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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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Issue with /images playlist endpoint

Hi!For a couple of days, the endpoint to update a playlist image here: https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-playlist-images/It is taking more and more time to respond; we set a timeout of 20s for the CURL request but very often reach it.Have you...

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Hi! For a couple of days, the endpoint to update a playlist image here: https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-playlist-images/ It is taking more and more time to respond; we set a timeout ...

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Client-side web player

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWebOperating SystemVoid Linux, Linux Kernel 6.1.9 My Question or IssueI'm looking to create a small web player for OBS to show. Because this web player is fully client-side, I do not want to reauthorize everytime I open OBS...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Web Operating System Void Linux, Linux Kernel 6.1.9   My Question or Issue I'm looking to create a small web player for OBS to show. Because this ...

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Why cant I just listen to the songs I hit play on???

For over a year now I have not been able to listen to any song or album I search for. The song comes up in the search so I click play on it, and what do you know? A completely random song starts playing. Something completely different. If I search fo...

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For over a year now I have not been able to listen to any song or album I search for. The song comes up in the search so I click play on it, and what do you know? A completely random song starts play...

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API Extension Request Taking a Long Time

Title says it all, I'm aware that the FAQ states that it may take a few weeks for the request to be approved, but in my previous requests I've gotten a response back within two days. However, it's been almost two weeks now and I haven't received any ...

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Title says it all, I'm aware that the FAQ states that it may take a few weeks for the request to be approved, but in my previous requests I've gotten a response back within two days. However, it's be...

Ximzend

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Quota Extension
Scope Extension
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Solved!! Spotify codes Implementation in Android Apps

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAndroid StudioOperating Systemlatest Android version My Question or IssueHi I had an app idea today and starting looking how I could build it.I find the use of the Spotify codes under rated and was thinking of a way to m...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Android Studio Operating System latest Android version   My Question or Issue Hi 🙂 I had an app idea today and starting looking how I could build i...

MrJoubioux

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Code scanner
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Interface (gui) to spotify plugin

Hey me and my friend want to try out the Spotify-API and we got a question. Which type of programming-language its used to create the spotify-GUI

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Hey me and my friend want to try out the Spotify-API and we got a question. Which type of programming-language its used to create the spotify-GUI

Ximzend

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API access for a commercial project

PlanPremiumCountryNorway Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWe are developing and application that integrates with Spotify but have been rejected twice ...

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Plan Premium Country Norway   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue We a...

Ximzend

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How can I get total number of plays of a song

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

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Song name and song played were different

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

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ABOUT SONGS
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Error on app every time

The App is very bad.. Every time the app stop and I have to close and start againIt's like a month and this kind off erro do not stop It's impossible to use that. If you developers did not fix it. I will stop paying for the app. 郎郎郎PlanPremiumCountry...

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The App is very bad.. Every time the app stop and I have to close and start again It's like a month and this kind off erro do not stop   It's impossible to use that.    If you dev...

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Erro on app
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Generate Playlist artist all numbers

Please implement a option to auto generate Playlist with ALL items of selected artists.I generated a Playlist with Herman van Veen for example and ended up all afternoon adding albums, tracks induvidually would have taken me 3 months daily couple of ...

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Please implement a option to auto generate Playlist with ALL items of selected artists. I generated a Playlist with Herman van Veen for example and ended up all afternoon adding albums, tracks indu...

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all albums
all items
all songs
Allow search selection preference based generated Playlist
artist
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combined genre and or album and or artist and or channel and or Playlist(s) and or mood and or albums and or induvidual items
everything
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Spotify deducted money last month and this month but premium subscription not showing

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

Ximzend

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Solved!! User authenication with python

I tried to make a user authentication using python scripts. First I retrieve the auth_headers:auth_headers = {"client_id": client_id,"response_type": "code","redirect_uri": "http://localhost:7777/callback","scope": "user-library-read"}r = webbrowser....

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  I tried to make a user authentication using python scripts.  First I retrieve the auth_headers: auth_headers = { "client_id": client_id, "response_type": "code", "redirect_uri": "ht...

Nauqh

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Search Song by BPM

Hi, I'm wondering are their any options to search a song by bpm in the api?I searched the documentation, but I didn't came up with anything.

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Hi, I'm wondering are their any options to search a song by bpm in the api? I searched the documentation, but I didn't came up with anything.    

Ximzend

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Searh
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Autoplay short version of the song on hover -widget

PlanFree/Premium I want to make a small compnent with the spotify API that plays the sort version of the song on hover, like in discoverquickly.com . The problem is that i don't know how to make it in its best way, like it doesn't load the songs that...

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Plan Free/Premium   I want to make a small compnent with the spotify API that plays the sort version of the song on hover, like in discoverquickly.com  . The problem is that i don't know...

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Quota extension for University Research Project

For my thesis (of the Master Computer Science at KU Leuven) I am working on an application (a group recommender system) using the Spotify API. For my user study I need 80 participants to use the app. This requires a quota extension. Does anyone have ...

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For my thesis (of the Master Computer Science at KU Leuven) I am working on an application (a group recommender system) using the Spotify API.   For my user study I need 80 participants to use...

Ximzend

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Quota Extension
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Music Streaming Sessions Dataset

PlanFree/PremiumCountryThe Netherlands My Question or IssueDear all, I am looking for the "Music Streaming Sessions Dataset” (MSSD) that was released on CrowdAI in 2019. When I searched for this dataset I couldn’t find it on the internet, and the lin...

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Plan Free/Premium Country The Netherlands    My Question or Issue Dear all,  I am looking for the "Music Streaming Sessions Dataset” (MSSD) that was released on CrowdAI in 2019....

EmyVB

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Saving Spotify Genre List in Database/Cache

Hello, I'm interested in making an application using the Spotify API that creates a visual representation of users based on the genres they listen to. We'd want to be able to store the genre list and aggregated audio feature data somewhere at least i...

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Hello,   I'm interested in making an application using the Spotify API that creates a visual representation of users based on the genres they listen to. We'd want to be able to store the genre...

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Are we allowed to run the Spotify embed in an ad unit such as a banner ad? Any legal restrictions?

1. Are we allowed to run the embedded Spotify player inside an ad unit such as a banner ad?2. Are there any legal restrictions?3. Do you offer any reporting, such as tracks played, etc.?

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1. Are we allowed to run the embedded Spotify player inside an ad unit such as a banner ad? 2. Are there any legal restrictions? 3. Do you offer any reporting, such as tracks played, etc.? &nb...

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Superuser Contribution Unauthorized error while creating a playlist

Hey everyone, i'm facing a couple of problems and would like to seek help.Im trying to write a bot that will edit and update my playlists based on other public playlists( add / remove songs on a dailyt basis).I am using the spotify-web-api-node packa...

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Hey everyone, i'm facing a couple of problems and would like to seek help. Im trying to write a bot that will edit and update my playlists based on other public playlists( add / remove songs on a da...

spotifyjosh

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