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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...
Plan :Free Country :Italy Device :Xiaomi Mi A3 Operating System :Android One, version 11 My Question or Issue : I created a Desktop Web App that uses the Spotify REST API endpoint to get all albums by a given artist and preview a random song. I would...
Plan : Free Country : Italy Device : Xiaomi Mi A3 Operating System : Android One, version 11 My Question or Issue : I created a Desktop Web App that ...
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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...
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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Like pagination is supported for Search Web API (with "limit" and "offset" parameters), it would be nice to have the same for Artist Top Tracks Web API and, more in general, for any Web API which is returning a list of items.Thanks!
Like pagination is supported for Search Web API (with "limit" and "offset" parameters), it would be nice to have the same for Artist Top Tracks Web API and, more in general, for any Web API which is ...
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Every sound to Spotify support and they requested and I communicate with people coming receiving realities for third party apps.did,,,You...:;!()/, developers in their party amps have you ever seen the one you think or not or how would you deal with ...
Every sound to Spotify support and they requested and I communicate with people coming receiving realities for third party apps.did,,,You...:;!()/, developers in their party amps have...
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Hello,I'm very grateful that Spotify provides an API which allows so many great apps to work with it.I got an error message today from one of these apps that said that "Spotify API can be unstable for more than 1000 songs". (The action was about arou...
Hello, I'm very grateful that Spotify provides an API which allows so many great apps to work with it. I got an error message today from one of these apps that said that "Spotify API can be unstabl...
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PlanPremium Device Iphone 11 My Question or IssueI changed my name that appears on my profile and clicked to save it. When i open my account it seems like the name has changed successfully but when you search for my profile and you type the new name ...
Plan Premium Device Iphone 11 My Question or Issue I changed my name that appears on my profile and clicked to save it. When i open my account it seems like the nam...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceMacBook Pro 2020 T2Operating SystemmacOS 12 My Question or IssueHi all,When trying to utilize the Spotify SDK in a browser-based React/Express/Node/SQL application, I'm able to successfully authenticate and conne...
Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Pro 2020 T2 Operating System macOS 12 My Question or Issue Hi all, When trying to utilize the Spotify SDK in a browser-ba...
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nothing, just to tell u guys how good is the mac webplayer it's TOO GOOD love u guys
nothing, just to tell u guys how good is the mac webplayer it's TOO GOOD love u guys
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Hello! Is there is API that allows me to retrieve information about the user's blocked artists or tracks or users? Thank you!
Hello! Is there is API that allows me to retrieve information about the user's blocked artists or tracks or users? Thank you!
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Hi Spotify Team! My Question or IssueWith the release of the iFrame API for podcasts, I was wondering if there's anything similar for non-podcasts, such as individual music tracks, or if there's anything planned down the line. Thanks!
Hi Spotify Team! My Question or Issue With the release of the iFrame API for podcasts, I was wondering if there's anything similar for non-podcasts, such as individual music trac...
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I had some questions about the Spotify prohibited applications, specifically:Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.Do not create any product or service which is integrated with streams or content from another service.Do not synchronize any s...
I had some questions about the Spotify prohibited applications, specifically: Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes. Do not create any product or service which is integrated with streams ...
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PlanPremium My Question or IssueI am creating a discord bot using the spotify API, I'm quite new to python and development, so I will try and explain myself as clear as possible. I created the bot, which sucesfully entered a voice channel, even tho i...
Plan Premium My Question or Issue I am creating a discord bot using the spotify API, I'm quite new to python and development, so I will try and explain myself as clear as possible. I creat...
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Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am contacting you to enquire how to integrate Spotify into our EMS fitness app Pepper. If you could explain to me if and how this is possible that would be amazing. We saw this done for example on the Nike Running App as ...
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am contacting you to enquire how to integrate Spotify into our EMS fitness app Pepper. If you could explain to me if and how this is possible that would be amazing. W...
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My Question or Issue Hello! We had an application with an approved quota extension but it was on an individual's account who is no longer with the company. We moved to a service account address (social@) but upon applying were denied our quota extens...
My Question or Issue Hello! We had an application with an approved quota extension but it was on an individual's account who is no longer with the company. We moved to a service ...
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As the title suggests, i'm having issues when linking to a specific song from a mobile app. When opening either the URI (spotify:track:XXXXX) or URL (http://open.spotify.com/track/XXXXX) the song starts playing which is very annoying and disturbing. ...
As the title suggests, i'm having issues when linking to a specific song from a mobile app. When opening either the URI (spotify:track:XXXXX) or URL (http://open.spotify.com/track/XXXXX) the song sta...
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I recently found an album on Spotify that was incorrectly listed, and has a typo in the title. How do I suggest changes?
I recently found an album on Spotify that was incorrectly listed, and has a typo in the title. How do I suggest changes?
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How can i get the top result for a given search query using the search endpoint?I’m trying to implement a top result based on my search but the algorithm I have for it doesn’t give accurate results like the search in the native app.I’d love a top res...
How can i get the top result for a given search query using the search endpoint? I’m trying to implement a top result based on my search but the algorithm I have for it doesn’t give accurate results...
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I am a recent new developer, but I had my application working great just a couple of weeks ago. Through the API, I had my application doing just about everything I wanted (adjust volume, start a playlist, do previous and next track, pause, resume). I...
I am a recent new developer, but I had my application working great just a couple of weeks ago. Through the API, I had my application doing just about everything I wanted (adjust v...
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My app stopped working with the last couple of hours. I checked the developer dashboard to find out it's disabled and blocked, with no explanation and no warning. How can I get more information and hopefully reverse this?
My app stopped working with the last couple of hours. I checked the developer dashboard to find out it's disabled and blocked, with no explanation and no warning. How can I get more in...
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Hi, I tried using the Spotify Web API and it was a great experience.On the main page I started with, I saw that some of examples(https://github.com/spotify/web-api-examples) use the express framework to trigger the authorization request.I think this ...
Hi, I tried using the Spotify Web API and it was a great experience. On the main page I started with, I saw that some of examples(https://github.com/spotify/web-api-examples) use the express framewo...
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