topic Re: 500 internal server error in Spotify for Developers

500 internal server error

deepaksai__ — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:25:37 GMT

i got a token by making a post request using the client credentials and

{ 'grant_type':'client_credentials',
'scope': 'user-read-recently-played'} in header. as data for that post request.

But when i use this token to get recently played tracks- https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played, it gives me a 500 error:

{'error': {'status': 500, 'message': 'Server error.'}}

Any idea what is happenning here?

Re: 500 internal server error

Hubo — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 11:35:04 GMT

Hey @deepaksai__, thanks for your post here!

Since the client credentials flow does not include authorization, only endpoints that do not access user information can be accessed. You can use another authentication flow for getting recently played tracks from a user. Let me know if you have any questions!

Have a great day,

Hubo

Re: 500 internal server error

bananaboydan — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:56:22 GMT

Hey Hubo, I know it's over a year late but I am experiencing the same error, how should I go about retrieiving data for a user's recently played tracks? If client credentials is not the way

Re: 500 internal server error

Ximzend — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:31:08 GMT

@bananaboydan, any other flow shown at this page: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/authorization