How to get Spotify api access token without asking user to login?

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Yohann picture Yohann · Dec 17, 2014 · Viewed 13.2k times · Source

Coding in PHP, I try to initialize Spotify API, without using redirect uri, just using client_id and client_secret. I try the code below : Extract token from response url - Spotify API but I get a NULL result

I wonder if If I can access token without asking user to login (cf. https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/authorization-guide/#authorization-code-flow)

Answer

Michael Thelin picture Michael Thelin · Dec 17, 2014

Sure, you can use the Client Credentials flow. However, remember that in most endpoints doesn't make sense unless the access token is connected to a user. I believe the are PHP wrappers which helps you make the request to get the access token using this flow.

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