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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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Solved!! Beginner Project

Hi there,I’m currently wanting to build a website that matches users with songs based on a “music personality test” that asks questions similar to the Spotify’s song features they add to tracks (like danceability and acousticness) to then search the ...

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  • Hi there, I’m currently wanting to build a website that matches users with songs based on a “music personality test” that asks questions similar to the Spotify’s song features they add to tracks (li...
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Superuser Contribution Autorize enpoint not working

Hello, I am trying to use the spotify public aPI, and for this I am trying to generate a token according to this documentation: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/ The problem is that whenever I try to ...

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  • Hello,   I am trying to use the spotify public aPI, and for this I am trying to generate a token according to this documentation:   https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/g...
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Is there a way to terminate the player when our app closes.

Hello! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music. We are now migrating to the new SDK, but we have not been able to find a way to terminate the Spotify player when the app closes. Instead users need to close our app, and then close...

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  • Hello!   We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music.   We are now migrating to the new SDK, but we have not been able to find a way to terminate the Spotify player whe...
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Add a search Music Page inside my website

Country United States of America I love Spotify and I like doing this via Spotify My Question I'm a Dj and I try to build a page on my website for my clients so:1- They can search for a favorite Music and Add Music to the playlist of their Events on ...

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  • Country United States of America    I love Spotify and I like doing this via Spotify  My Question   I'm a Dj and I try to build a page on my website for my clients so: 1- Th...
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Solved!! share a playlist with other spotify users?

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  
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Ads API create/update campaign

Hi Team,I am developer I can able to push the campaign into Spotify ad-studio using campaign ads api, But I wish I could do this for An artist's music on Spotify instead of A concert or artist merch, This is possible in Adstudio UI, because in ads ap...

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  • Hi Team, I am developer I can able to push the campaign into Spotify ad-studio using campaign ads api, But I wish I could do this for An artist's music on Spotify instead of A concert or a...
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502 Gateway in Start/Resume Playback

$headers = [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $request->_token, 'Accept' => 'application/json', 'uris' => 'spotify:episode:' . $request->id, 'position_ms' => 0, ]; $res = $client->request('PUT', 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play? device_id=' ....

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  •  $headers = [             'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $request->_token,             'Accept' => 'application/json', &nb...
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Repo for the app-remote-SDK

Hi All,Per this 9/14/18 article, the App Remote SDK betas for iOS and Android were committed to Github at /spotify/ios-sdk and .../android-sdk, respectively. Were the respective versions of the 'Streaming SDK' also at those URLs and hence, the A.R. v...

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  • Hi All, Per this 9/14/18 article, the App Remote SDK betas for iOS and Android were committed to Github at /spotify/ios-sdk and .../android-sdk, respectively. Were the respective versions of the 'St...
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Update playlist tracks doesn't recognise "uris" parameter

I'm trying to update the tracks in a playlist using the playlists/playlist_id/tracks PUT action, as described at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks.I'm using this curl comman...

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  • I'm trying to update the tracks in a playlist using the playlists/playlist_id/tracks PUT action, as described at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-...
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player/currently-playing endpoint not working in Spotify for windows desktop app

I'm using this endpoint to get the currently playing song info. https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing Whenever I use my phone the api returns the album/track info in JSON format as specified in the docs and everything works fine; how...

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  • I'm using this endpoint to get the currently playing song info.    https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing   Whenever I use my phone the api returns the album/track...
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Dealing with HTTP Status 400, Code: -1

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceHP OmenOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSo I recently started using Spotify's API through Spotipy library in Python for a school project.The objective of our project is to analyze the songs in Billboard HOT ...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device HP Omen Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue So I recently started using Spotify's API through Spotipy library in Python for a school pr...
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"Only valid bearer authentication supported" error message

I've been trying to use Spotify's API for my app but every time I try to get something I get this error message "Only valid bearer authentication supported". I have registered my app and used valid client secret but error is still present. Here's the...

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  • I've been trying to use Spotify's API for my app but every time I try to get something I get this error message "Only valid bearer authentication supported". I have registered my app and used valid c...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Devices API not showing the .exe player but showing webplayer.

Hello, After yesterdays update to version 1.1.94.870 a number of users of the Spotify Stream Deck plugin on Windows have reported issues with the Devices API not showing the exe player (desktop player), but showing webplayer and other devices. We hav...

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  • Hello,   After yesterdays update to version 1.1.94.870 a number of users of the Spotify Stream Deck plugin on Windows have reported issues with the Devices API not showing the exe player (desk...
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Playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueCan you shuffle all playlists you have created or all songs?

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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 Can you...
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Playlist Returns Incorrect Songs through API or Embeds

My Question or IssueI seem to have come across a bugged playlist:Name: "2000s Mix" - by SpotifyID: 37i9dQZF1EQn4jwNIohw50https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EQn4jwNIohw50When querying the playlist through the API, or when embedding the playlis...

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  • My Question or Issue I seem to have come across a bugged playlist: Name: "2000s Mix" - by Spotify ID: 37i9dQZF1EQn4jwNIohw50 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EQn4jwNIohw50 Wh...
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Fetch redirect URI?

So, in the OAuth2 thing, the user gets a URL to the OAuth2 Confirmation page. They click accept/decline, and they get redirected to the Redirect URI. How do I fetch that URI?

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  • So, in the OAuth2 thing, the user gets a URL to the OAuth2 Confirmation page. They click accept/decline, and they get redirected to the Redirect URI. How do I fetch that URI?
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Retrieve recently played podcasts

Is there a way to get a user's recently played podcasts? I know there is for music (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/player/get-recently-played/), but I was surprised that this doesn't seem possible with podcasts. I feel ...

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  • Is there a way to get a user's recently played podcasts?    I know there is for music (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/player/get-recently-played/), but I wa...
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add scope in request token in C#

PlanPremiumCountryFranceHi, I'm trying to get the token but I need some scope to be added , this code works for any other request that don't require scope... Can you point me in the right direction please ... public string GetAccessToken() { string u...

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  • ...he right direction please ... 😃               public string GetAccessToken() { string url5 = "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token"; var clientid = " my c...
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v1/me/player/devices always returns an empty array

PlanPremium CountryPoland DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor a few days my application that uses api spotify has stopped working, all accounts to which I have access suddenly stop getting devices and old device_id does not wo...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Poland   Device PC   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue For a few days my application that uses api spotify has stopped working...
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Spotify desktop client not submitting data to the API

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueStraight to the point. My spotify client isn't sending nor receiving data from the api and spotify connect. Yes i've checked my firewalls and yes i have tried tur...

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  •   Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Straight to the point. My spotify client isn't sending nor receiving data from...
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