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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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Needing help with outputting artist/track data into a workbook

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue:I'm an artist/developer attempting to create an in-depth top chart for the artists in my genre (Glitchbreak). I have collected a sample size of 143 artists, with IDs/URIs....

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Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue: I'm an artist/developer attempting to create an in-depth top chart for the artists in my genre (Gli...

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[Connect] Give stats.fm private API access

For the longest time, the Spotify community has been enslaved to the tyrannical reign of Last.fm being the only consistent stat tracking platform. Instead of having an accurate tracking service with insightful resources, we are locked out of even the...

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For the longest time, the Spotify community has been enslaved to the tyrannical reign of Last.fm being the only consistent stat tracking platform. Instead of having an accurate tracking service with ...

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Conception de site Web

Hello, I am a 18 years old French student and I made this website template for you, what do you think?The homepage with the logo is interactive and is entirely made in 3D, I redesigned the site to be more accessible and understandable for users becau...

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Hello, I am a 18 years old French student and I made this website template for you, what do you think? The homepage with the logo is interactive and is entirely made in 3D, I redesigned the site to ...

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Solved!! Use of include_groups

I noted that the PHP SDK for the Spotify API uses include_groups to list what album types should be included (all if omitted). https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-multiple-albums doesn't mention it (there's ...

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I noted that the PHP SDK for the Spotify API uses include_groups to list what album types should be included (all if omitted).   https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#...

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What could possibly the reason for disabling search/filter and sorting when using Enhance ?

So you may not be aware, but when you use the Enhance feature on a playlist or your liked songs, you lose the functionality for researching specific songs and you also can't sort anymore. Because the prompt warning you about it is not present on smar...

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So you may not be aware, but when you use the Enhance feature on a playlist or your liked songs, you lose the functionality for researching specific songs and you also can't sort anymore. Because the...

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Solved!! The original written lyric is different from the web browser spotify music player ?

Hi, may god bless your days.I really love a song from Indonesian musician named Nugie, the song title "Wanita Yang Terindah"I mean, it's totally different.And there is a linked text say "Lyrics provided by Musixmatch"Why this happen ?Thankyou.The ima...

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Hi, may god bless your days. I really love a song from Indonesian musician named Nugie, the song title "Wanita Yang Terindah" I mean, it's totally different. And there is a linked text say "Lyrics...

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Superuser Contribution Token API CORS error

Hi. I am building a web application consuming Spotify API.The feature is simply searching for a song which had worked fine until yesterday. However, all of a sudden I was not able to get a access token from the API server any more - which lead the se...

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Hi.   I am building a web application consuming Spotify API. The feature is simply searching for a song which had worked fine until yesterday.   However, all of a sudden I was not able...

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[Android][Developer] Predictive Back Animations

Hi, this is a small feature so I don't really mind if it's not added, but would it be possible to get predictive back animations in Spotify for Android? (This is a feature exclusive to Android 13, found in Android developer settings. I am currently o...

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Hi, this is a small feature so I don't really mind if it's not added, but would it be possible to get predictive back animations in Spotify for Android?   (This is a feature exclusive to ...

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[Feature Request] Allow playlist collaborators to add tracks to playlists they don't own

Currently, the /playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks endpoint returns a 403 when attempts to add tracks to playlists the currently authenticated user does not own are made. With the recent changes to how playlist access is granted, I think the endpoint sho...

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Currently, the /playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks endpoint returns a 403 when attempts to add tracks to playlists the currently authenticated user does not own are made. With the recent changes to how p...

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Web API Label info for a given track.

Hi, im currently learning how to use the Spotify API. I have been using python along with a library called Spotipy in order to access all the information on this API. However, I was curious if it is possible to be able to grab the publishing info for...

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Hi,   im currently learning how to use the Spotify API. I have been using python along with a library called Spotipy in order to access all the information on this API.   However, I was...

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MIXER FOR SPOTIFY

I VERY BEST IDEA: WE NEED MIXER DJ FOR SPOTIFY , MANY DANCE SONGS START SLOW AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DANCE PLAYLIST WITH SONGS THAT ARE QUICK SO AS NOT TO CUT THE SWINN OR DANCE.... A TOOL THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MIX THE SONGS AT THE EXACT MOMENT TO...

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I VERY BEST IDEA:  WE NEED  MIXER DJ FOR SPOTIFY , MANY DANCE SONGS START SLOW AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DANCE PLAYLIST WITH SONGS THAT ARE QUICK SO AS NOT TO CUT THE SWINN OR DAN...

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I'm trying to check if a new track has been added in a playlist

hi everyone,I'm trying to check if a new track has been added in a playlist I have indicated. Is it possible to do this?

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hi everyone, I'm trying to check if a new track has been added in a playlist I have indicated. Is it possible to do this?

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Solved!! Cannot update my playlist through the API

Doing my own project and trying to automate the process of updating a playlist I own.I've created an AWS Lambda that every week, at a certain time starts to run and retrieves the last added songs from one playlist and then updates the second playlist...

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Doing my own project and trying to automate the process of updating a playlist I own. I've created an AWS Lambda that every week, at a certain time starts to run and retrieves the last added songs f...

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Is there a Spotify for artists API available?

I read in the other posts that this is only possible for a select group. I am working on a tool/dashboard to use for artist development. This combines the social media, ticketsales and streaming statistics to make recommendations. For this I need to ...

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I read in the other posts that this is only possible for a select group. I am working on a tool/dashboard to use for artist development. This combines the social media, ticketsales and streaming stat...

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When I try to skip forward a podcast or a song, it won't played.

When I try to skip forward a podcast or a song, it won't played. It only change the track or said "can't play the current song". I already reinstall my app, but still the same. How can fix this?

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When I try to skip forward a podcast or a song, it won't played. It only change the track or said "can't play the current song". I already reinstall my app, but still the same. How can fix this?

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Embed players disappear from website

Hi I'm developing a website for a customer - it's an online memoire and the client would like to have Spotify playlists throughout the various pages / chapters. The client has created numerous Spotify playlists for each of his chapters and I am getti...

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Hi   I'm developing a website for a customer - it's an online memoire and the client would like to have Spotify playlists throughout the various pages / chapters. The client has created numero...

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iOS SDK Unable to Authenticate Offline

Just about all the documentation I have seen says that to successfully authorize a user while offline, the following conditions have to be met:Your application has successfully connected to Spotify within the last 24 hoursYour application uses the sa...

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Just about all the documentation I have seen says that to successfully authorize a user while offline, the following conditions have to be met: Your application has successfully connected to Spotif...

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Embedded Web Player Issue

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDevicePC, Mac We are noticing an issue with some of our embedded players while on desktop (it doesn't seem to have an impact on mobile). When reloading the page, one of 3 things will happen:- either the player is displaye...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device PC, Mac   We are noticing an issue with some of our embedded players while on desktop (it doesn't seem to have an impact on mobile). When reloading...

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Superuser Contribution Requesting written permission to use the playback api in a commercial project

Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMonday, November 7th, 2022I am developing a commercial app on the Spotify API that needs to use the playback api. Commercial projects are only allowed to be published if Spotify grants written approval to the app. Strangely ...

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Amsterdam,  The Netherlands Monday, November 7th, 2022 I am developing a commercial app on the Spotify API that needs to use the playback api. Commercial projects are only allowed to be publ...

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