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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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Kumkwat

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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...

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Documentation Error on Refreshing Tokens

I lost some time trying to debug this, commenting just so it's fixed. In the browser example in https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/refreshing-tokens the code reads: localStorage.setItem('access_token', response.accessToken)...

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I lost some time trying to debug this, commenting just so it's fixed.   In the browser example in https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/refreshing-tokens the code ...

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Prevent Abuse of Expensive API Tasks

Hello,I'm reaching out regarding an issue with my app, which recently received a Spotify quota extension. The app involves a computationally expensive API task that users need to perform when they access the app or website for the first time. To prev...

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  Hello, I'm reaching out regarding an issue with my app, which recently received a Spotify quota extension. The app involves a computationally expensive API task that users need to perform wh...

Louis314

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Daily drive music playlist songs don't refresh. News do, music doesn't.

I did send you an e-mail.1. Debe existir una opción para editar las playlists de Mi Ruta Diaria porque SIEMPRE REPRODUCE LAS MISMAS CANCIONES y pareciera que estoy en un loop de Rock de los 80s, (música que amo pero empiezo a detestar gracias a usted...

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I did send you an e-mail. 1. Debe existir una opción para editar las playlists de Mi Ruta Diaria porque SIEMPRE REPRODUCE LAS MISMAS CANCIONES y pareciera que estoy en un loop de Rock de los 80s, (m...

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Comes nill in queries after a certain number of reboots of the swift simulator

PlanFreeCountryBelarusDeviceMacBook Pro M1 Operating SystemMacOS Sonoma 14.1.1 My Question or IssueI'm writing a music app, take data from spotify api. I make queries and get recommended albums, playlists and tracks from the server. Periodically I re...

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Plan Free Country Belarus Device MacBook Pro M1  Operating System MacOS Sonoma 14.1.1   My Question or Issue I'm writing a music app, take data from spotify api. I make queries an...

IlyaPugachev1

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Retrospectiva 2023 nao carrega, tento entrar mas da erro

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  

Ximzend

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Reorder an entire playlist with one call rather than per song

Will there ever be an API call that will let a developer send an array of song ids that could be used to order the users playlist? So right now, the only way to reorder a playlist is to take song in one position and include the new position but when ...

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Will there ever be an API call that will let a developer send an array of song ids that could be used to order the users playlist?   So right now, the only way to reorder a playlist is to take...

lordanton321

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401 Error with seemingly working access token

I am using the following code to get an access token, and the final post request returns a status code of 200 and when I print out the access token it looks good. However as soon as I try to use the access token I get a 401 Unauthroized error. I have...

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I am using the following code to get an access token, and the final post request returns a status code of 200 and when I print out the access token it looks good. However as soon as I try to use the ...

Ximzend

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Does my idea violate the prohibited applications part of the Spotify Developer Policy?

Hey, I have this idea of a website which tracks and historicizes the users listenings to provide him a possibility to see his artists of the month and stuff like that.Does that violate:"Do not analyze the Spotify Content or the Spotify Service for an...

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Hey,   I have this idea of a website which tracks and historicizes the users listenings to provide him a possibility to see his artists of the month and stuff like that. Does that violate: ...

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converting played at from recently played

I'm passing over a UTC unix timestamp for one hour ago (for example if the current UTC timestamp is 1701203866000, I'm passing 1701200266000). I played a few track 15-20 minutes ago, but they don't get returned. If I set the time way back to say 1601...

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I'm passing over a UTC unix timestamp for one hour ago (for example if the current UTC timestamp is 1701203866000, I'm passing 1701200266000).  I played a few track 15-20 minutes ago, ...

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Solved!! Handling user's free and premium subscription in web api?

Building one personal hobby project with Spotify I have no idea how to distinguish or handle user's with free and premium subscription. Can anyone explain?

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Building one personal hobby project with Spotify  I have no idea how to distinguish or handle user's with free and premium subscription.  Can anyone explain?

Ximzend

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Getting 500 for WebAPI /v1/me/albums - even on documentation dashboard

PlanPremium CountryBrazil DeviceDell Inc. Precision 5560 Operating SystemUbuntu 22.04.3 LTS My Question or IssueHey there!I'm consistently getting 500 errors for the endpoint /v1/me/albums. It doesn't happen in other endpoints of the WebAPI. This hap...

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Plan Premium   Country Brazil   Device Dell Inc. Precision 5560   Operating System Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS   My Question or Issue Hey there! I'm consistently getting 50...

man-et-arms

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Add API support for programattically adding/removing collaborators on playlist

PlanFree + PremiumCountryN/A My Question or IssueCollaborative playlists seem to be a hot topic for a lot of reasons but I havent seen anything addressing this issue specifically. It would be great if we could add collaborators programmatically to a ...

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  Plan Free + Premium Country N/A   My Question or Issue Collaborative playlists seem to be a hot topic for a lot of reasons but I havent seen anything addressing this issue specific...

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Api question

Hello, I want to know if you can give me full access to your API so that music can play in full? I need this for my coursework application, I will be very grateful.PlanFree/PremiumCountry - Ukraine DeviceMacBookProOperating System(iOS 10, Android Ore...

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Hello, I want to know if you can give me full access to your API so that music can play in full? I need this for my coursework application, I will be very grateful. Plan Free/Premium Country - Ukr...

Artem66

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Filter by Popularity in Search API

I don't find anything related to popularity but the tag:hispter in search endpoint. I wanted to know if there's something more to use in an api call to retrieve only tracks with a specific popularity. Something like: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search...

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I don't find anything related to popularity but the tag:hispter in search endpoint. I wanted to know if there's something more to use in an api call to retrieve only tracks with a specific popularity...

ExCx

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Spotify Web API: How to get genres from TrackObject in playlist

I am using the Spotify Web API through Python. I am currently extracting tracks from a playlist. With that in mind, I also wanted to get the genres for each song. My first question is if there's a way to a genre for a specific song? At the moment, I ...

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I am using the Spotify Web API through Python. I am currently extracting tracks from a playlist. With that in mind, I also wanted to get the genres for each song.   My first question is if the...

Ximzend

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[Newbie question] Recommended tool for the base64 encoding of ?

My Question or IssueI tried the Client Credentials Flow(which is the 4th authorization flow in the Authorization Guide),Step 1: Have your application request authorizationand I got an error. Step 1 is basically this cURL command: curl -X "POST"-H "Au...

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My Question or Issue I tried the Client Credentials Flow (which is the 4th authorization flow in the Authorization Guide), Step 1: Have your application request authorization and I got an err...

Yanine98

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Ratings API?

Is there any way to get an item's ratings from the Spotify API? Through some hacking around, I found I can collect the total number of ratings and average score of all of them, but that's not all that helpful. I'd really like to see the spread of rat...

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Is there any way to get an item's ratings from the Spotify API?   Through some hacking around, I found I can collect the total number of ratings and average score of all of them, but that...

johnrdimm

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Re: Email verification doesn't work.

i'm trying to verify my spotify developer account, but when i click the link in the verification email my browser just says the site can't be reached. i can't click on the "contact us" option either, the same issue happens. i'm using google chrome, o...

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i'm trying to verify my spotify developer account, but when i click the link in the verification email my browser just says the site can't be reached. i can't click on the "contact us" option either,...

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