_playlist_create(user=user_id, name=f'{user_input} Billboard 100', public=False)


sp.playlist_add_items(playlist_id=playlist['id'], `items=song_uris)```

I believe struggling to understand the API document is a benefit, Learning happen best when struggling lol.