sample code for spotipy

spotipy.py

# https://github.com/plamere/spotipy/issues/194#issuecomment-315458391
# http://spotipy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#client-credentials-flow

import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials

client_credentials_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials(client_id='CLIENT_ID', client_secret='CLIENT_SECRET')

sp = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager)

results = sp.search(q='bodyslam', type='artist', limit=5)

artist = sp.artist('ARTIST_ID')