[GH-ISSUE #241] Two users, two tokens, same result sets #126

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opened 2026-02-27 23:20:57 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-02-27 23:20:57 +03:00

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Originally created by @beekgeek on GitHub (Dec 31, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/241

I've got Spotipy running on a localhost. I've authenticated two different users and have confirmed their tokens are unique. When I run the following code to get currently playing information, I get the same results in spite of having different Spotify sessions running (different devices) for each of the users.

Testing further, this looks like a "current user" definition issue. Using the Spotipy "current_user()" method, I get the same username regardless of the token returned. Assuming log in / log out is even the right solution in this case not sure how I would implement log in this environment (running everything from command line). Shouldn't the authentication token be the basis for the results returned?

playback.py:

import sys
import spotipy
import spotipy.util as util

scope = 'user-library-read user-read-currently-playing user-read-playback-state'

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    username = sys.argv[1]
    print username + ': '
else:
    print "Usage: %s username" % (sys.argv[0],)
    sys.exit()

token = util.prompt_for_user_token(username, scope)

if token:
    print "Token: "+ token + " // "
    sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth=token)
    results = sp.current_playback()
    isplaying = results['is_playing']
    print isplaying
    if isplaying:
        track = results['item']['name']
        artist = results['item']['artists'][0]['name']
        trackid = results['item']['id']
        device = results['device']['name']
        print track + " - " + trackid + " - " + artist + " - on " + device
else:
    print "Can't get token for", username

Originally created by @beekgeek on GitHub (Dec 31, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/241 I've got Spotipy running on a localhost. I've authenticated two different users and have confirmed their tokens are unique. When I run the following code to get currently playing information, I get the same results in spite of having different Spotify sessions running (different devices) for each of the users. Testing further, this looks like a "current user" definition issue. Using the Spotipy "current_user()" method, I get the same username regardless of the token returned. Assuming log in / log out is even the right solution in this case not sure how I would implement log in this environment (running everything from command line). Shouldn't the authentication token be the basis for the results returned? playback.py: ``` import sys import spotipy import spotipy.util as util scope = 'user-library-read user-read-currently-playing user-read-playback-state' if len(sys.argv) > 1: username = sys.argv[1] print username + ': ' else: print "Usage: %s username" % (sys.argv[0],) sys.exit() token = util.prompt_for_user_token(username, scope) if token: print "Token: "+ token + " // " sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth=token) results = sp.current_playback() isplaying = results['is_playing'] print isplaying if isplaying: track = results['item']['name'] artist = results['item']['artists'][0]['name'] trackid = results['item']['id'] device = results['device']['name'] print track + " - " + trackid + " - " + artist + " - on " + device else: print "Can't get token for", username ```

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kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:20:58 +03:00

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@beekgeek commented on GitHub (Jan 1, 2018):

Scope issue? I had a few different test scripts for my app with different scopes. I've updated them all to be consistent and now the issue seems to be resolved.

@beekgeek commented on GitHub (Jan 1, 2018): Scope issue? I had a few different test scripts for my app with different scopes. I've updated them all to be consistent and now the issue seems to be resolved.

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2026-02-28 00:01:42 +03:00

[PR #126] [MERGED] fixed incorrect comment about purpose of script #785