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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...
I have created an application and the user is able to log in to connect to their Spotify account, however, I want to add a logout button so that other users can use it but I'm not sure how. I've been able to redirect the user to the login page but wh...
I have created an application and the user is able to log in to connect to their Spotify account, however, I want to add a logout button so that other users can use it but I'm not sure how. I've been...
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Plan - PremiumCountry - USAOperating System - Windows 10 My Question or IssueThe /me/top/tracks endpoint seems to return the status code 500. I noticed this when working on a project using the API and noticed my top tracks were not rendering. I then ...
Plan - Premium Country - USA Operating System - Windows 10 My Question or Issue The /me/top/tracks endpoint seems to return the status code 500. I noticed this when working on a...
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EquipmentwatchOperating systemEmbedded Hi,Is there any commercial team docking: a solution to the problem of only 30s of externally playing songsGet the playback link as discussed in this topic https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/...
Equipment watch Operating system Embedded Hi, Is there any commercial team docking: a solution to the problem of only 30s of externally playing songs Get the playback link as discussed ...
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DeviceWatch Operating SystemEmbedded My Question or Issue Hey folks, I use https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played WEB API to get the recently played list, the obtained preview_url song playback time is 30s or less, it is incomplete, how...
Device Watch Operating System Embedded My Question or Issue Hey folks, I use https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played WEB API to get the recently ...
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PlanPremiumget(f"https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{track_id}/lyrics", headers=headers)Good day brother, does anyone know if with the "get" instruction I can get the lyrics of the song from soptify to show it in my widget? The problem or error that i...
Plan Premium get(f"https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{track_id}/lyrics", headers=headers) Good day brother, does anyone know if with the "get" instruction I can get the lyrics of the song from sop...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpainOperating System( Windows 10) My Question or IssueI've been using the Web Playback SDK without any issues for the past two weeks, but today I'm getting a '502 Bad Gateway' connection error. I've tried modifying the code in case...
Plan Premium Country Spain Operating System ( Windows 10) My Question or Issue I've been using the Web Playback SDK without any issues for the past two weeks, but today I'm get...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 7+Operating Systemios 15.7.3 My Question or IssueI'm trying to use some of the example Spotify ios SDK code specifcially: ios-sdk/DemoProjects/NowPlayingView at master · spotify/ios-sdk (github.com)When I t...
Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone 7+ Operating System ios 15.7.3 My Question or Issue I'm trying to use some of the example Spotify ios SDK code specifcially:&...
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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?
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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Hi everyone, I'm building a site in Webflow for a client and have a page that is loaded with Spotify Player embeds. I've been having an issue where upon page load (Only in Safari) it downloads a ton of files with names like "10YFj2pOqUUjsqAPX5ZMeh" w...
Hi everyone, I'm building a site in Webflow for a client and have a page that is loaded with Spotify Player embeds. I've been having an issue where upon page load (Only in Safari) it downloa...
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I am using the Web API and noticed a small inconsistency in the response I get when searching for an Album as opposed to using the /albums/id endpoint. When using /albums, I can get the tracks as a field in the Album response, but when using /search?...
I am using the Web API and noticed a small inconsistency in the response I get when searching for an Album as opposed to using the /albums/id endpoint. When using /albums, I can get the tracks as a f...
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Queue is not updating when playing playlist on the webplayback sdk.this problem was issued by a user a long time ago (API-and-Transfer-playback-wrong-behavior) and was fixed for the webbrowser , windows app and the mobile app. However if you use the ...
Queue is not updating when playing playlist on the webplayback sdk. this problem was issued by a user a long time ago (API-and-Transfer-playback-wrong-behavior) and was fixed for the webbrow...
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This SDK must not be used in commercial projects without Spotify’s prior written approval. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/I asked the public contact for contact information, but they just directed me to https://developer...
This SDK must not be used in commercial projects without Spotify’s prior written approval. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/ I asked the public contact ...
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Is it against the Spotify Developers terms and conditions to create a code that adds a song to collaborative playlists? I thought the wording in the terms and conditions was unclear on this matter, and I wanted to check.
Is it against the Spotify Developers terms and conditions to create a code that adds a song to collaborative playlists? I thought the wording in the terms and conditions was unclear on this matter, a...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: Taiwan Device: iPhone SE2 & Macbook M1 My Question or IssueThis issue has existed since last night. Whenever I try to cast my Spotify podcast to Google Mini, the podcast episode keeps skipping to the next 4-5 episodes. Also, Goo...
Plan: Premium Country: Taiwan Device: iPhone SE2 & Macbook M1 My Question or Issue This issue has existed since last night. Whenever I try to cast my Spotify podcast to ...
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I have a inquiry. I run a internet radio station called "bravo Radio" We are a community ran ad free radio station. We play family friendly songs so you dont have to worry about wrong language in songs. I was thinking, we would like our own page. Whe...
I have a inquiry. I run a internet radio station called "bravo Radio" We are a community ran ad free radio station. We play family friendly songs so you dont have to worry about wrong language in son...
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I'm not able play songs, which I added in my playlist from my mobile (android) phone. But it works for my desktop.
I'm not able play songs, which I added in my playlist from my mobile (android) phone. But it works for my desktop.
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Neither the API Reference or Console make any reference to how an image should be defined when using PUT /v1/playlists/playlist_id/images to replace the image used to represent a specific playlist. Specifically, many other API services would permit (...
Neither the API Reference or Console make any reference to how an image should be defined when using PUT /v1/playlists/playlist_id/images to replace the image used to represent a specific p...
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I can use the /v1/me/player/devices endpoint to get the IDs of all my groups, including the echo dots. It is noteable that the IDs look very different. While the spotify computer/tablet/phone apps generate a hex-number, the Alexa Dots generate a GUID...
I can use the /v1/me/player/devices endpoint to get the IDs of all my groups, including the echo dots. It is noteable that the IDs look very different. While the spotify computer/tablet/phone ap...
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Hi, I have made an app which has been approved for scope request. Since then multiple people have asked me to add a tipping jar in the app, but in the application I only mentioned that I might add ads to the website of the app, which was approved, su...
Hi, I have made an app which has been approved for scope request. Since then multiple people have asked me to add a tipping jar in the app, but in the application I only mentioned that I might add ad...
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I am encountering an issue with authorizing the user-top-read scope for my Spotify application. I have already included both the user-top-read and user-read-private scopes in my authorization request, but I continue to receive an "illegal scope" erro...
I am encountering an issue with authorizing the user-top-read scope for my Spotify application. I have already included both the user-top-read and user-read-private scopes in my authorization request...
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