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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have submitted a quota extension over 6 weeks ago and haven’t gotten any update. We ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I hav...
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We are building an app that uses the audio features endpoints, but we keep running into rate limit issues and are blocked by them at the moment. How can we resolve this/get the rate increased? Thanks.
We are building an app that uses the audio features endpoints, but we keep running into rate limit issues and are blocked by them at the moment. How can we resolve this/get the rate increased? ...
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Is it possible to programatically iterate through every single podcast/show on the platform? Or to get shows that posted recently (something similar to tag:new for albums)?
Is it possible to programatically iterate through every single podcast/show on the platform? Or to get shows that posted recently (something similar to tag:new for albums)?
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May I ask if anyone has encountered any error reports: com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.LocalConnector.connect(LocalConnector.java:52) at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.SpotifyAppR...
May I ask if anyone has encountered any error reports: com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.LocalConnector.connect(LocalConnect...
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Are you able download metadata like Artist Names and Song Titles to use in the creation of my app. We do not need real time access to any data, so it would be easier if we could just download, for example a large list of artist names. Thank you.
Are you able download metadata like Artist Names and Song Titles to use in the creation of my app. We do not need real time access to any data, so it would be easier if we could just download, ...
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What is the reasoning behind the field "available_markets" everytime I
get a playbackstatus, or a queue?If I'm playing a track it's implicitly
available on my market...Seem a lot of unnecessary traffic but maybe Im
missing something:''''''"available_...
What is the reasoning behind the field "available_markets" everytime I get a playbackstatus, or a queue? If I'm playing a track it's implicitly available on my market... Seem a lot...
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Both of the chapter endpoints (get a chapter and get several chapters) return 500 Server error. Since I started using the API I haven't seen them work.
Both of the chapter endpoints (get a chapter and get several chapters) return 500 Server error. Since I started using the API I haven't seen them work.
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The documentation for this endpoint says the response is a page of SimplifiedAudiobook. The documentation also says the "total_tracks" field is required.The requests I've made for testing return null, however. This has happened with MANY other endpoi...
The documentation for this endpoint says the response is a page of SimplifiedAudiobook. The documentation also says the "total_tracks" field is required. The requests I've made for testing return nu...
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Sending a request to the /me/albums endpoint is simple enough: set the query and it works. Doing the same for the /me/audiobooks endpoint doesn't: an error is returned, but not a JSON error, no no no! An HTML page with a title, header and formatting ...
Sending a request to the /me/albums endpoint is simple enough: set the query and it works. Doing the same for the /me/audiobooks endpoint doesn't: an error is returned, but not a JSON error, no no no...
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What is the difference between the 2 Web API calls?The JSON response is exactly the same In which case should I use GetPlaybackState or GetCurrentlyPlayingTrack? Web API Reference | https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-th...
What is the difference between the 2 Web API calls? The JSON response is exactly the same In which case should I use GetPlaybackState or GetCurrentlyPlayingTrack? Web API R...
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Hi, I'd like to develop an open source library containing ClojureScript bindings for Spotify Web API called "Spojure". It is an obvious combination of the name of the service and the programming language. Can using this name be considered trademark i...
Hi, I'd like to develop an open source library containing ClojureScript bindings for Spotify Web API called "Spojure". It is an obvious combination of the name of the service and the program...
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How long does it take for a request to be looked at? I submitted my request nearly 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't been looked at. I'm worried that if it gets denied I would have to wait another few weeks.
How long does it take for a request to be looked at? I submitted my request nearly 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't been looked at. I'm worried that if it gets denied I would have to wait another few ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryMalaysiaDevice(Pc)Operating SystemMozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/Safari/ Edg/ My Question or IssueI used the same code on(Using the iFrame API | Spotify for Developers)however t...
Plan Free/Premium Country Malaysia Device (Pc) Operating System Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/Safari/ Edg/ My Question or Is...
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Hello, everyone! I'm trying to get my recently played tracks and I'm getting a 500 error. This is my code, let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you very much! fetch("https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?grant_type=client_credentials&clie...
Hello, everyone! I'm trying to get my recently played tracks and I'm getting a 500 error. This is my code, let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you very much! &nbs...
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Hello, I am representing an OEM of the custom hardware with an accompanying app (almando.com) which can stream spotify. We are told to fulfil the "Companion App" requirements. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/commercial-hardware/implementa...
Hello, I am representing an OEM of the custom hardware with an accompanying app (almando.com) which can stream spotify. We are told to fulfil the "Companion App" requirements. https:/...
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When the native App written in kotlin starts I call this method always :- private fun sendAuthRequest() { val request = AuthorizationRequest.Builder( SpotifyConstants.SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, AuthorizationResponse.Type.TOKEN, SpotifyConstants.SPOTIFY_REDIR...
When the native App written in kotlin starts I call this method always :- private fun sendAuthRequest() { val request = AuthorizationRequest.Builder( SpotifyConstants.S...
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAsus LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello, we are developing one QT application which is based on C++ language and there is one requirement, we want to link spotify in QT application as a 3rd party applica...
Plan Free Country India Device Asus Laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hello, we are developing one QT application which is based on C++ language and there is one r...
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Hi, When using the embed code for my podcast, it seems to function (showing a play button) but selecting play results in a black screen and the text "This video is unavailable Watch on Spotify" and the Watch on Spotify link does not work.
Hi, When using the embed code for my podcast, it seems to function (showing a play button) but selecting play results in a black screen and the text "This video is unavailable Watch on Spoti...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I need to make some design changes to our website . How do I go about doing this? Cannot fin...
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 I...
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