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Get currently playing track API - Getting a 400 & 404 error

orangeSunshine901 — Sat, 13 May 2023 23:03:14 GMT

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United Arab Emirates

I am trying to use the Get currently playing track API and I am getting 400 & 404 error "Only valid bearer authentication supported" & "Invalid Username" , I am able to use the Search API which works perfectly fine!

async function getNowPlaying(){ const nowPlayingParameters = { method: "GET", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": `Bearer ${accessToken}` } } const res = await fetch(`https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?market=AE&additional_types=track`, nowPlayingParameters) const json = await res.json() console.log(json) }

Re: Get currently playing track API - Getting a 400 & 404 error

Ximzend — Sun, 14 May 2023 07:27:22 GMT

How do you get an access token? To use that endpoint, you'll need to get an access token through the Authorization Code Flow or the Authorization Code with PKCE Flow, and using the Scopes user-read-playback-state and user-read-currently-playing.

Re: Get currently playing track API - Getting a 400 & 404 error

orangeSunshine901 — Sun, 14 May 2023 09:14:37 GMT

I was using the fetch API to make a request. I am trying to create a widget that shows my currently playing track. As I understand Spotify recommends using Authorization Code with PKCE Flow for SPA's, My question would be how can I make this a one time authorization without making additional requests?.

Sorry I am still a beginner, and your help is very much appreciated, thank you for your patience! 😊

Re: Get currently playing track API - Getting a 400 & 404 error

Ximzend — Sun, 14 May 2023 13:30:09 GMT

To achieve your intended goal, you must use the Authorization Code Flow as it is the only flow that supports refresh tokens. You should create a server-side script that can retrieve your currently playing track using the relevant endpoints. To do this, your script should use the access token that you've stored in a dynamic database on the server-side.

When you request an access token, you will also receive a refresh token that your script can use to refresh the access token when it has expired.

On the client-side, you should configure requests to be sent every twenty seconds to retrieve the currently playing track data from the server-side script.