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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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Any iFrame API tutorials?

Can anyone suggest any resources for learning about using the Spotify iFrame API and adding advanced features in a web application?

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  • Can anyone suggest any resources for learning about using the Spotify iFrame API and adding advanced features in a web application?
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The ability to watch a podcast visually instead of verbally on the PlayStation 5 Console !

PlanPremiumCountrySaudi Arabia Device( PlayStation 5 )Operating System( Sony ) My Question or IssueI can’t stress how confusing this is, i can watch a podcast with the visuals on my phone but when i go to the Spotify app on my PlayStation 5 i could o...

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  • Plan Premium Country Saudi Arabia  Device ( PlayStation 5 ) Operating System ( Sony )   My Question or Issue I can’t stress how confusing this is, i can watch a podcast with the v...
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Syntax for accessing cover images

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssuePretty new at JS, but I'm unable to access the URL to a track's image file. It seems to be a ...

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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 Pretty ...
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spotifyd / spotify-tui API error 404

I keep getting the Spotify API error 404 when trying to select the device in the spotify-tui application. I am using the spotifyd daemon and the device does show up in the list but when it is selected the error occurs. It appears this was a common is...

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  • I keep getting the Spotify API error 404 when trying to select the device in the spotify-tui application.  I am using the spotifyd daemon and the device does show up in the list but when it is s...
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MISSING DATA ON SPOTIFYCHART :(

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device Operating System My Question or IssueHello! I was checking the Weekly Top 200 Songs on spotifychart and found that many of the charts have tracks missing, for example, the December 2020 India weekly lists are missing so...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device   Operating System     My Question or Issue Hello! I was checking the Weekly Top 200 Songs on spotifychart and found that many of the ...
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Solved!! Getting Bad Request while saving a specific track

Hi!We are getting an HTTP 400 and "Bad request" response while sending this track ID to save to the user collection: "5tz69p7tJuGPeMGwNTxYuV". It seems happening with a few other track IDs too like this one "6ilWjJAvXy4dnfwBEDetFF". The response: "er...

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  • Hi! We are getting an HTTP 400 and "Bad request" response while sending this track ID to save to the user collection: "5tz69p7tJuGPeMGwNTxYuV". It seems happening with a few other track IDs too like...
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Programmatically detect if Spotify is playing

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueSo, I'm a noob. I would like to run a script on my Windows PC if Spotify (the service, not the Windows app, as the Windows app may not be running) is playing a song. To put it into...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Any Operating System Any   My Question or Issue So, I'm a noob.  I would like to run a script on my Windows PC if Spotify (the service, not the Win...
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Importing Spotify Data - Commercial Music Service

We have a commercial music service and we want to build a feature that allows a business (who has a Spotify account) to import their playlists into our system. We will only be using the metadata to find the tracks in our system and we will not be str...

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  • We have a commercial music service and we want to build a feature that allows a business (who has a Spotify account) to import their playlists into our system. We will only be using the metadata to f...
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"genres" in get-track response

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI was playing around with the get-track endpoint (see https://developer.spotify.com/documenta...

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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 I was p...
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[Android] App Remote volume control "IllegalArgumentException"

Plan: AllCountry: Austria, Germany, Switzerland, SpainDevice: Several Android devicesOperating System: Android 10/11/12Spotify App Remote Version: Release 0.7.2Spotify App Version: 8.7.74.443, 8.7.76.359My Issue:We can not control the Volume anymore ...

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  • Plan: All Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain Device: Several Android devices Operating System: Android 10/11/12 Spotify App Remote Version: Release 0.7.2 Spotify App Version: 8.7.74.4...
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New releases by genre

Add an endpoint to fetch new releases by genre, in the same fashion as it is presented on the https://everynoise.com/new_releases_by_genre.cgi. The data is there, I'm working on record-digging app. As of now I'll scrape everynoise, but it's slow and ...

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  • Add an endpoint to fetch new releases by genre, in the same fashion as it is presented on the https://everynoise.com/new_releases_by_genre.cgi. The data is there, I'm working on record-digging app. A...
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Forbidden 403 on GET Queue

Hi, I'm trying the Spotify API with through my app in development mode and I'm receiving an error anytime I try to call:GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queueThe error (why so generic?):data: { error: { status: 403, message: 'Forbidden.' } } ...

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  • Hi,    I'm trying the Spotify API with through my app in development mode and I'm receiving an error anytime I try to call: GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queue The error (w...
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spotipy's sp.playlist_tracks doesn't returns same song from different album

Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueI'm retrieving information from a playlist using spotipy's sp.playlist_tracks().The problem is it doesn't always return the original albums or artists, although they are shown on the spotify desktop ap...

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  • Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I'm retrieving information from a playlist using spotipy's sp.playlist_tracks(). The problem is it doesn't always return the original al...
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Request to integrate Spotify into all DJ softwares

Hi There,Hope you are doing well.This is an email to the decision-makers who have decided to discontinue Spotify integration with DJ softwares (Djay, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, etc)I am using Spotify since the last 10 years. All of a sudden from mid of 20...

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  • Hi There, Hope you are doing well. This is an email to the decision-makers who have decided to discontinue Spotify integration with DJ softwares (Djay, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, etc) I am using ...
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Spotify playlist iframe embed doesn't update

My Question or Issue: Im writing a small app that updates a playlist, I can see it working fine when I access the playlist through the spotify app, so the playlist is being updated. But when I load a webpage where I've embeded the playlist, it doesn'...

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  • My Question or Issue:   Im writing a small app that updates a playlist, I can see it working fine when I access the playlist through the spotify app, so the playlist is being updated. But when...
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Solved!! on my 2nd spotify account, debug Console returns: restricted to premium users.

PlanPremium DeviceLatest firefox and Opera GxOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am making a new web-application and to test it out, I bought 2nd premium on a new account, around 3 days ago. When I tried to use token that I received from...

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  • Plan Premium   Device Latest firefox and Opera Gx Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am making a new web-application and to test it out, I bought 2nd premium on a...
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Getting users to generate a Client ID for desktop app (and other acceptable usage questions)

I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be streaming the audio into the game itself). In order...

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  • I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be ...
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Solved!! /me/tracks returns Bad request

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/save-tracks-user no longer works with Ids in the body only. was working until earlier this week will impact you if you are using libraries like https://github.com/spotify-web-...

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  •  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/save-tracks-user  no longer works with Ids in the body only.   was working until earlier this week &nbsp...
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I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level.

Hi!I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level. I am looking for the name of a book that supports this type of preview. I don't see any that have implemented this JSON field. There is lot's of books. I se...

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  • Hi! I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level.  I am looking for the name of a book that supports this type of preview.  I don't see any tha...
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Spotify Web Api Playback Refresh Token problem

PlanPremiumCountryDKDeviceChromeOperating System(Window) My Question or IssueHello all.I have this Blazor Server app that is playing (in a browser) using the Spotify Web Player. I can get authorized and I get a Token and a RefreshToken and I can succ...

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  • Plan Premium Country DK Device Chrome Operating System (Window)   My Question or Issue Hello all. I have this Blazor Server app that is playing (in a browser) using the Spotify Web Pl...
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