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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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Making a playlist react 401

Spotify Playlist generation ReactHello,I am struggling to create a playlist on my React App. I added the scopes required, but I still get a 401 error whenever I try to make a playlist, despite things like search and getting audio features continuing ...

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  • Spotify Playlist generation React Hello, I am struggling to create a playlist on my React App. I added the scopes required, but I still get a 401 error whenever I try to make a playlist, despite ...
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Embed code or Spotify player not working in Wix

PlanFreeOperating System(Windows 10 / Google Chrome) My Question or IssueWhen I use the embed code or add the spotify player to my website on the wix platform, I can see the items in my playlist, but when I click on an item or push the main play butt...

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  • Plan Free Operating System (Windows 10 / Google Chrome)   My Question or Issue When I use the embed code or add the spotify player to my website on the wix platform, I can see the items in...
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Agree screen not showing up when login

Hello,Currently my React app uses the spotify api to search for songs and get audio features, I tried to add a feature to create playlists, this would require me to add the playlist-modify scopes, I did that, however after I added the scopes whenever...

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  • Hello, Currently my React app uses the spotify api to search for songs and get audio features, I tried to add a feature to create playlists, this would require me to add the playlist-modify scopes, ...
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Make a playlist React

Hello currently I am trying to make a playlist but I am getting a 401 error. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can fix this?

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  • Hello currently I am trying to make a playlist but I am getting a 401 error. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can fix this?
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Shuffle isn’t working properly

It was only after the recent update on Aug. 23 of 2022 that I realized that my shuffle button wasn’t working. When I went to support, it suggested to log out and in and it worked until I exited the app and then it stopped working properly again. And ...

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  • It was only after the recent update on Aug. 23 of 2022 that I realized that my shuffle button wasn’t working. When I went to support, it suggested to log out and in and it worked until I exited the a...
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Pull Playlist Data From All Spotify Editorial Playlists - Incomplete

Hi All, I've been trying to create a simple query to pull real time data of tracks that sit on all public Spotify editorial playlists. I'm doing this by pulling data from all public playlists that list "spotify" as the owner.This returns a list of ~1...

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  • Hi All,   I've been trying to create a simple query to pull real time data of tracks that sit on all public Spotify editorial playlists. I'm doing this by pulling data from all public p...
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Shared library feature

My Question or Issue I was just wondering if Spotify could do like/rating button on songs in shared library? As am not a developer I am asking here .

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  • My Question or Issue   I was just wondering if Spotify could do like/rating button on songs in shared library? As am not a developer I am asking here . 
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Solved!! How can I get stats from Spotify podcaster?

I want to create some application for analytics podcasts and I need to get data similar to Spotify podcaster, catalog tab (starts, streams, listeners). How can I get it? I use Node.js and need some endpoint for this data.

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  • I want to create some application for analytics podcasts and I need to get data similar to Spotify podcaster, catalog tab (starts, streams, listeners). How can I get it? I use Node.js and need some e...
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Global chart api

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndiaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am using this api ("https://api.spotify.com/v1/searchq=country=global&recurrence=daily&...

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Web Playback SDK not working in Chrome but works in Firefox

Hi all, I’ve been using the web playback SDK for a while with no issues. Now I’m not getting any sound on chrome even though the playback and app seems to be working. I’ve just tested it on Firefox and it works perfectly. Any ideas what’s causing thi...

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  • Hi all, I’ve been using the web playback SDK for a while with no issues. Now I’m not getting any sound on chrome even though the playback and app seems to be working.  I’ve just tested it o...
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[Desktop][Developer] CDN API support HTTP/2

There was an issue in the WebAPI github repo in the past where HTTP/2 support was mentioned, but the same was never mentioned again. Is there any way to get feedback or a possible implementation of the issue?HTTP/2 is considered a standard these days...

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  • There was an issue in the WebAPI github repo in the past where HTTP/2 support was mentioned, but the same was never mentioned again.   Is there any way to get feedback or a possible implementa...
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Embed - wrong font size

DeviceWindows, PCMy Question or IssueHello,we have an issue with podcast title display. Generated preview doesn´t display diacritics because of low line-height. Font size is 1.5rem, but line-height is only 1rem. Can you fix it please?Original podcast...

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  • Device Windows, PC My Question or Issue Hello, we have an issue with podcast title display. Generated preview doesn´t display diacritics because of low line-height. Font size is 1.5rem, but line-...
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Deeplinking to Spotify iOS app?

My app would benefit from being able to deeplink into Spotify app on iOS so that users can quickly edit the now playing queue or adjust some playback settings. Are there any supported URL schemes that would allow to open Spotify app and:Go to queue v...

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  • My app would benefit from being able to deeplink into Spotify app on iOS so that users can quickly edit the now playing queue or adjust some playback settings.   Are there any supported URL sc...
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Launching a streaming website connected to Spotify

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHelloWe recently created a site through Spotify Developer for people who need real streaming ...

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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 Hello...
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Solved!! CreatePlaylist API Call not adding the description information to the created playlist

PlanFreeCountryBrazil DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueApparently, as of august 20th 2022 09:35 PM UTC, the time that I found out about the bug, the CreatePlaylist API Call receives a JSON Body containing the name of the playlis...

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  • ...ug, the CreatePlaylist API Call receives a JSON Body containing the name of the playlist, which is working, the public boolean flag, which also seems to be working, and the description, that just does n...
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NEED IMMEDIATE HELP on expedited extension request Quota Extension on developer platform

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceDeveloperOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello there. I need immediate help with the quota extension review. I hadn't realized that one of the members on our project hadn't summited for it, and we have a laun...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device Developer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello there. I need immediate help with the quota extension review. I hadn't realize...
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Search for Item in Developer Console Not Working

DeviceHP Spectre x360Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 11 ProBrowserGoogle Chrome Version 104.0.5112.81 My Question or Issue Using the example ("Doxy" by Miles Davis) for search in the developer console yields no results. It seems like the API does n...

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  • Device HP Spectre x360 Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Browser Google Chrome Version 104.0.5112.81   My Question or Issue   Using the example ("Doxy" by Miles Davis)...
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Check if user has played an episode

Hi, It would be really useful if we could check through the code if an episode has been marked played by the current user. Either a new endpoint for this or returning the information as part of the GET /episode/{id} would be great! Reason for this is...

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  • Hi,   It would be really useful if we could check through the code if an episode has been marked played by the current user. Either a new endpoint for this or returning the information as part...
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