{"id":28211,"library":"spotify-token","title":"Spotify Token","description":"Python wrapper for fetching Spotify Webplayer access tokens, useful for interacting with the Spotify Webplayer API. Current version 1.0.0. Low maintenance cadence.","status":"active","version":"1.0.0","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/enriquegh/spotify-webplayer-token","tags":["spotify","token","webplayer","authentication"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install spotify-token","lang":"bash","label":"Install via pip"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"Common mistake: importing directly without the class; leads to AttributeError.","wrong":"import spotify_token","symbol":"SpotifyToken","correct":"from spotify_token import SpotifyToken"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from spotify_token import SpotifyToken\n\n# You need a valid Spotify client token (from webplayer session)\nclient_token = os.environ.get('SPOTIFY_CLIENT_TOKEN', '')\nst = SpotifyToken(client_token)\ntry:\n    access_token = st.get_access_token()\n    print(f\"Access token: {access_token}\")\nexcept Exception as e:\n    print(f\"Error: {e}\")","lang":"python","description":"Instantiate SpotifyToken with a client token and fetch an access token."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Obtain the client token from a logged-in Spotify web session (look for sp_dc or sp_key cookies).","message":"The library requires a valid Spotify webplayer client token, not a regular API client ID/secret. Common mistake: passing a client ID instead of the webplayer token.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Consider using the official Spotify Web API with proper OAuth if possible.","message":"The library may break when Spotify changes its internal webplayer authentication flow. There has been no recent update.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=1.0.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run: pip install spotify-token","cause":"The package is named 'spotify-token' on PyPI but the module inside is 'spotify_token'.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'spotify_token'"},{"fix":"Use: from spotify_token import SpotifyToken","cause":"Trying to import the class incorrectly, e.g., 'import spotify_token' and then 'spotify_token.SpotifyToken' does not exist because the class is not directly attached to the module.","error":"AttributeError: module 'spotify_token' has no attribute 'SpotifyToken'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}