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Spotify Soloist: a new terminal based player for headless and DIY setups

Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...

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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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Unable to create app from dashboard

PlanStudent PremiumCountryMexicoDevice(iPhone 7 Plus, Windows Laptop)Operating System(iOS 15, Windows 11)My Question or IssueEvery time I want to create an app from the dashboard, I get the same error message:"Something went wrong, we were not able t...

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Plan Student Premium Country Mexico Device (iPhone 7 Plus, Windows Laptop) Operating System (iOS 15, Windows 11) My Question or Issue Every time I want to create an app from the dashboard, I...

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suggestions amélioration

PlanFree/PremiumCountry France DeviceSamsung Galaxy x cover 3, Asus ROG GL 553 VOperating SystemAndroid 6.01, Windows 10 My Question or IssueBonjour, J'essaie actuellement votre abonnement prémium et je voudrais vous faire deux suggestions d'améliora...

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Plan Free/Premium Country France   Device Samsung Galaxy x cover 3, Asus ROG GL 553 V Operating System Android 6.01, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Bonjour, J'essaie actuel...

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Solved!! Unable to create new App, customer support can't help

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMacbook Pro & iPhoneOperating SystemMacOS & iOSBrowsersFirefox & Edge (desktop), Safari (Mobile) My Question or IssueI'm unable to create a new App on https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create. When i fill in t...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Macbook Pro & iPhone Operating System MacOS & iOS Browsers Firefox & Edge (desktop), Safari (Mobile)   My Question or Issue I'm un...

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how to add songs on recent list.

I am facing a issue with me/player/recently-played API. it will always return the songs which I was played on remote app (Spotify app). how can I add the songs which is played on my app using the Spotify Api. I used the MediaBrowserService for the pl...

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I am facing a issue with me/player/recently-played API. it will always return the songs which I was played on remote app (Spotify app). how can I add the songs which is played on my app using th...

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use of API and sending data between client and server networks on python

PlanFree/PremiumCountryEnglandDeviceDell laptopOperating Systemwindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm creating a python script for a project where the program takes a users playlist and recreates that playlist onto youtube. I'm trying to do this through ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country England Device Dell laptop Operating System windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm creating a python script for a project where the program takes a users playl...

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Cannot create app, get 401 (Unauthorized) always

https://i.imgur.com/5KaJ1Sl.pngAs image above shows, I tried to create a Spotify app. Entered all the details but for some reason, I can't create the app. In console it writes: `POST https://api.spotify.com/webapi-provisioning/applications 401 (Unaut...

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https://i.imgur.com/5KaJ1Sl.png As image above shows, I tried to create a Spotify app. Entered all the details but for some reason, I can't create the app. In console it writes:   `POST htt...

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Autoplay - is there any way to turn it on using Web API?

Hi. Is there any way to turn on the autoplay feature using the Web API requests? I'm doing something a little bit weird, just made a Perl script to run Curl requests. Everything works fine, I can play, change playlists, etc. But the autoplay is never...

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Hi.   Is there any way to turn on the autoplay feature using the Web API requests?   I'm doing something a little bit weird, just made a Perl script to run Curl requests.   Every...

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Add User Equalizer Presets to Web API?

My Question or Issue I want to make a spotify clone web app, but change it such that whenever you play a track, it tries to match the genre with the best equalizer preset in user settings and updates the user settings before the track starts playing....

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My Question or Issue   I want to make a spotify clone web app, but change it such that whenever you play a track, it tries to match the genre with the best equalizer preset in user settings an...

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Search API not returning some artists

Sometimes the API does not return artists that are in the Spotify client. Not sure if this is intentional or not. Most artists return fine, but occasionally they are completely missing. Example 1: Prince (of Prince and the Revolution) https://api.spo...

