From 329ef5722be9cbc732ccf49ebc7bb30e0aeaf6de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Lamere <Paul.Lamere@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:17:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added api to get current users followed artists

---
 spotipy/client.py  | 10 ++++++++++
 tests/authtests.py |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index 5eb8f16..da37602 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -485,6 +485,16 @@ class Spotify(object):
 
         '''
         return self._get('me/tracks', limit=limit, offset=offset)
+    
+    def current_user_followed_artists(self, limit=20, after=None):
+        ''' Gets a list of the artists followed by the current authorized user
+
+            Parameters:
+                - limit - the number of tracks to return
+                - after - ghe last artist ID retrieved from the previous request
+
+        '''
+        return self._get('me/following', type='artist', limit=limit, after=after)
 
     def current_user_saved_tracks_delete(self, tracks=[]):
         ''' Remove one or more tracks from the current user's
diff --git a/tests/authtests.py b/tests/authtests.py
index b5c7f00..a28ad5b 100644
--- a/tests/authtests.py
+++ b/tests/authtests.py
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ class AuthTestSpotipy(unittest.TestCase):
         response = spotify.featured_playlists()
         self.assertTrue(len(response['playlists']) > 0)
 
+    def test_current_user_follows(self):
+        response = spotify.current_user_followed_artists()
+        artists = response['artists']
+        self.assertTrue(len(artists['items']) > 0)
+
     def get_or_create_spotify_playlist(self, username, playlist_name):
         playlists = spotify.user_playlists(username)
         while playlists:
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         scope = 'playlist-modify-public '
         scope += 'user-library-read '
+        scope += 'user-follow-read '
         scope += 'user-library-modify '
         scope += 'user-read-private'