How to get your Spotify tokens

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1. Create an application in the Spotify Developer Dashboard
   • Click on the Edit settings button
   • Set the Redirect URIs to a convenient location ^{(doesn't matter)}
   • Save the given Client ID along with the Client Secret
2. Retrieve the access code
   • Visit the following URL after replacing $CLIENT_ID, $SCOPE, and $REDIRECT_URI

   https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=$CLIENT_ID&scope=$SCOPE&redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI

   • You can choose scope(s) by visiting the Spotify API docs
3. Note code from the URL you were redirected to
4. Acquire your refresh token
   • Run the following CURL command

   curl -X POST https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token -d "client_id=$CLIENT_ID&client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRET&grant_type=authorization_code&code=$CODE&redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI"

   • Either replace or export the variables in your shell ($CILENT_ID, $CLIENT_SECRET, $CODE, and $REDIRECT_URI)
5. Save refresh_token in your .env file as well as your client_id and client_secret.