Get userId from Spotify iOS SDK

Question

Is there a way to get the userId using the Spotify iOS SDK rather than using the web api?

Answer 1

Not sure if you're still looking, but SPTSession has a property:

/** @brief The canonical username of the authenticated user. */
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSString *canonicalUsername;

Which seems to be the id needed to make requests.

Answer 2

Yes.

Here's an example of how to do it in Swift 3:

SPTUser.requestCurrentUser(withAccessToken:(SPTAuth.defaultInstance().session.accessToken)!) { (error, data) in
        guard let user = data as? SPTUser else { print("Couldn't cast as SPTUser"); return }
        let userId = user.canonicalUsername
})