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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! tl;dr: Imagine a party. Typically, the host of the party is creating a playlist beforehand or a party guest can add their song wishes by using the party hosts device, where the Spotify app is installed on (e.g. laptop, smartphone). It would be mu...
Hi! tl;dr: Imagine a party. Typically, the host of the party is creating a playlist beforehand or a party guest can add their song wishes by using the party hosts device, where the ...
Spotify Star
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Overnight the entire web API reference has changed, and every page has been overhauled... to show the exact same thing... but aesthetically pleasing... so where is the "Get Token" button that manually generates an OAuth token for you to use to test t...
Overnight the entire web API reference has changed, and every page has been overhauled... to show the exact same thing... but aesthetically pleasing... so where is the "Get Token" button that manuall...
Casual Listener
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I have 2 needs related to the link between a Spotify User and a Spotify Artist.I want to allow my users to copy paste their profile link (i.e. open.spotify.com/user/theirId) and still be able to fetch the artist profile link associated to their accou...
I have 2 needs related to the link between a Spotify User and a Spotify Artist. I want to allow my users to copy paste their profile link (i.e. open.spotify.com/user/theirId) and still be able to f...
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I've read the various Spotify terms and conditions docs, but it's not entirely clear whether our use case is permitted. We have a telehealth app, and we want a patient to be able to select songs or playlists we provide via Spotify while they're waiti...
I've read the various Spotify terms and conditions docs, but it's not entirely clear whether our use case is permitted. We have a telehealth app, and we want a patient to be able to select songs or p...
Spotify Star
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Is it possbile to fasten the process of the app review? I have a school project and need users to register this asap I got 403 error as it users need to be added explicitly on my dashboard
Is it possbile to fasten the process of the app review? I have a school project and need users to register this asap I got 403 error as it users need to be added explicitly on my dashboard &nb...
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PlanPremium CountrySingapore DeviceMacbook Air 2022, Iphone Operating SystemiOS My Question or Issuethe app i'm building makes playlists in Spotify. Embedding iframe to share spotify playlists doesn't always work. see attached image. In Chrome, when ...
Plan Premium Country Singapore Device Macbook Air 2022, Iphone Operating System iOS My Question or Issue the app i'm building makes playlists in Spoti...
Casual Listener
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Hi,I am an engineer working at Songkick. For the last couple of weeks we were going through a regular Data Review with Spotify regarding the use of the API by Songkick.comOut of nowhere and for reasons unknown to us, ALL our oAuth Scopes for Spotify ...
Hi, I am an engineer working at Songkick. For the last couple of weeks we were going through a regular Data Review with Spotify regarding the use of the API by Songkick.com Out of nowhere...
Newbie
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Hi, I am curious about an open source library on Github called CSpot. It appears to run on multiple platforms (even the PS-Vita from a fork) But i don't see any spotify library it is using. There is a company that is currently trying to sell a produc...
Hi, I am curious about an open source library on Github called CSpot. It appears to run on multiple platforms (even the PS-Vita from a fork) But i don't see any spotify library it is ...
Casual Listener
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Okay, this is going to probably spark quite a discussion if it reaches people. Just an idea: a lot of us want to listen to music but it can be risky to bring our phones all over with us. The runner/hiker/athlete wants to listen to music and maybe rec...
Okay, this is going to probably spark quite a discussion if it reaches people. Just an idea: a lot of us want to listen to music but it can be risky to bring our phones all over with...
Casual Listener
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I have a couple of use cases that aren't currently covered by the existing props and filters you can send to the get recommendations endpoint, so I figured I'd make a requestFilter by release date: if a user wants to listen to current music that soun...
I have a couple of use cases that aren't currently covered by the existing props and filters you can send to the get recommendations endpoint, so I figured I'd make a request Filter by release date:...
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I have created a function that generates a refresh token with the scope "streaming". When I use it once to generate a new access token it works perfectly fine and I'm returned a dictionary with the keys: [access_token, token_type, expires_in, refesh_...
I have created a function that generates a refresh token with the scope "streaming". When I use it once to generate a new access token it works perfectly fine and I'm returned a dictionary with the k...
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PlanPremiumCountry (any) Device(any)Operating System(any) My Question or IssueHello!I really like your service you do.I like to hear my favorite songs. My problem is that I don't like all the songs that much. I really wish I could set how much I like...
Plan Premium Country (any) Device (any) Operating System (any) My Question or Issue Hello! I really like your service you do. I like to hear my favorite songs. My proble...
Spotify Star
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When using the Start/Resume Playback with an album I'm able to use offset for selecting the 5th song for that album for example, I would like to do the same when selecting an artist, selecting not the first song from that artist but maybe the 5th or ...
When using the Start/Resume Playback with an album I'm able to use offset for selecting the 5th song for that album for example, I would like to do the same when selecting an artist, selecting not th...
Casual Listener
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Whats up all -- I have a web app that uses both the "CreatePlaylist" + "Change Playlist Details" Web API calls. For the CreatePlaylist call, I always pass name and description. I noticed that half of the time the playlists have no description after b...
Whats up all -- I have a web app that uses both the "CreatePlaylist" + "Change Playlist Details" Web API calls. For the CreatePlaylist call, I always pass name and description. I no...
Regular
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Hi All, I am trying to build an embedded application that will simply add the current song playing to a specified playlist [playlist_id]. The issue that I'm running in is that when I follow the guide on generating Authentication tokens, I'm getting "...
Hi All, I am trying to build an embedded application that will simply add the current song playing to a specified playlist [playlist_id]. The issue that I'm running in is that when I f...
Gig Goer
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Hallo ich hätte einen Vorschlag für die App, unzwar das Premium Benutzer einen animierten GIF als Profilbild verwenden können, wäre echt cool. LG
Hallo ich hätte einen Vorschlag für die App, unzwar das Premium Benutzer einen animierten GIF als Profilbild verwenden können, wäre echt cool. LG
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Hello everyone, I have issues on Spotify embed iframes on my webpage https://www.cycloergosum.com/cyclo-ergo-sum-podcast-stagione-1-2022 The play button does not produce any effect on desktop. On mobile it works. Could comeone help? Thanks
Hello everyone, I have issues on Spotify embed iframes on my webpage https://www.cycloergosum.com/cyclo-ergo-sum-podcast-stagione-1-2022 The play button does not produce any effec...
Spotify Star
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The api endpoint `/v1/me/player/queue endpoint` does not seem to make a difference between tracks that are shown in the app as "Next in queue" and "Next up". I want to develop and app that dynamically creates a playlist, which might change shortly be...
The api endpoint `/v1/me/player/queue endpoint` does not seem to make a difference between tracks that are shown in the app as "Next in queue" and "Next up". I want to develop and app that d...
Newbie
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The Spotify developers should add a listening party feature in the app itself rather than needing to use discord.
The Spotify developers should add a listening party feature in the app itself rather than needing to use discord.
Spotify Star
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Some people think that this is a board to reach out to the developers of Spotify. This is not the case.To prevent this misunderstanding, I recommend to rename this board to: Spotify for Third-Party Developers.
Some people think that this is a board to reach out to the developers of Spotify. This is not the case. To prevent this misunderstanding, I recommend to rename this board to: Spotify for Third-Party...
Spotify
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