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How can I get an access token Spotify API?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 73606 / 8 Years ago, thu, october 6, 2016, 12:00:00

I've been looking at the Spotify api for a few days now and example source code and I still can't figure out how to get an access token to access a user's playlist data. I've gotten to the point where I pull up the login window, the user logs in, and then I receive an authorization code. At this point, I tried doing things like:

window.open(https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?

grant_type=authorization_code&code=+code+&redirect_uri=myurl&client_id=3137b15

2f1424defa2c6020ae5c6d444&client_secret=mysecret);

and

$.ajax(

    {

      url: https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?grant_type=authorization_code&code=+code+&redirect_uri=myurl&client_secret=mysecret&client_id=myid, 

      success: function(result){

        alert(foo);

      }

    }

);

But either way I get a result like:

{error:server_error,error_description:Unexpected status: 405}

instead of a token. I'm sure this is simple but I'm terrible at JS. Please help! Thank you!

(edit) I forgot to mention:

Link to api authentication guide: https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/authorization-guide/

I'm stuck on step 4. I see that there is an alternative method on sending a header parameter or cURL request which might work. But seing as how I have no idea how to do these things I've stuck with sending the client_id and client_secret as body request parameters like I did before for the user login/code.

PS: I'm only using this application I'm writing for myself. Is there a way I could hardcode a token in without going through this process instead?

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answered 8 Years ago carlo · Accepted Answer

When the authorization code has been received, you will need to exchange it with an access token by making a POST request to the Spotify Accounts service, this time to its /api/token endpoint:

So you need to make a POST request to the Spotify API, with the parameters in the request body:

$.ajax(

  {

    method: POST,

    url: https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token,

    data: {

      grant_type:    authorization_code,

      code:          code,

      redirect_uri:  myurl,

      client_secret: mysecret,

      client_id:     myid,

    },

    success: function(result) {

      // handle result...

    },

  }

);

(As a sidenote, Unexpected status: 405 refers to the HTTP status code 405 Method Not Allowed, which indicates that the request method you tried—a GET request—is not allowed on that URL.)