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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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Endpoint for podcast episode number of plays/streams/downloads?

My Question or IssueIs there an endpoint for the number of plays or downloads a podcast episode has? If not, is it possible for one to be added? Thanks for any info!

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  • My Question or Issue Is there an endpoint for the number of plays or downloads a podcast episode has? If not, is it possible for one to be added?  Thanks for any info!
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request endpoint with default token

My Question or Issue Is there any option to send a request, for example on the endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums, with a token assigned to the application, not to a particular user of the Spotify account? I have an app created ...

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  • My Question or Issue   Is there any option to send a request, for example on the endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums, with a token assigned to the application, not to a pa...
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Alarm app with app remote sdk

Hi,I'm trying to do an Alarm iOS app with the App remote sdk as the streaming sdk is deprecated, but I'm not sure it's possible.Would it be possible to wake up the Spotify app and play music from a background task without human interaction ?

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  • Hi, I'm trying to do an Alarm iOS app with the App remote sdk as the streaming sdk is deprecated, but I'm not sure it's possible. Would it be possible to wake up the Spotify app and play music from...
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Recommended songs not playing

PlanPremiumCountryUruguayDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi. I was looking to new music for my playlists and the recommended songs don't play. I also tried with songs from artists profiles and the same thing happens, just can l...

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  • Plan Premium Country Uruguay Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi. I was looking to new music for my playlists and the recommended songs don't play. I also t...
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Want to play original track in external player

Hii,I'm using your api but I'm able to play the 30 sec demo the preview_url. But in api I do not get the original track link to play in my audio player. Please reply it's urgent. **bleep** /**bleep**

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  • Hii, I'm using your api but I'm able to play the 30 sec demo the preview_url. But in api I do not get the original track link to play in my audio player.  Please reply it's urgent.  ...
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Endpoint to login with artist account and get the data

My Question or Issue Is there such an API endpoint to log in with an artist account and get the data from this account? Like in the case of a regular Spotify account, e.g. endpoint /v1/me/tracks ? Thanks

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  • My Question or Issue   Is there such an API endpoint to log in with an artist account and get the data from this account? Like in the case of a regular Spotify account, e.g. endpoint  /v1...
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API - playback timestamp

Hi there,This is a Problem regarding the web api get playback state /v1/me/playerthe timestamp field is inconsistent. I am trying to accurately get users playback / progress timeThe documentation says : timestamp [integer] - Unix Millisecond Timestam...

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  • Hi there, This is a Problem regarding the web api get playback state /v1/me/player the timestamp field is inconsistent. I am trying to accurately get users playback / progress time The documen...
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Get a permanent token for API calls

Hello, I wrote a Python script to update playlists (throught API calls). It works fine, but I have to generate a new token each hour from the Spotify Web API Console. Is there a way to get a permanent token in order to be able to use it in a schedule...

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  • Hello,   I wrote a Python script to update playlists (throught API calls). It works fine, but I have to generate a new token each hour from the Spotify Web API Console. Is there a way to get a...
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How i can play entire songs, in my iOS app

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

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  • 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  
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Spotify SDK and angular

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceBrowserOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueI am having some issues using the spotify sdk in an angular project. I've managed to set-up a working player, but this player does not work if other components try to ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Belgium Device Browser Operating System Any   My Question or Issue I am having some issues using the spotify sdk in an angular project. I've managed to set-up...
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Get lyrics

Operating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueI'm trying to get the lyrics to the song by querying https://spclient.wg.spotify.com/color-lyrics/But I can't, I get the answer that the wrong token, or the client. Can you give me a hint, or give me a co...

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  • Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I'm trying to get the lyrics to the song by querying https://spclient.wg.spotify.com/color-lyrics/ But I can't, I get the answer that the wrong to...
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starting out using Spotify API

PlanPremiumCountryCanada (but currently vacationing in Mexico) DeviceNotebookOperating SystemPOP!OS Linux Maybe I am way out of my element here, but I am interested in trying to use the Spotify API to search if an album exists on Spotify or not. Usin...

