Connecting Spotify — setup and troubleshooting

How to connect your Spotify account to FitGlue via OAuth.

📅 8 February 2026

Overview

Spotify connects to FitGlue via OAuth. This allows the Spotify Tracks booster to fetch your recently played music during activities, adding a workout playlist to your descriptions.

Authentication Type

OAuth 2.0 — Secure redirect-based authorization.

Setup

  1. Go to FitGlue — Dashboard → Connections → Spotify → Connect.
  2. Sign in with your Spotify account.
  3. Grant permissions — Allow FitGlue to read your recently played tracks.
  4. Verify — After your next activity, check if tracks appear.

Permissions Requested

  • Read recently played — Access to your listening history
  • User profile — Basic profile identification

Common Issues

"Connection failed" — Ensure you're signing into the correct Spotify account. If you have both free and premium accounts, use the one you listen with during workouts.

No tracks found — Spotify must have been actively playing during the activity's time window. Offline listening history may not sync to the API in time.

Token expired — Spotify OAuth tokens expire. FitGlue auto-refreshes, but reconnection may occasionally be needed.

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