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Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...
I cannot create an app. I get an error message "Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later." I've tried multiple times over the course of the day and used several browsers. I've tried resetting my password and v...
I cannot create an app. I get an error message "Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later." I've tried multiple times over the course of the day and used sever...
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Can we please have a Setting under preferences to skip tracks that belong to a mixed album / dj set? It's hard on the ears to listen a 1 minute track that has no beginning or end. Itunes (the Steve Jobs era) had this setting under their preferences 1...
Can we please have a Setting under preferences to skip tracks that belong to a mixed album / dj set? It's hard on the ears to listen a 1 minute track that has no beginning or end. Itunes (th...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 14 Pro) My Question or IssueI'm building actually a IOS Shortcut which opens Spotify when CarPlay starts.After the Step that Spotify was opend i try to get the Playback State via https://api.spotify.com/v1/...
Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Device (iPhone 14 Pro) My Question or Issue I'm building actually a IOS Shortcut which opens Spotify when CarPlay starts. After the Step that...
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Have an oauth application that authenticates with the users Spotify account. Trying to make the following API call but we keep getting Permission is missing error: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-users-available-de...
Have an oauth application that authenticates with the users Spotify account. Trying to make the following API call but we keep getting Permission is missing error: https://developer.spotify.com/docum...
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Hi, My Provider API app has been disabled and blocked, it's not clear who should I contact to make an appeal. My client id is 98333c95bcc54c70881c36d1958eb38e Thanks in advance
Hi, My Provider API app has been disabled and blocked, it's not clear who should I contact to make an appeal. My client id is 98333c95bcc54c70881c36d1958eb38e Thanks in ...
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Ive have premium for years now, im in the us and have an iPhone 12 thats fully updated. When i use spotify my volume randomly gets very quiet even on max volume and then randomly turns back up. I don’t have this issue with any other apps and i don’t ...
Ive have premium for years now, im in the us and have an iPhone 12 thats fully updated. When i use spotify my volume randomly gets very quiet even on max volume and then randomly turns back up. I don...
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I'm not sure if there was a recent change that caused this bug, but when I pass in an Artist's name into the search query, a different artist pops up as the first index. This did not happen before, and I've done the same search on the actual API docu...
I'm not sure if there was a recent change that caused this bug, but when I pass in an Artist's name into the search query, a different artist pops up as the first index. This did not happen before, a...
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For some reason, I can't seem to get the queue for this particular user, but my other user seems to work fine. Can we not get queue if the user is a free account? Some checks:I have this account in my Spotify Developer User ListI have the correct sco...
For some reason, I can't seem to get the queue for this particular user, but my other user seems to work fine. Can we not get queue if the user is a free account? Some checks: I ha...
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Hello everyone! My QuestionI am making a website for the gym that I will be a part of and I was wondering if is it allowed to embed Spotify music playlists on such website? Spotify Widget Terms of Usee. Please note that the Spotify Play Button may no...
Hello everyone! My Question I am making a website for the gym that I will be a part of and I was wondering if is it allowed to embed Spotify music playlists on such website? ...
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I tried to login into developer platform, but the top right button keep showing login even after a successful login, and we I tried to open my project directly with the link it shows "Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try a...
I tried to login into developer platform, but the top right button keep showing login even after a successful login, and we I tried to open my project directly with the link it shows " Something w...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 [i5 10300H, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD 512GB SSD, GTX 1650]Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have been trying to create an App on Spotify to access the WebAPI, but have not been able to for a...
Plan Premium Country India Device Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 [i5 10300H, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD 512GB SSD, GTX 1650] Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have been trying to cr...
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I'm receiving "This functionality is restricted to premium users only" error even though I Premium account. This code was working 1 year ago. I have created my Spotify account just now and cancelled the free trial and got a paid Premium Individual to...
I'm receiving "This functionality is restricted to premium users only" error even though I Premium account. This code was working 1 year ago. I have created my Spotify account just now and cancelled ...
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I have an app that searches for a specific artist to retrieve some information. However, I've encountered a peculiar issue when attempting to fetch an artist using the Spotify API. For instance, when I use the URL (https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q...
I have an app that searches for a specific artist to retrieve some information. However, I've encountered a peculiar issue when attempting to fetch an artist using the Spotify API. For insta...
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Hello all. What I'm trying to do is use the Client Credentials Flow in the Web API to fetch track information for an artist. That part is not a problem. However, I'm also trying to play the track from a website I'm developing. The CCF is not appropri...
Hello all. What I'm trying to do is use the Client Credentials Flow in the Web API to fetch track information for an artist. That part is not a problem. However, I'm also trying to play the ...
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I imbedded an artist to my website and it works perfect on the desktop but on the mobile version, the "play on Spotify" button is dead and doesn't go anywhere.
I imbedded an artist to my website and it works perfect on the desktop but on the mobile version, the "play on Spotify" button is dead and doesn't go anywhere.
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PlanPremiumCountry Morocco DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 16 My Question or IssueMore than half of the album Aladdin Sane is unplayable in Morocco which is very frustrating and upsetting thing since it's a pretty popular and great album. Please l...
Plan Premium Country Morocco Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 16 My Question or Issue More than half of the album Aladdin Sane is unplayable in Morocco whi...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceHome PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI cannot create an app. I get an error message "Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later." I've tried multiple times over the co...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Home PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I cannot create an app. I get an error message "Something went wrong, we were not able to cre...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia DeviceM1 MacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Ventura. My Question or IssueThe reported playback position from the Apple Script API is delayed by however many seconds of crossfade you have set, only when the song autoplayed o...
Plan Free/Premium Country India Device M1 MacBook Air Operating System macOS Ventura. My Question or Issue The reported playback position from the Apple Script API is delayed b...
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Hi everyone!I'm building an app for iOS devices using Spotify Web API.The problem is that without active devices track playback does not work, the server returns the response:Response data: {"error" : {"status" : 404,"message" : "Player command faile...
Hi everyone! I'm building an app for iOS devices using Spotify Web API. The problem is that without active devices track playback does not work, the server returns the response: Response data: { ...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Thinkpad T490Operating SystemLinux Manjaro My Question or IssueFor prototyping I am using my laptop to emulate a bluetooth speaker and have my phone connected to the laptop over bluetooth. My plan is to use the s...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Thinkpad T490 Operating System Linux Manjaro My Question or Issue For prototyping I am using my laptop to emulate a bluetooth speaker and h...
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