How to Build a Python Bot that Emails Random Song Lyrics Daily

Introduction

Hello, I’m a Python enthusiast. In a recent Python group a senior member shared an interesting script that automatically sends song lyrics to an email address on a schedule. I’m sharing the complete solution here.

Implementation Idea

The approach consists of three parts: (1) a Python web‑scraper that fetches lyric data from a public music API, (2) an email‑sending routine that builds an SMTP message with the lyrics, and (3) a scheduler—Windows Task Scheduler—to run the script periodically.

Implementation Process

The core code is shown below. It retrieves a random song ID, extracts the song name and lyrics, and sends them via a QQ mail SMTP server.

import json, random
import requests
import parsel
import smtplib
import schedule
import time
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from email.mime.text import MIMEText
from email.header import Header

def recipe_spider():
    headers = {
        'Cookie': 'kw_token=6A3S4588YMS',
        'csrf': '6A3S4588YMS'
    }
    url = 'http://www.kuwo.cn/api/www/bang/bang/musicList?bangId=93&pn=1&rn=30'
    resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    text = resp.text
    text_dict = json.loads(text)
    musicList = text_dict['data']['musicList']
    music_list = []
    for music in musicList:
        dit = {}
        dit['musicrid'] = music['musicrid'].split('_')[1]
        dit['name'] = music['name']
        music_list.append(dit.copy())
    list_num = []
    for i in range(30):
        music_num = music_list[i]['musicrid']
        list_num.append(music_num)
    a = random.choice(list_num)
    url1 = 'http://www.kuwo.cn/play_detail/' + a
    html_data = requests.get(url=url1).text
    sel = parsel.Selector(html_data)
    name = sel.xpath('//*[@class="song_name flex_c"]/span/text()').get().strip()
    lyric = sel.xpath('//*[@id="lyric"]/div/p/text()').getall()
    lyric1 = '
'.join(lyric)
    return lyric1

def send_email(lyric1):
    global account, password, receiver
    mailhost = 'smtp.qq.com'
    qqmail = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(mailhost, 465)
    qqmail.login(account, password)
    content = 'Dear, today the song is:
' + lyric1
    message = MIMEText(content, 'plain', 'utf-8')
    subject = 'What to listen today (with lyrics)'
    message['Subject'] = Header(subject, 'utf-8')
    try:
        qqmail.sendmail(account, receiver, message.as_string())
        print('Email sent successfully')
    except:
        print('Email sending failed')
    qqmail.quit()

def job():
    print('Starting a task')
    lyric1 = recipe_spider()
    send_email(lyric1)
    print('Task completed')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    job()

Running the Script

After filling in your email address, the corresponding authorization code, and the recipient’s address, run the script. An email containing the song name and its lyrics will be delivered to the specified inbox.

Scheduling with Windows Task Scheduler

You can automate the script to run daily using Windows Task Scheduler. Create a new task, set the trigger time, and point the action to the Python interpreter with this script as the argument.

Conclusion

This article demonstrates a small project that combines Python web scraping, email automation, and Windows scheduling to deliver random song lyrics to your inbox each day, offering a practical example of backend automation.