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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
PlanWe are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro. We would like to use Spotify music as background music (currently we use Apple Music as background music) and would like to ask if it is allowed. Our content is paid for on a monthly subscr...
Plan We are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro. We would like to use Spotify music as background music (currently we use Apple Music as background music) and would like to ask if it is...
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Hello spotify team.On 23 February I requested an API extension.It's been more than 6 weeks and I still haven't heard back, no one has reviewed it.I understand you have a lot of work to do, but it's been three months since the application was finished...
Hello spotify team. On 23 February I requested an API extension. It's been more than 6 weeks and I still haven't heard back, no one has reviewed it. I understand you have a lot of work to do, but ...
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The "Get Several Artists" endpoint has an incorrect value for the maximum number of IDs you can submit in a request. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-artists Currently, the docs say "Maximum: 100 IDs." Howeve...
The "Get Several Artists" endpoint has an incorrect value for the maximum number of IDs you can submit in a request. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multipl...
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Hi!I'm developing an app, which requires to fetch data about artists: streams and monthly listeners. I can get it using web API, but for every artist i need an ID. How can i get a list of all artists IDs? Or at least top 500 000 mostly listened artis...
Hi! I'm developing an app, which requires to fetch data about artists: streams and monthly listeners. I can get it using web API, but for every artist i need an ID. How can i get a list of all artis...
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I had submitted the hardware partner application form without System Integrator for Spotify eSDK access. I am yet to get any response regarding the application. Please let know how long it takes to process the hardware partner application form.
I had submitted the hardware partner application form without System Integrator for Spotify eSDK access. I am yet to get any response regarding the application. Please let know how long it takes to p...
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PlanFreeCountryMultiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location) DeviceWEB/CurlOperating SystemOSX/Linux My Question or IssueAPI to check if current user is following artist returns inconsistent results. If I'm running it from my ...
Plan Free Country Multiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location) Device WEB/Curl Operating System OSX/Linux My Question or Issue API to check if curren...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceiPhone 13 ProOperating SystemiOS 15 My Question or Issue Hi everyone,I would like to know how it is possible to start random playback of favorite tracks on Spotify, filtering them by period. For example, I would like to p...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device iPhone 13 Pro Operating System iOS 15 My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I would like to know how it is possible to start random playback...
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When requesting a playlist via GET playlist the value of "next" in the paginated tracks includes the same fields. This link, however, is for the get playlist items endpoint and as such the format for the fields may change. For instance my fields quer...
When requesting a playlist via GET playlist the value of "next" in the paginated tracks includes the same fields. This link, however, is for the get playlist items endpoint and as such the ...
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Hello, I'm current doing a project that i need to play a users song in his playlist. but I notice that it's not possible to play a music of spotify out of the own spotify. I want to know if it's possible to play a music in my python aplication using ...
Hello, I'm current doing a project that i need to play a users song in his playlist. but I notice that it's not possible to play a music of spotify out of the own spotify. I want to know if it's poss...
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PlanPremiumCountryFrance Operating SystemLinux debian 11.My Question or IssueI think my IP is blocked when I request a data from my server. I've got 403 err. How I can ask to Spotify directly to unban my IP?
Plan Premium Country France Operating System Linux debian 11. My Question or Issue I think my IP is blocked when I request a data from my server. I've got 403 err. How I can ask to Spo...
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The Get Playlist Items endpoint specifies that, for each artists array for each track item, an array of artist images are returned. For example: { "items": [{ "track": { "artists": [{ "images": [{ "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca...
The Get Playlist Items endpoint specifies that, for each artists array for each track item, an array of artist images are returned. For example: { "items": [{ "track": { "artists": [{ ...
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PlanPremiumCountryPTDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemMacOSX Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres is provided. This is new, it was working yesterday.What did change and how can I make it work a...
Plan Premium Country PT Device Macbook Pro Operating System MacOSX Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres is provide...
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@Headers("Authorization: Bearer ${Constants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER}")@PUT("v1/me/player/play")fun play( @Header("Content-Type") contentType: String, @Body body: PlayRequestBody) : CallViewModelfun playMusic(contextUri: String) { val requestBody = PlayR...
@Headers("Authorization: Bearer ${Constants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER}") @PUT("v1/me/player/play") fun play( @Header("Content-Type") contentType: String, @Body body: PlayRequestBody ) : Call&...
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Hi,As stated in the subject, is there a way I can play a specific song or set of songs in a playlist via the Web API or Web SDK? I've far as I've found, the closest I can get to playing a song or playlist is via adding to queue or skipping to the nex...
Hi, As stated in the subject, is there a way I can play a specific song or set of songs in a playlist via the Web API or Web SDK? I've far as I've found, the closest I can get to playing a s...
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PlanPremiumCountryGBDeviceMacbook Pro M1 My Question or IssueCalling the search endpoint with a valid isrc search value appears to be returning the same false song in the majority of cases. This is functionality that was working until today.e.g.Searc...
Plan Premium Country GB Device Macbook Pro M1 My Question or Issue Calling the search endpoint with a valid isrc search value appears to be returning the same false song in the majorit...
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I tried requesting a couple songs but the API returns the wrong track.Here's an example for me trying to get Kendrick Lamar's euphoria: Here was the response:It goes on like this for some songs in the US market.
I tried requesting a couple songs but the API returns the wrong track. Here's an example for me trying to get Kendrick Lamar's euphoria: Here was the response: It goes on like this...
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Hi all, I've found the following inconsistency in API endpoint response format: when I request the endpoint Get Track, I get the response formatted pretty and all integer values are presented like the should be (without any floating points):$ curl -s...
Hi all, I've found the following inconsistency in API endpoint response format: when I request the endpoint Get Track, I get the response formatted pretty and all integer values are pre...
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PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceDesktopOperating SystemDoes not matter My Question or IssueAPI call Get Several Tracks describes in the documentation:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-tracks Argument ids string Maxim...
Plan Premium Country NL Device Desktop Operating System Does not matter My Question or Issue API call Get Several Tracks describes in the documentation: https://developer.spotify.co...
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On today's episode of Spotify API breaking for no reason, the Web API used to accept album_type param when getting artists albums, even though the docs say the name of the param is include_groups. Today they have updated the API to align with the doc...
On today's episode of Spotify API breaking for no reason, the Web API used to accept album_type param when getting artists albums, even though the docs say the name of the param is include_group...
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DeviceMackbook Pro My Question or IssueI've written a script which copies all the Spotify URLs from a Twitter thread so you can paste them into a playlist and listen to them all. The problem is that only tracks get added. In the attached example.txt ...
Device Mackbook Pro My Question or Issue I've written a script which copies all the Spotify URLs from a Twitter thread so you can paste them into a playlist and listen to them all. The pro...
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