get-current-user
Retrieve the current user's Spotify account details to manage playback, playlists, and preferences directly through the MCP server integration.
Tool call template
This tool declares no required parameters. Add optional parameters from the input schema as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {},
"name": "get-current-user"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- mcp/spotify-mcp.ts:246-300 (handler)Inline handler for get-current-user tool: fetches the current user's Spotify profile (/v1/me) using a valid access token and returns formatted user info (id, name, email, country) or error.
server.tool("get-current-user", {}, async () => { try { const accessToken = await getValidAccessToken(); const response = await fetch("https://api.spotify.com/v1/me", { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`, }, }); const data = (await response.json()) as any; if (!response.ok) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error getting user profile: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`, }, ], isError: true, }; } return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify( { id: data.id, name: data.display_name, email: data.email, country: data.country, }, null, 2 ), }, ], }; } catch (error) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Failed to get user profile: ${ error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }`, }, ], isError: true, }; } }); - mcp/spotify-mcp.ts:246-246 (registration)Registers the get-current-user tool with empty input schema.
server.tool("get-current-user", {}, async () => { - mcp/spotify-mcp-http.js:249-301 (handler)HTTP variant inline handler for get-current-user tool, similar to main but JS version with minor differences in error handling.
server.tool("get-current-user", {}, async () => { try { const accessToken = await getValidAccessToken(); const response = await fetch("https://api.spotify.com/v1/me", { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`, }, }); const data = await response.json(); if (!response.ok) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error getting user profile: ${JSON.stringify(data)}`, }, ], isError: true, }; } return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify( { id: data.id, name: data.display_name, email: data.email, country: data.country, }, null, 2 ), }, ], }; } catch (error) { return { content: [ { type: "text", text: `Failed to get user profile: ${error.message}`, }, ], isError: true, }; } }); - mcp/spotify-mcp-oauth-http.js:329-371 (handler)OAuth HTTP variant handler using handleSpotifyTool helper, includes followers count, throws errors instead of returning isError.
server.registerTool( "get-current-user", { title: "Get Current User", description: "Get current Spotify user information", }, async () => { return await handleSpotifyTool(sessionId, async (accessToken) => { const response = await fetch("https://api.spotify.com/v1/me", { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`, }, }); const data = await response.json(); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error( `Spotify API error: ${data.error?.message || "Unknown error"}` ); } return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify( { id: data.id, name: data.display_name, email: data.email, country: data.country, followers: data.followers?.total || 0, }, null, 2 ), }, ], }; }); } );