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Welcome to Spotipy!

Spotipy is a lightweight Python library for the Spotify Web API. With Spotipy you get full access to all of the music data provided by the Spotify platform.

Assuming you set the SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID and SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables, here’s a quick example of using Spotipy to list the names of all the albums released by the artist ‘Birdy’:

import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials

birdy_uri = 'spotify:artist:2WX2uTcsvV5OnS0inACecP'
spotify = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials())

results = spotify.artist_albums(birdy_uri, album_type='album')
albums = results['items']
while results['next']:
    results = spotify.next(results)
    albums.extend(results['items'])

for album in albums:
    print(album['name'])

Here’s another example showing how to get 30 second samples and cover art for the top 10 tracks for Led Zeppelin:

import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials

lz_uri = 'spotify:artist:36QJpDe2go2KgaRleHCDTp'

spotify = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials())
results = spotify.artist_top_tracks(lz_uri)

for track in results['tracks'][:10]:
    print('track    : ' + track['name'])
    print('audio    : ' + track['preview_url'])
    print('cover art: ' + track['album']['images'][0]['url'])
    print()

Finally, here’s an example that will get the URL for an artist image given the artist’s name:

import spotipy
import sys
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials

spotify = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials())

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    name = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
else:
    name = 'Radiohead'

results = spotify.search(q='artist:' + name, type='artist')
items = results['artists']['items']
if len(items) > 0:
    artist = items[0]
    print(artist['name'], artist['images'][0]['url'])

Features

Spotipy supports all of the features of the Spotify Web API including access to all end points, and support for user authorization. For details on the capabilities you are encouraged to review the Spotify Web API documentation.

Installation

Install or upgrade Spotipy with:

pip install spotipy --upgrade

Or you can get the source from github at https://github.com/plamere/spotipy

Getting Started

All methods require user authorization. You will need to register your app at My Dashboard to get the credentials necessary to make authorized calls (a client id and client secret).

Spotipy supports two authorization flows:

  • The Authorization Code flow This method is suitable for long-running applications which the user logs into once. It provides an access token that can be refreshed.

    Note

    Requires you to add a redirect URI to your application at My Dashboard. See Redirect URI for more details.

  • The Client Credentials flow The method makes it possible to authenticate your requests to the Spotify Web API and to obtain a higher rate limit than you would with the Authorization Code flow.

Authorization Code Flow

This flow is suitable for long-running applications in which the user grants permission only once. It provides an access token that can be refreshed. Since the token exchange involves sending your secret key, perform this on a secure location, like a backend service, and not from a client such as a browser or from a mobile app.

Quick start

To support the Client Authorization Code Flow Spotipy provides a class SpotifyOAuth that can be used to authenticate requests like so:

import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth

scope = "user-library-read"

sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(scope=scope))

results = sp.current_user_saved_tracks()
for idx, item in enumerate(results['items']):
    track = item['track']
    print(idx, track['artists'][0]['name'], " – ", track['name'])

or if you are reluctant to immortalize your app credentials in your source code, you can set environment variables like so (use SET instead of export on Windows):

export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID='your-spotify-client-id'
export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET='your-spotify-client-secret'
export SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI='your-app-redirect-url'

Scopes

See Using Scopes for information about scopes.

Redirect URI

The Authorization Code Flow needs you to add a redirect URI to your application at My Dashboard (navigate to your application and then [Edit Settings]).

The redirect_uri argument or SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI environment variable must match the redirect URI added to your application in your Dashboard. The redirect URI can be any valid URI (it does not need to be accessible) such as http://example.com, http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1:9090.

Client Credentials Flow

The Client Credentials flow is used in server-to-server authentication. Only endpoints that do not access user information can be accessed. The advantage here in comparison with requests to the Web API made without an access token, is that a higher rate limit is applied.

As opposed to the Authorization Code Flow, you will not need to set SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI, which means you will never be redirected to the sign in page in your browser:

export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID='your-spotify-client-id'
export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET='your-spotify-client-secret'

To support the Client Credentials Flow Spotipy provides a class SpotifyClientCredentials that can be used to authenticate requests like so:

import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials

auth_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials()
sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=auth_manager)

playlists = sp.user_playlists('spotify')
while playlists:
    for i, playlist in enumerate(playlists['items']):
        print("%4d %s %s" % (i + 1 + playlists['offset'], playlist['uri'],  playlist['name']))
    if playlists['next']:
        playlists = sp.next(playlists)
    else:
        playlists = None

