The scopes() function points to a defunct URL, causing downstream issues.

[dwh1142]

The spotifyr::scopes() function, which spotifyr::get_spotify_authorization_code(), relies on, points to this page: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/scopes/. This url comes back with a 404 Error, and looks like it no longer exists.

I believe it should be pointing here instead: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/scopes/

Because many other functions are calling spotifyr::get_spotify_authorization_code() for authorization, this is causing all kinds of downstream issues.

See this StackOverflow question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69649706/error-while-trying-to-extract-spotify-data-using-r

[antaldaniel]

This is indeed an urgency because it will throw out the package from CRAN.

[paulvanleeuwen]

Could you give an indication when this problem will be solved? Thanks in advance!

[antaldaniel]

@paulvanleeuwen as soon as somebody sends a well-documented pull-request with the solution.

[apsteinmetz]

It's a simple matter of changing to the correct url in utils.r::scopes(). When I do that CMD check passes that function. I am not fluent in github pull requests or I would be happy to do it. As an aside, it seems like relying on a documentation page existing when the package is about API calls seems fraught with peril. Love this package, though!

However, there is another check failure involving a bad URL. I don't know if they are related:
[1] 3

get_category_playlists('party', country = 'BR')
Error in as.character(url) :
cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character'
Calls: get_category_playlists ... handle_name -> build_url -> stopifnot -> is.url -> parse_url
Execution halted

[antaldaniel]

Same as #160 .