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Changes to Web API

Folks, some news on changes to the web API has been posted on the Spotify For Developers blog. We want to reiterate the main message from the blog that we're committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all Spotify stakeholders. As such w...

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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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Ads on Spotify Web API?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryJapan My Question or IssueHi, I am planning to make an app with Spotify Web API.To my understanding, the API enables us to play music on our original apps.I have several questions here:1.Do the ads play between tracks as usual?...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Japan   My Question or Issue Hi, I am planning to make an app with Spotify Web API. To my understanding, the API enables us to play music on our original apps. ...
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enable Accessibility programmatically on macOS

DeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemVentura public beta My Question or Issuewe're supposed to be able to enable the Accessibility of Electron apps under macOS by setting the AXManualAccessibility attribute: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tu...

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  • Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System Ventura public beta   My Question or Issue we're supposed to be able to enable the Accessibility of Electron apps under macOS by setting the A...
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Podcast embed events

Are there any events emitted by the podcast embed that I can attach callbacks to? I'm interested in something like the player_state_changed.

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  • Are there any events emitted by the podcast embed that I can attach callbacks to? I'm interested in something like the player_state_changed.
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User not registered in the Developer Dashboard error with app owner

PlanFree/PremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am getting a 403 error with the message that user is not registered in the Developer Dashboard when I try to access restricted endpoints (i.e. /me). This happened when I logged in as a ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am getting a 403 error with the message that user is not registered in the Developer Dashboard when I try to access r...
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Spotify Web API - Force token expiry?

Hi! Is it possible to force a token to expire? I want to test how my application handles expired tokens without having to create a bunch of test logic. I'm using both Web API and Spotify Playback SDK

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  •   Hi!   Is it possible to force a token to expire? I want to test how my application handles expired tokens without having to create a bunch of test logic.    I'm using both ...
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Custom Spotify player for website?

Hi, I have a client that is putting together a new website design and they have a custom Spotify player as part of it. As a web designer who has dabbed in API's myself, I wasn't sure how feasible this was. I told them the original embed players shoul...

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  • Hi, I have a client that is putting together a new website design and they have a custom Spotify player as part of it. As a web designer who has dabbed in API's myself, I wasn't sure how feasible thi...
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API/DEV Newbie seeking guidance. Skills Exchange?

Hi, hopefully the fact that I am even posting in this forum will demonstrate that i am legitimate here... anyone interested in trading their api/dev/tech knowledge with me, in exchange for artist/project development? I'm a expereinced with labels, di...

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  • Hi, hopefully the fact that I am even posting in this forum will demonstrate that i am legitimate here... anyone interested in trading their api/dev/tech knowledge with me, in exchange for artist/pro...
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Share favourite songs would be a great feature

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows 10 Desktop App and AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 Desktop App and Android My Question or IssueI really would like a share button for my faovorite songs list. So I could show them Friends.

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows 10 Desktop App and Android Operating System Windows 10 Desktop App and Android    My Question or Issue I really would like a share butt...
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What data would you like to see in a stats app about saved tracks?

Hi. I'm currently writing a web app that will show stats about an user's last 50 saved tracks. I'm trying to get some suggestions about what kind of data people may be interested about. What are your recommendations?

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  • Hi. I'm currently writing a web app that will show stats about an user's last 50 saved tracks. I'm trying to get some suggestions about what kind of data people may be interested about. What are your...
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Amount of shares a song has received

Hey everyone,does someone now if it is currently possible to get the amount of shares a song has received on spotify through the use of the API?So basically what I would like to know is the exact amounf of times a song got shares through the internal...

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  • Hey everyone, does someone now if it is currently possible to get the amount of shares a song has received on spotify through the use of the API? So basically what I would like to know is the exact...
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400 bad requests error every time user atuh is provided

My Question or IssueI'm getting Bad Request errors every time I try to make a call with the code generated by giving clientID and clientSecret.I do get a new code every time I log in with Spotify and authorize access and get redirected to the new pag...

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  • My Question or Issue I'm getting Bad Request errors every time I try to make a call with the code generated by giving clientID and clientSecret. I do get a new code every time I log in with Spotify...
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Archive playlists

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 10 My suggestion i always have problem with the organization of my playlists etc. Because I do not want to delete any since they are my memories. I think it would be a Great option to h...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 10   My suggestion  i always have problem with the organization of my playlists etc. Because I do no...
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How to deep-link with an offset time?

Equivalent to the web link with an offset by providing the `?t=60` query param, I want to deep link with an offset time. Something like:```// offset does not workspotify:episode:24GvJqPbc7MEi7JqN2IBJb:offset:60````

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  • Equivalent to the web link with an offset by providing the `?t=60` query param, I want to deep link with an offset time.   Something like: ``` // offset does not work spotify:episode:24GvJq...
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Solved!! Incorrect `items` in response from `Get Current User's Playlists`

I am trying to access my playlists by making a call to `/me/playlists`.I get successful response: {href: 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/denzenin/playlists?offset=0&limit=50',items: [],limit: 50,next: null,offset: 0,previous: null,total: 0} Items l...

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  • I am trying to access my playlists by making a call to `/me/playlists`. I get successful response:   { href: 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/denzenin/playlists?offset=0&limit=50', ite...
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Using Zapier Webhooks with Search API: Think There's a Scope Issue

Hey there! I'm doing something a little different. I'm using Zapier's Webhooks app to access the search API. I've managed to figure out how to get an access token (yay), and have verified that searching here in the console gets me what I want. I requ...

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  • ...ia the API:   I checked the scopes page but nothing stands out as being something that would be required for returning public items. Questions: The token that I get from the console, d...
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Allow to get the current lisneing track from my spotify account

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevice(PC)Operating System(Windows 10 Pro) My Question or IssueHello,I wan to display the current track I'm lishening on my overlay during my twich stream. I will juiste call the api endopoint : https://developer.spotify....

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device (PC) Operating System (Windows 10 Pro)   My Question or Issue Hello, I wan to display the current track I'm lishening on my overlay during my t...
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Unable to add songs to collaborative playlist from the Spotify Web API

PlanFreeCountryIndiaOperating System(Pop OS, Linux) My Question or IssueHey there, I am working on an app which lets users select songs and add to playlists.I am a collaborator in a playlist, owned by another account.I can add songs from the Spotify ...

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  • ...bsp; "playlist-read-collaborative", "playlist-modify-public", "playlist-read-private", "playlist-modify-private" It gives me the following response back ``` {     "error" : {   &n...
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Web console endpoint VS developper endpoint

- Free plan unless premium happen to be needed- Belgium- PC- Windows 10- While working for my company, one of the thing that we need to do is to correct songs' artist/title. For that, one of the possible ways would be to use Spotify api to search usi...

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  • - Free plan unless premium happen to be needed - Belgium - PC - Windows 10 - While working for my company, one of the thing that we need to do is to correct songs' artist/title. For that, one o...
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List of Scopes

Hello, i have a question about scopes.How can i get a scopes, that contains user's info about hours of listening/hours of listening playlist etc.Thank you in advance

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  • Hello, i have a question about scopes. How can i get a scopes, that contains user's info about hours of listening/hours of listening playlist etc. Thank you in advance
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Global Listener Dataset

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUSA, IllinoisDeviceDell LaptopOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueHello! I am a new student with a Data Analytics + Python class. I want to complete my capstone/portfolio utilizing Spotify Global Listener data over any...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country USA, Illinois Device Dell Laptop Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue Hello! I am a new student with a Data Analytics + Python class. I want to co...
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