IDs URIs and URLs

Spotipy supports a number of different ID types:

  • Spotify URI - The resource identifier that you can enter, for example, in the Spotify Desktop client’s search box to locate an artist, album, or track. Example: spotify:track:6rqhFgbbKwnb9MLmUQDhG6
  • Spotify URL - An HTML link that opens a track, album, app, playlist or other Spotify resource in a Spotify client. Example: http://open.spotify.com/track/6rqhFgbbKwnb9MLmUQDhG6
  • Spotify ID - A base-62 number that you can find at the end of the Spotify URI (see above) for an artist, track, album, etc. Example: 6rqhFgbbKwnb9MLmUQDhG6

In general, any Spotipy method that needs an artist, album, track or playlist ID will accept ids in any of the above form

Examples

There are many more examples of how to use Spotipy in the Examples Directory on Github

API Reference

client Module

A simple and thin Python library for the Spotify Web API

class spotipy.client.Spotify(auth=None, requests_session=True, client_credentials_manager=None, oauth_manager=None, auth_manager=None, proxies=None, requests_timeout=5, status_forcelist=None, retries=3, status_retries=3, backoff_factor=0.3, language=None)

Bases: object

Example usage:

import spotipy

urn = 'spotify:artist:3jOstUTkEu2JkjvRdBA5Gu'
sp = spotipy.Spotify()

artist = sp.artist(urn)
print(artist)

user = sp.user('plamere')
print(user)
__init__(auth=None, requests_session=True, client_credentials_manager=None, oauth_manager=None, auth_manager=None, proxies=None, requests_timeout=5, status_forcelist=None, retries=3, status_retries=3, backoff_factor=0.3, language=None)

Creates a Spotify API client.

Parameters:
  • auth – An authorization token (optional)
  • requests_session – A Requests session object or a truthy value to create one. A falsy value disables sessions. It should generally be a good idea to keep sessions enabled for performance reasons (connection pooling).
  • client_credentials_manager – SpotifyClientCredentials object
  • oauth_manager – SpotifyOAuth object
  • auth_manager – SpotifyOauth, SpotifyClientCredentials, or SpotifyImplicitGrant object
  • proxies – Definition of proxies (optional). See Requests doc https://2.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#proxies
  • requests_timeout – Tell Requests to stop waiting for a response after a given number of seconds
  • status_forcelist – Tell requests what type of status codes retries should occur on
  • retries – Total number of retries to allow
  • status_retries – Number of times to retry on bad status codes
  • backoff_factor – A backoff factor to apply between attempts after the second try See urllib3 https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/urllib3.util.html
  • language – The language parameter advertises what language the user prefers to see. See ISO-639 language code: https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
add_to_queue(uri, device_id=None)

Adds a song to the end of a user’s queue

If device A is currently playing music and you try to add to the queue and pass in the id for device B, you will get a ‘Player command failed: Restriction violated’ error I therefore reccomend leaving device_id as None so that the active device is targeted

Parameters:
  • uri – song uri, id, or url
  • device_id – the id of a Spotify device. If None, then the active device is used.
album(album_id)

returns a single album given the album’s ID, URIs or URL

Parameters:
  • album_id - the album ID, URI or URL
album_tracks(album_id, limit=50, offset=0, market=None)

Get Spotify catalog information about an album’s tracks

Parameters:
  • album_id - the album ID, URI or URL
  • limit - the number of items to return
  • offset - the index of the first item to return
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
albums(albums)

returns a list of albums given the album IDs, URIs, or URLs

Parameters:
  • albums - a list of album IDs, URIs or URLs
artist(artist_id)

returns a single artist given the artist’s ID, URI or URL

Parameters:
  • artist_id - an artist ID, URI or URL
artist_albums(artist_id, album_type=None, country=None, limit=20, offset=0)

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist’s albums

Parameters:
  • artist_id - the artist ID, URI or URL
  • album_type - ‘album’, ‘single’, ‘appears_on’, ‘compilation’
  • country - limit the response to one particular country.
  • limit - the number of albums to return
  • offset - the index of the first album to return

Get Spotify catalog information about artists similar to an identified artist. Similarity is based on analysis of the Spotify community’s listening history.

Parameters:
  • artist_id - the artist ID, URI or URL
artist_top_tracks(artist_id, country='US')

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist’s top 10 tracks by country.

