Access Spotify search track without user authentication?

[Woodhartt]

Hello, thanks for your module!

I would like to know if it's possible to have an access to the function Spotify.search() without the authentication of a user's account?
Is it necessary to have a user authentication to retrieve an access token or I can get one back in another way (without user authentication)?

Thanks for your answer!!

[lufinkey]

You must have user authentication to search

Required. A valid access token from the Spotify Accounts service

[Woodhartt]

Thanks for your answer.

A last question, is it possible to make an authentication with client credentials flow in your module? Or it's just with authorization code flow?

Thanks!!

[lufinkey]

Could you clarify?

[Woodhartt]

There are three types of authentication flows for spotify API: authorization code flow, implicit grant and client credentials flow. The client credentials flow is usde to connect to spotify API without user's authentication. In your module, I think the authentication flow used is authorization code flow (in your example). And I would like to know if it's possible to use client credentials flow, so connect to spotify api without user's auuthentication?

[lufinkey]

You can supply an auth / refresh token in the loginWithSession method