Spotipy: simple code from readthedocs got exception

[zsdonghao]

Hi when I run the simple code from readthedocs as follow:

import spotipy
import sys

spotify = spotipy.Spotify()

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    name = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
else:
    name = 'Radiohead'

results = spotify.search(q='artist:' + name, type='artist')
items = results['artists']['items']
if len(items) > 0:
    artist = items[0]
    print(artist['name'], artist['images'][0]['url'])

I got this exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/haodong/Documents/Projects/python-workspace/env3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 119, in _internal_call
    r.raise_for_status()
  File "/Users/haodong/Documents/Projects/python-workspace/env3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 844, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=artist%3ARadiohead&offset=0&type=artist&limit=10

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 19, in <module>
    results = spotify.search(q='artist:' + name, type='artist')
  File "/Users/haodong/Documents/Projects/python-workspace/env3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 339, in search
    return self._get('search', q=q, limit=limit, offset=offset, type=type, market=market)
  File "/Users/haodong/Documents/Projects/python-workspace/env3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 146, in _get
    return self._internal_call('GET', url, payload, kwargs)
  File "/Users/haodong/Documents/Projects/python-workspace/env3/lib/python3.4/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 124, in _internal_call
    headers=r.headers)
spotipy.client.SpotifyException: http status: 401, code:-1 - https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=artist%3ARadiohead&offset=0&type=artist&limit=10:
 No token provided

Anyone know why?
Many thanks~

[gise88]

Is because of this: https://developer.spotify.com/news-stories/2017/01/27/removing-unauthenticated-calls-to-the-web-api/

[zsdonghao]

thank you for the super quick reply ..

[gise88]

Np for the reply...
But I think that this issue should remains open until all documentation and examples have been fixed

[pannous]

so this API is currently broken?

[mateusrangel]

import spotipy
import sys
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials

client_credentials_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials(client_id='YOUR CLIENT ID HERE',
                                                      client_secret='YOUR CLIENT SECRET HERE')
spotify = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager)


if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    name = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
else:
    name = 'Radiohead'

results = spotify.search(q='artist:' + name, type='artist')
items = results['artists']['items']
if len(items) > 0:
    artist = items[0]
    print(artist['name'], artist['images'][0]['url'])

@zsdonghao Nowadays that's how we should authenticate our scripts with the new spotify API rules

@pannous No

[mateusrangel]

Alisha Ukani made a pull request fixing a bunch of examples including yours

244

Apparently the repository owner @plamere is away from the repo

These "hello world" examples are crucial for the newcomers