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clarify SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI registration/authentication process

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Aarno Aukia 2015-10-31 16:59:04 +01:00
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@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ Many methods require user authentication. For these requests you will need to
generate an authorization token that indicates that the user has granted
permission for your application to perform the given task. You will need to
register your app to get the credentials necessary to make authorized calls.
Even if your script does not have an accessible URL you need to specify one
when registering your application where the spotify authentication API will
redirect to after successful login. The URL doesn't need to work or be
accessible, you can specify "http://localhost/", after successful login you
just need to copy the "http://localhost/?code=..." URL from your browser
and paste it to the console where your script is running.
Register your app at
`My Applications
<https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications/#!/applications>`_.
@ -117,8 +125,9 @@ Call ``util.prompt_for_user_token`` method with the username and the
desired scope (see `Using
Scopes <https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/using-scopes/>`_ for information
about scopes) and credentials. This will coordinate the user authorization via
your web browser. The credentials are cached locally and are used to automatically
re-authorized expired tokens.
your web browser and ask for the SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI you were redirected to
with the authorization token appended. The credentials are cached locally and
are used to automatically re-authorized expired tokens.
Here's an example of getting user authorization to read a user's saved tracks::