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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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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...

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Spotify typescript api abandoned

I don't see any movement since last 3 months, on the spotify typescript api https://github.com/spotify/spotify-web-api-ts-sdk Came across a few issues on the repository, i went there and fixed the code a little ( minor bug )..and sent a PR.Now being ...

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I don't see any movement since last 3 months, on the spotify typescript api  https://github.com/spotify/spotify-web-api-ts-sdk    Came across a few issues on the repository, i went ...

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Can we shuffle the music between the playlists I want?

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 Can we shuffle music between selected playlists?

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Does Spotify API provide an on-demand playback field for playlists?

For users without Premium, some Spotify-generated personalized playlists (like genre mixes and the Weekly Discovery) have on-demand playback on mobile and others don't. And what I mean by on-demand playback is that songs are displayed like they would...

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For users without Premium, some Spotify-generated personalized playlists (like genre mixes and the Weekly Discovery) have on-demand playback on mobile and others don't. And what I mean by on-demand p...

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I would like my spotify embed to automatically be as tall as needed to show all the music

I am building a site for a Spotify user and the embed doesn't grow to the full height to show all his singles. I had to guess and hard code a px height.How can your embed automatically grow in height to fill a surrounding html container?

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I am building a site for a Spotify user and the embed doesn't grow to the full height to show all his singles. I had to guess and hard code a px height.How can your embed automatically grow in height...

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500 (Internal Server Error) when I try to refresh token: Authorization code with PKCE extension

PlanFreeCountryColombia DeviceHP LAPTOP-O1445JB9Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or Issue:when the first token expires, I try to use the refresh token to generate a new one without needing to authorize the user again. But I get an error 500 (...

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Plan Free Country Colombia   Device HP LAPTOP-O1445JB9 Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue: when the first token expires, I try to use the refresh token to ...

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Retrieve songs by artist based on the lowest popularity score / streams

Hi, So I'm trying to build a web app where a user can search for an artist and then it gives the user a song that isn't popular or with the least streams. Something like forgotify.com but for a specific artist. After a lot of research, I still haven'...

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  Hi,   So I'm trying to build a web app where a user can search for an artist and then it gives the user a song that isn't popular or with the least streams. Something like forgotify.co...

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Solved!! Get no refreshtoken after refreshing an old token

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10,etc. My Question or IssueHey guys, anyone knows, why I dont get a new refresh token if I refresh a token?The example answer in the docs is:{access_token: 'BQBLuPRYBQ...BP8stIv5xr-Iwaf4l8eg',tok...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10,etc.   My Question or Issue Hey guys, anyone knows, why I dont get a new refresh token if I refresh a token? The example an...

Th3Liron

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I tried to create a simple app but get an error.

I tried to create a simple app based on your basic example code "I get this error This functionality is restricted to premium users only" even though I have a premium subscription. PlanPremium FamilyCountryUKDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook...

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I tried to create a simple app based on your basic example code  "I get this error This functionality is restricted to premium users only" even though I have a premium subscription.  Plan ...

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Solved!! API calls dont work [JS | axios]

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDevice--Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIm trying to get the current Songs, but it always responses with eroro 404 not found.I alr tried with using the API /current-playing but it responses the same error.const ax...

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Plan Free Country Germany Device -- Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Im trying to get the current Songs, but it always responses with eroro 404 not found. I alr trie...

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Does my name violate the developer policy?

I've recently started working on a project and noticed this part in the developer policy: You must also follow the Branding Guidelines when naming your SDA. For example, the name should not begin with “Spot” or be confusing in sound or spelling to Sp...

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I've recently started working on a project and noticed this part in the developer policy:   You must also follow the Branding Guidelines when naming your SDA. For example, the name s...

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How to get confirmation for use Web Playback SDK from Spotify team?

From Web Playback SDK doc: This SDK must not be used in commercial projects without Spotify's prior written approval. How can I contact Spotify and get this confirmation? We would like to implement native Spotify integration with our browser extensio...

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From Web Playback SDK doc: This SDK must not be used in commercial projects without Spotify's prior written approval.   How can I contact Spotify and get this confirmation?   ...

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Problems with Getting Started guide

Hey all! Noob here... I have 3 questions:1. Is the 'Getting Started with Android SDK' supposed to work on Android 14? I can't seem to get it to work on my system. 2. Would it still work even if instead of an AppCompatActivity you used a ComponentActi...

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Hey all!  Noob here... I have 3 questions: 1. Is the 'Getting Started with Android SDK' supposed to work on Android 14? I can't seem to get it to work on my system.  2. Would it still wo...

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Compliance Question

Hosting personal events such as a wedding or a party, would this fall under commercial use? i.e NOT the wedding venue, but their client throwing a wedding and using the app I'm creating.

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Hosting personal events such as a wedding or a party, would this fall under commercial use? i.e NOT the  wedding venue, but their client throwing a wedding and using the app I'm creating.

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Seeking to 0 doesn't work in the iFrame API

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceDesktop/Browser Operating SystemLinux Mint 21.2 My Question or IssueI was playing around with the iFrame API and wanted to go back to the beginning of a song.Neither grabbing the progress bar and putting it to 0, or `Em...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   Device Desktop/Browser   Operating System Linux Mint 21.2   My Question or Issue I was playing around with the iFrame API and wanted to go bac...

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Is there any way to sort artist's genres by popularity

I've been developing an app that involves artist's genres. When I take make the request to get the genres from a specific artist, i got in return an alphabetically sorted array of the genres. My main problem is that, in most of the cases, there's one...

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I've been developing an app that involves artist's genres. When I take make the request to get the genres from a specific artist, i got in return an alphabetically sorted array of the genres. My main...

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Autoplay ios

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUKOperating SystemiOS My Question or IssueI am developing a new iOS app, similar to TikTok and seeking to use the spotify API to allow users to connect their spotify account to their account and have an anthem autoplaying over ...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country UK Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue I am developing a new iOS app, similar to TikTok and seeking to use the spotify API to allow users to con...

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Different Artists mixed into one

Hey guys/ team , not sure if this is already raised but for quite some time now , to be honest probably since i have Spotify acc. noticing that Artists with same names are getting combined into one “Artist Profile” (example: search for artist Heaven ...

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Hey guys/ team , not sure if this is already raised but for quite some time now , to be honest probably since i have Spotify acc. noticing that Artists with same names are getting combined into one “...

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Solved!! Web Playback SDK incompatibility with React 18

The Web Playback SDK appears incompatible with React 18 as discussed here: link. Can this be documented for developer awareness? It's not fun to spend hours getting a player set up to realize you can't use it. Additionally, is there any roadmap for R...

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The Web Playback SDK appears incompatible with React 18 as discussed here: link. Can this be documented for developer awareness? It's not fun to spend hours getting a player set up to realize you can...

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