Frustrating SpotifyOauthError: Invalid Client

[SnowedInNonsense]

Hi, I've repeatedly checked the client_id and client_secret values with those displayed on the developer dashboard. The values are identical. I only ever copy and paste.

clientID = os.environ['client_id']
clientSecret = os.environ['client_secret']

sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(client_id=clientID,
client_secret=clientSecret,
redirect_uri="http://localhost:8888/callback",
scope="user-library-read"))

song_name = "Teen Spirit"

search_result = sp.search(q=song_name)

Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Ximzend]

Have you added the redirect URI to the dashboard of your app (and clicked save)?

[SnowedInNonsense]

Thanks Ximzend for taking the time to reply. I did but to no avail.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/oauth2.py", line 588, in refresh_access_token
response.raise_for_status()
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 1021, in raise_for_status
raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/main.py", line 100, in <module>
getSpotifyData()
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/main.py", line 65, in getSpotifyData
search_result = sp.search(q=song_name)
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 585, in search
return self._get(
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 321, in _get
return self._internal_call("GET", url, payload, kwargs)
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 245, in _internal_call
headers = self._auth_headers()
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 236, in _auth_headers
token = self.auth_manager.get_access_token(as_dict=False)
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/oauth2.py", line 525, in get_access_token
token_info = self.validate_token(self.cache_handler.get_cached_token())
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/oauth2.py", line 380, in validate_token
token_info = self.refresh_access_token(
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/oauth2.py", line 596, in refresh_access_token
self._handle_oauth_error(http_error)
File "/Users/namofuser/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/pythonProject/spotifyProject/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/spotipy/oauth2.py", line 146, in _handle_oauth_error
raise SpotifyOauthError(
spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyOauthError: error: invalid_client, error_description: Invalid client

[Ximzend]

Have you tried deleting the .cache file in the directory you are running your script from?

Also, if you set/name the environment variables as followed, you don't have to specify them in your code anymore:

• SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID
• SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET
• SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI

Then you can just use:

sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(scope=SCOPE))

Note: there shouldn't be quotes around the IDs and URI around the values of the environment variables.

[SnowedInNonsense]

Thanks for this. I've cleared the pycharm and browser caches but the error message remains.