spotify-web-api-node/examples/get-info-about-current-user.js

A Node.js wrapper for Spotify's Web API

const SpotifyWebApi = require('../');

/**
 * This example retrieves information about the 'current' user. The current user is the user that has
 * authorized the application to access its data.
 */

/* Retrieve a code as documented here:
 * https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/#authorization-code-flow
 *
 * Codes are given for a set of scopes. For this example, the scopes are user-read-private and user-read-email.
 * Scopes are documented here:
 * https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/scopes/
 */
const authorizationCode =
  '<insert authorization code with user-read-private and user-read-email scopes>';

/* Get the credentials from Spotify's Dashboard page.
 * https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications
 */
const spotifyApi = new SpotifyWebApi({
  clientId: '<insert client id>',
  clientSecret: '<insert client secret>',
  redirectUri: '<insert redirect URI>'
});

// First retrieve an access token
spotifyApi
  .authorizationCodeGrant(authorizationCode)
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log('Retrieved access token', data.body['access_token']);

    // Set the access token
    spotifyApi.setAccessToken(data.body['access_token']);

    // Use the access token to retrieve information about the user connected to it
    return spotifyApi.getMe();
  })
  .then(function(data) {
    // "Retrieved data for Faruk Sahin"
    console.log('Retrieved data for ' + data.body['display_name']);

    // "Email is farukemresahin@gmail.com"
    console.log('Email is ' + data.body.email);

    // "Image URL is http://media.giphy.com/media/Aab07O5PYOmQ/giphy.gif"
    console.log('Image URL is ' + data.body.images[0].url);

    // "This user has a premium account"
    console.log('This user has a ' + data.body.product + ' account');
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.log('Something went wrong:', err.message);
  });