How to get currently playing song?

[marco79]

I made a widget using the Spotify API. You can have a look at the code to see how to refresh a token. The initial query to obtain the access & refresh tokens is in the shortcut I built to simplify the process:

Widget Examples

To test the stacks feature I built a Spotify Now Playing widget. It uses the more complex Spotify Authorization Code Flow which is needed to access a user‘s playback information. The widget automatically refreshes expired access tokens. I also built a Siri Shortcut to simplify the initial setup. Gist and setup instructions: Caveat: Even though it’s been a lot of work this widget is more a proof of concept. It will lag behind since it‘s not possible to force an update of widgets and only iO…