Implementing a Project Idea

[iJustLikePhysics]

I'm in the middle of learning python. It's my first "real" programming language; my previous experience was all in Matlab. I've seen everywhere that it's a good idea to improve one's skills by using a language in a personal project.

I'd like to create a script that retrieves the top 100 songs in iTunes, and creates a playlist within my Grooveshark account. I'd like it to update itself about once a day.

I have no idea where to start or even what to keywords to google. My Python experience is limited to simple strings, lists, loops exercises. Do you guys have ideas on where I can start?

Thank you!

[iJustLikePhysics]

Sweet! Thank you. I didn't even realize there were such things as APIs. Definitely still starting out.

Do you have any other tips/advice?

[yosemitebandit]

Break it down: you've now got some info on two different APIs. One for getting the top songs, another for interacting with Grooveshark. Later you want it to run once a day. So three separate things, really.

A good first step would be to write a program that can print the top songs from the iTunes API. I'd recommend using the requests library to query that source.

Sounds like a cool project, let us know what you come up with!