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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...
I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be streaming the audio into the game itself). In order...
I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be ...
Casual Listener
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https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/save-tracks-user no longer works with Ids in the body only. was working until earlier this week will impact you if you are using libraries like https://github.com/spotify-web-...
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/save-tracks-user no longer works with Ids in the body only. was working until earlier this week  ...
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Hi!I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level. I am looking for the name of a book that supports this type of preview. I don't see any that have implemented this JSON field. There is lot's of books. I se...
Hi! I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level. I am looking for the name of a book that supports this type of preview. I don't see any tha...
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PlanPremiumCountryDKDeviceChromeOperating System(Window) My Question or IssueHello all.I have this Blazor Server app that is playing (in a browser) using the Spotify Web Player. I can get authorized and I get a Token and a RefreshToken and I can succ...
Plan Premium Country DK Device Chrome Operating System (Window) My Question or Issue Hello all. I have this Blazor Server app that is playing (in a browser) using the Spotify Web Pl...
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Hello all, I have embedded some spotify tracks in a website so people can listen to them directly. The embedded link was working as we wanted it, we clicked on the icon and it played in the browser. It seems that the behaviour has changed, now when w...
Hello all, I have embedded some spotify tracks in a website so people can listen to them directly. The embedded link was working as we wanted it, we clicked on the icon and it played in...
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I can search albums, playlists, artists, episodes just fine but I am having a problem with audiobooks. Here is the URL. "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=harry potter&type=audiobook&market=US&limit=20&offset=0" Response is a 500. Does audiobook se...
I can search albums, playlists, artists, episodes just fine but I am having a problem with audiobooks. Here is the URL. "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=harry potter&type=...
Music Fan
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Can the API please incorporate some form of function for accessing a track's "Song Radio"? This would be very helpful!
Can the API please incorporate some form of function for accessing a track's "Song Radio"? This would be very helpful!
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Hi, I'm using the Get Artist's Top Tracks endpoint here:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-an-artists-top-tracksIs there a way we could extend support for this endpoint to get multiple artists' top tracks i...
Hi, I'm using the Get Artist's Top Tracks endpoint here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-an-artists-top-tracks Is there a way we could ex...
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The API documentation is very incomplete. Sometimes certain fields of the JSON response can contain null and sometimes the entire response is null but they aren't documented (eg fetching the current playback state when the app isn't open on any devic...
The API documentation is very incomplete. Sometimes certain fields of the JSON response can contain null and sometimes the entire response is null but they aren't documented (eg fetching the current ...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueHi, i'm trying to use the spotify api, but i have trouble with it i made some resquest on "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=thriller&type=track" but i have 400 bad request a...
Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Linux My Question or Issue Hi, i'm trying to use the spotify api, but i have trouble with it 😞 i made some resquest on...
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When using the Get Several Browse Categories API endpoint at of https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories for GB and getting the images, the Party category appears to use a different image than all the rest, it looks like the style of image used i...
When using the Get Several Browse Categories API endpoint at of https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories for GB and getting the images, the Party category appears to use a differen...
Roadie
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Plan: FreeCountry: US Device: MacBook Pro 2020Operating System: Mac OS My Question or Issue: Hey, I am encountering issues when running commands like spotify.artist("artist_id"). spotify is spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credential...
Plan: Free Country: US Device: MacBook Pro 2020 Operating System: Mac OS My Question or Issue: Hey, I am encountering issues when running commands like spotify.artis...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceVivo 5GOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI wanted to ask if their is any possible way to check to star reviews on podcast of usere with the web api. I wanted to programm an app for the listeners of a spec...
Plan Premium Country Austria Device Vivo 5G Operating System Android Oreo My Question or Issue I wanted to ask if their is any possible way to check to star reviews on podcast o...
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Hey there, This post is requesting access to "currently playing episode" through the Spotify Web API, either through the "Get Playback State" endpoint (/me/player) or the "Get Currently Playing Track" endpoint (ideally both). It seems that podcasts a...
Hey there, This post is requesting access to "currently playing episode" through the Spotify Web API, either through the "Get Playback State" endpoint (/me/player) or the "Get Currently Play...
Roadie
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I have integrated on Android Platform like quick sample on document,But I got the "com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.UserNotAuthorizedException: {"message":"Explicit user authorization is required to use Spotify. The user has to complete the au...
I have integrated on Android Platform like quick sample on document,But I got the "com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.UserNotAuthorizedException: {"message":"Explicit user authorization is requi...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAsus ZenFoneOperating SystemAndroid OS 11 API 30 My Question or IssueI download my extended streaming history to train myself on data analyse and to make my own Spotify recap + my average use of the app during the last 2...
Plan Premium Country France Device Asus ZenFone Operating System Android OS 11 API 30 My Question or Issue I download my extended streaming history to train myself on data analyse an...
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When I try to call the 'Get recently played tracks' function, the output doesn't include songs that have been played > 30s but not to the end/songs that have been manually skipped; only songs that have been fully played and not manually skipped are i...
When I try to call the 'Get recently played tracks' function, the output doesn't include songs that have been played > 30s but not to the end/songs that have been manually skipped; only songs that...
Newbie
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Is there a way to get if the user has liked the currently played song or not via the API?
Is there a way to get if the user has liked the currently played song or not via the API?
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Is there a possibility to get the access token to a users account through the Spotify SDK without the user having to log in in a web view? It's very tedious for users because they often don't know their Spotify credentials. They are already logged in...
Is there a possibility to get the access token to a users account through the Spotify SDK without the user having to log in in a web view? It's very tedious for users because they often don't know th...
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Hi guys so I saw this https://www.spotifycodes.com/ and notice that it uses a URI to generate a spotify code, I'm using the Spotify WEB API an can get the URI using fetch but is it possible to generate a spotify code using WEB API?
Hi guys so I saw this https://www.spotifycodes.com/ and notice that it uses a URI to generate a spotify code, I'm using the Spotify WEB API an can get the URI using fetch but is it possible...
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