diff --git a/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.cpp b/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.cpp
index 37dd2f8b3..a8d20241f 100644
--- a/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.cpp
+++ b/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ SongList PlaylistParser::Load(const QString &filename, const QString& playlist_p
   return parser->Load(&file, playlist_path, info.absolutePath());
 }
 
+SongList PlaylistParser::Load(QIODevice* device, const QString& path_hint,
+                              const QDir& dir_hint) const {
+  // Find a parser that supports this data
+  ParserBase* parser = MaybeGetParserForMagic(device->peek(kMagicSize));
+  if (!parser) {
+    return SongList();
+  }
+
+  return parser->Load(device, path_hint, dir_hint);
+}
+
 void PlaylistParser::Save(const SongList &songs, const QString &filename) const {
   QFileInfo info(filename);
 
diff --git a/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.h b/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.h
index fc3411a5d..32a9a2156 100644
--- a/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.h
+++ b/src/playlistparsers/playlistparser.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #ifndef PLAYLISTPARSER_H
 #define PLAYLISTPARSER_H
 
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QObject>
 
 #include "core/song.h"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public:
   ParserBase* ParserForExtension(const QString& suffix) const;
 
   SongList Load(const QString& filename, const QString& playlist_path = "", ParserBase* parser = 0) const;
+  SongList Load(QIODevice* device, const QString& path_hint = "", const QDir& dir_hint = QDir()) const;
   void Save(const SongList& songs, const QString& filename) const;
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/clementine.sip b/src/scripting/python/clementine.sip
index 3e3e67131..55b392393 100644
--- a/src/scripting/python/clementine.sip
+++ b/src/scripting/python/clementine.sip
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 %Include libraryquery.sip
 %Include mergedproxymodel.sip
 %Include network.sip
+%Include parserbase.sip
 %Include player.sip
 %Include playlist.sip
 %Include playlistitem.sip
 %Include playlistmanager.sip
+%Include playlistparser.sip
 %Include playlistsequence.sip
 %Include pythonengine.sip
 %Include radiomodel.sip
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/parserbase.sip b/src/scripting/python/parserbase.sip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d44a463e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/parserbase.sip
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class ParserBase : QObject {
+%TypeHeaderCode
+  #include "playlistparsers/parserbase.h"
+%End
+
+public:
+  ParserBase(LibraryBackend* library, QObject* parent /TransferThis/ = 0);
+
+  virtual QString name() const = 0;
+  virtual QStringList file_extensions() const = 0;
+  virtual QString mime_type() const;
+
+  virtual bool TryMagic(const QByteArray& data) const = 0;
+
+  virtual SongList Load(QIODevice* device, const QString& playlist_path = "", const QDir& dir = QDir()) const = 0;
+  virtual void Save(const SongList& songs, QIODevice* device, const QDir& dir = QDir()) const = 0;
+};
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/playlistparser.sip b/src/scripting/python/playlistparser.sip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2688e11fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/playlistparser.sip
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+class PlaylistParser : QObject {
+%TypeHeaderCode
+  #include "playlistparsers/playlistparser.h"
+%End
+
+public:
+  PlaylistParser(LibraryBackend* library, QObject* parent /TransferThis/ = 0);
+
+  static const int kMagicSize;
+
+  QStringList file_extensions() const;
+  QString filters() const;
+
+  QString default_extension() const;
+  QString default_filter() const;
+
+  ParserBase* MaybeGetParserForMagic(const QByteArray& data,
+                                     const QString& mime_type = QString()) const;
+  ParserBase* ParserForExtension(const QString& suffix) const;
+
+  SongList Load(const QString& filename, const QString& playlist_path = "", ParserBase* parser = 0) const;
+  SongList Load(QIODevice* device, const QString& path_hint = "", const QDir& dir_hint = QDir()) const;
+  void Save(const SongList& songs, const QString& filename) const;
+};