from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials import spotipy import json client_credentials_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials() sp = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager) uri = 'spotify:user:spotifycharts:playlist:37i9dQZEVXbJiZcmkrIHGU' username = uri.split(':')[2] playlist_id = uri.split(':')[4] results = sp.user_playlist(username, playlist_id) print json.dumps(results, indent=4)