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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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Only showing preview

I'm messing with the embed feature and putting it in a basic HTML file, and it's only playing the preview with the option to play it on Spotify. I haven't modified the code at all. Is there a way to play the full song or is embedded restricted to the...

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I'm messing with the embed feature and putting it in a basic HTML file, and it's only playing the preview with the option to play it on Spotify. I haven't modified the code at all. Is there a way to ...

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sharedUserId to connect spotify fail UserNotAuthorizedException

形成android sdk ,测试一些页面名称相同的sha1,一个没有sharedUserId的连接spotify ok。其他有 sharedUserId connect spoftify 失败 com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.UserNotAuthorizedException: {"message":"使用 Spotify 需要明确的用户授权。用户必须完成授权流程才能允许应用代表他们使用 Spotify"}在 com.spotify.andro...

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形成android sdk ,测试一些页面名称相同的sha1,一个没有sharedUserId的连接spotify ok。其他有 sharedUserId connect spoftify 失败      com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.UserNotAuthorizedException: {"message...

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Feature request for all listening history data

I'm working on a platform, and I'd like to express my desire for a development toolkit for viewing all information regarding a user's listening history. I understand everyone's busy. I also understand this feature is already being looked into by the ...

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I'm working on a platform, and I'd like to express my desire for a development toolkit for viewing all information regarding a user's listening history. I understand everyone's busy. I also understan...

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/tracks/ids documentation doesn't match the JSON response

I don't know if this is the correct way to report a bug, I am sorry. When I submit a GET request to /tracks/ids, I receive the following output: "artists": [ { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0k17h0D3J5VfsdmQ1iZtE9" }, ...

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I don't know if this is the correct way to report a bug, I am sorry.   When I submit a GET request to /tracks/ids, I receive the following output: "artists": [ { "externa...

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Option for converting the lyrics of the songs from indigenous language to English and others.

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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Why can't I get the href of all of my playlists?

PlanPremiumCountryUSMy Question or IssueI created a dropdown menu that returns the href of the selected playlist: A lot of the playlists work, but there are some that don't return the href, such as this one: The playlist is public and is not collabor...

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Plan Premium Country US My Question or Issue I created a dropdown menu that returns the href of the selected playlist:       A lot of the playlists work, but there are som...

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API Rejection <> Developer Email Contact

Hi, I've submitted an app at least 5 times yet continue to get rejected. Is there a direct Spotify Developer email I can contact as I believe the rejection is a bug?The reason for rejection is below, but my app does not artificially increase play cou...

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Hi,  I've submitted an app at least 5 times yet continue to get rejected. Is there a direct Spotify Developer email I can contact as I believe the rejection is a bug? The reason for reject...

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Get Tracks' Audio Features

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 Is there a list somewhere that compiles tracks with certain feature values? For example, if ...

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Rejection for our Spotify App not clear

The Spotify Platform can not be used to artificially increase play counts, follow counts or to otherwise manipulate the Spotify Service. For example by providing any form of compensation (financial or otherwise) to usersOur app does not compensate us...

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The Spotify Platform can not be used to artificially increase play counts, follow counts or to otherwise manipulate the Spotify Service. For example by providing any form of compensation (financial o...

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How do I request Spotify on Philips smart TV’s (in browser)

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Philips Smart TV’s (in browser)Operating System(To my knowledge of this véry moment, …only Linux) My Question or IssueHow do I request an Spotify app for Philips Smart TV’s or it’s browser?)

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (Philips Smart TV’s (in browser) Operating System (To my knowledge of this véry moment, …only Linux)   My Question or Issue How do I request an ...

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• Generate playlists based on existing playlists but with the maximum of ten thousand titles.

Plan Free and PremiumCountry Device(All/Any)Operating System(All/any) My Question or IssueIs it possible to create generate playlists based on existing playlists but with the (maximum of ten thousand/or preferred number of) titles?By providing a link...

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Plan  Free and Premium Country   Device (All/Any) Operating System (All/any)   My Question or Issue Is it possible to create generate playlists based on existing playlists bu...

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(partly) (auto) generate Playlist.
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Get the played time of a song

Hi, is there a way to get the heard duration of a song? At the moment, only the complete song duration is returned by the api. It would be very nice to be able to see if a song was listened 30 seconds, 2 minutes or the whole song. If I have missed so...

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Hi,    is there a way to get the heard duration of a song? At the moment, only the complete song duration is returned by the api.  It would be very nice to be able to see if a son...

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[API] No way to search tag:new with genre

Hello,I don’t believe there is any current, possible way to search for new or low-popularity albums by genre (tag:new, tag:hipster). This is a feature that I believe the API really needs. It doesn’t really seem to make sense to search for new albums ...

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Hello, I don’t believe there is any current, possible way to search for new or low-popularity albums by genre (tag:new, tag:hipster). This is a feature that I believe the API really needs.  ...

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Solved!! Invalid refresh token

PlanPremiumCountryUADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello, trying to do an automatic access token refresh, but for some reason when I do, the query returns an error to me: {"error": "invalid_grant", "error_description": "Invali...

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Plan Premium Country UA Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello, trying to do an automatic access token refresh, but for some reason when I do, the query ret...

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Playlists are duplicating and queue keeps changing

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevice(Samsung G10Operating SystemAndroid I've noticed my Playlists are only playing a few songs in the queue and songs are duplicating multiple times. When I set the queue, the songs that play are not what I set. Then I get more ...

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  Plan Premium Country US Device (Samsung G10 Operating System Android     I've noticed my Playlists are only playing a few songs in the queue and songs are duplicating mult...

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Order Music by Gender on Like or Music List

PlanFreeCountryEcuadorDeviceXiaomi Redmi Note 9sOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThere is feature, that I'm pretty sure, there are a lot of people looking for.I talking about to have a button o something to order music list by a specifi...

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Plan Free Country Ecuador Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 9s Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue There is feature, that I'm pretty sure, there are a lot of people looking for. ...

Dionizio

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Solved!! 400 response for playlist creation

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo when doing a post call to create a playlist, I received a 400 error. However I have the token set up correctly for the user, and I have the correct fetch'https://api.s...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So when doing a post call to create a playlist, I received a 400 error. However I have the tok...

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Solved!! Receiving a 'Only valid bearer authentication supported' 400 error

When making an API call to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/, I am unable to receive the user's top results and get a 400 error. When making an API call to https://api.spotify.com/v1/search, I am able to receive values searched.Can anyone see the di...

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When making an API call to  https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/, I am unable to receive the user's top results and get a 400 error.  When making an API call to  https://api.s...

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Remote-Group-Session only add songs to que

PlanPremium/FamilyCountryGermanyDeviceSamsung Galaxy 10Operating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueI would love to see a feature where I can manage the privileges of different people or the whole Remote-Groupe-Session to only be able to put songs ...

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Plan Premium/Family Country Germany Device Samsung Galaxy 10 Operating System Android 12   My Question or Issue I would love to see a feature where I can manage the privileges of diffe...

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Is there a way to set Spotify player to stop when listening Voice message?

The player is automatically set to lower the volume of a track when listening to voice messages but I wish it would stop because it is very annoying to listen to two things at the same time. Is there a trick?

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The player is automatically set to lower the volume of a track when listening to voice messages but I wish it would stop because it is very annoying to listen to two things at the same time. Is there...

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