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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, I have fetched the "echoprintstring" with audio analysis API. so according to documentation, this echoprintstring is the fingerprint of the audio in EchoString format. I'm building shazam like app. Now I want a way to create my own Echostring fin...
Hi, I have fetched the "echoprintstring" with audio analysis API. so according to documentation, this echoprintstring is the fingerprint of the audio in EchoString format. ...
Spotify Star
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CountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello fellow developers, I'm currently experiencing an issue with the /search endpoint in the API. My ultimate goal is to obtain the Spotify IDs for songs listed in the listening history JS...
Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello fellow developers, I'm currently experiencing an issue with the /search endpoint in the API. My ultimate g...
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Although the committee was told that it was acceptable to conduct analytical studies using machine learning as long as it complied with the terms and guidelines, Section IV, 2-a-I makes it seem as if the use of machine learning is prohibited. I am a ...
Although the committee was told that it was acceptable to conduct analytical studies using machine learning as long as it complied with the terms and guidelines, Section IV, 2-a-I makes it seem as if...
Spotify Legend
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trying to make a lua that reads current playing (https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing). now before this bs update that removed the easy button for getting bearer auth tokens with permissions you could set everything would work. now ...
trying to make a lua that reads current playing (https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing). now before this bs update that removed the easy button for getting bearer auth tokens with pe...
Spotify Legend
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Hi! I've enjoyed using Spotify's API in my minor side project. The API's revamped documentation interface is outstanding this year—kudos to the team for their exceptional UX design!https://playlistvote.com/ & code https://github.com/roscrl/playlistvo...
Hi! I've enjoyed using Spotify's API in my minor side project. The API's revamped documentation interface is outstanding this year—kudos to the team for their exceptional UX design! https://playli...
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I am suggesting that for premium user made profile look like premium and also while sharing the song on snapchat WhatsApp add feature only for premium user can used different themes or it look like premium user and also who see my status know and hav...
I am suggesting that for premium user made profile look like premium and also while sharing the song on snapchat WhatsApp add feature only for premium user can used different themes or it look like p...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceFirefox using Spotify APIOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I was trying to access my liked songs on my account but recently got stuck with a 500 error. It happened first two days ago (I had not tested...
Plan Premium Country France Device Firefox using Spotify API Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I was trying to access my liked songs on my account but ...
Casual Listener
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It appears that the 'Get Artist's Albums' endpoint is not returning all available album releases. For example, the album 'Snacks (Supersize)' by Jax Jones (https://open.spotify.com/album/0gH8thOJMa227eHocQ4N9u) has a total of 5 releases, including 4 ...
It appears that the 'Get Artist's Albums' endpoint is not returning all available album releases. For example, the album 'Snacks (Supersize)' by Jax Jones (https://open.spotify.com/album/0gH...
Music Fan
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I have an application that simply searches Spotify. It does not retrieve any user data. I believe that this only requires 'client credentials' and does not require a refresh token. Indeed, I have this working (I am using a Java library right now - Sp...
I have an application that simply searches Spotify. It does not retrieve any user data. I believe that this only requires 'client credentials' and does not require a refresh token. Indeed, I have thi...
Spotify Legend
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How to find my (32 characters length) CLIENT ID
How to find my (32 characters length) CLIENT ID
Spotify Star
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i'm trying to get my bearer token for a lua i'm making that requires your bearer token to read what song you're listening to and print it, where the **bleep** do i find the button to get it with the user-read-currently-playing flag
i'm trying to get my bearer token for a lua i'm making that requires your bearer token to read what song you're listening to and print it, where the **bleep** do i find the button to get it with the&...
Spotify Star
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Hi,recently I'm using Player endpoints from the Web API and I'm wondering why functionality like "Play Item" is missing. Only the "Add Item to Playback Queue" and "Skip To Next" endpoints are available, while simply playing the song (like pressing th...
Hi, recently I'm using Player endpoints from the Web API and I'm wondering why functionality like "Play Item" is missing. Only the "Add Item to Playback Queue" and "Skip To Next" endpoints ar...
Casual Listener
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macb...
Spotify Star
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Get Recommendations takes in parameters such as min/target/max of the following: acousticness, danceability, energy, instrumentalness, key, liveness, loudness, mode, speechiness, tempo, time_signature As well as seed track/artist/genre. Question: How...
Get Recommendations takes in parameters such as min/target/max of the following: acousticness, danceability, energy, instrumentalness, key, liveness, loudness, mode, speechiness, tempo, time_s...
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hello,recently, i have finished writing the major code for an app that uses spotify API. however, there is an issue i must solve before publishing the website. when logged into accounts that arent mine, i get 403 errors when i make a get request to r...
hello, recently, i have finished writing the major code for an app that uses spotify API. however, there is an issue i must solve before publishing the website. when logged into accounts that arent ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA->JapanMy Question or IssueI am trying to retrieve all my playlists, and I noticed that Spotify is not returning any of the playlists I've moved since my move to Japan. Is there some way to fix this?
Plan Premium Country USA->Japan My Question or Issue I am trying to retrieve all my playlists, and I noticed that Spotify is not returning any of the playlists I've moved since my move to Jap...
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trying to make a lua that reads current playing (https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing). now before this bs update that removed the easy button for getting bearer auth tokens with permissions you could set everything would work. now ...
trying to make a lua that reads current playing (https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing). now before this bs update that removed the easy button for getting bearer auth tokens with pe...
Spotify Star
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Am i allowed to make a Discord Bot using Spotifys API when i check that all using users have Spotify Premium? Or is it still against the TOS?
Am i allowed to make a Discord Bot using Spotifys API when i check that all using users have Spotify Premium? Or is it still against the TOS?
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I am building an application that lets me fetch publicly available content for tracks and episodes given their ID. I don't require any login to my users since I don't need their data, but there's no way to access episode data without authorization (i...
I am building an application that lets me fetch publicly available content for tracks and episodes given their ID. I don't require any login to my users since I don't need their data, but th...
Casual Listener
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When I try to find the track using an ISRC code, the response doesn't include the genre of the album and artist.
When I try to find the track using an ISRC code, the response doesn't include the genre of the album and artist.
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