### Get Spotify Web Player Access Token (Python)

Source: https://github.com/enriquegh/spotify-webplayer-token/blob/master/README.rst

This Python script retrieves Spotify's web player access token and its expiration date. It requires the 'spotify_token' library to be installed and valid 'sp_dc' and 'sp_key' cookies as input. The output is a tuple containing the access token and expiration date.

```python
import spotify_token as st

data = st.start_session("sp_dc","sp_key")
access_token = data[0]
expiration_date = data[1]
```

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### Initiate Spotify Session and Get Access Token (Python)

Source: https://context7.com/enriquegh/spotify-webplayer-token/llms.txt

Initiates a session with Spotify's internal API to obtain an access token using browser session cookies (`sp_dc` and `sp_key`). The function returns the access token and its Unix timestamp expiration. Ensure you extract these cookies from your browser's developer tools after logging into Spotify's web player.

```python
import spotify_token as st
import time

# Obtain these cookies from your browser's Developer Tools
# after logging into https://open.spotify.com
sp_dc = "your_sp_dc_cookie_value_here"
sp_key = "your_sp_key_cookie_value_here"

# Get access token and expiration
data = st.start_session(sp_dc, sp_key)
access_token = data[0]
expiration_date = data[1]  # Unix timestamp in seconds

print(f"Access Token: {access_token[:50]}...")
print(f"Expires at: {time.ctime(expiration_date)}")

# Check if token is still valid
if expiration_date > time.time():
    print("Token is valid")
else:
    print("Token has expired, refresh needed")

# Example output:
# Access Token: BQDxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
# Expires at: Thu Jan 25 14:30:00 2024
# Token is valid
```

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