Introduction to the Course
Explore the fundamentals of the Spotify API, including its authorization methods and data endpoints. Understand how to retrieve access tokens and prepare for integrating Spotify data into Python applications, setting a strong foundation for further API learning and development.
We'll cover the following...
What is the Spotify API?
Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming platforms that provides access to millions of songs, podcasts, and videos. It also provides the details of artists, tracks, and shows.
Spotify provides an API to get all this data programmatically. This API can retrieve data about the tracks, artists, and podcasts available on Spotify. It also lets us make specific changes to a user’s resources once authorized using OAuth 2.0.
Course content
We’ll look at the following in detail as we proceed through the course:
- We’ll learn about the multiple authorization methods that Spotify API provides. We’ll also use two of these methods in our course.
- We’ll then explore different endpoints that this API provides.
- We’ll conclude the course by integrating the Spotify API into a Django application.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this course, you should be familiar with the following:
- The concept of APIs
- The use of HTTP requests
- The basics of Python