I am working on a project using the Spotify Web JS API. I am able to successfully get the AccessToken, but I am coming across the issue of the token expiring and have found that I need to get a refresh token. Here is how I am currently getting the access token.
useEffect(() => {
const hash = window.location.hash;
let token = window.localStorage.getItem("token");
if (!token && hash) {
token = hash
.substring(1)
.split("&")
.find((elem) => elem.startsWith("access_token"))
.split("=")[1];
window.location.hash = "";
window.localStorage.setItem("token", token);
setToken(token);
}
spotify.setAccessToken(token);
spotify.getMyRecentlyPlayedTracks({ limit: 50 }).then((data) => {
setRecentlyPlayed(data.items);
});
spotify.getMySavedAlbums().then((user) => {
console.log("Saved albums:", user);
});
spotify.getFollowedArtists().then((user) => {
setNumberArtistsFollowing(user.artists.total);
});
spotify.getMyCurrentPlayingTrack().then((data) => {
if (data) {
setCurrentlyPlaying(data);
}
});
spotify.getMe().then(setUserProfile);
setToken(token);
}, []);I have no experience with refresh tokens as this is my first project with tokens in general. Could anyone give me a hand? I am thinking that I need to request a refresh token in my code if the localstorage contains a token, do this on every page load regardless of whether the token is expired or not. I am unsure of how to get this refresh token though. Thank you!