Can't resume playback, can only play a new track (player/play API endpoint)

[shanewilliams29]

pressPlay(token, device_id) {
  const path = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play?device_id=' + device_id;
  axios({
    method: 'put',
    url: path,
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token
    }
  })
}

playTrack(token, device_id) {
  const path = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play?device_id=' + device_id;
  axios({
    method: 'put',
    url: path,
    data: {
      "context_uri": "spotify:album:5ht7ItJgpBH7W6vJ5BqpPr"
    },
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token
    }
  })
}

pressPlay() doesn't work when no data is provided. Hence I can't resume playback of the current track. A 403 error is returned.  playTrack() works fine when a track is provided in the data field. When i provide data as {} or null, these also return server errors. How do I resume playback of the current track?

[shanewilliams29]

Nevermind, the endpoint works as expected when a track is actually playing then paused.