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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
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  • Possible Bug
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Share access with my teammates

I'm building a spotify app on behalf of a company and don't want the app to be solely tied to my personal account (what if I left my job?). Is there any way to add other collaborators or share access with another teammate? I'm not seeing any

  • Newbie
  • I'm building a spotify app on behalf of a company and don't want the app to be solely tied to my personal account (what if I left my job?). Is there any way to add other collaborators or share access...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
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  • 1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Could not submit my app to developer showcase

Hi all, When I try to submit my app to developer showcase page nothing happens. I fill all the information on the popup page and when I click the send button there is not any response or error. Is there anyone that has information about this? Many th...

  • Visitor
  • Hi all,    When I try to submit my app to developer showcase page nothing happens. I fill all the information on the popup page and when I click the send button there is not any response ...
  • Bob111188
  • Visitor
  • 3174 Views
  • 16 replies
  • 7 likes
  • developer showcase
  • 3174 Views
  • 16 replies
  • 7 likes

"Current User's Recently Played Tracks" before param not working as expected

Hi Spotify Developers!I am the maintainer of http://github.com/wittydeveloper/spotify-graphql/ client and I am currently implementing a tool using the Spotify API "Current User's Recently Played Tracks" endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi Spotify Developers! I am the maintainer of http://github.com/wittydeveloper/spotify-graphql/ client and I am currently implementing a tool using the Spotify API "Current User's Recent...
  • SamarthPurani
  • Newbie
  • 4096 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 8 likes
  • recently-played
  • 4096 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 8 likes

How to add new Device for play api

Plan : Premium Country : India Device( Samsung Galaxy 9)Operating System(Android Oreo.) How to get the currently logged in device id to play song with play api.

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan : Premium   Country : India     Device ( Samsung Galaxy 9) Operating System (Android Oreo.)   How  to get the currently logged in device id t...
  • Peter_Schorn
  • Roadie
  • 460 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 460 Views
  • 1 replies
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403 Error Spotipy Playback Issues Playlist and Songs

.PlanPremium CountryFrance Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWas trying to play a playlist using the spotipy library and my credentials. Was able to get the playlist metadata but when trying to play a song or a playlist I got a 403 error...

  • Casual Listener
  • . Plan Premium   Country France   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Was trying to play a playlist using the spotipy library and my credentials. Was able to ...
  • Peter_Schorn
  • Roadie
  • 4775 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 1 likes
  • 403 error
    Spotipy
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  • 8 replies
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Integrating spotify in shopify app

Hi,Is it ok to integrate spotify into a shopify app and then sell the shopify app? Also, do you need a BMI license if you use spotify on your website? Thanks,Denny

  • Visitor
  • Hi, Is it ok to integrate spotify into a shopify app and then sell the shopify app?  Also, do you need a BMI license if you use spotify on your website?   Thanks, Denny
  • 344 Views
  • 0 replies
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Playing songs with Spotify play api

PlanPremiumCountryIndia Device(Samsung Galaxy 9)Operating System(Android Oreo) Hi am developing a flutter app to integrate with Spotify web api. Am getting all the data via Spotify web apis , the issue is i cant play the audio with audio player packa...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Premium Country India     Device (Samsung Galaxy 9) Operating System (Android Oreo)   Hi am developing a flutter app to integrate with Spotify web api. Am ...
  • ashik123
  • Casual Listener
  • 866 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • 866 Views
  • 2 replies
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Using the Spotify logo to link to Spotify

Hello [Context]I am designing for a music-based application where users can see what music is playing at a venue. There is a feature where users can choose to 'Listen on Spotify' if the song is available on Spotify. This sends out a search to check a...

  • Newbie
  • Hello   [Context] I am designing for a music-based application where users can see what music is playing at a venue. There is a feature where users can choose to 'Listen on Spotify' if the so...
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  • 0 replies
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  • Guidelines
    Logo
    UI
    UX
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Getting the full track list by API instead of data download?

The extensive track list with playing time that's available via direct download has been a big help for my project. The API, though, is much easier for users to access by just clicking through OAuth. The problem is that, to the best of my knowledge, ...

  • Newbie
  • The extensive track list with playing time that's available via direct download has been a big help for my project. The API, though, is much easier for users to access by just clicking through OAuth....
  • 373 Views
  • 0 replies
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    data download
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution DELETE Method - Remove Playlist Items Broken

API cal to remove items from playlist no longer works. A 200 status code and snapsho_id is returned, but no item has been removed.

