In this blog, I'll show you how to generate the Spotify Refresh Token and then use that to programmatically create an access token when needed.
I needed the Spotify Refresh Token to display the currently playing track in the footer section.
The Approach
Step 1: Generate your Spotify client_id
and client_secret
Go to Spotify developers dashboard.
Then select or create your app.
Note down your Client ID and Client Secret in a convenient location to use in Step 3.
Step 2: Create URI for access code
- In the URL below, replace
$CLIENT_ID
,$SCOPE
, and$REDIRECT_URI
with the information you noted in Step 1. Make sure the$REDIRECT_URI
is URL encoded.
https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=$CLIENT_ID&scope=$SCOPE&redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI
- This is how mine looked like.
https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=CLIENT_ID&scope=SCOPE&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fahmedrelated.com%2Fcallback
Step 3: Get access code from the redirect URI
You will be redirected to your redirect URI which in my case was set to https://ahmedrelated.com/callback.
In the address bar you will find a huge URL string similar to the one below. In place of
$ACCESSCODE
there will be a long string of characters. Note down that string for the next step.
https://ahmedrelated.com/callback?code=$ACCESSCODE
Step 4: Get the refresh token
- Type the following CURL command in your terminal and replaces all the variables with the information you noted in Step 1 and Step 3 :
$CILENT_ID
,$CLIENT_SECRET
,$CODE
, and$REDIRECT_URI
.
curl -d client_id=$CLIENT_ID -d client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRET -d grant_type=authorization_code -d code=$CODE -d redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token
- The resulting JSON string will look something like this. Note down the
refresh_token
. This token will last for a very long time and can be used to generate a freshaccess_token
whenever it is needed.
{
"access_token": "ACCESS_TOKEN",
"token_type": "Bearer",
"expires_in": 3600,
"refresh_token": "REFRESH_TOKEN",
"scope": "playlist-modify-private"
}
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