Parameters:
  • artist_id - the artist ID, URI or URL
  • country - limit the response to one particular country.
artists(artists)

returns a list of artists given the artist IDs, URIs, or URLs

Parameters:
  • artists - a list of artist IDs, URIs or URLs
audio_analysis(track_id)

Get audio analysis for a track based upon its Spotify ID Parameters:

  • track_id - a track URI, URL or ID
audio_features(tracks=[])

Get audio features for one or multiple tracks based upon their Spotify IDs Parameters:

  • tracks - a list of track URIs, URLs or IDs, maximum: 100 ids
auth_manager
categories(country=None, locale=None, limit=20, offset=0)

Get a list of categories

Parameters:
  • country - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • locale - The desired language, consisting of an ISO 639 language code and an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, joined by an underscore.
  • limit - The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50
  • offset - The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first object). Use with limit to get the next set of items.
category(category_id, country=None, locale=None)

Get info about a category

Parameters:
  • category_id - The Spotify category ID for the category.
  • country - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • locale - The desired language, consisting of an ISO 639 language code and an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, joined by an underscore.
category_playlists(category_id=None, country=None, limit=20, offset=0)

Get a list of playlists for a specific Spotify category

Parameters:
  • category_id - The Spotify category ID for the category.
  • country - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • limit - The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50
  • offset - The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first object). Use with limit to get the next set of items.
country_codes = ['AD', 'AR', 'AU', 'AT', 'BE', 'BO', 'BR', 'BG', 'CA', 'CL', 'CO', 'CR', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DK', 'DO', 'EC', 'SV', 'EE', 'FI', 'FR', 'DE', 'GR', 'GT', 'HN', 'HK', 'HU', 'IS', 'ID', 'IE', 'IT', 'JP', 'LV', 'LI', 'LT', 'LU', 'MY', 'MT', 'MX', 'MC', 'NL', 'NZ', 'NI', 'NO', 'PA', 'PY', 'PE', 'PH', 'PL', 'PT', 'SG', 'ES', 'SK', 'SE', 'CH', 'TW', 'TR', 'GB', 'US', 'UY']
current_playback(market=None, additional_types=None)

Get information about user’s current playback.

Parameters:
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • additional_types - episode to get podcast track information
current_user()

Get detailed profile information about the current user. An alias for the ‘me’ method.

current_user_follow_playlist(playlist_id)

Add the current authenticated user as a follower of a playlist.

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
current_user_followed_artists(limit=20, after=None)

Gets a list of the artists followed by the current authorized user

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of artists to return
  • after - the last artist ID retrieved from the previous
    request
current_user_following_artists(ids=None)

Check if the current user is following certain artists

Returns list of booleans respective to ids

Parameters:
  • ids - a list of artist URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_following_users(ids=None)

Check if the current user is following certain artists

Returns list of booleans respective to ids

Parameters:
  • ids - a list of user URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_playing_track()

Get information about the current users currently playing track.

current_user_playlists(limit=50, offset=0)

Get current user playlists without required getting his profile Parameters:

  • limit - the number of items to return
  • offset - the index of the first item to return
current_user_recently_played(limit=50, after=None, before=None)

Get the current user’s recently played tracks

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of entities to return
  • after - unix timestamp in milliseconds. Returns all items
    after (but not including) this cursor position. Cannot be used if before is specified.
  • before - unix timestamp in milliseconds. Returns all items
    before (but not including) this cursor position. Cannot be used if after is specified
current_user_saved_albums(limit=20, offset=0)

Gets a list of the albums saved in the current authorized user’s “Your Music” library

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of albums to return
  • offset - the index of the first album to return
current_user_saved_albums_add(albums=[])

Add one or more albums to the current user’s “Your Music” library. Parameters:

  • albums - a list of album URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_albums_contains(albums=[])

Check if one or more albums is already saved in the current Spotify user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • albums - a list of album URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_albums_delete(albums=[])

Remove one or more albums from the current user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • albums - a list of album URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_shows(limit=50, offset=0)

Gets a list of the shows saved in the current authorized user’s “Your Music” library

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of shows to return
  • offset - the index of the first show to return
current_user_saved_shows_add(shows=[])

Add one or more albums to the current user’s “Your Music” library. Parameters:

  • shows - a list of show URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_shows_contains(shows=[])

Check if one or more shows is already saved in the current Spotify user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • shows - a list of show URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_shows_delete(shows=[])

Remove one or more shows from the current user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • shows - a list of show URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_tracks(limit=20, offset=0)

Gets a list of the tracks saved in the current authorized user’s “Your Music” library

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of tracks to return
  • offset - the index of the first track to return
current_user_saved_tracks_add(tracks=None)

Add one or more tracks to the current user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • tracks - a list of track URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_tracks_contains(tracks=None)

Check if one or more tracks is already saved in the current Spotify user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • tracks - a list of track URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_saved_tracks_delete(tracks=None)

Remove one or more tracks from the current user’s “Your Music” library.

