Scopes

[JustRobbe]

I am trying to create a program that deletes songs from a playlist thot are older than a week with python. But I need to use a scope for this. Where do i ask for this scope?

[emuldrew855]

You are probably going to want to include 

• playlist-modify-public
• playlist-modify-private

scopes to your authorization request so that you can access these scopes to remove songs from public and private playlists. 

You can find more information here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/scopes/

[JustRobbe]

Yes, I read the article, but I coudn't find where to add the scope by the token data or anywhere else.

[emuldrew855]

So when you first make your authorization request to: https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize 

You have the optional query parameter 'Scope' in which you can define a list of scopes you want your application to access 

Scope:
A space-separated list of scopes.If no scopes are specified, authorization will be granted only to access publicly available information: that is, only information normally visible in the Spotify desktop, web, and mobile players.

[yuriachermann]

how can I check if I have the necessary scopes?

[Ximzend]

The necessary scopes are listed at almost the top of each endpoint reference page.

[ekersey]

To clarify, if I were following the documentation's node.js example would it look something like the following?

scope: 'user-read-private playlist-read-private playlist-read-collaborative user-top-read user-read-recently-played',