Spotify API Get Recently Played Track for Multiple Users

[anitteam]

Plan

Free

Country

Device

All Devices 

Operating System

All OS

My Question or Issue

I'm building a web app that will display most popular song for my user base. In Spotify API docs I call Get Recently Played Tracks

It works fine for the first users however when I'm looping to the second (third and so on) I get a 504 error. I've checked Spotify forms and looked for other recommendations but unfortunately I've not seen another way without looping through each users and calling the Get Recently Played Tracks.

I also tried spacing out my calls to Spotify (every 1 min, 5min, etc.) with no luck.

private async Task<SpotifyRecentlyPlayedModel> GetSpotifyRecentlyPlayedData(DateTime afterTime, string AccessToken, long SpotifyUserMappingId) {

long afterTimeTimestamp = new DateTimeOffset(afterTime).ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();

//await Task.Delay(1000);

string requestURI = $"https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played?after={afterTimeTimestamp}";

using (HttpClient client = new())

{

using HttpRequestMessage request = new(HttpMethod.Get, requestURI);

request.Headers.Clear();

request.Headers.Add("ContentType", "application/json");

request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", AccessToken);

using HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);

if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode) {

string apiResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

SpotifyRecentlyPlayedModel result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SpotifyRecentlyPlayedModel>(apiResponse);

return result;

} else {

= await spotifyDataErrorLogRepository.AddAsync(new() {

SpotifyUserMappingId = SpotifyUserMappingId,

ErrorCode = (int)response.StatusCode,

ErrorMessage = response.ReasonPhrase });

}

}

return null; 

[Ximzend]

You'll need the tokens of every user in your user base, and use them in a for each loop.

If your app is still in development mode, it has some limitations.

[anitteam]

Thank you for the reply Ximzend. 

Currently I'm using tokens for each users and regenerating them if it's older than 50 minutes. 

I will try to switch the mode from development mode to see if there is something there that is blocking me.

[Ximzend]

It's not a simple switch. As you can read on that page, you will need a quota extension if you don't have it already.

[anitteam]

I agree it is in depth, I've started the process and hope to complete it soon.

I will let you know after I run a test with live cred if it resolved the issue. 

[mdc405]

Yeah we have the same issue getting 504s for subsequent calls to fetch recently-played items. We're trying to request a quota extension to see if that fixes it, too.

[xKevz]

I'm also getting a 504 error for multiple users when fetching from recently played:

https://github.com/Yooooomi/your_spotify/issues/260

Has anyone resolved this yet?

[alex_wood6]

Just wanted to check if you've made any progress with the application? I'm having the same issue and think it's a bit ridiculous that I have to go through an entire process and wait 6 weeks + just to get my friend's recently played tracks haha.