Parameters:
  • tracks - a list of track URIs, URLs or IDs
current_user_top_artists(limit=20, offset=0, time_range='medium_term')

Get the current user’s top artists

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of entities to return
  • offset - the index of the first entity to return
  • time_range - Over what time frame are the affinities computed Valid-values: short_term, medium_term, long_term
current_user_top_tracks(limit=20, offset=0, time_range='medium_term')

Get the current user’s top tracks

Parameters:
  • limit - the number of entities to return
  • offset - the index of the first entity to return
  • time_range - Over what time frame are the affinities computed Valid-values: short_term, medium_term, long_term
current_user_unfollow_playlist(playlist_id)

Unfollows (deletes) a playlist for the current authenticated user

Parameters:
  • name - the name of the playlist
currently_playing(market=None, additional_types=None)

Get user’s currently playing track.

Parameters:
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • additional_types - episode to get podcast track information
default_retry_codes = (429, 500, 502, 503, 504)
devices()

Get a list of user’s available devices.

episode(episode_id, market=None)

returns a single episode given the episode’s ID, URIs or URL

Parameters:
  • episode_id - the episode ID, URI or URL
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    The episode must be available in the given market. If user-based authorization is in use, the user’s country takes precedence. If neither market nor user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
episodes(episodes, market=None)

returns a list of episodes given the episode IDs, URIs, or URLs

Parameters:
  • episodes - a list of episode IDs, URIs or URLs
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    Only episodes available in the given market will be returned. If user-based authorization is in use, the user’s country takes precedence. If neither market nor user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
featured_playlists(locale=None, country=None, timestamp=None, limit=20, offset=0)

Get a list of Spotify featured playlists

Parameters:
  • locale - The desired language, consisting of a lowercase ISO 639 language code and an uppercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, joined by an underscore.
  • country - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • timestamp - A timestamp in ISO 8601 format: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss. Use this parameter to specify the user’s local time to get results tailored for that specific date and time in the day
  • limit - The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50
  • offset - The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first object). Use with limit to get the next set of items.
max_retries = 3
me()

Get detailed profile information about the current user. An alias for the ‘current_user’ method.

new_releases(country=None, limit=20, offset=0)

Get a list of new album releases featured in Spotify

Parameters:
  • country - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • limit - The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50
  • offset - The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first object). Use with limit to get the next set of items.
next(result)

returns the next result given a paged result

Parameters:
  • result - a previously returned paged result
next_track(device_id=None)

Skip user’s playback to next track.

Parameters:
  • device_id - device target for playback
pause_playback(device_id=None)

Pause user’s playback.

Parameters:
  • device_id - device target for playback
playlist(playlist_id, fields=None, market=None, additional_types=('track', ))

Gets playlist by id.

Parameters:
  • playlist - the id of the playlist
  • fields - which fields to return
  • market - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or the
    string from_token.
  • additional_types - list of item types to return.
    valid types are: track and episode
playlist_add_items(playlist_id, items, position=None)

Adds tracks/episodes to a playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • items - a list of track/episode URIs, URLs or IDs
  • position - the position to add the tracks
playlist_change_details(playlist_id, name=None, public=None, collaborative=None, description=None)

Changes a playlist’s name and/or public/private state

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • name - optional name of the playlist
  • public - optional is the playlist public
  • collaborative - optional is the playlist collaborative
  • description - optional description of the playlist
playlist_cover_image(playlist_id)

Get cover of a playlist.

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
playlist_is_following(playlist_id, user_ids)

Check to see if the given users are following the given playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • user_ids - the ids of the users that you want to check to see
    if they follow the playlist. Maximum: 5 ids.
playlist_items(playlist_id, fields=None, limit=100, offset=0, market=None, additional_types=('track', 'episode'))

Get full details of the tracks and episodes of a playlist.

