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</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">ls -la SpotifyAPI.Web/bin/Debug/netstandard2.1/SpotifyAPI.Web.dll</span></div></div></div><buttontype="button"aria-label="Copy code to clipboard"class="copyButton_Ue-o">Copy</button></div></div><h2><aaria-hidden="true"tabindex="-1"class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2LWZ"id="first-api-calls"></a>First API Calls<aclass="hash-link"href="#first-api-calls"title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h2><p>You're now ready to issue your first calls to the Spotify API, a small console example:</p><divclass="codeBlockContainer_K1bP"><divclass="codeBlockContent_hGly csharp"><divtabindex="0"class="prism-code language-csharp codeBlock_23N8 thin-scrollbar"><divclass="codeBlockLines_39YC"style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">using System;</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">using System.Threading.Tasks;</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">using SpotifyAPI.Web;</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">class Program</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">{</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"> static async Task Main()</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"> {</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"> var spotify = new SpotifyClient("YourAccessToken");</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"style="display:inline-block">
</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"> var track = await spotify.Tracks.Get("1s6ux0lNiTziSrd7iUAADH");</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"> Console.WriteLine(track.Name);</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain"> }</span></div><divclass="token-line"style="color:#bfc7d5"><spanclass="token plain">}</span></div></div></div><buttontype="button"aria-label="Copy code to clipboard"class="copyButton_Ue-o">Copy</button></div></div><divclass="admonition admonition-tip alert alert--success"><divclass="admonition-heading"><h5><spanclass="admonition-icon"><svgxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"width="12"height="16"viewBox="0 0 12 16"><pathfill-rule="evenodd"d="M6.5 0C3.48 0 1 2.19 1 5c0 .92.55 2.25 1 3 1.34 2.25 1.78 2.78 2 4v1h5v-1c.22-1.22.66-1.75 2-4 .45-.75 1-2.08 1-3 0-2.81-2.48-5-5.5-5zm3.64 7.48c-.25.44-.47.8-.67 1.11-.86 1.41-1.25 2.06-1.45 3.23-.02.05-.02.11-.02.17H5c0-.06 0-.13-.02-.17-.2-1.17-.59-1.83-1.45-3.23-.2-.31-.42-.67-.67-1.11C2.44 6.78 2 5.65 2 5c0-2.2 2.02-4 4.5-4 1.22 0 2.36.42 3.22 1.19C10.55 2.94 11 3.94 11 5c0 .66-.44 1.78-.86 2.48zM4 14h5c-.23 1.14-1.3 2-2.5 2s-2.27-.86-2.5-2z"></path></svg></span>tip</h5></div><divclass="admonition-content"><p>Notice that the spotify api does not allow unauthorized API access. Wondering where you should get an access token from? For a quick test, head over to the <ahref="https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-album/"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify Developer Console</a> and generate an access token with the required scopes! For a permanent solution, head over to the <ahref="/SpotifyAPI-NET/docs/auth_introduction">authentication guides</a>.</p></div></div><p>There is no online documentation for every available API call, but XML inline docs are available:</p><ul><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IUserProfileClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">UserProfile</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IBrowseClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Browse</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IShowsClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Shows</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IPlaylistsClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Playlists</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/ISearchClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Search</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IFollowClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/ITracksClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Tracks</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IPlayerClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Player</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IAlbumsClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Albums</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IArtistsClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Artists</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IPersonalizationClient.cs"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">Personalization</a></li><li><ahref="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/blob/master/SpotifyAPI.Web/Clients/Interfaces/IEpisodesClient.cs"target="_blank"rel=
