Make --archive save the links to the downloaded songs as soon as the songs are downloaded

[truppelito]

Requested Feature

If I run spotdl download https://link-to-a-playlist --archive my-archive-path it seems that spotdl only writes the downloaded files to the archive once the entire source has been parsed through and downloaded. So imagine this playlist has 500 songs. If spotdl successfully downloads the first 499 songs and has an issue on the last song and crashes, then the archive file will be empty. I use the archive file to keep, well, an archive of the downloaded songs. In this case, there will be 499 songs that are downloaded but the archive doesn’t reflect that fact.

Would it be possible to change --archive so it writes down the downloaded songs as soon as they are successfully downloaded?

Possible implementation

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[Shajal-Kumar]

Hi @truppelito , I'd like to work on this issue if you haven't started on it yet.

[truppelito]

This one I haven't, feel free!

[Silverarmor]

Hi @truppelito and @Shajal-Kumar .

Great to see you around the spotDL project. We are always on the lookout for more volunteers to contribute to spotDL.
Would you be interested in joining the spotDL development team?

Thanks for your contributions thus far.
You can also join the spotDL discord @ https://discord.gg/xCa23pwJWY

[Shajal-Kumar]

@Silverarmor I'd love to join the spotDL development team! Thanks for the opportunity.

[truppelito]

@Silverarmor Yes, thank you!

[Silverarmor]

Thanks @Shajal-Kumar @truppelito
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