Spotify

About Spotify

The Spotify Web API lets developers build applications that interact with Spotify's streaming service. It supports retrieving content metadata for albums, artists, tracks, playlists, episodes, audiobooks, shows, and chapters, as well as creating and managing playlists and controlling playback (starting, pausing, skipping, seeking, queueing, and adjusting volume or shuffle/repeat settings).

Access requires creating an app through the Spotify developer dashboard to obtain credentials and an access token, which is then used to authorize API requests. Using the API requires a Spotify Premium account.

The API is aimed at developers building applications on top of Spotify's catalog and playback functionality, covering areas such as user profiles, libraries, saved items, followed artists, search, browse categories, and available markets.

Key features

• Retrieve metadata for tracks, albums, artists, playlists, shows, and audiobooks
• Create and manage playlists on behalf of users
• Control playback (play, pause, skip, seek, volume, shuffle, repeat, queue)
• Search across Spotify content catalog
• Access user library and top items, and manage followed artists/playlists
• OAuth-based authorization via authorization code, PKCE, and client credentials flows

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