Confused about access token refresh

Quo_Vadis — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 19:17:59 GMT

I have an application that simply searches Spotify. It does not retrieve any user data. I believe that this only requires 'client credentials' and does not require a refresh token. Indeed, I have this working (I am using a Java library right now - Spotify Web API Java) to access the API).

However, the access token I get apparently expires in one hour anyway.

If this is true, how do I refresh my access? Or do I not need to do that? Very confused.

Thanks.

Re: Confused about access token refresh

SpotifyTom — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:11:39 GMT

Yes, you need to get a new token every hour. You get a new token the same way you got the first, with a Basic authentication query to /api/token using your client id and client secret, as per https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/client-credentials-flow

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Confused about access token refresh

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