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Need a side project for the new year? We’ve got #12DaysOfAPIs to give your project inspiration. Today, we’re highlighting Spotify’s Public API and what you can build with it. Read on or go straight to the Spotify package page to get started.
Your app should compare the state parameter that it received in the redirection URI with the state parameter it originally provided to Spotify in the authorization URI. If there is a mismatch then your app should reject the request and stop the authentication flow. Your app exchanges the code for an access token. Link Spotify to other apps From soundtracking your run with Runkeeper, to seeing what potential matches are listening to on Tinder, Spotify can be integrated with many other awesome apps. Note: Your Spotify account will never be integrated with a third-party app without your explicit permission to do so. It won't play them from (at least it didn't in my case) but you will then have the possibility to select Spotify to be the default music application. This is useful if you want to open Spotify using media keys from your keyboard. So it solves the problem of making spotify the default music player, but it does not load the executed local mp3.
What is the Spotify API and what can I do with it?
Spotify API Examples
Spotify has over 30 million songs in their catalogue (organized by artist and genre), not to mention countless playlists. That makes for one robust musical database. Spotify’s Public API lets you call data based on artist, album, song, playlist or related artist. Not bad for a music lover!
Spotify has over 30 million songs in their catalogue (organized by artist and genre), not to mention countless playlists. That makes for one robust musical database. Spotify’s Public API lets you call data based on artist, album, song, playlist or related artist. Not bad for a music lover!
Because Spotify and Discord have reached the partnership, which allows users to share and add their Spotify music on the gaming chatting. After Spotify and Discord get connected, you will be able to share the songs you are listening with friends, and your friends are also able to. Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
We’ve built an API package that lets you call the Spotify Public API right from your browser, then export the code (in the language of your choice, obvs) into your script.
How to call the Spotify Public API
First step, head over to the Spotify Public API package page! Next, pick the endpoint you’d like to call. Finally, fill in the parameters and click “Test Function.” Bam! You’ve just called the Spotify API.
Some Spotify API endpoints require a Spotify ID for a certain artist. You can get the Spotify ID for an artist by calling the
searchArtists
endpoint and getting the Spotify ID from the results of the API call. Here’s how to do it:Need more functionality?
Not all projects needs will be filled with our Spotify Public API package alone. If you want to build something using user information (ex. pull a Spotify user’s followed artists), we have a Spotify User API package that includes that functionality. While Spotify actually doesn’t separate the User and Public into two APIs, we built two packages to separate the methods that require an API key (User API) from those that don’t (Public API).
To use the Spotify User API package, you’ll need to get the
client_ID
and client_Key
from Spotify directly. Here’s how to get them:- Go to Spotify Developers section
- Login or sign up to create new applications and manage your Spotify credentials to authenticate your API requests.
- When you register an application on your account, two credentials are created for you – Client ID and Client Secret. You can see the credentials on the application’s details page.
Project Ideas
The Spotify Developer Showcase has some very cool projects built with the Spotify API for your inspiration. We had a few ideas of our own as well! One of the biggest reasons we built RapidAPI is so developers could call multiple APIs from one endpoint. Here are some cool project ideas connecting the Spotify Public API to others on the marketplace.
- Build a Slack channel where people can suggest music to play at the office
- Identify songs from a picture of the artist! Use the Clarifai
getTags
endpoint and the celebrities custom model to recognize a famous artist from a picture, then the Spotify Public API to retrieve songs from that artist. - Create a Twitter script that tweets playlist links based on whatever phrase a user inputs.
Let us know about any cool stuff you build in the comments below! We’d love to see anything you come up with.
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