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Sometimes the API does not return artists that are in the Spotify client. Not sure if this is intentional or not. Most artists return fine, but occasionally they are completely missing.   Exam...

ammonha

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Need to know the API pricing and rules

I am building an app that will play music based on the BPM. Initially, I will allow users to keep using my app for free and after 6 months I will start charging my users (using a subscription plan). But my app will always be free to download for any ...

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I am building an app that will play music based on the BPM. Initially, I will allow users to keep using my app for free and after 6 months I will start charging my users (using a subscription plan). ...

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Server error while performing a GET to the v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint

I'm trying to perform a request to the 'v1/me/player/recently-played' endpoint in a Kotlin Ktor client application (code snippets below, but the same happens in Postman). The interesting fact is that if i use the Bearer token gotten from the API docs...

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I'm trying to perform a request to the 'v1/me/player/recently-played' endpoint in a Kotlin Ktor client application (code snippets below, but the same happens in Postman). The interesting fact is that...

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Artist image is not square. Can i crop all artist image to square?

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySouth KoreaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI develop non-streaming music site with Spotify API.I want to show my client to sam...

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Plan Free/Premium Country South Korea Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I ...

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Does the currently playing API include the track's associated colour like the embed of a track does?

My Question or IssueI am wondering if I can use the track's associated colour using an API call.Currently I get the currently playing track with the following function: function callApi(method, url, body, callback){ let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xh...

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  My Question or Issue I am wondering if I can use the track's associated colour using an API call. Currently I get the currently playing track with the following function:   funct...

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Spotify Not Considering Itself Active? Source Code Attached

I can successfully see it in a list of devices, and it worked once yesterday. Using the same code but with a different access token, it no longer works. Source code provided in files.Things I have tried to do to tell Spotify its active: 1. Played a s...

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I can successfully see it in a list of devices, and it worked once yesterday. Using the same code but with a different access token, it no longer works. Source code provided in files. Things I hav...

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Spotify Casting to JBL Link EQ missing.

Spotify Casting to JBL Link EQ missingPlanPremiumCountry USA Device Iphone (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 Casting to JBL Link EQ missing PlanPremium Country USA   Device Iphone  (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windo...

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Google Assistant Integration
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which programming language (Flutter or react native) is best for using Spotify API in our custom 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 IssueHi please, can anyone suggest to me, which programming language (Flutter or react native) is ...

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Creator App not saving

PlanPremiumCountry DevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueThe creator app will not create a new app to get authorization keys for 3rd party applications. When you hit save it just says there's an error and try again later.

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Plan Premium Country   Device PC Operating System Win10   My Question or Issue The creator app will not create a new app to get authorization keys for 3rd party applications. When...

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Incorrect artist's name

Searching Google for an album title, I get two links to Spotify (album/tracks have slight variation in naming):https://open.spotify.com/album/2AdYZKiooyFF9NdPYGchmQhttps://open.spotify.com/album/5TmgxNSaAgvpnJ191sJG9OThe artist's name ("JO YURI") is ...

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Searching Google for an album title, I get two links to Spotify (album/tracks have slight variation in naming): https://open.spotify.com/album/2AdYZKiooyFF9NdPYGchmQ https://open.spotify.com/album...

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Metadata correction
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Occasional 'Invalid Authorization Code'

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemmacOS 10.15 My Question or IssueHello,I am running an App that requires the user to authenticate with Spotify, and I am doing this according to the Authorization Code Flow. Most of the tim...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System macOS 10.15   My Question or Issue Hello, I am running an App that requires the user to authenticate with Spotif...

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Superuser Contribution Can multiple users listen through the Web Playback SDK?

I want to create a web app where I use Spotify's Web Playback SDK to create a player and play music in the browser from another Spotify client (e.g. my Spotify app on my phone or Spotify app on my computer) and also enable other users who are on my w...

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I want to create a web app where I use Spotify's Web Playback SDK to create a player and play music in the browser from another Spotify client (e.g. my Spotify app on my phone or Spotify app on my co...

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