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • fields - which fields to return
  • limit - the maximum number of tracks to return
  • offset - the index of the first track to return
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • additional_types - list of item types to return.
    valid types are: track and episode
playlist_remove_all_occurrences_of_items(playlist_id, items, snapshot_id=None)

Removes all occurrences of the given tracks from the given playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • items - list of track/episode ids to remove from the playlist
  • snapshot_id - optional id of the playlist snapshot
playlist_remove_specific_occurrences_of_items(playlist_id, items, snapshot_id=None)

Removes all occurrences of the given tracks from the given playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist

  • items - an array of objects containing Spotify URIs of the

    tracks/episodes to remove with their current positions in the playlist. For example:

    [ { “uri”:”4iV5W9uYEdYUVa79Axb7Rh”, “positions”:[2] }, { “uri”:”1301WleyT98MSxVHPZCA6M”, “positions”:[7] } ]

  • snapshot_id - optional id of the playlist snapshot

playlist_reorder_items(playlist_id, range_start, insert_before, range_length=1, snapshot_id=None)

Reorder tracks in a playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • range_start - the position of the first track to be reordered
  • range_length - optional the number of tracks to be reordered
    (default: 1)
  • insert_before - the position where the tracks should be
    inserted
  • snapshot_id - optional playlist’s snapshot ID
playlist_replace_items(playlist_id, items)

Replace all tracks/episodes in a playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • items - list of track/episode ids to comprise playlist
playlist_tracks(playlist_id, fields=None, limit=100, offset=0, market=None, additional_types=('track', ))

Get full details of the tracks of a playlist.

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • fields - which fields to return
  • limit - the maximum number of tracks to return
  • offset - the index of the first track to return
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
  • additional_types - list of item types to return.
    valid types are: track and episode
playlist_upload_cover_image(playlist_id, image_b64)

Replace the image used to represent a specific playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • image_b64 - image data as a Base64 encoded JPEG image string
    (maximum payload size is 256 KB)
previous(result)

returns the previous result given a paged result

Parameters:
  • result - a previously returned paged result
previous_track(device_id=None)

Skip user’s playback to previous track.

Parameters:
  • device_id - device target for playback
recommendation_genre_seeds()

Get a list of genres available for the recommendations function.

recommendations(seed_artists=None, seed_genres=None, seed_tracks=None, limit=20, country=None, **kwargs)

Get a list of recommended tracks for one to five seeds. (at least one of seed_artists, seed_tracks and seed_genres are needed)

Parameters:
  • seed_artists - a list of artist IDs, URIs or URLs
  • seed_tracks - a list of track IDs, URIs or URLs
  • seed_genres - a list of genre names. Available genres for
    recommendations can be found by calling recommendation_genre_seeds
  • country - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. If provided,
    all results will be playable in this country.
  • limit - The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20.
    Minimum: 1. Maximum: 100
  • min/max/target_<attribute> - For the tuneable track
    attributes listed in the documentation, these values provide filters and targeting on results.
repeat(state, device_id=None)

Set repeat mode for playback.

Parameters:
  • state - track, context, or off
  • device_id - device target for playback
search(q, limit=10, offset=0, type='track', market=None)

searches for an item

Parameters:
  • q - the search query (see how to write a query in the
    official documentation https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/search/search/) # noqa
  • limit - the number of items to return (min = 1, default = 10, max = 50)
  • offset - the index of the first item to return
  • type - the type of item to return. One of ‘artist’, ‘album’,
    ‘track’, ‘playlist’, ‘show’, or ‘episode’
  • market - An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or the string
    from_token.
search_markets(q, limit=10, offset=0, type='track', markets=None, total=None)

(experimental) Searches multiple markets for an item

Parameters:
  • q - the search query (see how to write a query in the
    official documentation https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/search/search/) # noqa
  • limit - the number of items to return (min = 1, default = 10, max = 50). If a search is to be done on multiple
    markets, then this limit is applied to each market. (e.g. search US, CA, MX each with a limit of 10).
  • offset - the index of the first item to return
  • type - the type’s of item’s to return. One or more of ‘artist’, ‘album’,
    ‘track’, ‘playlist’, ‘show’, or ‘episode’. If multiple types are desired, pass in a comma separated list.
  • markets - A list of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. Search all country markets by default.
  • total - the total number of results to return if multiple markets are supplied in the search.
    If multiple types are specified, this only applies to the first type.
seek_track(position_ms, device_id=None)

Seek to position in current track.

