Integrate the Spotify API in JavaScript

Gain insights into the Spotify API and OAuth 2.0, and learn to retrieve access tokens, manage data, and integrate Spotify in a React app with hands-on experience.

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22 Lessons

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Gain insights into the Spotify API and OAuth 2.0, and learn to retrieve access tokens, manage data, and integrate Spotify in a React app with hands-on experience.

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Course Overview

Spotify is a popular music streaming platform that provides access to millions of songs, podcasts, and videos along with information like the details of artists, tracks, and shows. In this course, you'll first get an introduction to the Spotify API and its different endpoints. Spotify uses the OAuth 2.0 framework, and you'll learn about the different authorization methods you can use for the Spotify API. You'll then be provided with a step-by-step guide on how to sign up for an account and retrieve the acc...Show More

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with the different authorization methods you can use with the Spotify API

The ability to get information about an artist, their albums, and top tracks

The ability to save or delete an album from a user profile using Spotify API

The ability to create a playlist and add items to it using a Spotify user account

An understanding of how to manage tracks in a user profile

Working knowledge of how to get audio features and analysis of a track

Hands-on experience integrating Spotify API in a functioning React application

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with the different authorization methods you can use with the Spotify API

Course Content

Introduction

Get familiar with Spotify API integration, authorization flows, and setting up your development environment.

Introduction to the Course

Authorization Methods

Get Started with Spotify API

Obtain the Client Credential Access Token

Obtain the Authorization Code Access Token

Search Spotify Resources and New Releases

Get started with accessing Spotify's Search and New Releases endpoints efficiently.

Search Spotify Resources

New Releases

Artists

Break apart retrieving artist information, albums, and top tracks using the Spotify API.

Artist's Information

Artist’s Albums

Artist’s Top Tracks

Albums

Break down complex ideas on managing and retrieving user saved albums via Spotify API.

Manage Albums in a User’s Profile

User Saved Albums and Album's Information

Playlists

Solve problems in creating, retrieving, and managing Spotify playlists using JavaScript.

Create Playlist and Add Items to a Playlist

User Playlists and Playlist Information

Featured Playlists and Playlist Items

Tracks

3 Lessons

Follow the process of managing, retrieving, and analyzing tracks through Spotify’s API.

API Integration in React

1 Lesson

Practice using a React app to integrate Spotify API for playlists, albums, and searches.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Get familiar with integrating the Spotify API in JavaScript and continue exploring.

Appendix

2 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Spotify API requests and token refresh for seamless integration.

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