Productivity

Archive Discover Weekly Tracks

Add tracks missing from an archive playlist from Spotify Discover Weekly.

Setup

Both the Open Flow Spotify Connection and n8n Spotify client need Spotify Extended Quota Mode, where the legacy playlist tracks API remains available. Development Mode has different endpoints and restricts access to playlists the user does not own or collaborate on. Connect Spotify with playlist read and write permissions. Save exactly one playlist named Discover Weekly and create exactly one editable playlist named Discover Weekly Archive. To use a different archive name, set Archive Name in Find both playlists in Open Flow, or edit the archive rule in Switch in n8n. Use one format at a time.

Behavior

Every Monday at 08:30 UTC, read all playlists and both track lists, compare track URIs and append each missing Discover Weekly track to the archive. The source used the n8n instance timezone; review the explicit UTC schedule.

Open Flow checks for unique playlist names and valid track URIs before writes, reads all pages, and can add to an empty archive. The original n8n path may stop on an empty input before comparing. Duplicate new track URIs are each appended; an already archived URI is skipped. Playlist data must fit workflow execution limits. Concurrent playlist edits can change the comparison. Earlier additions remain if a later request fails, and an uncertain response may mean a track was added. Check Spotify before retrying; no automatic retry or rollback is configured.

Inspiration & credits

Changes to the source

Use an explicit UTC schedule and require the legacy Spotify endpoint contract available to Extended Quota Mode apps.
Open Flow validates playlist names and track URIs and supports an empty archive; the n8n graph retains the source flow.

Adapted from Archive Discover Weekly tracks in Zie619/n8n-workflows. The matching n8n community listing credits JYLN and acknowledges Trey’s earlier workflow. The original template does not state a separate license.

The collection’s MIT notice is pinned at a later revision. This is the collection notice at that revision; it does not establish a separate original template author’s license. Our changes are listed above; see repository licensing.

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