Spotify - Client Credentials flow (via manual header)

POST https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token

From the Spotify Authorization Guide, follow one of 3 optional flows to obtain app authorization.

Refreshable app authorization: Client Credentials

The Client Credentials flow is used in server-to-server authentication. Only endpoints that do not access user information can be accessed.

You do: Login with your Client ID and Secret Key

You get: Access token

This method uses https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token.

In Qodex

Under the Headers tab, add an Authorization header with a placeholder for a value of Basic {{encodedIdAndKey}}. The variable encodedIdAndKey is currently unresolved. Let's define this variable in the next step.

Under the Pre-request Script tab, encode your spotify_client_id and spotify_client_secret to Base64, and then set a local variable called encodedIdAndKey so you can use it in the Header. When you Send the request, Qodex will attach the encoded header.

This request shows how to manually add a header in Qodex. The previous request was an example of how to do this by using the Authorization helper.

Request Body

[{"name"=>"grant_type", "value"=>"client_credentials", "datatype"=>"string"}]

HEADERS

RESPONSES

status: OK

{"access_token":"BQAHVkZFKuMbhSYNA6wYqAwnOv9lIAQXMGyh2C2Upj7H5o6RpafUa30fqoR2w5ssOu9bq6DhQnL0fGjJfss","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":3600,"scope":""}