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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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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...

Prague

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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...

Cycle

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Recommendations
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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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Issues with the /me/following/ Web API endpoint

Hi, Since last Friday (3rd March) I've been experiencing the following issues with the endpoint to get a user's followed artists: 1. The next and after paging cursor fields return null even though there are further artists to navigate. It appears to ...

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Hi,   Since last Friday (3rd March) I've been experiencing the following issues with the endpoint to get a user's followed artists:   1. The next and after paging cursor fields return n...

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I can see other people's listening activity, but they can't see mine

I'm thinking this is a bug from the 2021 spotify desktop udpate, as this is when the error started. I've tried host files, clean reinstalls, clearing cache, etc. My only other guess is that this is a bug in the coding with my account activity not upd...

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I'm thinking this is a bug from the 2021 spotify desktop udpate, as this is when the error started. I've tried host files, clean reinstalls, clearing cache, etc. My only other guess is that this is a...

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Crawl All Data Without API KEY

I found a way to crawl all spotify data including all artists, all their songs, musics and ... without spotify developer account and without any constraint or being ban. I wanted to report this. how can I send my codes for you?

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I found a way to crawl all spotify data including all artists, all their songs, musics and ... without spotify developer account and without any constraint or being ban. I wanted to report this. how ...

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Can we please get the green hearts next to liked songs visible again?

When looking at a new playlist or radio, the green hearts next to the songs I already have liked are gone. It was very helpful to see those so I knew which songs I already liked at a glance. Now you have click “add to a playlist” to see if the song i...

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When looking at a new playlist or radio, the green hearts next to the songs I already have liked are gone. It was very helpful to see those so I knew which songs I already liked at a glance. Now you ...

Lanciano007

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Authorization Code Flow - misleading documentation

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/#request-a-refreshed-access-token The documentation doesn't mentioned that a "refresh_token" is returned in the response when you refresh your access token. This is im...

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https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/#request-a-refreshed-access-token   The documentation doesn't mentioned that a "refresh_token" is returned in...

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Idea

If you have an idea for the platform but aren't a developer who would you speak to whilst still retaining credit?

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If you have an idea for the platform but aren't a developer who would you speak to whilst still retaining credit?  

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Autoplay is not working

When my playlist ends, all music stops and I have to select a new playlist to listen to. I have auto-play turned on and this function used to just keep playing similar songs once my playlist was over. Now it does not do this.

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When my playlist ends, all music stops and I have to select a new playlist to listen to. I have auto-play turned on and this function used to just keep playing similar songs once my playlist was over...

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Frustrating SpotifyOauthError: Invalid Client

Hi, I've repeatedly checked the client_id and client_secret values with those displayed on the developer dashboard. The values are identical. I only ever copy and paste. clientID = os.environ['client_id']clientSecret = os.environ['client_secret']sp =...

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Hi, I've repeatedly checked the client_id and client_secret values with those displayed on the developer dashboard. The values are identical. I only ever copy and paste. clientID = os.environ['c...

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Transfer playback API returns 202 instead of 204

Hello, from the doc: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/transfer-a-users-playback the returned HTTP status should be 204, but I get a 202.(the playback is correctly transferred) Am I in the good place to report...

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Hello, from the doc: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/transfer-a-users-playback   the returned HTTP status should be 204, but I get a 202. (the playb...

Romillet

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API Bug
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How to get user status without constantly sampling?

I want to achieve a result similar to Discord's Spotify status integration. ie. Be able to detect if a user is currently listening to music or not without having to do a GET request every x seconds. I looked through the docs and there doesn't seem to...

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I want to achieve a result similar to Discord's Spotify status integration.   ie. Be able to detect if a user is currently listening to music or not without having to do a GET request every x ...

chenw

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