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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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kniggishood

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Autoplay - is there any way to turn it on using Web API?

Hi. Is there any way to turn on the autoplay feature using the Web API requests? I'm doing something a little bit weird, just made a Perl script to run Curl requests. Everything works fine, I can play, change playlists, etc. But the autoplay is never...

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Hi.   Is there any way to turn on the autoplay feature using the Web API requests?   I'm doing something a little bit weird, just made a Perl script to run Curl requests.   Every...

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Add User Equalizer Presets to Web API?

My Question or Issue I want to make a spotify clone web app, but change it such that whenever you play a track, it tries to match the genre with the best equalizer preset in user settings and updates the user settings before the track starts playing....

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My Question or Issue   I want to make a spotify clone web app, but change it such that whenever you play a track, it tries to match the genre with the best equalizer preset in user settings an...

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Search API not returning some artists

Sometimes the API does not return artists that are in the Spotify client. Not sure if this is intentional or not. Most artists return fine, but occasionally they are completely missing. Example 1: Prince (of Prince and the Revolution) https://api.spo...

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Sometimes the API does not return artists that are in the Spotify client. Not sure if this is intentional or not. Most artists return fine, but occasionally they are completely missing.   Exam...

ammonha

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Need to know the API pricing and rules

I am building an app that will play music based on the BPM. Initially, I will allow users to keep using my app for free and after 6 months I will start charging my users (using a subscription plan). But my app will always be free to download for any ...

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I am building an app that will play music based on the BPM. Initially, I will allow users to keep using my app for free and after 6 months I will start charging my users (using a subscription plan). ...

Ximzend

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Server error while performing a GET to the v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint

I'm trying to perform a request to the 'v1/me/player/recently-played' endpoint in a Kotlin Ktor client application (code snippets below, but the same happens in Postman). The interesting fact is that if i use the Bearer token gotten from the API docs...

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I'm trying to perform a request to the 'v1/me/player/recently-played' endpoint in a Kotlin Ktor client application (code snippets below, but the same happens in Postman). The interesting fact is that...

gofelishago

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Artist image is not square. Can i crop all artist image to square?

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySouth KoreaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI develop non-streaming music site with Spotify API.I want to show my client to sam...

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Plan Free/Premium Country South Korea Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I ...

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Does the currently playing API include the track's associated colour like the embed of a track does?

My Question or IssueI am wondering if I can use the track's associated colour using an API call.Currently I get the currently playing track with the following function: function callApi(method, url, body, callback){ let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xh...

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  My Question or Issue I am wondering if I can use the track's associated colour using an API call. Currently I get the currently playing track with the following function:   funct...

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Spotify Not Considering Itself Active? Source Code Attached

I can successfully see it in a list of devices, and it worked once yesterday. Using the same code but with a different access token, it no longer works. Source code provided in files.Things I have tried to do to tell Spotify its active: 1. Played a s...

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I can successfully see it in a list of devices, and it worked once yesterday. Using the same code but with a different access token, it no longer works. Source code provided in files. Things I hav...

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Spotify Casting to JBL Link EQ missing.

Spotify Casting to JBL Link EQ missingPlanPremiumCountry USA Device Iphone (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Spotify Casting to JBL Link EQ missing PlanPremium Country USA   Device Iphone  (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windo...

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Google Assistant Integration
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which programming language (Flutter or react native) is best for using Spotify API in our custom app

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi please, can anyone suggest to me, which programming language (Flutter or react native) is ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hi plea...

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Creator App not saving

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueThe creator app will not create a new app to get authorization keys for 3rd party applications. When you hit save it just says there's an error and try again later.

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue The creator app will not create a new app to get authorization keys for 3rd party applications. When...

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Incorrect artist's name

Searching Google for an album title, I get two links to Spotify (album/tracks have slight variation in naming):https://open.spotify.com/album/2AdYZKiooyFF9NdPYGchmQhttps://open.spotify.com/album/5TmgxNSaAgvpnJ191sJG9OThe artist's name ("JO YURI") is ...

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Searching Google for an album title, I get two links to Spotify (album/tracks have slight variation in naming): https://open.spotify.com/album/2AdYZKiooyFF9NdPYGchmQ https://open.spotify.com/album...

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Metadata correction
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Occasional 'Invalid Authorization Code'

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemmacOS 10.15 My Question or IssueHello,I am running an App that requires the user to authenticate with Spotify, and I am doing this according to the Authorization Code Flow. Most of the tim...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System macOS 10.15   My Question or Issue Hello, I am running an App that requires the user to authenticate with Spotif...

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Superuser Contribution Can multiple users listen through the Web Playback SDK?

I want to create a web app where I use Spotify's Web Playback SDK to create a player and play music in the browser from another Spotify client (e.g. my Spotify app on my phone or Spotify app on my computer) and also enable other users who are on my w...

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I want to create a web app where I use Spotify's Web Playback SDK to create a player and play music in the browser from another Spotify client (e.g. my Spotify app on my phone or Spotify app on my co...

Ximzend

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Recommendations Endpoint Returns Null Lists

I've been working on an application that requires gathering a large dataset of tracks for model training. For this, I've been using the recommendations endpoint via Spotipy. Over the last month, I have had no issues; but just recently the endpoint st...

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I've been working on an application that requires gathering a large dataset of tracks for model training. For this, I've been using the recommendations endpoint via Spotipy. Over the last month, I ha...

dellatoreKevin

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Issues with Authorization Code workflow, receiving 403 response to /me/top/artists requests

I'm new to this API so bear with me, but currently I'm using the example node.js code from the documentation to test getting user authorization codes. When I run the example code I successfully receive an access and refresh token, however when I try ...

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I'm new to this API so bear with me, but currently I'm using the example node.js code from the documentation to test getting user authorization codes. When I run the example code I successfully recei...

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Scopes

I am trying to create a program that deletes songs from a playlist thot are older than a week with python. But I need to use a scope for this. Where do i ask for this scope?

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I am trying to create a program that deletes songs from a playlist thot are older than a week with python. But I need to use a scope for this. Where do i ask for this scope?

ekersey

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What Spotify Web API does the DJ button use?

> Not feeling the vibe? Just hit the DJ button at the bottom right of the screen to be taken to a different genre, artist, or mood. What API does this button use? I can't find any API under the Spotify Web API that seems to do what it does. The DJ's ...

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> Not feeling the vibe? Just hit the DJ button at the bottom right of the screen to be taken to a different genre, artist, or mood.   What API does this button use? I can't find any AP...

skehlet

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Test, feedback and help between developers

Hello folks, Since the app review and quota extension is pretty long, it's not easy to get feedbacks.It will be nice if we could help each other as developers to test and give feedbacks on our development. On the UX / UI side and the product / idea i...

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Hello folks,   Since the app review and quota extension is pretty long, it's not easy to get feedbacks. It will be nice if we could help each other as developers to test and give feedbacks on...

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GET request for top tracks returns an empty string

So I've been trying to fetch my top songs with the code below, but the get request is returning an empty string. What exactly am I doing wrong?-----------------------------------------import jsonimport requestsCLIENT_ID = 'xxxxx'CLIENT_SECRET = 'xxxx...

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So I've been trying to fetch my top songs with the code below, but the get request is returning an empty string. What exactly am I doing wrong? ----------------------------------------- import jso...

Ximzend

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Top Songs
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