Spotify is randomly timing out my API requests?

DylenLiverman — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 02:39:05 GMT

I have made an app in python that needs to update a UI with currently playing song info around every second (I have a progress bar for the songs duration) but my requests are randomly timed out with spotify returning a 401. I use spotipy to interact with the API and I have added my account to my dashboard, but no dice. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have attached the error and here is my code that requests the API:

username = 'apple11533334334343'
scope = 'user-read-currently-playing'

token = util.prompt_for_user_token(username, scope, redirect_uri='http://localhost:8888/callback')

spotify = spotipy.Spotify(auth=token, requests_timeout=10, retries=10)

image_data = requests.get('https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048515f1590fb5d2f9e1bed8bb2e8').content #creates a default image to be changed since get_info doesnt update fast enough
track_name = str()
artists_name = str()
album_name = str()
progress = 0.1
total_length = 0.1

def get_info():

    while True:

        try:

            info = spotify.current_user_playing_track()
            
            #print(json.dumps(info, indent=4))

            global image_data
            global track_name
            global artists_name
            global album_name
            global progress
            global total_length
            
            #get the data from the json returned
            track_name = info['item']['name']
            artists = [artist for artist in info['item']['artists']]
            artists_name = ', '.join([artist['name'] for artist in artists])
            image_info = info['item']['album']['images'][1]
            album_name = info['item']['album']['name']
            progress_ms = info['progress_ms']
            track_length = info['item']['duration_ms']
            track_url = info['item']['external_urls']['spotify']
            
            #make variables to use in app
            track_name = 'Song Title: ' + track_name
            artists_name = 'Artists: ' + artists_name
            album_name = 'Album Name: ' + album_name
            
            #convert the time to s for progress bar
            progress = progress_ms / 1000
            total_length = track_length / 1000
            
            #get the image from the url to put in app
            image_url = image_info['url']
            image_data = requests.get(image_url).content

        except TypeError:
            track_name = 'No Song Playing'
            artists_name = '...'
            album_name = '...'
        except socket.gaierror:
            print('Connection Error, try connecting wifi dumbass')
        except ConnectionError as e:
            print(f"Connection error encountered {e}")
        except TimeoutError:
            print("Timeout Error")

Re: Spotify is randomly timing out my API requests?

Ximzend — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:07:46 GMT

401 means that the access token is expired. This happens after an hour.

Re: Spotify is randomly timing out my API requests?

DylenLiverman — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 15:01:54 GMT

An hour of cumulative use? Because it happens at random times after I start making new requests. For example I have had times where I start the program and 30 seconds later I get 401, and then other times it takes like 30 minutes.

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