topic Getting updated if playing song changes in Spotify for Developers https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Getting-updated-if-playing-song-changes/m-p/5624772#M10359 <P><STRONG>Plan</STRONG></P><P>Premium</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>Germany</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>Macbook Air M1 13"</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>MacOS</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P>I need to update a screen in my app if the playing song changes, but I don't want to send http requests to the Spotify API every x amount of seconds.</P><P>I looked into Websockets and Long Polling but spotify doesnt offer any of that. I need to make the request on my Django server and send it to the client using websockets, this part is working and the UI is already built but I can't find an efficient solution to my problem. Is there any efficient way to notify the app if the playing song changes without sending way too many http requests?</P></DIV></DIV> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:41:04 GMT eliadriesner 2023-08-18T11:41:04Z Getting updated if playing song changes https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Getting-updated-if-playing-song-changes/m-p/5624772#M10359 <P><STRONG>Plan</STRONG></P><P>Premium</P><P><STRONG>Country</STRONG></P><P>Germany</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Device</STRONG></P><P>Macbook Air M1 13"</P><P><STRONG>Operating System</STRONG></P><P>MacOS</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>My Question or Issue</STRONG></P><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV><DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P>I need to update a screen in my app if the playing song changes, but I don't want to send http requests to the Spotify API every x amount of seconds.</P><P>I looked into Websockets and Long Polling but spotify doesnt offer any of that. I need to make the request on my Django server and send it to the client using websockets, this part is working and the UI is already built but I can't find an efficient solution to my problem. Is there any efficient way to notify the app if the playing song changes without sending way too many http requests?</P></DIV></DIV> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:41:04 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Getting-updated-if-playing-song-changes/m-p/5624772#M10359 eliadriesner 2023-08-18T11:41:04Z