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Increasing security requirements for integration with Spotify Web API

Hey all, we’re making some changes to the Spotify Web API. To improve security, we are planning to remove support for two ways of integrating with Spotify that have been replaced with more secure alternatives. Please check the Spotify for Developers ...

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Spotify Blend Playlist IDs not returning any results when trying to get tracks

I'm trying to access track names using the Web API for a Blend playlist. The api works fine for any playlist ID/URI except for those that are blends. My queries return either an error or no results - I have tested with other non-blend playlist IDs an...

  • Newbie
  • I'm trying to access track names using the Web API for a Blend playlist. The api works fine for any playlist ID/URI except for those that are blends. My queries return either an error or no results -...
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APP INTERFACE CHANGES

Hi App Developers, I note the desktop interface has changed and assuming some coding changes came with the different in the interface. With the changes came the loss of being able to drag and drop playlist in the left sidebar allowing custom orders. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi App Developers, I note the desktop interface has changed and assuming some coding changes came with the different in the interface. With the changes came the loss of being able to drag and drop pl...
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Problem sending and receiving requests from my site to Spotify.

Hi to you. I have a site to which I have connected Spotify via API. Everything was fine until a while ago when I noticed that most of the requests from my site were being rejected by Spotify. I wanted to find out the reason for this and know what the...

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  • Hi to you. I have a site to which I have connected Spotify via API. Everything was fine until a while ago when I noticed that most of the requests from my site were being rejected by Spotify. I wante...
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SDK Web App depreciation? (functionality only for premium users error)

I'm doing research for an app I plan to build that would use the Spotify SDK to play tracks in the browser but it seems something is wrong? After a few hours of digging it seems that every deployed app I can find that is built on top of the Spotify S...

  • Visitor
  • I'm doing research for an app I plan to build that would use the Spotify SDK to play tracks in the browser but it seems something is wrong?   After a few hours of digging it seems that every d...
  • Ximzend
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How do I get data for making an A&R tool?

My Question or Issue Hi. I want to make an A&R tool where I can search and find undiscovered gems that deserve recognition.Would like to extract data like:Monthly listeners 30-100Number of tracks 10+ (To show their commitment)Strem to listener rate (...

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  • My Question or Issue   Hi. I want to make an A&R tool where I can search and find undiscovered gems that deserve recognition. Would like to extract data like: Monthly listeners 30-100 N...
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Check if Spotify app has been logged in on Android Auto

Operating System(Android Auto 11) Hi Spotify team, We are developing an app on Android Auto OS. In our app we want to check if Spotify app has user logged in. I have tried SpotifyAppRemote API, but SpotifyConnect.connect() throw exception CouldNotFin...

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  • Operating System (Android Auto 11)   Hi Spotify team, We are developing an app on Android Auto OS. In our app we want to check if Spotify app has user logged in.   I have tried Spotify...
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get/chapters returns a 500 error if you don't include the market code in the web api

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was working on a personal project where I am creating a python library for the Spotify API for learning purposes. I was creating a method for GET /chapt...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I was working on a personal project where I am creating a python library for t...
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This functionality is restricted to premium users only

I am using the Spotify Web API for my personal project. I am attempting to create a Spotify music player using the spotify-web-player-node package. However, I have encountered an issue. When I authorize my account as a developer, I receive an error s...

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  • I am using the Spotify Web API for my personal project. I am attempting to create a Spotify music player using the spotify-web-player-node package. However, I have encountered an issue. When I author...
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Get Current User's Playlists request problem

Something strange happens when I send a Get Current User's Playlists request. As shown in the screenshots I attached, the request itself is sent to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists?limit=50 but I receive the data from https://api.spotify.com/v...

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  • Something strange happens when I send a Get Current User's Playlists request.   As shown in the screenshots I attached, the request itself is sent to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playli...
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Scope hidding

DeviceWindows 10Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hello, I was doing some tests with spotify api, and I've found a way to hide the scopes a user allows an application to use when you access accounts.spotify....

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  • Device Windows 10 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue   Hello,   I was doing some tests with spotify api, and I've found ...
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Need help testing this webapp i built!

