Get all the albums for a given artist_id

spotify_get_albums.py

import requests


spotify_endpoint = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/"


def get_albums(artist_id):
    albums = []
    params = {'album_type': 'album'}
    url = spotify_endpoint + 'artists/%s/albums' % artist_id
    while url:
        try:
            r = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
            albums += r.get('items', [])
            url = r.get('next')
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            print e
    return albums