auth.py

request = requests.post(
        "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token",
        data = json.dumps({
            "grant_type": "client_credentials"
            }),
        headers = {
            "Authorization": "Basic " + str(
                base64.b64encode(
                    (config.config["spotify"]["client_id"] +
                        ":" + config.config["spotify"]["client_secret"]
                        ).encode('ascii')
                    ).decode('ascii')
                )
            }
        )