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  •     Plan Premium Country Canada (but currently vacationing in Mexico)   Device Notebook Operating System POP!OS Linux   Maybe I am way out of my element here, but I am...
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Type or data image to upload Add Custom Playlist Cover Image

I am trying to change a playlist cover by this endpoint https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/upload-custom-playlist-cover I have 401 Unauthorized response, but the token is ok because i tried changing playlist de...

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  • I am trying to change a playlist cover by this endpoint https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/upload-custom-playlist-cover   I have 401 Unauthorized r...
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Spotify URL External Issues

PlanFreeAustralia Device2021 MacMiniOperating SystemMacOSDev EnvironmentBubble.io (for building web apps) My Question or IssueI started developing a web app last year that successfully accessed the Spotify URL External feature because I was able to p...

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  • Plan Free Australia   Device 2021 MacMini Operating System MacOS Dev Environment Bubble.io (for building web apps)   My Question or Issue I started developing a web app last yea...
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Why won't my shuffle function work properly this has been an ongoing issue

On larger Playlist the shuffle function does not properly randomize song selection and instead often plays the same songs whenever I shuffle

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  • On larger Playlist the shuffle function does not properly randomize song selection and instead often plays the same songs whenever I shuffle
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ホーム画面について

ホーム画面が急に見辛くなりました。デュオアカウントですが、もう一人の方は前のまま。私だけ縦画面でプレイリストがでかく表示されています。前の方が自分の興味のあるプレイリストや、新曲などわかりやすくて好きだったのに、今のやつは不便です。とても使いにくい。長年Spotifyを使ってきているので、どうか前の仕様に戻していただけませんか？

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  • ホーム画面が急に見辛くなりました。 デュオアカウントですが、もう一人の方は前のまま。私だけ縦画面でプレイリストがでかく表示されています。 前の方が自分の興味のあるプレイリストや、新曲などわかりやすくて好きだったのに、今のやつは不便です。とても使いにくい。 長年Spotifyを使ってきているので、どうか前の仕様に戻していただけませんか？  
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Library Remove - IDs supplied in body result in "Bad Request"

All of the following API calls fail when the IDs are supplied via the JSON body. In the documentation, it is stated that supplying them via the body should work. As this used to work flawlessly before. DELETE /me/tracksDELETE /me/albumsDELETE /me/sho...

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  • All of the following API calls fail when the IDs are supplied via the JSON body. In the documentation, it is stated that supplying them via the body should work. As this used to work flawlessly befor...
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Retrieving a user's top songs

I'm new to using the Spotify API and am struggling with pulling the selected user's top songs in the short term. I'm using Spotipy and flask to run my program on a local server. I get prompted to sign into Spotify and I've managed to pull my saved so...

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  • I'm new to using the Spotify API and am struggling with pulling the selected user's top songs in the short term. I'm using Spotipy and flask to run my program on a local server. I get prompted to sig...
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Spotify podcast embed displays the mention 'example'

I want to embed my own podcast on my website and the embed displays the mention 'example' (in Dutch: 'voorbeeld'). I have no idea why and how I can fix this.I have a family Premium plan and live in The Netherlands.My Spotify podcast is linked to my A...

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  • I want to embed my own podcast on my website and the embed displays the mention 'example' (in Dutch: 'voorbeeld'). I have no idea why and how I can fix this. I have a family Premium plan and live ...
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How to access "discovered on" through the API?

Hi, from what I investigated, there is no endpoint on the API for retrieving the playlists where an artist/song are featured in.Does anyone know if this info can be retrieved via any other endpoint, maybe indirectly?Thanks a lot

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  • Hi, from what I investigated, there is no endpoint on the API for retrieving the playlists where an artist/song are featured in. Does anyone know if this info can be retrieved via any other endpoint...
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