I'm using the Spotify API and basically I want to be able to access a user's playlists, modify playlists, and create new playlists. I was using the JavaScript wrapper for client side (https://github.com/JMPerez/spotify-web-api-js) and an implicit grant flow for authorization. Using the examples I got to the point of accessing users and their playlists and I was able to add one extra scope (playlist-read-private) to the scopes. I am trying to add the other ones I need (like playlist-modify-public) but it isn't working. Rather than authorizing (or going to the redirect URL) it will throw an XMLHttpRequest error of 401: Unauthorized. The error description is error_description=Illegal+scope:+playlist-modify-public. The first time I added a new scope, it wouldn't work. I took a break, returned to my code and re-tried exactly the same thing and it suddenly worked (with a pop-up for a new authorization).
This is the authorization code:
document.getElementById('login-button').addEventListener('click', function() {
var client_id = '03ffe0cac0a0401aa6673c3cf6d02ced'; // Your client id
var redirect_uri = 'http://localhost:8888/'; // Your redirect uri
var state = generateRandomString(16);
localStorage.setItem(stateKey, state);
var scope = 'playlist-read-private user-read-private user-read-email';
var url = 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize';
url += '?response_type=token';
url += '&client_id=' + encodeURIComponent(client_id);
url += '&scope=' + encodeURIComponent(scope);
url += '&redirect_uri=' + encodeURIComponent(redirect_uri);
url += '&state=' + encodeURIComponent(state);
window.location = url;
// onAuthorize();
}, false);
In order to add a new scope what I am trying to do is just change
'playlist-read-private user-read-private user-read-email'
to
'playlist-read-private playlist-modify-private user-read-private user-read-email'
Everything works with the first one, but as soon as I change it, the app breaks in the way I described above.
Any ideas how to make the app accept the other scopes so I can actually modify the playlists would be much appreciated. Let me know if I can clarify anything and thank you so much!
(All the code can be found here but I am at a hackathon so it might change quickly)
TL;DR: how can I add a new scope when I use the Spotify API?
Thank you!
