How to Get Spotify API Credentials and a Refresh Token for Playlist Automation

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A developer tutorial series on automating Spotify and YouTube playlists has released its second chapter, focusing on Spotify setup. Readers are guided through creating a Spotify Developer app at developer.spotify.com to obtain a Client ID and Client Secret, which identify the app to Spotify's API. The chapter then explains how to generate a Refresh Token via a one-time OAuth login flow, a credential that allows an automated script to access Spotify playlists without repeated manual logins. This token is essential for the project's later stages, where scripts will run unattended on GitHub Actions. The full setup, including storing these credentials securely, will be completed in Chapter 5 of the series.

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