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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
Hi,I recently made an app using Python using the Spotify API, and I am trying to upgrade the quota of the app. My website: http://marcow125.pythonanywhere.com/I was rejected for "Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a link bac...
Hi, I recently made an app using Python using the Spotify API, and I am trying to upgrade the quota of the app. My website: http://marcow125.pythonanywhere.com/ I was rejected for "Metadata,...
Spotify Star
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I have been trying to get followers of an artist from different markets or countries. In return i get always the same numbers of followers, no matter how market or country i set as parameter, it always get the same value as return. That parameter doe...
I have been trying to get followers of an artist from different markets or countries. In return i get always the same numbers of followers, no matter how market or country i set as parameter, it alwa...
Spotify Star
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My Question or IssueI want to know if there is an option to create a visual and functional design of my custom media player using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. that will involve implementing features such as play/pause controls, track progress bars, vol...
My Question or Issue I want to know if there is an option to create a visual and functional design of my custom media player using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. that will involve implementing features ...
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API for Ads does not return the Impressions metric which is an integral metric. It has been missing for over a month and no one has fixed it or acknowledged it yet. This is the second post about this issue. The previous post was posted with more deta...
API for Ads does not return the Impressions metric which is an integral metric. It has been missing for over a month and no one has fixed it or acknowledged it yet. This is the second post about this...
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Hello, I have implemented a custom iframe api player on my website.It works fine. I want to shuffle and repeat all the tracks.Is it possible to set this with the iframe api or otherwise?The normal shuffle mode with the web-api is not working with the...
Hello, I have implemented a custom iframe api player on my website. It works fine. I want to shuffle and repeat all the tracks. Is it possible to set this with the iframe api or o...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceTested on multiple phone iOs/Android (currently Samsung A20)Operating SystemiOs/Android/Windows/Ubuntu/Mac My Question or IssueI'm facing a problem that i can't resolve, my my app app need the User to connect to Web Play...
Plan Premium Country France Device Tested on multiple phone iOs/Android (currently Samsung A20) Operating System iOs/Android/Windows/Ubuntu/Mac My Question or Issue I'm facing a prob...
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I want to build an application as a gift, that has 2 functions:1) Show the Music I'm playing atm2) Synchronizing a Second account to my Music (after Button Press) (Both Spotify Premium Accounts) Like sessions, but using the Spotify API. Is this someh...
I want to build an application as a gift, that has 2 functions: 1) Show the Music I'm playing atm 2) Synchronizing a Second account to my Music (after Button Press) (Both Spotify Premium A...
Spotify Star
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So on the desktop and mobile app users are able to right click and choose the option to start a song radio or artist radio which allows users to listen to similar songs. However after looking through the various API endpoints I couldn't seem to find ...
So on the desktop and mobile app users are able to right click and choose the option to start a song radio or artist radio which allows users to listen to similar songs. However after look...
Visitor
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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 Issue
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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Edit: This was supposed to be an in-app idea. I'm new and posted this in the wrong place and can't seem to delete it. If interested, for the main post in the (hopefully this time) correct place, see https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/S...
Edit: This was supposed to be an in-app idea. I'm new and posted this in the wrong place and can't seem to delete it. If interested, for the main post in the (hopefully this time) correct place, see ...
Regular
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I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted.How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Request and confirm that it was properly submitted?One of our tea...
I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted. How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Request an...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceIPhone SE, IOS 16.1.1, IPad 5th generation IOS 16.3.1 Hi all! First of all I want to thank you for the cool API. I've developed a little app that loads tracks in an embedded player. It works great on my macbook pro chrome ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device IPhone SE, IOS 16.1.1, IPad 5th generation IOS 16.3.1 Hi all! First of all I want to thank you for the cool API. I've developed a little app that...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States My Question or IssueUsing the following code: using var client = new HttpClient(); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.G...
Plan Premium Country United States My Question or Issue Using the following code: using var client = new HttpClient(); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USOperating System: Windows 11 Hi all, I'm encountering this issue with a specific user that is already added to my app's allowlist. I have verified that the token exchange happens, and an initial request to https://api.spotify....
Plan: Premium Country: US Operating System: Windows 11 Hi all, I'm encountering this issue with a specific user that is already added to my app's allowlist. I have verified t...
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i have written a website, plus the mobile version, which i personally use instead of the official client. the idea is to have a simple interface similar to good old ipod or winamp.i had to solve several issues, for example u do not have a list of art...
i have written a website, plus the mobile version, which i personally use instead of the official client. the idea is to have a simple interface similar to good old ipod or winamp. i had to solve se...
Casual Listener
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I have previously had no issues with GET requests from /v1/playlists/ or /v1/playlists//tracks endpoints, but now I can't seem to GET from a search endpoint. I have the following code snippet for a GET search request: var responseApi = await fetch('h...
I have previously had no issues with GET requests from /v1/playlists/<playlist-id> or /v1/playlists/<playlist-id>/tracks endpoints, but now I can't seem to GET from a search endpoint...
Gig Goer
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States My Question or Issue My team and I are getting a "Invalid Client" / WebapiAuthenticationError: An authentication error occurred while communicating with Spotify's Web API errorWe can confirm that we have quadruple...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States My Question or Issue My team and I are getting a "Invalid Client" / WebapiAuthenticationError: An authentication error occurred while comm...
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PremiumUnited States DeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating SystemMAC My Question or IssueIt's kind of annoying that you can play songs categorized by genre on phone, but you cannot on Mac.
Premium United States Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System MAC My Question or Issue It's kind of annoying that you can play songs categorized by genre on phone, but you can...
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I have been a member of Spotify for years.I had an idea for the creators of Spotify.Not sure if this is the right place to post this.We all are aware that Spotify Premium gives you the best advances, like no ads and the freedom to play any song at th...
I have been a member of Spotify for years. I had an idea for the creators of Spotify. Not sure if this is the right place to post this. We all are aware that Spotify Premium gives you the best adv...
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I am hitting this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=Beatles&type=album,artist,trackI am expecting the response to contain albums, tracks, and artists that are found given the specified query. From that response, I am gathering a list of r...
I am hitting this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=Beatles&type=album,artist,track I am expecting the response to contain albums, tracks, and artists that are found given the spec...
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