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Increasing security requirements for integration with Spotify Web API

Hey all, we’re making some changes to the Spotify Web API. To improve security, we are planning to remove support for two ways of integrating with Spotify that have been replaced with more secure alternatives. Please check the Spotify for Developers ...

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  • Morganic1
  • Roadie
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How to extract all playlist that is

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi everyone! I wanted to know how to extract all hip-hop related playlists. I tried to access...

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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 Hi ever...
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Playlist add items skip duplicates in Web API

I, along with many others, would like to see a Web API endpoint for checking if a playlist contains() a given track, as posted here on this github issue tracker. This would be useful for prompting the user if they would like to skip adding a duplicat...

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  • I, along with many others, would like to see a Web API endpoint for checking if a playlist contains() a given track, as posted here on this github issue tracker. This would be useful for prompting th...
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Why can't I play individual songs with premium but I can play playlists

So I can play music on playlists. I can't play music that I search up or any albums recommended to me. If I add music then I can play them on my PC. Also my PC's application doesn't connect to spotify on my phone. My web browser works perfectly fine.

  • Casual Listener
  • So I can play music on playlists. I can't play music that I search up or any albums recommended to me. If I add music then I can play them on my PC. Also my PC's application doesn't connect to spotif...
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Superuser Contribution Can't find commercial app integration request?

Hey, So much like the title says, I've done some research and figured I would need to request approval from spotify before making commercial use out of my web-based API app. However, while I did find the google forms link from a forum, I can't find t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey,   So much like the title says, I've done some research and figured I would need to request approval from spotify before making commercial use out of my web-based API app. However, while I...
  • pbonac
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Solved!! 503 Service unavailable

For a few weeks or even months, I'm regularly getting 503 Service Unavailable in my requests. Seems to be mostly when accessing any of thehttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player endpoints. I think it prominently started after the issues back in Septembe...

  • Music Fan
  • For a few weeks or even months, I'm regularly getting 503 Service Unavailable in my requests. Seems to be mostly when accessing any of the https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player endpoints. I think it ...
  • nutella
  • Music Fan
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Curious how Blend distributes songs between two users

When I've created a Blend with others, my proportion of songs are way less than their's (I've like 5-10 songs on the blend and they have like 20-30). Is there a particular reason why this happens?

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  • When I've created a Blend with others, my proportion of songs are way less than their's (I've like 5-10 songs on the blend and they have like 20-30). Is there a particular reason why this happens?
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Track endpoints not returning all artist fields as documented

Bothhttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-track and https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-several-tracks indicate that a track artist's genres should be returned as par...

  • Music Fan
  • Both https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-track and https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-several-tracks&...
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I deleted my old account and created a new one for a fresh start... Howeve

I deleted my old account and created a new one for a fresh start...However, I can't change my new account's email to the older one, and my email seems to be still taken even after the 16 days that I must wait...I even tried to check if the email is r...

  • Visitor
  • I deleted my old account and created a new one for a fresh start... However, I can't change my new account's email to the older one, and my email seems to be still taken even after the 16 days that ...
  • Ximzend
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"Noon Pacific"

Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) The "Noon Pacific" app is a Spotify supported curated app of music that is no longer working. I was wonderin...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan   Free/Premium   Country       Device   (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)   Operating System   (iOS 10, Android Or...
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Getting HTTP 502 "Request was not transferred" for get followed artists

I have a script that runs periodically which gets followed artists for my personal account. Suddenly, it stopped working today because the server responds with HTTP 502 { "error": { "status": 502, "message": "Request was not transferred" }}It fails e...

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  • I have a script that runs periodically which gets followed artists for my personal account. Suddenly, it stopped working today because the server responds with HTTP 502 { "error": { "status": 502...
  • KMatuszak
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Android app design problem

I'm currently working in the UX/UI field and trying to become an UX/UI designer. As a new learner I'm just trying to redraw the Spotify's music page from the screenshot that I took from my Xiaomi Mi 10T phone and I realize a design problem. The minut...

  • Visitor
  • I'm currently working in the UX/UI field and trying to become an UX/UI designer. As a new learner I'm just trying to redraw the Spotify's music page from the screenshot that I took from my ...
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Show Spotify Song On Stream

Hello, I simply want to show what spotify song is playing on my stream - how can I do that?I know my client ID and secret but not the redirect URI that I have to create in "edit Settings" in spotify developer dashboard - please help. KR D

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,  I simply want to show what spotify song is playing on my stream - how can I do that? I know my client ID and secret but not the redirect URI that I have to create in "edit Settings" in...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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Am I really not allowed to make a discord bot?

I finally completed my discord bot after a lot of work and tried to request an extension so people could use it, but it got refused and this was the reason:However, building an integration with Discord is not permitted according to our terms and cond...

  • Visitor
  • I finally completed my discord bot after a lot of work and tried to request an extension so people could use it, but it got refused and this was the reason: However, building an integration with Dis...
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    extension
    Help
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Rejected from Quota Extension, Can't seem to understand why?

Hi! This morning I got rejected for a quota extension from Spotify for these reasons:Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a Spotify logo and a link back to the applicable artist, album, track, or playlist on the Spotify Servic...

  • Newbie
  • Hi! This morning I got rejected for a quota extension from Spotify for these reasons: Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a Spotify logo and a link back to the applicable a...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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How do I create my own Spotify channel How do I run Spotify Executive my ch

Spotify also running my own channel through anchor app I want to subscribe and present this channel as spotify executive how can I do that. And the free music that is available at a premium of 45 is free music without copy right. How can I use this m...

  • Visitor
  • Spotify also running my own channel through anchor app I want to subscribe and present this channel as spotify executive how can I do that. And the free music that is available at a premium of 45 is...
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I wanna change cover image of playlist by API

PlanPremiumCountryJapan Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I wanna change cover image of playlist by API of URL below.https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/upload-custom-playlist-cover But this doc...

  • Newbie
  •   Plan Premium Country Japan   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I wanna change cover image of playlist by API of URL below. https://developer.spotify.c...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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How to get albums' URIs in an automatic way.

Good morning. I created this morning a program in python which, giving in input the URI of an album, gives me back the list of the tracks present in that album (using the Spotify API).Following I continued the program in order to download the feature...

  • Visitor
  • Good morning. I created this morning a program in python which, giving in input the URI of an album, gives me back the list of the tracks present in that album (using the Spotify API). Following I c...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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    Album Tracklist
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Get User's Saved Audiobooks always returning HTTP 403.

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-users-saved-audiobooks. Using the documentation linked above, I'm trying to make an API request to get the current users saved audiobooks.However this constantly returns H...

  • Casual Listener
  • https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-users-saved-audiobooks.   Using the documentation linked above, I'm trying to make an API request to get the cur...
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API Reference Correction

I think "shuffle_state" property in Get Playback State endpoint reference should be boolean rather than string.

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  • I think "shuffle_state" property in Get Playback State endpoint reference should be boolean rather than string.
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Solved!! Timeout on Successful POST to Queue endpoint

Hello,I have had a functioning web app for over a year now that lets users post songs to their queue from browser. With no changes from my end in this period, the app is now suddenly returning a timeout error of 1000ms exceeded from the add to queue ...

  • Regular
  • Hello, I have had a functioning web app for over a year now that lets users post songs to their queue from browser. With no changes from my end in this period, the app is now suddenly returning a ...
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