How can I get an access token Spotify API?

Question

I've been looking at the Spotify api for a few days now and example source code and I still can't figure out how to get an access token to access a user's playlist data. I've gotten to the point where I pull up the login window, the user logs in, and then I receive an authorization code. At this point, I tried doing things like:

window.open("https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?
grant_type=authorization_code&code="+code+"&redirect_uri=myurl&client_id=3137b15
2f1424defa2c6020ae5c6d444&client_secret=mysecret");

and

$.ajax(
    {
      url: "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?grant_type=authorization_code&code="+code+"&redirect_uri=myurl&client_secret=mysecret&client_id=myid", 
      success: function(result){
        alert("foo");
      }
    }
);

But either way I get a result like:

{"error":"server_error","error_description":"Unexpected status: 405"}

instead of a token. I'm sure this is simple but I'm terrible at JS. Please help! Thank you!

(edit) I forgot to mention:

Link to api authentication guide: https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/authorization-guide/

I'm stuck on step 4. I see that there is an alternative method on sending a "header parameter" or cURL request which might work. But seing as how I have no idea how to do these things I've stuck with sending the client_id and client_secret as body request parameters like I did before for the user login/code.

PS: I'm only using this application I'm writing for myself. Is there a way I could hardcode a token in without going through this process instead?

Frxstrem Frxstrem · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-06T04:14:51

When the authorization code has been received, you will need to exchange it with an access token by making a POST request to the Spotify Accounts service, this time to its /api/token endpoint:

So you need to make a POST request to the Spotify API, with the parameters in the request body:

$.ajax(
  {
    method: "POST",
    url: "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token",
    data: {
      "grant_type":    "authorization_code",
      "code":          code,
      "redirect_uri":  myurl,
      "client_secret": mysecret,
      "client_id":     myid,
    },
    success: function(result) {
      // handle result...
    },
  }
);

(As a sidenote, "Unexpected status: 405" refers to the HTTP status code 405 Method Not Allowed, which indicates that the request method you tried—a GET request—is not allowed on that URL.)

How can I get an access token Spotify API?

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