Parameters:
  • position_ms - position in milliseconds to seek to
  • device_id - device target for playback
set_auth(auth)
show(show_id, market=None)

returns a single show given the show’s ID, URIs or URL

Parameters:
  • show_id - the show ID, URI or URL
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    The show must be available in the given market. If user-based authorization is in use, the user’s country takes precedence. If neither market nor user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
show_episodes(show_id, limit=50, offset=0, market=None)

Get Spotify catalog information about a show’s episodes

Parameters:
  • show_id - the show ID, URI or URL
  • limit - the number of items to return
  • offset - the index of the first item to return
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    Only episodes available in the given market will be returned. If user-based authorization is in use, the user’s country takes precedence. If neither market nor user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
shows(shows, market=None)

returns a list of shows given the show IDs, URIs, or URLs

Parameters:
  • shows - a list of show IDs, URIs or URLs
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    Only shows available in the given market will be returned. If user-based authorization is in use, the user’s country takes precedence. If neither market nor user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
shuffle(state, device_id=None)

Toggle playback shuffling.

Parameters:
  • state - true or false
  • device_id - device target for playback
start_playback(device_id=None, context_uri=None, uris=None, offset=None, position_ms=None)

Start or resume user’s playback.

Provide a context_uri to start playback or a album, artist, or playlist.

Provide a uris list to start playback of one or more tracks.

Provide offset as {“position”: <int>} or {“uri”: “<track uri>”} to start playback at a particular offset.

Parameters:
  • device_id - device target for playback
  • context_uri - spotify context uri to play
  • uris - spotify track uris
  • offset - offset into context by index or track
  • position_ms - (optional) indicates from what position to start playback.
    Must be a positive number. Passing in a position that is greater than the length of the track will cause the player to start playing the next song.
track(track_id)

returns a single track given the track’s ID, URI or URL

Parameters:
  • track_id - a spotify URI, URL or ID
tracks(tracks, market=None)

returns a list of tracks given a list of track IDs, URIs, or URLs

Parameters:
  • tracks - a list of spotify URIs, URLs or IDs. Maximum: 50 IDs.
  • market - an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
transfer_playback(device_id, force_play=True)

Transfer playback to another device. Note that the API accepts a list of device ids, but only actually supports one.

Parameters:
  • device_id - transfer playback to this device
  • force_play - true: after transfer, play. false:
    keep current state.
user(user)

Gets basic profile information about a Spotify User

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the usr
user_follow_artists(ids=[])

Follow one or more artists Parameters:

  • ids - a list of artist IDs
user_follow_users(ids=[])

Follow one or more users Parameters:

  • ids - a list of user IDs
user_playlist(user, playlist_id=None, fields=None, market=None)
user_playlist_add_tracks(user, playlist_id, tracks, position=None)
user_playlist_change_details(user, playlist_id, name=None, public=None, collaborative=None, description=None)
user_playlist_create(user, name, public=True, collaborative=False, description='')

Creates a playlist for a user

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the user
  • name - the name of the playlist
  • public - is the created playlist public
  • collaborative - is the created playlist collaborative
  • description - the description of the playlist
user_playlist_follow_playlist(playlist_owner_id, playlist_id)

Add the current authenticated user as a follower of a playlist.

Parameters:
  • playlist_owner_id - the user id of the playlist owner
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
user_playlist_is_following(playlist_owner_id, playlist_id, user_ids)

Check to see if the given users are following the given playlist

Parameters:
  • playlist_owner_id - the user id of the playlist owner
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • user_ids - the ids of the users that you want to check to see
    if they follow the playlist. Maximum: 5 ids.
user_playlist_remove_all_occurrences_of_tracks(user, playlist_id, tracks, snapshot_id=None)

Removes all occurrences of the given tracks from the given playlist

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the user
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • tracks - the list of track ids to remove from the playlist
  • snapshot_id - optional id of the playlist snapshot
user_playlist_remove_specific_occurrences_of_tracks(user, playlist_id, tracks, snapshot_id=None)

Removes all occurrences of the given tracks from the given playlist

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the user

  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist

  • tracks - an array of objects containing Spotify URIs of the

    tracks to remove with their current positions in the playlist. For example:

    [ { “uri”:”4iV5W9uYEdYUVa79Axb7Rh”, “positions”:[2] }, { “uri”:”1301WleyT98MSxVHPZCA6M”, “positions”:[7] } ]

  • snapshot_id - optional id of the playlist snapshot

user_playlist_reorder_tracks(user, playlist_id, range_start, insert_before, range_length=1, snapshot_id=None)

Reorder tracks in a playlist

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the user
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • range_start - the position of the first track to be reordered
  • range_length - optional the number of tracks to be reordered
    (default: 1)
  • insert_before - the position where the tracks should be
    inserted
  • snapshot_id - optional playlist’s snapshot ID
user_playlist_replace_tracks(user, playlist_id, tracks)

