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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...
DeviceAllOperating SystemAndroidSpotify Version8.7.90.544 We do get debug messages “Message from Spotify” which includes something like “playback_options”:{“a”:true,“b”:2} -> which should be something else since the SDK doesn’t seem to be able to par...
Device All Operating System Android Spotify Version 8.7.90.544 We do get debug messages “Message from Spotify” which includes something like “playback_options”:{“a”:true,“b”:2} -> wh...
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I recently downloaded my streaming history through the privacy setting in my profile settings. However, I have noticed that a lot of the data contains null values after 2022. More specifically, a lot of tracks have null values as "master_metadata_tra...
I recently downloaded my streaming history through the privacy setting in my profile settings. However, I have noticed that a lot of the data contains null values after 2022. More specifically, a lot...
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EquipmentwatchOperating systemEmbedded Hi,Is there any commercial team docking: a solution to the problem of only 30s of externally playing songsGet the playback link as discussed in this topic https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/...
Equipment watch Operating system Embedded Hi, Is there any commercial team docking: a solution to the problem of only 30s of externally playing songs Get the playback link as discussed ...
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DeviceWatch Operating SystemEmbedded My Question or Issue Hey folks, I use https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played WEB API to get the recently played list, the obtained preview_url song playback time is 30s or less, it is incomplete, how...
Device Watch Operating System Embedded My Question or Issue Hey folks, I use https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played WEB API to get the recently ...
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PlanFreeCountryCanada Operating SystemMac OS Big Sur My Question or IssueI don't have a quota extension so I need to add users manually. However, when I go to my app dashboard the Users and Access button is disabled/greyed out. This problem persists ...
Plan Free Country Canada Operating System Mac OS Big Sur My Question or Issue I don't have a quota extension so I need to add users manually. However, when I go to my app dashb...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 7+Operating Systemios 15.7.3 My Question or IssueI'm trying to use some of the example Spotify ios SDK code specifcially: ios-sdk/DemoProjects/NowPlayingView at master · spotify/ios-sdk (github.com)When I t...
Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone 7+ Operating System ios 15.7.3 My Question or Issue I'm trying to use some of the example Spotify ios SDK code specifcially:&...
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Hello there, What is the current delay for Quota extension approval ? I submitted the request 7 days ago and the "Login with Spotify" is on our site for your validation process.But because we are still in development mode, users try to login but they...
Hello there, What is the current delay for Quota extension approval ? I submitted the request 7 days ago and the "Login with Spotify" is on our site for your validation process...
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I am using the Web API and noticed a small inconsistency in the response I get when searching for an Album as opposed to using the /albums/id endpoint. When using /albums, I can get the tracks as a field in the Album response, but when using /search?...
I am using the Web API and noticed a small inconsistency in the response I get when searching for an Album as opposed to using the /albums/id endpoint. When using /albums, I can get the tracks as a f...
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I'm not able play songs, which I added in my playlist from my mobile (android) phone. But it works for my desktop.
I'm not able play songs, which I added in my playlist from my mobile (android) phone. But it works for my desktop.
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I have a Matrix LED Panel and I want to use it with the Spotify API. I know it's possible to grab the cover of the currently playing song. But is it also possible to get the "song progress" of the current song? In the end I would like to hang the pan...
I have a Matrix LED Panel and I want to use it with the Spotify API. I know it's possible to grab the cover of the currently playing song. But is it also possible to get the "song progress" of the cu...
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I am encountering an issue with authorizing the user-top-read scope for my Spotify application. I have already included both the user-top-read and user-read-private scopes in my authorization request, but I continue to receive an "illegal scope" erro...
I am encountering an issue with authorizing the user-top-read scope for my Spotify application. I have already included both the user-top-read and user-read-private scopes in my authorization request...
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My 10 year old daughter was listening to All Hail King Julian’s soundtrack on Spotify. All Hail King Julian is a CHILDREN’s tv show on Kids Netflix. My daughter clicked on the song I Love Your Toes to listen to it. She then clicked on the musician’s ...
My 10 year old daughter was listening to All Hail King Julian’s soundtrack on Spotify. All Hail King Julian is a CHILDREN’s tv show on Kids Netflix. My daughter clicked on the song I Love Your Toes t...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS I'm developing a webapp that needs an integrated player device. I've got everything set up using the web-playback-sdk through the authorization workflow. Upon initial testing I was excited to find that it worked and I could play ...
Plan Premium Country US I'm developing a webapp that needs an integrated player device. I've got everything set up using the web-playback-sdk through the authorization workflow. Upon init...
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We've spent a few days debugging an issue with the /playlists/ endpoint, as we couldn't find the common variable. We finally found the issue, and its less of a technical bug and more of an API inconsistency / missing documentation. What we were tryin...
We've spent a few days debugging an issue with the /playlists/ endpoint, as we couldn't find the common variable. We finally found the issue, and its less of a technical bug and more of an API incons...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryThe Netherlands DeviceIMAC 2021 VenturaOperating SystemSafari My Question or IssueAfter embedding the Spotify link into my Wordpress backend, still the Word VOORBEELD stays in the Buttom of the artist website.
Plan Free/Premium Country The Netherlands Device IMAC 2021 Ventura Operating System Safari My Question or Issue After embedding the Spotify link into my Wordpress backen...
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I recently promoted my podcast website on Facebook and a few hundred people clicked my ad and visited my page, where I've embedded Spotify's episode player. I know many of these visitors played an episode because I can see downloads in my hosting pla...
I recently promoted my podcast website on Facebook and a few hundred people clicked my ad and visited my page, where I've embedded Spotify's episode player. I know many of these visitors played an ep...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have imbeded my spotify account to my website to offer background music but it only allows ...
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 I have ...
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Included here are screenshots for Recently Played as provided by Spotify App and the API endpoint that provides the same data with limit set to 50. You can see that on the same date, the app has more songs. Why is this the case? Shouldn't all access ...
Included here are screenshots for Recently Played as provided by Spotify App and the API endpoint that provides the same data with limit set to 50. You can see that on the same date, the app has more...
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My Question or IssueI am building a podcast web app in react and wanted to implement an on-site player. The app returns podcast clips. I can't seem to see if it is possible using the Spotify web api to embed a player of the podcast at the exact times...
My Question or Issue I am building a podcast web app in react and wanted to implement an on-site player. The app returns podcast clips. I can't seem to see if it is possible using the Spotify web a...
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PlanPremiumCountryEcuador DeviceAPIOperating SystemHeroku My Question or IssueI have an app that was working 5+ months with no issues, now I'm getting 500/404 when retrieving current song and when playing a song, everything is in place so I would lov...
Plan Premium Country Ecuador Device API Operating System Heroku My Question or Issue I have an app that was working 5+ months with no issues, now I'm getting 500/404 when ret...
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