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Changes to Web API

Folks, some news on changes to the web API has been posted on the Spotify For Developers blog. We want to reiterate the main message from the blog that we're committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all Spotify stakeholders. As such w...

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  • Kalpik
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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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  • bartubrt
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'Get Recently Played Tracks' doesn't return skipped tracks

When I try to call the 'Get recently played tracks' function, the output doesn't include songs that have been played > 30s but not to the end/songs that have been manually skipped; only songs that have been fully played and not manually skipped are i...

  • Newbie
  • When I try to call the 'Get recently played tracks' function, the output doesn't include songs that have been played > 30s but not to the end/songs that have been manually skipped; only songs that...
  • xinyu0000
  • Newbie
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Solved!! 204 regularly being incorrectly returned for /v1/me/player endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevice(iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S10e) My Question or IssueMy app relies heavily on the above endpoint to poll for the state of the Spotify player, which I do every 3 seconds from browsers on iOS and Android. On iOS I almost ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Ireland Device (iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S10e)   My Question or Issue My app relies heavily on the above endpoint to poll for the state of the Spotify player, which...
  • pmotard
  • Music Fan
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Check if current song is in the user's liked songs

Is there a way to get if the user has liked the currently played song or not via the API?

  • Casual Listener
  • Is there a way to get if the user has liked the currently played song or not via the API?
  • codeIMperfect1
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Get the access token without user having to enter credentials

Is there a possibility to get the access token to a users account through the Spotify SDK without the user having to log in in a web view? It's very tedious for users because they often don't know their Spotify credentials. They are already logged in...

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  • Is there a possibility to get the access token to a users account through the Spotify SDK without the user having to log in in a web view? It's very tedious for users because they often don't know th...
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Solved!! How to generate a spotify code using web api?

Hi guys so I saw this https://www.spotifycodes.com/ and notice that it uses a URI to generate a spotify code, I'm using the Spotify WEB API an can get the URI using fetch but is it possible to generate a spotify code using WEB API?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi guys so I saw this https://www.spotifycodes.com/ and notice that it uses a URI to generate a spotify code, I'm using the Spotify WEB API an can get the URI using fetch but is it possible...
  • nakunaru
  • Casual Listener
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Can a track's artists be different than the artists of the album?

PlanFree Web API My Question or IssueGoing trough the web API. It can be seen that an album can be created by many artists, like in a colab between them. And when getting tracks from the API. The also have associated with them, apart from the album t...

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  • Plan Free   Web API   My Question or Issue Going trough the web API. It can be seen that an album can be created by many artists, like in a colab between them. And when getting tracks...
  • Ximzend
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[Android] cant connect when integration

I had integration with Spotify SDK like quickstart document.But I get the ACCOUNTS_INVALID_APP_ID:INVALID_REQUEST error when connect call SpotifyAppRemote.connect()So, how can to fix it?Client ID:978be86fb04440f3ba88e946045c0bccDevice(iPhone 8, Samsu...

  • Casual Listener
  • I had integration with Spotify SDK like quickstart document.But I get the ACCOUNTS_INVALID_APP_ID:INVALID_REQUEST error when connect call SpotifyAppRemote.connect() So, how can to fix it? Clie...
  • ndthong1994
  • Casual Listener
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  • Connect
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Get API response JSON-Schemas?

Hello, can somebody maybe tell me where I can find the response schemas for the recently-listened and song-attributes GET Request of the Api request. If somebody has these saved, it would be very appreciated if you could send it to me. Best regards a...

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  • Hello, can somebody maybe tell me where I can find the response schemas for the recently-listened and song-attributes GET Request of the Api request.    If somebody has these saved, it wo...
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I have played the track using play URI, song play succeed and after 2-3 seconds automatic song stop.

I am facing an issue when using rn-Spotify-SDK, I’ve been trying to debug this issue for the past couple of days but didn't get any appropriate solution. Spotify authenticates and initializes succeeds and also playlists API response getting successfu...

