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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...
Hi team, I have a social network app on IOS / Android. I want users to search through artists and songs and then select a few to display them on their profile. Wanted to check what is the best way to implement the search functions? I can think of two...
Hi team, I have a social network app on IOS / Android. I want users to search through artists and songs and then select a few to display them on their profile. Wanted to check...
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Hi there,I’m currently wanting to build a website that matches users with songs based on a “music personality test” that asks questions similar to the Spotify’s song features they add to tracks (like danceability and acousticness) to then search the ...
Hi there, I’m currently wanting to build a website that matches users with songs based on a “music personality test” that asks questions similar to the Spotify’s song features they add to tracks (li...
Casual Listener
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I want to play tracks for a user from a stand-alone application on a Windows computer. This application is written in Java. There doesn't appear to be a way to do the Authorization Code Flow for a user for this configuration. It looks like that can o...
I want to play tracks for a user from a stand-alone application on a Windows computer. This application is written in Java. There doesn't appear to be a way to do the Authorization Code Flow for a us...
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Hi! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music, and are now migrating to the new SDK. Our app tries to do playlist curation itself, and as such we want people to use the next/previous buttons in our app. However with the new SDK we ...
Hi! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music, and are now migrating to the new SDK. Our app tries to do playlist curation itself, and as such we want people to u...
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Hello! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music. We are now migrating to the new SDK, but we have not been able to find a way to terminate the Spotify player when the app closes. Instead users need to close our app, and then close...
Hello! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music. We are now migrating to the new SDK, but we have not been able to find a way to terminate the Spotify player whe...
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Country United States of America I love Spotify and I like doing this via Spotify My Question I'm a Dj and I try to build a page on my website for my clients so:1- They can search for a favorite Music and Add Music to the playlist of their Events on ...
Country United States of America I love Spotify and I like doing this via Spotify My Question I'm a Dj and I try to build a page on my website for my clients so: 1- Th...
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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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Hi Team,I am developer I can able to push the campaign into Spotify ad-studio using campaign ads api, But I wish I could do this for An artist's music on Spotify instead of A concert or artist merch, This is possible in Adstudio UI, because in ads ap...
Hi Team, I am developer I can able to push the campaign into Spotify ad-studio using campaign ads api, But I wish I could do this for An artist's music on Spotify instead of A concert or a...
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$headers = [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $request->_token, 'Accept' => 'application/json', 'uris' => 'spotify:episode:' . $request->id, 'position_ms' => 0, ]; $res = $client->request('PUT', 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play? device_id=' ....
$headers = [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $request->_token, 'Accept' => 'application/json', &nb...
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Hello Since the production and shipping for Valve's Steam Deck is currently on the uptick it seems prudent that Spotify should jump right in and produce an official version for the Deck and form a partnership with Valve. For those who might not have ...
Hello Since the production and shipping for Valve's Steam Deck is currently on the uptick it seems prudent that Spotify should jump right in and produce an official version for the Dec...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited States DeviceMacBook Pro, iPadPro, iPhone 12proOperating SystemMacOS, iOS My Question or IssueIf I can’t use Spotify and Amazing Slow Downer together, I don’t need Spotify. I already know there will be no response by the company...
Plan Free Country United States Device MacBook Pro, iPadPro, iPhone 12pro Operating System MacOS, iOS My Question or Issue If I can’t use Spotify and Amazing Slow Downer toge...
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Hello, I am trying to use the spotify public aPI, and for this I am trying to generate a token according to this documentation: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/ The problem is that whenever I try to ...
Hello, I am trying to use the spotify public aPI, and for this I am trying to generate a token according to this documentation: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/g...
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I'm trying to create a web player but every time a user connects to the player it creates a new device. Is there a way to prevent this so every time a user connects it doesn't do this? Edit: Additionally I can't remove these web players. Even when I ...
I'm trying to create a web player but every time a user connects to the player it creates a new device. Is there a way to prevent this so every time a user connects it doesn't do this? &...
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Hi All,Per this 9/14/18 article, the App Remote SDK betas for iOS and Android were committed to Github at /spotify/ios-sdk and .../android-sdk, respectively. Were the respective versions of the 'Streaming SDK' also at those URLs and hence, the A.R. v...
Hi All, Per this 9/14/18 article, the App Remote SDK betas for iOS and Android were committed to Github at /spotify/ios-sdk and .../android-sdk, respectively. Were the respective versions of the 'St...
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Working on developing an application, and I have to use this endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-queue I need to obtain the full user queue, but what this endpoint returns is only the first 20 song...
Working on developing an application, and I have to use this endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-queue I need to obtain the full...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceHP OmenOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueSo I recently started using Spotify's API through Spotipy library in Python for a school project.The objective of our project is to analyze the songs in Billboard HOT ...
Plan Premium Country India Device HP Omen Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue So I recently started using Spotify's API through Spotipy library in Python for a school pr...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung S21 PlusOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhy is the discography only available by album? People don't know what album has their favorite songs. Discography should have an option to view a list of all son...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S21 Plus Operating System Android My Question or Issue Why is the discography only available by album? People don't know what albu...
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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 IssueCan you shuffle all playlists you have created or all songs?
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 Can you...
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My Question or IssueI am a product manager, and I'm working on a social media project, where users can add music to video posts. I'd appreciate some help
My Question or Issue I am a product manager, and I'm working on a social media project, where users can add music to video posts. I'd appreciate some help
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PlanPremium CountryPoland DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueFor a few days my application that uses api spotify has stopped working, all accounts to which I have access suddenly stop getting devices and old device_id does not wo...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue For a few days my application that uses api spotify has stopped working...
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