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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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Why does my code return an error finding devices?

I have some code to get my tokenand this code to get my available playersdef find_player(token): url = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices" headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}" } response = requests.get(url, headers=headers) print...

  • Visitor
  • I have some code to get my token and this code to get my available players def find_player(token): url = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices" headers = { "Authorization...
  • Ximzend
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How can I get TYPE for campaign api ADS

I'm using the API ADS to get info from the campaigns that I created in spotify ADS, and I need to get the type of campaign or something similar to or am I getting wrong? I mean, I need to know if campaign is type audio, video, image or event or artis...

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  • I'm using the API ADS to get info from the campaigns that I created in spotify ADS, and I need to get the type of campaign or something similar to or am I getting wrong?  I mean, I need to kn...
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How can use the Start/Resume Playback command with an artist and music

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 ...

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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 th...
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Retrieve the affinities calculated for artists

Hello, Is there any way to be able to access the specific affinities that Spotify calculates when requesting top artists for a specific user?

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  • Hello,   Is there any way to be able to access the specific affinities that Spotify calculates when requesting top artists for a specific user?  
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Is there a way to implement the web playback sdk with spotify auth token stored in http only cookie

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceWeb dev, widget, Pc Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi, i'm implementing spotify auth token inside my app. We put it inside the cookie of browser, with flag http-only , then the frontend can't read the token ...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Web dev, widget, Pc  Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hi, i'm implementing spotify auth token inside my app. We put it inside the...
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token API returning 403

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So I am developing a way to add spotify to my AI bot, however when I am trying to setup a function to start playing my spotify, I get 403 no matter what w...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   So I am developing a way to add spotify to my AI bot, however when I am...
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Spotify force switches apps

iPhone 14 pro, ios 16, U.S., premium Spotify forces me out of other apps and onto Spotify. It happens usually while I am in the car. I will be on any other app and it randomly pops up, constantly.

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  • iPhone 14 pro, ios 16, U.S., premium   Spotify forces me out of other apps and onto Spotify. It happens usually while I am in the car. I will be on any other app and it randomly pops up, const...
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Using Spotify API to get the actual audio file and merge it over an uploaded video

Hi there guys,I'm building an application in which people can upload their videos and download a formatted one.I want to add a feature in which they can also add their best songs from Spotify, browse for any of those and choose one.Once the uses choo...

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  • Hi there guys, I'm building an application in which people can upload their videos and download a formatted one. I want to add a feature in which they can also add their best songs from Spotify, br...
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Looking for a solution to target_year

PlanPremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueI'm working with the recommendations API and want to utilize something like "target_year" to fetch songs from a certain decade. I know it's not possible currently, but does anyone have an idea of how I might b...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   My Question or Issue I'm working with the recommendations API and want to utilize something like "target_year" to fetch songs from a certain decade. I know it's n...
  • Ximzend
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If I use the spotify api, can I do more than play the songs?

My question is similar to this one: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Unity-AudioSource-Playback-Commercial-Integration/m-p/4969587I am building a unity game, and would like users to be able to sign into spotify from our game an...

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  • My question is similar to this one: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Unity-AudioSource-Playback-Commercial-Integration/m-p/4969587 I am building a unity game, and would...
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oEmbed seems to be returning an internal

trying to figure the oEmbed but i am receiving an internal server error 500 im not sure if its my axios request or the Spotify open server? the example response comes through but is over 50,000 character and 56kb long, anyone able to help with oEmbed...

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  • trying to figure the oEmbed but i am receiving an internal server error 500 im not sure if its my axios request or the Spotify open server? the example response comes through but is over 50,000 chara...
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I can't find one speaker on the other.

I have 4 groups speakers, one group i want it by the other groups. How to do it, that i have 1 group with 4 speakers?

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  • I have 4 groups speakers, one group i want it by the other groups. How to do it, that i have 1 group with 4 speakers?
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Solved!! 401 Permission missing

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI use to be able to get the devices using:GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devicesBut...

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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 I use t...
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A token problem

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceHuawei Matebook D14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueIn my code I get an error regarding the tokens or so I understand.The error it shows me is the following:HTTP Error for POST to https://api.spotify.com/...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Huawei Matebook D14 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue In my code I get an error regarding the tokens or so I understand. ...
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Question about developer policy Section III.5

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesNon-streaming SDA I am trying to determine if my application would be allowed under Section III.5 of the Spotify Developer Policy. The terms explicitly disallow integrating a product that uses Spotify for Developers with c...

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  • Plan Free Country United States Non-streaming SDA   I am trying to determine if my application would be allowed under Section III.5 of the Spotify Developer Policy. The terms explicitly di...
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Device name replaced with “iPhone”

All of a sudden, all of our devices are showing as “iPhone” “AirPods” or “samsung” rather than the person’s own device name. How do I fix this since it’s nice to know who’s connected at that time?

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  • All of a sudden, all of our devices are showing as “iPhone” “AirPods” or “samsung” rather than the person’s own device name. How do I fix this since it’s nice to know who’s connected at that time?
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Music Sync for Games

I'm writing as a developer of a small startup. We want to develop a game that syncs the beat up with the Spotify client, but i have seen in the dev guidelines under |||.3 that the syncing of apps with music is prohibited (https://developer.spotify.co...

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  • I'm writing as a developer of a small startup. We want to develop a game that syncs the beat up with the Spotify client, but i have seen in the dev guidelines under |||.3 that the syncing of apps wit...
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Superuser Contribution Critical - Endless 'next' values in getting saved tracks!!

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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