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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...
The Spotify API Playlist Update endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks) allows the client to specify 100 track URIs. The documentation says that the playlist will be up...
The Spotify API Playlist Update endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks) allows the client to specify 100 track URIs.&...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryU.S.DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've been using the Spotify API for years without any issue, and didn't really change anything I was doing, but my app suddenly just stopped working a few days ago, and the ...
Plan Premium Country U.S. Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've been using the Spotify API for years without any issue, and didn't really change anything I ...
Casual Listener
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Hello, I have an API App for Spotify that I would like to transfer to another spotify account (from my personal account to a work email, basically). It doesn't seem possible to do this from the dashboard or the UI. Is there anyone I could talk to at ...
Hello, I have an API App for Spotify that I would like to transfer to another spotify account (from my personal account to a work email, basically). It doesn't seem possible to do t...
Regular
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II have two podcasts, how do I make a new one using my laptop?
II have two podcasts, how do I make a new one using my laptop?
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I recently reached out to inquire about whether we have permission to create a Spotify-endorsed Discord community. As a team of music enthusiasts and creators, we are eager to create a safe and welcoming space for music lovers to connect, discover ne...
I recently reached out to inquire about whether we have permission to create a Spotify-endorsed Discord community. As a team of music enthusiasts and creators, we are eager to create a safe and welco...
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My Question or Issue We are looking to add a feature in our application that can show playlist data after gathering playlist context from recently played tracks. We end up having many playlistIds and want to be able to get information about each of t...
My Question or Issue We are looking to add a feature in our application that can show playlist data after gathering playlist context from recently played tracks. We end up having many playli...
Gig Goer
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Hi, My quota extension request has now been rejected twice and I seem to be unable to convince the development team that I am complying with the Spotify terms and conditions. My quota extension request got rejected because of Artificial manipulation....
Hi, My quota extension request has now been rejected twice and I seem to be unable to convince the development team that I am complying with the Spotify terms and conditions. My quo...
Regular
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CASE STUDY:- Sometimes the user listens to a massive playlist, over a span of a few days and might not recall the last played song.- Can be like finding a medium sized needle in an average sized hay stack.- Also to just have additional user options a...
CASE STUDY: - Sometimes the user listens to a massive playlist, over a span of a few days and might not recall the last played song. - Can be like finding a medium sized needle in an average sized ...
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Is there an intent that toggles offline mode in the app I could use for a Tasker automation?
Is there an intent that toggles offline mode in the app I could use for a Tasker automation?
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What about developing part of Spotify that you can create someone a "C90 mix tape" playlist ? Used to be a special thing in our day. You would create a playlist that has two "sides" consists of 45 minutes of music tracks on each side. The play order ...
What about developing part of Spotify that you can create someone a "C90 mix tape" playlist ? Used to be a special thing in our day. You would create a playlist that has two "sides" consists of...
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My frustration is I want Spotify to play my playlist randomly but not play a track more than once. I work in IT but not a developer but can code simply for Systems tasks in Powershell. This below does what I am after - maybe it could be adapted to wo...
My frustration is I want Spotify to play my playlist randomly but not play a track more than once. I work in IT but not a developer but can code simply for Systems tasks in Powershell. This below doe...
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My quota extension request got rejected because of Artificial manipulation. Don’t artificially increase, or claim to artificially increase, play counts, follow counts or otherwise manipulate the Spotify Service. This includes: (i) using any bot, scr...
My quota extension request got rejected because of Artificial manipulation. Don’t artificially increase, or claim to artificially increase, play counts, follow counts or other...
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Hola developers out there,I recently submitted the extension request for one of my social media applications we have been developing, here is the use case.Users can create short videos out of images and videos by applying the audio to them, they can ...
Hola developers out there, I recently submitted the extension request for one of my social media applications we have been developing, here is the use case. Users can create short videos out of ima...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUK <-> Canada My Question or IssueI developed a song tracker application that displays which song the user is currently playing (using the /player/currently-playing endpoint).Recently, I've noticed certain songs for a particular use...
Plan Premium Country UK <-> Canada My Question or Issue I developed a song tracker application that displays which song the user is currently playing (using the /player/currently-p...
Casual Listener
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Hello,I am looking for help to understand how Spotify would look like once embedded within an external website if the brand creates 3 different playlists.I haven't been able to find any visual references. I would like to make our developer team's lif...
Hello, I am looking for help to understand how Spotify would look like once embedded within an external website if the brand creates 3 different playlists. I haven't been able to find any visual ...
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I would like to use Get Recommendations for explicit=False songs. Explicit is in the response but not in the request. 1. Feature request: can we add explicit=False arg to Get Recommendations2. In the meantime, how can I implement my own filter?
I would like to use Get Recommendations for explicit=False songs. Explicit is in the response but not in the request. 1. Feature request: can we add explicit=False arg to Get Recommendations...
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PlanFree CountryNetherlands DeviceMacbook Pro Safari 16.2 Operating SystemMoc OS X Ventura 13.1 My Question or IssueOn a website where I use iframes to embed the podcasts on Spotify when opening the page Safari wants me to allow Downloads on the page...
Plan Free Country Netherlands Device Macbook Pro Safari 16.2 Operating System Moc OS X Ventura 13.1 My Question or Issue On a website where I use iframes to ...
Spotify
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PlanPremiumCountrySpain I'm getting Error 400 : "Only valid bearer authentication supported" using the access token from /api/token request I have the next flow:Using the auth sdk in Kotlin to do the /authorize bringing the activity with the Authoriz...
Plan Premium Country Spain I'm getting Error 400 : "Only valid bearer authentication supported" using the access token from /api/token request I have the next flow: Using the au...
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Plan :Free Country :Italy Device :Xiaomi Mi A3 Operating System :Android One, version 11 My Question or Issue : I created a Desktop Web App that uses the Spotify REST API endpoint to get all albums by a given artist and preview a random song. I would...
Plan : Free Country : Italy Device : Xiaomi Mi A3 Operating System : Android One, version 11 My Question or Issue : I created a Desktop Web App that ...
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Plan - PremiumCountry - USADevice/OS - Windows 10 My Question or Issuethe before and after fields are utterly useless for the recent played tracks endpoint (/me/player/recently-played) in the web API. Specifying before yields an empty array while spe...
Plan - Premium Country - USA Device/OS - Windows 10 My Question or Issue the before and after fields are utterly useless for the recent played tracks endpoint (/me/playe...
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