Replace all tracks in a playlist

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the user
  • playlist_id - the id of the playlist
  • tracks - the list of track ids to add to the playlist
user_playlist_tracks(user=None, playlist_id=None, fields=None, limit=100, offset=0, market=None)
user_playlist_unfollow(user, playlist_id)

Unfollows (deletes) a playlist for a user

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the user
  • name - the name of the playlist
user_playlists(user, limit=50, offset=0)

Gets playlists of a user

Parameters:
  • user - the id of the usr
  • limit - the number of items to return
  • offset - the index of the first item to return
user_unfollow_artists(ids=[])

Unfollow one or more artists Parameters:

  • ids - a list of artist IDs
user_unfollow_users(ids=[])

Unfollow one or more users Parameters:

  • ids - a list of user IDs
volume(volume_percent, device_id=None)

Set playback volume.

Parameters:
  • volume_percent - volume between 0 and 100
  • device_id - device target for playback
exception spotipy.client.SpotifyException(http_status, code, msg, reason=None, headers=None)

Bases: exceptions.Exception

__init__(http_status, code, msg, reason=None, headers=None)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

oauth2 Module

spotipy.oauth2.is_token_expired(token_info)
class spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyClientCredentials(client_id=None, client_secret=None, proxies=None, requests_session=True, requests_timeout=None)

Bases: spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyAuthBase

OAUTH_TOKEN_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token'
__init__(client_id=None, client_secret=None, proxies=None, requests_session=True, requests_timeout=None)

You can either provide a client_id and client_secret to the constructor or set SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID and SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables

get_access_token(as_dict=True)

If a valid access token is in memory, returns it Else feches a new token and returns it

Parameters: - as_dict - a boolean indicating if returning the access token

as a token_info dictionary, otherwise it will be returned as a string.
is_token_expired(token_info)
class spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyOAuth(client_id=None, client_secret=None, redirect_uri=None, state=None, scope=None, cache_path=None, username=None, proxies=None, show_dialog=False, requests_session=True, requests_timeout=None)

Bases: spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyAuthBase

Implements Authorization Code Flow for Spotify’s OAuth implementation.

OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize'
OAUTH_TOKEN_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token'
__init__(client_id=None, client_secret=None, redirect_uri=None, state=None, scope=None, cache_path=None, username=None, proxies=None, show_dialog=False, requests_session=True, requests_timeout=None)

Creates a SpotifyOAuth object

Parameters:
  • client_id - the client id of your app
  • client_secret - the client secret of your app
  • redirect_uri - the redirect URI of your app
  • state - security state
  • scope - the desired scope of the request
  • cache_path - path to location to save tokens
  • requests_timeout - tell Requests to stop waiting for a response
    after a given number of seconds
  • username - username of current client
get_access_token(code=None, as_dict=True, check_cache=True)

Gets the access token for the app given the code

Parameters:
  • code - the response code
  • as_dict - a boolean indicating if returning the access token
    as a token_info dictionary, otherwise it will be returned as a string.
get_auth_response(open_browser=True)
get_authorization_code(response=None)
get_authorize_url(state=None)

Gets the URL to use to authorize this app

get_cached_token()

Gets a cached auth token

is_token_expired(token_info)
static parse_auth_response_url(url)
parse_response_code(url)

Parse the response code in the given response url

Parameters:
  • url - the response url
refresh_access_token(refresh_token)
exception spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyOauthError(message, error=None, error_description=None, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: exceptions.Exception

Error during Auth Code or Implicit Grant flow

__init__(message, error=None, error_description=None, *args, **kwargs)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

exception spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyStateError(local_state=None, remote_state=None, message=None, error=None, error_description=None, *args, **kwargs)

Bases: spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyOauthError

The state sent and state recieved were different

__init__(local_state=None, remote_state=None, message=None, error=None, error_description=None, *args, **kwargs)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

class spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyImplicitGrant(client_id=None, redirect_uri=None, state=None, scope=None, cache_path=None, username=None, show_dialog=False)

Bases: spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyAuthBase

Implements Implicit Grant Flow for client apps

This auth manager enables user and non-user endpoints with only a client secret, redirect uri, and username. The user will need to copy and paste a URI from the browser every hour.

