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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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before and after are utterly useless with /me/player/recently-played

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...

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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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Is it allowed to use the API to update a playlist?

hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from playlists? I was in doubt and would not want to do an...

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hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from pl...

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Group-Session [Android SDK] or [WEB API]

PlanPremiumCountryUkraine Operating System(Android) My Question or IssueI want to add certain endpoints to my android server with Android SDK to host/join group sessions, so then i can use these endpoints in the desktop app. But i can't find anything...

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine   Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue I want to add certain endpoints to my android server with Android SDK to host/join group sessions, ...

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New API Bug 12/13 March: Recommendation Endpoint returns empty list if seed is only genre.

Hey! I have been using the recommendation API endpoint GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations with a genre seed for several months, and it was working fine.As of last weekend (12th / 13th) March 2023, it returns an empty list: {"tracks": [],"...

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Hey!   I have been using the recommendation API endpoint GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations with a genre seed for several months, and it was working fine. As of last weekend (12th...

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Dashboard TOS not working

I try to open the dashboard, then I have to accept the TOS but if I click the button, noting happens

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I try to open the dashboard, then I have to accept the TOS but if I click the button, noting happens

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Determine if the playing song was added by "Enhanced"

Is there an API endpoint that would allow me to determine if the currently playing song is "Enhanced"? Looking through the data returned from `me/player/currently-playing` and `me/player` I'm not seeing any field that seems to map to that (although i...

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Is there an API endpoint that would allow me to determine if the currently playing song is "Enhanced"?  Looking through the data returned from `me/player/currently-playing` and `me/player` I'm n...

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Song Lyrics

I know this is like I am just tossing this over the fence- but I was wondering on any links that might be had for?:1. Allow users to restart a song in "edit" mode where they can place and synchronize the lyrics. An addition might be to request peer r...

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I know this is like I am just tossing this over the fence- but I was wondering on any links that might be had for?: 1.  Allow users to restart a song in "edit" mode where they can place and s...

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App Seemingly Begun Failing

Hi, I created an app to automatically update the title/description/image of my playlist every minute. I have now run into an issue with the playlist that I cannot even edit it all, whether manually or with code. If I try to add or delete songs, they ...

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Hi, I created an app to automatically update the title/description/image of my playlist every minute. I have now run into an issue with the playlist that I cannot even edit it all, whether manually o...

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WkWebView login issue 13.03.2023

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBY Device(iPhone 13)Operating System(iOS 16.1) My Question or IssueWe have faced issue with login thru WkWebView https://accounts.spotify.com/authorizeEach time we are trying to login, no code has been returned for https://acco...

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Plan Free/Premium Country BY   Device (iPhone 13) Operating System (iOS 16.1)   My Question or Issue We have faced issue with login thru WkWebView https://accounts.spotify.com/au...

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Spotify Toolbar for Windows

Can we get a Spotify toolbar in windows taskbar?My Windows taskbar containing music controls will be more practical.Instead of keeping the app open in a separate window, I won't need to switch between my apps to change tracks, and I'll always be able...

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Can we get a Spotify toolbar in windows taskbar? My Windows taskbar containing music controls will be more practical. Instead of keeping the app open in a separate window, I won't need to switch be...

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Recommendations Endpoint Returns Null Lists

I've been working on an application that requires gathering a large dataset of tracks for model training. For this, I've been using the recommendations endpoint via Spotipy. Over the last month, I have had no issues; but just recently the endpoint st...

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I've been working on an application that requires gathering a large dataset of tracks for model training. For this, I've been using the recommendations endpoint via Spotipy. Over the last month, I ha...

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App Token

Where can I find my app token?

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Where can I find my app token?

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requests

i got a question so im creating an app that show songs duration and how much i already played and i need to send request more then every second but im getting an to much requests error maybe theres a way to fix that

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i got a question so im creating an app that show songs duration and how much i already played and i need to send request more then every second but im getting an to much requests error maybe theres a...

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selection on year of release

PlanPremiumNetherlands Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)When in 'Library' and selecting 'Albums' I would like to order them on year of release. Would that be something tha...

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Plan Premium Netherlands   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) When in 'Library' and selecting  ...

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Refresh Token Not Working

I'd been using the API for a few months now (reading currently-playing and displaying it elsewhere) suddenly it stopped working, the program said "Refresh of the Access token is due" anyway, I refreshed it using postman re-entered it into the program...

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I'd been using the API for a few months now (reading currently-playing and displaying it elsewhere) suddenly it stopped working, the program said "Refresh of the Access token is due" anyway, I refres...

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Local file track information

Hi, I am trying to add as much track information as possible for my local files for use with the API. I am currently able to add the track title, album title and artist (however can't add more than 1 artist) and I have been able to add cover art usin...

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Hi,   I am trying to add as much track information as possible for my local files for use with the API. I am currently able to add the track title, album title and artist (however can't add mo...

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Solved!! Get Recommendations by seed_genres not working (empty list)

PlanPremiumCountryPTDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemMacOSX Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres is provided. This is new, it was working yesterday.What did change and how can I make it work a...

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Plan Premium Country PT Device Macbook Pro Operating System MacOSX   Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres  is provide...

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Store basic metadata for tracks/album/artist

Is it possible to store basic metadata for tracks/albums/artists in my db from Spotify to let my users create a sort of mood-board from their favourites. I won't be storing any user specific data from Spotify and just the Name, URL and Cover image fo...

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Is it possible to store basic metadata for tracks/albums/artists in my db from Spotify to let my users create a sort of mood-board from their favourites. I won't be storing any user specific data fro...

Prague

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Spotify folders

I really wish we can create Spotify folders on mobile. Spotify for folders on desktop doesn’t even look good when added to mobile. We should be able to have the same feature on mobile instead of doing it on desktop because when the folder from deskto...

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I really wish we can create Spotify folders on mobile. Spotify for folders on desktop doesn’t even look good when added to mobile. We should be able to have the same feature on mobile instead of doin...

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