GET request for top tracks returns an empty string

[bebulcao]

So I've been trying to fetch my top songs with the code below, but the get request is returning an empty string. What exactly am I doing wrong?

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import json

import requests

CLIENT_ID = 'xxxxx'

CLIENT_SECRET = 'xxxxx'

AUTH_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token'

# POST request

auth_response = requests.post(AUTH_URL, {

    'grant_type': 'client_credentials',

    'client_id': CLIENT_ID,

    'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET,

})

# converting the response to JSON

auth_response_data = auth_response.json()

# saving the access token

access_token = auth_response_data['access_token']

headers = {

    'Authorization': 'Bearer {token}'.format(token=access_token)

}

# base URL

BASE_URL = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/'

#GET request

r = requests.get(BASE_URL + 'me/top/tracks', headers = headers, params = {'limit': 50, 'offset': 0, 'time_range': 'medium_term'})

data = r.text

#this print statement below prints out an empty string

print(data)

#the rest of the code is commented out because json.loads() gives an

#error when trying to convert an empty string

# parsed_json = json.loads(data)

# songs = parsed_json['items']

# print(songs)