Spotify API

Hey all! Need a little help fetching the track that I'm currently playing. I was going through the documentation and from what I've understood it says that the access token is valid only for one hour. I was planning to have a little section on a website I'm developing to show a "Now Playing - Spotify" section. How do I go about doing that? Thanks

Jochem•7/10/23, 7:05 AM

you redo this when it expires https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/getting-started#request-an-access-token

Jochem•7/10/23, 7:06 AM

generally you'd either set up a catch for whatever fetch you're doing in case of a 400 error that refreshes the token and retries the request

Jochem•7/10/23, 7:07 AM

alternatively, you check before you send to see if the access token is expired or not by just checking the time, then send the refresh request to get a new one before doing the actual request.

SatyaOP•7/10/23, 7:08 AM

I guess the former would be easier

SatyaOP•7/10/23, 7:08 AM

Thanks @Jochem !

Jochem•7/10/23, 7:08 AM

SatyaOP•7/10/23, 7:47 AM

@Jochem I've been trying to fetch the currently playing track but it keeps giving me 404: invalid username

SatyaOP•7/10/23, 7:47 AM

Been stuck here from an hour. Can you help please?

Jochem•7/10/23, 7:48 AM

probably a good idea to make a new post (this one is marked as solved) and include the code. I'll look if I can, otherwise someone else will probably be able to take a look

JJochem probably a good idea to make a new post (this one is marked as solved) and inclu...

SatyaOP•7/10/23, 7:49 AM

Oh ok