  • Regular
  • API cal to remove items from playlist no longer works. A 200 status code and snapsho_id is returned, but no item has been removed.
  • kingdavid108
  • Regular
  • 1315 Views
  • 6 replies
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Buffer object to initialize a buffer is deprecated in NodeJS

CountryUSMy Issuenew Buffer('clientId' + ':' + 'clientSecret').toString('base64')Buffer object needs statically allocated array to store buffer for a long time.I'm not sure why the documentation still has this as an example for the authorization code...

  • Newbie
  • Country US My Issue new Buffer('clientId' + ':' + 'clientSecret').toString('base64') Buffer object needs statically allocated array to store buffer for a long time. I'm not sure why the document...
  • 421 Views
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  • Possible workaround
    Update required
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Spotify information from API to Google Sheet via Apipheny

Hi all,I'm trying to get Spotify playlist information from the API into a Google Sheet via Apipheny.However, I seem to get duplicate rows and I cannot find if this is a limit of Apipheny or if I am doing something wrong. My request is as following: h...

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  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all, I'm trying to get Spotify playlist information from the API into a Google Sheet via Apipheny. However, I seem to get duplicate rows and I cannot find if this is a limit of Apipheny or if ...
  • pvdb14
  • Casual Listener
  • 549 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • api
  • 549 Views
  • 1 replies
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Search for Songwriters / Producers via Credits

Hey guys,It would be awesome to be able to search for a Songwriter or Producer by their credit. Currently when searching on Spotify it's pretty cool that you can search for the latest releases of a label by doing something like this: label:"Spinnin' ...

  • Music Fan
  • Hey guys, It would be awesome to be able to search for a Songwriter or Producer by their credit.   Currently when searching on Spotify it's pretty cool that you can search for the latest rele...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 4300 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 19 likes
  • 4300 Views
  • 2 replies
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Documentation mistake

In search opration:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search In the examples of code, wget, curl, the q mandatory/required field is missing.

  • Regular
  • In search opration: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search   In the examples of code, wget, curl, the q mandatory/required field is missing.  ...
  • ejgutierrez
  • Regular
  • 432 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 432 Views
  • 1 replies
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Can't authenticate my app with others (less than 25 users )

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi,I was wondering if someone could reach out. The only user who can actually integrate with ...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 Hi, ...
  • Yoavten
  • Casual Listener
  • 698 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 1 likes
  • 698 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 1 likes

Invalid redirect uri after whitelisted redirect uris updated.

Hey, I've logged in to my spotify app many times and know how to make it work. Today I created a new subdomain and updated my redirect uris in my developer dashboard. The subdomain uses excatly the same scripts as my main domain that's still working,...

  • Roadie
  • Hey, I've logged in to my spotify app many times and know how to make it work. Today I created a new subdomain and updated my redirect uris in my developer dashboard. The subdomain uses excatly the s...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1381 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes
  • api
  • 1381 Views
  • 3 replies
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Spotify developer API server down ?

I am trying to connect to Spotify API via developer account access credentials to fetch some data. It was working fine for the last 5 days, but now it is not working since yesterday.It just keeps getting buffering and not fetching the data at all.Is ...

  • Newbie
  • I am trying to connect to Spotify API via developer account access credentials to fetch some data. It was working fine for the last 5 days, but now it is not working since yesterday. It just keeps g...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 552 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
  • 552 Views
  • 1 replies
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API only working when I use sample data

Hi there,I am using reactjs and trying get track using the web API but it only works when I use the track id from sample id that I got from https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-track/which is - 11dFghVXANMlKmJXsNCbNlWhenever I try different IDs ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi there, I am using reactjs and trying get track using the web API but it only works when I use the track id from sample id that I got from  https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-track/ ...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1377 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • React
    webapi
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Protecting Intellectual Property

My Question Hello, I have been working on my first app that uses Spotify's wonderful API and my product is showing decent progress. I am considering getting a quota extension but I am faced with a dilemma. I think my idea is good enough that Spotify'...

  • Newbie
  • My Question   Hello,   I have been working on my first app that uses Spotify's wonderful API and my product is showing decent progress. I am considering getting a quota extension but I ...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 533 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • intellectual property
    pitching app
    protecting new idea
  • 533 Views
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How to obtain user email to input it on the developer dashboard

Hello! I'm implementing the Authorization Code Flow for my app. I can successfully POST the "/api/token" endpoint, but on other endpoints I get the following error:"User not registered in the Developer Dashboard" I'm aware that the user needs to be w...

  • Newbie
  •   Hello! I'm implementing the Authorization Code Flow for my app. I can successfully POST the "/api/token" endpoint, but on other endpoints I get the following error: "User not registered...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 783 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • 783 Views
  • 1 replies
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