Hi guys!, i made a webapp that can instantly clone the Discover Weekly playlist - https://suxxvi.github.io/DiscoverWeeklyToNewPlaylist/ , can you guys test it to see if it works for you? for me its been working every single time but for some of my fr...

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  • Hi guys!, i made a webapp that can instantly clone the Discover Weekly playlist - https://suxxvi.github.io/DiscoverWeeklyToNewPlaylist/ , can you guys test it to see if it works for you? for me its b...
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Organising your playlist

Hey everyone, The goal is for the script to analyse the original playlist you provide aka analyse every single song in that playlist for danceability, energy, valence, instrumentales, acousticness, speechiness and so on. It should analyse the value o...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey everyone,   The goal is for the script to analyse the original playlist you provide aka analyse every single song in that playlist for danceability, energy, valence, instrumentales, acoust...
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Player issue

HelloI was using a Spotify premium account and was initialing a player through developer account.Things were working fine , but once my plan expired and then I renewed it again.From that time when I try to initialize Spotify player it throws an error...

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  • Hello I was using a Spotify premium account and was initialing a player through developer account. Things were working fine , but once my plan expired and then I renewed it again. From that time w...
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Inquiry about Uploading Songs and Obtaining Licensing on Spotify

Dear Spotify Team,I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inquire about the procedure for uploading songs to Spotify and obtaining the necessary licenses to distribute my music on your platform. As an aspiring musician, I am eager to share ...

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  • Dear Spotify Team, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inquire about the procedure for uploading songs to Spotify and obtaining the necessary licenses to distribute my music on your pl...
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search songs

Hello, I have a problem with searching for music in my iOS app. Users from different countries cannot find the same track. For example, a user from Ukraine can find the track 'Broken Cash Machine,' while a user from another country cannot.

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  • Hello, I have a problem with searching for music in my iOS app. Users from different countries cannot find the same track. For example, a user from Ukraine can find the track 'Broken Cash Machine,' w...
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timeout errors in API calls

I've been using the spotify API to get metadata on ~5000 albums or so. Perhaps I wasn't doing rate limiting properly or something, but I suddenly found my API calls timing out and I haven't been able to make a single API call in well over a day. I ca...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been using the spotify API to get metadata on ~5000 albums or so. Perhaps I wasn't doing rate limiting properly or something, but I suddenly found my API calls timing out and I haven't been able...
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EmbedController.loadUri loads the previous version of the playlist

Plan - PremiumCountry - CyprusDevice - Macbook ProClient - Chrome Hi Spotify Team,I'm working on a project that involves Spotify Web API and Spotify IFrame API.Project components are:1. Web browser client with IFrame API Embed Controller2. Applicatio...

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  • Plan - Premium Country - Cyprus Device - Macbook Pro Client - Chrome   Hi Spotify Team, I'm working on a project that involves Spotify Web API and Spotify IFrame API. P...
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Quota Extension Reject

Hello, We are a funded start-up in the process of releasing a music application and associated product. We keep getting quota rejections from Spotify, with no guidance or messaging as to why. We have followed Spotify's T&C pretty closely and need mor...

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  • Hello,   We are a funded start-up in the process of releasing a music application and associated product.   We keep getting quota rejections from Spotify, with no guidance or messaging ...
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Deeplinking for LG TVs

We're looking to deeplink from our own Smart TV application to Spotify's on a WebOS LG TV. This is possible with WebOS, but we need Spotify's application ID to check if it's installed and then to direct the user to the app, ideally to our playlists. ...

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  • We're looking to deeplink from our own Smart TV application to Spotify's on a WebOS LG TV. This is possible with WebOS, but we need Spotify's application ID to check if it's installed and then to dir...
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Bug when using offset greater than 49 when pulling top tracks

When using the endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks with the offset parameter greater than 49, the response is returned with an offset of 50 and a limit of 0. It is possible to get more than the 50 top tracks, for example by using an off...

  • Casual Listener
  • When using the endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks with the offset parameter greater than 49, the response is returned with an offset of 50 and a limit of 0. It is possible to...
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