The Implicit Grant Flow is part of the [OAuth 2.0 standard](https://oauth.net/2/grant-types/implicit/). It is intended for client-side (running in browser or a native app) interactions where the client secret would have to be hard-coded and exposed. OAuth no longer recommends its use because sensitive info (the auth token) can be yanked from the browser address bar or history, instead recommending the Auth Code flow with PKCE. However, Spotify [does not support PKCE](https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Authentication-API-failing-in-production-right-now/m-p/4960693/highlight/true#M234), <!—# noqa: E501–> so Implicit Grant is the only viable options for client-side Spotify API requests.

OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize'
__init__(client_id=None, redirect_uri=None, state=None, scope=None, cache_path=None, username=None, show_dialog=False)

Creates Auth Manager using the Implicit Grant flow

See help(SpotifyImplictGrant) for Security Advisory

  • client_id: Must be supplied or set as environment variable
  • redirect_uri: Must be supplied or set as environment variable
  • state: May be supplied, no verification is performed
  • scope: May be supplied, intuitively converted to proper format
  • cache_path: May be supplied, will otherwise be generated
  • username: Must be supplied or set as environment variable
  • show_dialog: Interpreted as boolean
get_access_token(state=None, response=None, check_cache=True)

Gets Auth Token from cache (preferred) or user interaction

  • state: May be given, overrides (without changing) self.state
  • response: URI with token, can break expiration checks
  • check_cache: Interpreted as boolean
get_auth_response(state=None)

Gets a new auth token with user interaction

get_authorize_url(state=None)

Gets the URL to use to authorize this app

get_cached_token()

Gets a cached auth token

is_token_expired(token_info)
static parse_auth_response_url(url)
parse_response_token(url, state=None)

Parse the response code in the given response url

class spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyPKCE(client_id=None, redirect_uri=None, state=None, scope=None, cache_path=None, username=None, proxies=None, requests_timeout=None, requests_session=True)

Bases: spotipy.oauth2.SpotifyAuthBase

Implements PKCE Authorization Flow for client apps

This auth manager enables user and non-user endpoints with only a client secret, redirect uri, and username. When the app requests an an access token for the first time, the user is prompted to authorize the new client app. After authorizing the app, the client app is then given both access and refresh tokens. This is the preferred way of authorizing a mobile/desktop client.

OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize'
OAUTH_TOKEN_URL = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token'
__init__(client_id=None, redirect_uri=None, state=None, scope=None, cache_path=None, username=None, proxies=None, requests_timeout=None, requests_session=True)

Creates Auth Manager with the PKCE Auth flow.

Parameters:
  • client_id - the client id of your app
  • redirect_uri - the redirect URI of your app
  • state - security state
  • scope - the desired scope of the request
  • cache_path - path to location to save tokens
  • username - username of current client
  • proxies - proxy for the requests library to route through
  • requests_timeout - tell Requests to stop waiting for a response
    after a given number of seconds
get_access_token(code=None, check_cache=True)

Gets the access token for the app

If the code is not given and no cached token is used, an authentication window will be shown to the user to get a new code.

Parameters:
  • code - the response code from authentication
  • check_cache - if true, checks for locally stored token
    before requesting a new token if True
get_authorization_code(response=None)
get_authorize_url(state=None)

Gets the URL to use to authorize this app

get_cached_token()

Gets a cached auth token

get_pkce_handshake_parameters()
is_token_expired(token_info)
parse_response_code(url)

Parse the response code in the given response url

Parameters:
  • url - the response url
refresh_access_token(refresh_token)

util Module

Shows a user’s playlists (need to be authenticated via oauth)

spotipy.util.prompt_for_user_token(username, scope=None, client_id=None, client_secret=None, redirect_uri=None, cache_path=None, oauth_manager=None, show_dialog=False)

Support

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If you think you’ve found a bug, let us know at Spotify Issues

Contribute

Spotipy authored by Paul Lamere (plamere) with contributions by:

  • Daniel Beaudry // danbeaudry
  • Faruk Emre Sahin // fsahin
  • George // rogueleaderr
  • Henry Greville // sethaurus
  • Hugo // hugovk
  • José Manuel Pérez // JMPerez
  • Lucas Nunno // lnunno
  • Lynn Root // econchick
  • Matt Dennewitz // mattdennewitz
  • Matthew Duck // mattduck
  • Michael Thelin // thelinmichael
  • Ryan Choi // ryankicks
  • Simon Metson // drsm79
  • Steve Winton // swinton
  • Tim Balzer // timbalzer
  • corycorycory // corycorycory
  • Nathan Coleman // nathancoleman
  • Michael Birtwell // mbirtwell
  • Harrison Hayes // Harrison97
  • Stephane Bruckert // stephanebruckert
  • Ritiek Malhotra // ritiek

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