Issue with Device Recognition When Using Multiple Accounts in Spotify App Development

Rene25 — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:55:50 GMT

Hello,

I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I created an app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard with the acc_DEV account, called "timing playlist."

I wrote a program on my Raspberry Pi and connected it to the app via spotifyd. I used the client_id and client_secret from the app I created, which I entered into my configuration file. Here's a simplified version of my code (without the actual client_id and client_secret):

import spotipy from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth( client_id='your_client_id', client_secret='your_client_secret', redirect_uri='http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback', scope='user-library-read user-read-playback-state user-modify-playback-state' )) # Try to get list of devices devices = sp.devices() print(devices)

The issue I'm encountering is that when I run the program, the "Raspberry Pi" device is not found. The only device shown is another one that is linked to my acc_DEV account. However, when I check via my phone (which is logged into my main account, acc_MAIN), I can see and control the "Raspberry Pi" device just fine.

It seems like I may have logged into the app with the wrong user account on my raspberry pi. How can I ensure that my app uses the correct account acc_DEV to control the "Raspberry Pi"?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Best regards,

René

Re: Issue with Device Recognition When Using Multiple Accounts in Spotify App Development

Ximzend — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:13:37 GMT

Hi @Rene25

The sp.me() function allows you to access the information of the account you initially logged into when executing the script.

Re: Issue with Device Recognition When Using Multiple Accounts in Spotify App Development

Rene25 — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:47:53 GMT

thanks, ok, I found out, that I created the access token for the wrong user...

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