Spotify API Explorer 🎵

A Postman collection exploring Spotify's Web API with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

What This Does

• Fetches artist details by ID
• Retrieves top tracks for an artist
• Authenticated using OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow

API Concepts Covered

• OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token authentication
• GET requests with query parameters
• JSON response parsing
• Postman environment variables

How to Use

1. Import the .json file into Postman
2. Create a Spotify Developer account at developer.spotify.com
3. Add your Client ID and Client Secret as Postman environment variables
4. Run the requests! Sample response { "artists": { "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?offset=0&limit=5&query=Taylor%20Swift&type=artist", "limit": 5, "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?offset=5&limit=5&query=Taylor%20Swift&type=artist", "offset": 0, "previous": null, "total": 9, "items": [ { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02", "id": "06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02", "images": [ { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5ebe2e8e7ff002a4afda1c7147e", "height": 640, "width": 640 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616100005174e2e8e7ff002a4afda1c7147e", "height": 320, "width": 320 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000f178e2e8e7ff002a4afda1c7147e", "height": 160, "width": 160 } ], "name": "Taylor Swift", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02" }, { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jJ0s89eD6GaHleKKya26X" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/6jJ0s89eD6GaHleKKya26X", "id": "6jJ0s89eD6GaHleKKya26X", "images": [ { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb4be5330bd48527f9dd620663", "height": 640, "width": 640 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab676161000051744be5330bd48527f9dd620663", "height": 320, "width": 320 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000f1784be5330bd48527f9dd620663", "height": 160, "width": 160 } ], "name": "Katy Perry", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:6jJ0s89eD6GaHleKKya26X" }, { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Vvvx45Apu6dQqwuZQxtgW" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/1Vvvx45Apu6dQqwuZQxtgW", "id": "1Vvvx45Apu6dQqwuZQxtgW", "images": [ { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5ebb20a9c9cee335441838c751b", "height": 640, "width": 640 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616100005174b20a9c9cee335441838c751b", "height": 320, "width": 320 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000f178b20a9c9cee335441838c751b", "height": 160, "width": 160 } ], "name": "Kidz Bop Kids", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:1Vvvx45Apu6dQqwuZQxtgW" }, { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0DwbGCdaD8YLRiVUEiV70Q" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0DwbGCdaD8YLRiVUEiV70Q", "id": "0DwbGCdaD8YLRiVUEiV70Q", "images": [ { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2738160a48bb1693050f496b11e", "height": 640, "width": 640 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e028160a48bb1693050f496b11e", "height": 300, "width": 300 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048518160a48bb1693050f496b11e", "height": 64, "width": 64 } ], "name": "Taylor Swift Piano Covers", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:0DwbGCdaD8YLRiVUEiV70Q" }, { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vZoN5cnYOycsJ5KsFkjo5" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/3vZoN5cnYOycsJ5KsFkjo5", "id": "3vZoN5cnYOycsJ5KsFkjo5", "images": [ { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273785702c6f41f1fa6d6c3d2b1", "height": 640, "width": 640 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02785702c6f41f1fa6d6c3d2b1", "height": 300, "width": 300 }, { "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00004851785702c6f41f1fa6d6c3d2b1", "height": 64, "width": 64 } ], "name": "Taylor Swift - Evermore - Piano Covers", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:3vZoN5cnYOycsJ5KsFkjo5" } ] } }