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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...
Hello! FEATURE REQUEST: the ability to pull "Total Plays" for each song in a playlist. I come from a background of analytics and programming, and I'm now using my skills in the music industry! One stream of income is through DJing. When I prepare my ...
Hello! FEATURE REQUEST: the ability to pull "Total Plays" for each song in a playlist. I come from a background of analytics and programming, and I'm now using my skills in the mu...
Casual Listener
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I would like to search for a playlist that contains a specific song.Can I reverse lookup from a song to get a list of playlists that contain that song?
I would like to search for a playlist that contains a specific song. Can I reverse lookup from a song to get a list of playlists that contain that song?
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PlanFree/Premium My Question or IssueI want to play little bits of random songs as part of a guessing game based on 3,5 and 10 seconds of the song. I don't want to do this with the player SDK since it's behind a paywall. being able to play the whole ...
Plan Free/Premium My Question or Issue I want to play little bits of random songs as part of a guessing game based on 3,5 and 10 seconds of the song. I don't want to do this with the playe...
Spotify Star
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I see the web API allows you to get the public information, but is there any way to have my friends allow my code to pull their own song histories? That way I can make a playlist out of their songs without asking them what they listened to.
I see the web API allows you to get the public information, but is there any way to have my friends allow my code to pull their own song histories? That way I can make a playlist out of their songs w...
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I am not sure I qualify as a developer. I just have a blog on a website, and I'd like to embed a playlist to my favorite songs (that I did not write).
I am not sure I qualify as a developer. I just have a blog on a website, and I'd like to embed a playlist to my favorite songs (that I did not write).
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Hi Spotify Team, We are developing a music creation tool to help music lovers create songs with no music background. To better navigate users to cook their melodies, we would like to learn what are their preferences on Spotify. Our application client...
Hi Spotify Team, We are developing a music creation tool to help music lovers create songs with no music background. To better navigate users to cook their melodies, we would like to l...
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PlanPremiumCountryFRDeviceDesktop APP => UWP application on Windows 11.Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueEverything was working, and suddenly, the Webplayer SDK provide no SOUND at all. It seems working well, because music is running, bu...
Plan Premium Country FR Device Desktop APP => UWP application on Windows 11. Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Everything was working, and suddenly, the Webplayer S...
Newbie
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see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75230171/http-request-code-206-spotify-server-error
see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75230171/http-request-code-206-spotify-server-error
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Hello, one of the developer guidelines for prohibited apps says you can't put content from another streaming service next to Spotify content. It's kind of vague and I was hoping to get a more definitive answer about what I want to do. Am i allowed to...
Hello, one of the developer guidelines for prohibited apps says you can't put content from another streaming service next to Spotify content. It's kind of vague and I was hoping to get a more definit...
Spotify Star
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When getting an access_token using a refresh_token i get a ETIMEDOUT error. I have used your code from this page: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/ under the section Request a refreshed Access Token H...
When getting an access_token using a refresh_token i get a ETIMEDOUT error. I have used your code from this page: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/ u...
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Hi, My quota extension was recently rejected and no reason was provided and I didn't violate any of the terms of the app development.
Hi, My quota extension was recently rejected and no reason was provided and I didn't violate any of the terms of the app development.
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In the extended personal data, there is a key called "offline_timestamp". In the ReadMeFirst it has the following description: "This field is a timestamp of when offline mode was used, ifused.". When looking at these values, there seems to be no corr...
In the extended personal data, there is a key called "offline_timestamp". In the ReadMeFirst it has the following description: "This field is a timestamp of when offline mode was used, if used.". Wh...
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Hi there, I was wondering if it's possible to use the Spotify api to search for specific songs that are mixed into longer sets/recordings? Hope you can help with this. Kind regards, Olaf
Hi there, I was wondering if it's possible to use the Spotify api to search for specific songs that are mixed into longer sets/recordings? Hope you can help with this. Kind...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanada My Question or IssueI've been trying and failing to delete tracks from a playlist using the API. Every method I attempt results in a 401 error from spotify. This is a JavaScript Web App and I'm performing both Oauth and ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Canada My Question or Issue I've been trying and failing to delete tracks from a playlist using the API. Every method I attempt results in a 401 error from spot...
Spotify Star
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Hi all.I have created a web player to play my saved songs.If i close my laptop lid and reopen (Mac), calls to`https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play?device_id=58c0a166ebaa633d9d6e47cf4226830ba1704062` return a 404 device not found (device being th...
Hi all. I have created a web player to play my saved songs. If i close my laptop lid and reopen (Mac), calls to `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play?device_id=58c0a166ebaa633d9d6e47cf42268...
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Hi! There are not concrete numbers regarding rate limits for the Spotify API. This documentation https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/rate-limits/ tells us there is a 30 second window in which the number of requests are monitore...
Hi! There are not concrete numbers regarding rate limits for the Spotify API. This documentation https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/rate-limits/ tells us there is a ...
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(Windows 10 desktop) My Question or IssueIs there any way to get track genre information with Spotify API (python)?
(Windows 10 desktop) My Question or Issue Is there any way to get track genre information with Spotify API (python)?
Spotify Star
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An API or additional endpoint on the existing Spotify API that provides a URL to a tracks given canvas in an mp4 format.
An API or additional endpoint on the existing Spotify API that provides a URL to a tracks given canvas in an mp4 format.
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceLaptop, Spotify Desktop ClientOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi All,I am trying to use spotify uri to auto-open spotify on a specific playlist and start playing it. However, I found that playlist uri with...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Laptop, Spotify Desktop Client Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi All, I am trying to use spotify uri to auto-open spotify on a s...
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- Premium- USA- Macbook Air I'm running into an issue with the oembed on my website not playing full tracks on the playlist. I'm logged into Spotify but the playlist in stuck in preview mode. Previously, when I was testing this on my localhost via Fl...
- Premium - USA - Macbook Air I'm running into an issue with the oembed on my website not playing full tracks on the playlist. I'm logged into Spotify but the playlist in stuck in preview ...
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