rename '.cache'

[brayo-pip]

The .cache filename clashes with the .cache directory found on the linux '~/home' directory. Simply renaming the .cache file to something more unique would solve this problem. I would suggest renaming it to .sp_cache or something more descriptive like spotipy_cache file.

[brayo-pip]

if I get the green light I can open a PR and fix it by the weekend

[stephanebruckert]

As this is a backward-incompatible change, it would be fine for the v3 branch

See #652

[Peter-Schorn]

It should also be noted that you can specify whatever cache path you want if the default conflicts with other files.

[clemwo]

It should also be noted that you can specify whatever cache path you want if the default conflicts with other files.

How do you do that?

[Peter-Schorn]

Since the last post on this thread, the API has changed somewhat. Here's how to specify the cache path—that is, the file in which the authorization information is stored—when creating an instance of Spotify:

spotify = Spotify(
    auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(
        cache_handler=CacheFileHandler(cache_path="/path/to/cache")
    )
)