topic token API returning 403 in Spotify for Developers https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/token-API-returning-403/m-p/5536106#M8673 <P><STRONG>Plan</STRONG></P><P>Premium</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>United Kingdom</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>Windows PC</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>Windows 10</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>So I am developing a way to add spotify to my AI bot, however when I am trying to setup a function to start playing my spotify, I get 403 no matter what with my access token. I think it is because of my scopes, but I see no documentation on scopes with access tokens, and as seen in the image below, the pause/play endpoint supports token API<BR /></STRONG></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JamieGrimwood_0-1680897486561.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/155183i5F224B1B5C634E7F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JamieGrimwood_0-1680897486561.png" alt="JamieGrimwood_0-1680897486561.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>&nbsp;And here is my code:<BR /><BR /></STRONG></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JamieGrimwood_1-1680897486561.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/155184i27C6BBBA9FF4F791/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JamieGrimwood_1-1680897486561.png" alt="JamieGrimwood_1-1680897486561.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><BR />Any idea why this isn't working is much appreciated, because i'm starting to get to the stage of banging my head against my desk.<BR /></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:05:49 GMT JamieGrimwood 2023-04-07T20:05:49Z token API returning 403 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/token-API-returning-403/m-p/5536106#M8673 <P><STRONG>Plan</STRONG></P><P>Premium</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>United Kingdom</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>Windows PC</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>Windows 10</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>So I am developing a way to add spotify to my AI bot, however when I am trying to setup a function to start playing my spotify, I get 403 no matter what with my access token. I think it is because of my scopes, but I see no documentation on scopes with access tokens, and as seen in the image below, the pause/play endpoint supports token API<BR /></STRONG></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JamieGrimwood_0-1680897486561.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/155183i5F224B1B5C634E7F/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JamieGrimwood_0-1680897486561.png" alt="JamieGrimwood_0-1680897486561.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>&nbsp;And here is my code:<BR /><BR /></STRONG></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JamieGrimwood_1-1680897486561.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/155184i27C6BBBA9FF4F791/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JamieGrimwood_1-1680897486561.png" alt="JamieGrimwood_1-1680897486561.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG><BR />Any idea why this isn't working is much appreciated, because i'm starting to get to the stage of banging my head against my desk.<BR /></STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:05:49 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/token-API-returning-403/m-p/5536106#M8673 JamieGrimwood 2023-04-07T20:05:49Z Re: token API returning 403 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/token-API-returning-403/m-p/5536633#M8694 <P>You are trying to use Client Credentials when <A href="https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/authorization" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Authorization</A> is required.</P> Sun, 09 Apr 2023 08:57:35 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/token-API-returning-403/m-p/5536633#M8694 Ximzend 2023-04-09T08:57:35Z