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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...
Hi Spotify Officer:I am solution director of Tuya Smart（NYSE:TUYA）, a global AIoT platform who dedicated for consumer level IoT products, we have already integrated with Amazon Alexa and google chrome cast, also Samsung Interthings.We are also develo...
Hi Spotify Officer: I am solution director of Tuya Smart（NYSE:TUYA）, a global AIoT platform who dedicated for consumer level IoT products, we have already integrated with Amazon Alexa and google c...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceiPhone 15 ProOperating SystemiOS 18.4Spotify Version9.0.32.638Spotify iOS SDK Version3.0.0Xcode Version16.3 I'm encountering persistent "unknown_error" responses when attempting to authenticate using the Spotify iOS S...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device iPhone 15 Pro Operating System iOS 18.4 Spotify Version 9.0.32.638 Spotify iOS SDK Version 3.0.0 Xcode Version 16.3 I'm encountering p...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevice-Operating System- My Question or IssueI was considering a small personal project using the Web API, and as a proof of concept I tried to fetch my own user's playlists via API. The thing is that when I try the endpoint (G...
Plan Premium Country Spain Device - Operating System - My Question or Issue I was considering a small personal project using the Web API, and as a proof of concept I tried to fetch m...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDeviceN/AOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueFor my personal website I would like to show a list of my recently played tracks on Spotify. This is made available via a rest api endpoint on my server. To authenticate my ser...
Plan Premium Country Ireland Device N/A Operating System N/A My Question or Issue For my personal website I would like to show a list of my recently played tracks on Spotify. This is...
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Hello! I've submitted my application many times and I'm unable to get it accepted.Every time the reviewer rejects it by just saying the "app does not work".I checked the logging from my server and there is no evidence of issues or errors, I've also t...
Hello! I've submitted my application many times and I'm unable to get it accepted. Every time the reviewer rejects it by just saying the "app does not work". I checked the logging from my server an...
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When I want to add a loopback redirect URI for my app in the WebUI everything works fine if I follow the docks, e.g. with an URI like: http://127.0.0.1/some/redirect/path. However, if the redirect path (mind you, the path section, not the domain name...
When I want to add a loopback redirect URI for my app in the WebUI everything works fine if I follow the docks, e.g. with an URI like: http://127.0.0.1/some/redirect/path. However, if the re...
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I'm messing with the embed feature and putting it in a basic HTML file, and it's only playing the preview with the option to play it on Spotify. I haven't modified the code at all. Is there a way to play the full song or is embedded restricted to the...
I'm messing with the embed feature and putting it in a basic HTML file, and it's only playing the preview with the option to play it on Spotify. I haven't modified the code at all. Is there a way to ...
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Hi all, i've embedded spotify widget to me website (iframe) but it under certain circumstances gives me the following error when I'm logged in to spotify. Refused to frame 'https://accounts.spotify.com/' because an ancestor violates the following Con...
Hi all, i've embedded spotify widget to me website (iframe) but it under certain circumstances gives me the following error when I'm logged in to spotify. Refused to frame 'https://acc...
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I made an app using the Spotify API and recently filed an extension request. In the request I included all the scopes that my code uses. These scopes were all approved a few days ago however, when I run my app now, it just shows "illegal scopes" (The...
I made an app using the Spotify API and recently filed an extension request. In the request I included all the scopes that my code uses. These scopes were all approved a few days ago however, when I ...
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I'm working with Spotify streaming data and noticed that for multiple songs the amount of time spent streaming the song is longer than its actual duration, which shouldn't be possible. In most cases, the two numbers are only off by a few milliseconds...
I'm working with Spotify streaming data and noticed that for multiple songs the amount of time spent streaming the song is longer than its actual duration, which shouldn't be possible. In most cases,...
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Hi everyone!I'm trying to retrieve reach and impressions data by day using the Aggregate Reports endpoint. I've been following the official documentation available here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/ads-api/reference/v3.0/getAggregateR...
Hi everyone! I'm trying to retrieve reach and impressions data by day using the Aggregate Reports endpoint. I've been following the official documentation available here: https://developer.spotify.c...
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Apple Music just announced that they will be partnering with AlphaTheta, Serato, and inMusic's Engine DJ, Denon DJ, Numark and RANE DJ. This will allow live performance streaming of the over 100 million songs in their catalogue which is HUGE! Other s...
Apple Music just announced that they will be partnering with AlphaTheta, Serato, and inMusic's Engine DJ, Denon DJ, Numark and RANE DJ. This will allow live performance streaming of the over 100 mill...
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I’m building a small project that uses Spotify’s API for music data, and I’ve been experimenting with integrating third-party brand visuals like those on Higgdominorp ID.Has anyone here mixed Spotify content with external branded media before? I’m wo...
I’m building a small project that uses Spotify’s API for music data, and I’ve been experimenting with integrating third-party brand visuals like those on Higgdominorp ID. Has anyone here mixed Spoti...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueThe Get New Releases API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-new-releases) is only returning items over a month old.
Plan Premium Country US My Question or Issue The Get New Releases API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-new-releases) is only returning items over a mont...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceXiaomi Mi A3, Google Pixel 6a, EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid 13, 14 My Question or IssueI want to create an app for personal use that can control playback in Spotify. So I tried to use the app remote SDK (https://github...
Plan Premium Country India Device Xiaomi Mi A3, Google Pixel 6a, Emulator Operating System Android 13, 14 My Question or Issue I want to create an app for personal use that can contr...
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Would it be a violation of the Policy Section 3 "Some prohibited applications" to create a game mod/feature that connects with the spotify api? ie. If i were to make an ingame radio that connects with the users spotify playlists as a custom channel
Would it be a violation of the Policy Section 3 "Some prohibited applications" to create a game mod/feature that connects with the spotify api? ie. If i were to make an ingame radio that con...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevice(Macbook Pro late 2020)Operating System(macOS 15.4.1 (Sequoia)) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I’m working on a web-based project where I embed public Spotify playlists using the official embed URL format:https://o...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device (Macbook Pro late 2020) Operating System (macOS 15.4.1 (Sequoia)) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I’m working on a web-ba...
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Issues with an embedded playlist.The embed-function doesn't include the latest track on my playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63wm6Cv5x07TqLh49NkGAy in the embedded code. I have tried deleting my cache, I have tried creating a new playlist (t...
Issues with an embedded playlist. The embed-function doesn't include the latest track on my playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63wm6Cv5x07TqLh49NkGAy in the embedded code. I...
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I have an app on extended quota mode, which has been on this mode for years. The track features (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-audio-features) endpoint is now deprecated and doesn't return data for new apps...
I have an app on extended quota mode, which has been on this mode for years. The track features (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-audio-features) endpoint is ...
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Hi guys im using the web api to create private playlist for my user, im trying this:curl --location 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user}/playlists' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token} \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data '{"nam...
Hi guys im using the web api to create private playlist for my user, im trying this: curl --location 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user}/playlists' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer {token} \ ...
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