client credentials not refreshing token

mannypaz — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:04:46 GMT

Device

Operating System

Mac

My Question or Issue

I am attempting to use the web-api-ts-sdk inside a Nextjs server action. I am using the withClientCredentials(), which I would assume I would not need to refresh the access token. But I get the following error when trying to use the client, after successfully creating the client:

"Bad or expired token. This can happen if the user revoked a token or the access token has expired. You should re-authenticate the user."

I am just trying to search something with the api, so not accessing user data.

export const createClient = async () => {

const cl = SpotifyApi.withClientCredentials(

process.env.SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID ?? "",

process.env.SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET ?? "");

return cl;

}

Re: client credentials not refreshing token

smacklol — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:39:18 GMT

Is that createClient fn within 'use server' file? Or do you import it into a 'use server' file and call it from within a server action definition?

I don't use server actions myself too often, but it might be a good idea to have the SDK client creation within the server action itself and not a separate function. That way it's always encapsulated in the server action execution and gets a fresh access token every time. Next.js can be funky sometimes

```

"use server"

export const MyServerAction = async () => {

// Start client within server action, not separate

const cl = await SpotifyApi.withClientCredentials(args...);

// Do stuff with client

return;

}

```

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