Spotify Api Test 1 • 7 min read

curl -X POST "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
     -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=a76d4532c6e14dd7bd7393e3fccc1185&client_secret=1c286b5fd76140b7a7af34792b63b424"

{"access_token":"BQDEVh2YlDKSW7XXxLWjPa6biRnKmD-coVOeDB42zt-ebumGgpDODhnw-OmEjKu3pZaEMC0tvb-Shtqm4Nh3edG5YtC-8Th6tx26C4KqduIjmB3wUVw","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":3600}

curl "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/7LEIVUkXKIOds1qAwz9zf4?si=fWiVakuSRba0e6i3t0ZLvw" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer  BQDtF9rem__6_wgBrKJghWBmIXW5o2Mom8j7ZZk0ex8h3v1NZKuCTahboaWiUuciZjJqmEBuxiqBswJdqf6cFthfUK8MSTdhCaNKcCsLKDhgkGuizEI"

{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "message": "The access token expired"
  }
}

const express = require('express')

var client_id = 'a76d4532c6e14dd7bd7393e3fccc1185';
var redirect_uri = 'http://localhost:8888/callback';

var app = express();

app.get('/login', function(req, res) {

  var state = generateRandomString(16);
  var scope = 'user-read-private user-read-email';

  res.redirect('https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?' +
    querystring.stringify({
      response_type: 'code',
      client_id: client_id,
      scope: scope,
      redirect_uri: redirect_uri,
      state: state
    }));
});

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}