spotipython

This is a bare bones Spotify Web API client library. It supports async, is typed and is generated directly from an OpenAPI spec.

Install:

pip install spotipython

Quickstart

# See also tests/test_search.py

async def take_on_me():
    token = await get_spotify_token(
        client_id="get_this_from_the_dashboard", 
        client_secret="and this too"
    )
    async with AuthenticatedClient(
        base_url="https://api.spotify.com/v1",
        token=token,
        raise_on_unexpected_status=True,
    ) as client:
        while True:
            resp = await search.asyncio_detailed(
                q="Take on Me",
                type_=[SearchTypeItem.TRACK],
                limit=1,
                client=client,
            )
            
            if resp.status_code == HTTPStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:  # 429
                ra = resp.headers.get("Retry-After")
                delay = parse_retry_after(ra)

                logger.warning(f"429; retrying in {delay:.2f}s")
                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
                continue

            results = resp.parsed
            assert isinstance(results, SearchResponse200), (
                "results wasn't a SearchResponse200"
            )
            assert isinstance(results.tracks, PagingTrackObject), (
                "tracks wasn't a PagingTrackObject"
            )
            assert isinstance(results.tracks.items, list), "items wasn't a list"
            for t in results.tracks.items:
                assert t.name == "Take on Me", "Track name wasn't 'Take on Me'"
            break

Given that it's typed and generated from the Spotify Web API docs (well, sort of, see below) you can work it out from there.

Note that openapi-python-client uses UNSET rather heavily, which makes things ugly.

Generic usage guide

The following was copied from the openapi-python-client's generated README.

Begin copy-paste:

First, create a client:

from generated_client import Client

client = Client(base_url="https://api.example.com")

If the endpoints you're going to hit require authentication, use AuthenticatedClient instead:

from generated_client import AuthenticatedClient

client = AuthenticatedClient(base_url="https://api.example.com", token="SuperSecretToken")

Now call your endpoint and use your models:

from generated_client.models import MyDataModel
from generated_client.api.my_tag import get_my_data_model
from generated_client.types import Response

with client as client:
    my_data: MyDataModel = get_my_data_model.sync(client=client)
    # or if you need more info (e.g. status_code)
    response: Response[MyDataModel] = get_my_data_model.sync_detailed(client=client)

Or do the same thing with an async version:

from generated_client.models import MyDataModel
from generated_client.api.my_tag import get_my_data_model
from generated_client.types import Response

async with client as client:
    my_data: MyDataModel = await get_my_data_model.asyncio(client=client)
    response: Response[MyDataModel] = await get_my_data_model.asyncio_detailed(client=client)

By default, when you're calling an HTTPS API it will attempt to verify that SSL is working correctly. Using certificate verification is highly recommended most of the time, but sometimes you may need to authenticate to a server (especially an internal server) using a custom certificate bundle.

client = AuthenticatedClient(
    base_url="https://internal_api.example.com", 
    token="SuperSecretToken",
    verify_ssl="/path/to/certificate_bundle.pem",
)

You can also disable certificate validation altogether, but beware that this is a security risk.

client = AuthenticatedClient(
    base_url="https://internal_api.example.com", 
    token="SuperSecretToken", 
    verify_ssl=False
)

Things to know:

1. Every path/method combo becomes a Python module with four functions:

   1. sync: Blocking request that returns parsed data (if successful) or None
   2. sync_detailed: Blocking request that always returns a Request, optionally with parsed set if the request was successful.
   3. asyncio: Like sync but async instead of blocking
   4. asyncio_detailed: Like sync_detailed but async instead of blocking

2. All path/query params, and bodies become method arguments.

3. If your endpoint had any tags on it, the first tag will be used as a module name for the function (my_tag above)

4. Any endpoint which did not have a tag will be in generated_client.api.default

Advanced customisations

There are more settings on the generated Client class which let you control more runtime behavior, check out the docstring on that class for more info. You can also customize the underlying httpx.Client or httpx.AsyncClient (depending on your use-case):

from generated_client import Client

def log_request(request):
    print(f"Request event hook: {request.method} {request.url} - Waiting for response")

def log_response(response):
    request = response.request
    print(f"Response event hook: {request.method} {request.url} - Status {response.status_code}")

client = Client(
    base_url="https://api.example.com",
    httpx_args={"event_hooks": {"request": [log_request], "response": [log_response]}},
)

# Or get the underlying httpx client to modify directly with client.get_httpx_client() or client.get_async_httpx_client()

You can even set the httpx client directly, but beware that this will override any existing settings (e.g., base_url):

import httpx
from generated_client import Client

client = Client(
    base_url="https://api.example.com",
)
# Note that base_url needs to be re-set, as would any shared cookies, headers, etc.
client.set_httpx_client(httpx.Client(base_url="https://api.example.com", proxies="http://localhost:8030"))

It is generated using openapi-python-client. That means it benefits from 'all the latest and greatest Python features' such as type annotations, dataclasses and asynchronous execution.

end copy-paste

Development

Background

I built this because spotipy, the most popular Spotify Python SDK, isn't typed, nor does it support async, as far as I can see. None of the other libraries have been updated in the past few months. And in any case, I needed an interface I could trust.

I needed it for Zacusca, on which vol.best is built. They're both Banquet products.

I decided to publish it in case anyone else finds it helpful.

Generation

To generate the client:

uv run generator/generator.py

This will generate the client in generated-client/generated_client. Then it will copy the relevant files across to spotipython.

You might notice that in generator.py I've hardcoded a non-Spotify URL:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/APIs-guru/openapi-directory/main/APIs/spotify.com/1.0.0/openapi.yaml

You can see why here.

Testing

I optimistically assume that the Swagger and client generator will work and if they don't then this downstream project is irredeemably broken anyway.

So there's currently only one test. It assumes you have SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID and SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET set.

If you encounter problems, tell me.