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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...
hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from playlists? I was in doubt and would not want to do an...
hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from pl...
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PlanPremiumCountryUkraine Operating System(Android) My Question or IssueI want to add certain endpoints to my android server with Android SDK to host/join group sessions, so then i can use these endpoints in the desktop app. But i can't find anything...
Plan Premium Country Ukraine Operating System (Android) My Question or Issue I want to add certain endpoints to my android server with Android SDK to host/join group sessions, ...
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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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PlanFree/PremiumCountryBY Device(iPhone 13)Operating System(iOS 16.1) My Question or IssueWe have faced issue with login thru WkWebView https://accounts.spotify.com/authorizeEach time we are trying to login, no code has been returned for https://acco...
Plan Free/Premium Country BY Device (iPhone 13) Operating System (iOS 16.1) My Question or Issue We have faced issue with login thru WkWebView https://accounts.spotify.com/au...
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Is there an API that lets user fetch the timestamp at which the song has been scrubbed to the most?
Is there an API that lets user fetch the timestamp at which the song has been scrubbed to the most?
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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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I am currently working on a project that will read notes from a song, I would like to investigate the values for pitch and timbre, which are available in audio_analysis, in segments section, which is very convenient and great! But how do I interpret ...
I am currently working on a project that will read notes from a song, I would like to investigate the values for pitch and timbre, which are available in audio_analysis, in segments section, which is...
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PlanPremiumCountryMXOS W11 My Question or IssueI don't understand why in the StreamingHistory, some tracks have the field "msPlayed" with 0 as a value. Example: "endTime" : "2022-03-30 20:08", "artistName" : "Ludovico Einaudi", "trackName" : "Two Tre...
Plan Premium Country MX OS W11 My Question or Issue I don't understand why in the StreamingHistory, some tracks have the field "msPlayed" with 0 as a value. Example:...
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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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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...
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...
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Is there an API endpoint that would allow me to determine if the currently playing song is "Enhanced"? Looking through the data returned from `me/player/currently-playing` and `me/player` I'm not seeing any field that seems to map to that (although i...
Is there an API endpoint that would allow me to determine if the currently playing song is "Enhanced"? Looking through the data returned from `me/player/currently-playing` and `me/player` I'm n...
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Hi, I created an app to automatically update the title/description/image of my playlist every minute. I have now run into an issue with the playlist that I cannot even edit it all, whether manually or with code. If I try to add or delete songs, they ...
Hi, I created an app to automatically update the title/description/image of my playlist every minute. I have now run into an issue with the playlist that I cannot even edit it all, whether manually o...
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I know this is like I am just tossing this over the fence- but I was wondering on any links that might be had for?:1. Allow users to restart a song in "edit" mode where they can place and synchronize the lyrics. An addition might be to request peer r...
I know this is like I am just tossing this over the fence- but I was wondering on any links that might be had for?: 1. Allow users to restart a song in "edit" mode where they can place and s...
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When submitting a new idea on https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ideas/ct-p/newideas, the process fails when using a single quote (') with the following error:"Oops... something went wrong there. Please try again."Using firefox 109.0.1 on Linux Mint.
When submitting a new idea on https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ideas/ct-p/newideas, the process fails when using a single quote (') with the following error: "Oops... something went wrong there. Ple...
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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 null even though there are further artists to navigate. It appears to ...
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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Where can I find my app token?
Where can I find my app token?
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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 way to fix that
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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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...
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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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...
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...
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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['client_id']clientSecret = os.environ['client_secret']sp =...
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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