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  • I am facing an issue when using rn-Spotify-SDK, I’ve been trying to debug this issue for the past couple of days but didn't get any appropriate solution.   Spotify authenticates and initialize...
  • Sikky99
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Solved!! Login API error

https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token returns error:"upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection termination"

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  • https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token returns error: "upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection termination"
  • MattSuda
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authorization scope for current-playing-track

I want to have user's current playing track on my web-app after doing the authorization. But going through the documentation I found out that there is no authorization scope for such data through the API. So if someone can help me with this I'll be v...

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  • I want to have user's current playing track on my web-app after doing the authorization. But going through the documentation I found out that there is no authorization scope for such data through the...
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Short version of a playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueIt will be great that a playlist could have an option to chosse some songs and play them as a...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 It will...
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Need More Clarification on Quota Rejection

We've received a rejection mail from Spotify stating that we're requesting excessive data points and we're using scopes that don't correspond with the use case. Following this, we sent an email clarifying a few points so we can be sure how exactly to...

  • Regular
  • We've received a rejection mail from Spotify stating that we're requesting excessive data points and we're using scopes that don't correspond with the use case. Following this, we sent an email clari...
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Error Generate Report (ADS)

I run this curl command: curl --request POST \--url https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v1/report \--header 'Authorization: Bearer BQBqLCYU3205qb2Vk6RrsQBNlwKDeFO1ZH2YRqC454Os7lfN6As1rUFXryG7WVe8Sdf0xbKDc0UO9DZw5HNsd0FsEgibLpNXhF7mQ28f146NlCoi2pFzegG...

  • Newbie
  • I run this curl command:   curl --request POST \ --url https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v1/report \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer BQBqLCYU3205qb2Vk6RrsQBNlwKDeFO1ZH2YRqC454Os7lfN6As1rUF...
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  • errorreportsads
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Using a Spotify API project for a portfolio

Hi all, I've recently built a small app using the Spotify API to teach myself API integration and the like. However, it's difficult to use that in my portfolio since I have to add users manually for them to use it. Does anyone have any ideas for how ...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...ave to add users manually for them to use it. Does anyone have any ideas for how I might be able to display it publicly (aside from linking to the Github repo and telling them to deploy it t...
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Authorization in React(NodeJS)

Is it possible to generate Access Token using a Client ID and Client Secret in NodeJS?

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  • Is it possible to generate Access Token using a Client ID and Client Secret in NodeJS? 
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  • Roadie
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GET api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists not returning private playlists

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceWeb / Windows APP / Linux AppOperating SystemWindows / LinuxMy Question or IssueHi, I have a free python package(https://github.com/nikolas-virionis/spotify-api) that, basically, clusters tracks from an extensive playlis...

  • Regular
  • ...ow, apparently, the endpoint to get all user's playlists on the Spotify API (api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists) only returns the public ones, which is not ideal, since people may not want others to have t...
  • Peter_Schorn
  • Roadie
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WebAPI - Invalid Identifiers

Hi, I'd really like to understand (not critique) your usage of 400s for invalid IDs instead of just throwing a 404 back. Some would suggest that this breaks encapsulation - would you agree with that? Thanks, James

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  • Hi,   I'd really like to understand (not critique) your usage of 400s for invalid IDs instead of just throwing a 404 back. Some would suggest that this breaks encapsulation - would you agree w...
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Full description of timbre vector dimensions

Hi,I am analysing and extracting the timbre of tracks based on Spotify's low-level feature analysis. In the documentation, it is stated as follows:"The timbre feature is a vector that includes 12 unbounded values roughly centered around 0. Those valu...

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I am analysing and extracting the timbre of tracks based on Spotify's low-level feature analysis. In the documentation, it is stated as follows: "The timbre feature is a vector that includes 12...
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Search feature for each playlist

We have a general search feature where you can search for the entire spotify song library. I think it would be better if we have a dependent search feature for each playlist created (the scope of the search will be limited to the selected playlist on...

  • Newbie
  • We have a general search feature where you can search for the entire spotify song library. I think it would be better if we have a dependent search feature for each playlist created (the scope of the...
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  • Search Playlist
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