Spotify Playlist embed only plays 30 second snippets - How to play full songs in playlist embeds?

[urbanriders]

Hi Spotify community, 

Basically, my questions are about playlist embedding.  I know how to embed a playlist to my site via HTML and the code provided by the Spotify app. But why is it that when you actually hit play on the playlist when it's on my site the song only plays a 30 sec preview. This is seriously annoying.... I don't see the disclaimer... if Spotify is doing this for a reason they should let us know..... I understand they want listeners on the actual app and not listening on the people's blogs.... but take a look at this post about David Bowie on the newsroom (Spotify news blog) 

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-04-17/spotify-transports-nyc-commuters-to-mars-with-immersive-davi...

The playlist plays full songs not 30-second previews. The first song in my playlist a Bowie song! So it's not a licensing issue we are dealing with here. It's just a lack of communication about this issue from Spotify because there isn't documentation available about the rules they are imposing.... 

SO to put it in simple terms can someone teach me how to play full songs in playlist embeds? Not 30-second snippets that end with this screen and this awful message. 

[QuantumParadox]

Going to bump this, seems like somehow it reverted to a 30second preview.

It used to be the case where pressing play will either open spotify web or play in the desktop version with playback progress syncing in the embed widget. Just noticed that mine defaulted to the 30s preview for some weird reason.

Going back to using my custom youtube audio widget. .

[DannyM2]

Hi. I'm experiencing the exact same problem.

The Spotify playlists on my site used to stream perfectly, but now they just play erxcerptys from each track with an overlay on top of the playlist saying "To play the full track, you'll need the Spotify app."

Is that a new thing now, or is it a bug?

It's the same on all devices/computers. Regardless of whether I'm signed in or out of Spotift etc.

[Loxer]

Hey @urbanriders, @DannyM2 & @QuantumParadox,

Hope you guys are doing great!

In fact this is how this feature works. It is not a bug nor an issue with it.

However, if you would like, you can submit it in Idea Submissions board or support it if this idea has been already submitted. 

Hope I was able to help 🙂

[QuantumParadox]

Woah Woah Woah

It used to play the whole song or playlist on the local spotify app if available, not a 30 second preview. 

I have videos on how it used to work vis a vis now, so unless I was living in another dimension for a few years, this is not how it was meant to, it recently changed and many are pretty annoyed about it. 

The only way forward now is to use the Web Connect Api, getting the current device or setting a web player to play those songs/playlists.

Note: I actually read and try to research before replying anyone. Hope I am able to help! Cheers!

[urbanriders]

Quantum can you explain what you mean by web API ? 

Did you find a solution?

[urbanriders]

Sorry to say this isn't true and you are misinforming people. it's not supposed to play a 30-second snippet if you have Spotify available in a browser or in the desktop app. Also not stated that way in the dev documentation. 

@lorenxk

[QuantumParadox]

I had to smash up the spotify web connect api, grab a device, and play the specified track through the device id , should be able to grab the now playing status and update, but all this hacking is messy. I hate it when companies break stuff and do not inform developers using their stuff before hand. 

I kinda gave up on my end , but the described methods should work in theory. Im just too lazy.

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/using-connect-web-api/

[urbanriders]

So after contacting Spotify support again, they confirmed with me for the second time that it has to do with licensing issues and that they are unable to comment more on the fact because of that? 

shaddyyyyyy af - unable to comment on a feature that we offer that is miss advertised. Hmmmmmmm

[QuantumParadox]

I fail to see the licensing issue here, unless a user is making a
commercial site, which is already against the terms of the embedded player.
Since a user who has Spotify login will auto play inside said player, what
licensing issues are there?