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Increasing security requirements for integration with Spotify Web API

Hey all, we’re making some changes to the Spotify Web API. To improve security, we are planning to remove support for two ways of integrating with Spotify that have been replaced with more secure alternatives. Please check the Spotify for Developers ...

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Fastly CDN is returning non-working IPs, causing timeouts, but just for our Company

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceWindows App or through Edge browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueConnecting to Spotify,We connect (info gained from Chrome Dev Tools) to open.spotify.com, which refers to open.spotifycdn.com, which we can't...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device Windows App or through Edge browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Connecting to Spotify, We connect (info gained from Chrom...
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Embed code or Spotify player not working in Wix

PlanFreeOperating System(Windows 10 / Google Chrome) My Question or IssueWhen I use the embed code or add the spotify player to my website on the wix platform, I can see the items in my playlist, but when I click on an item or push the main play butt...

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  • Plan Free Operating System (Windows 10 / Google Chrome)   My Question or Issue When I use the embed code or add the spotify player to my website on the wix platform, I can see the items in...
  • Runcolho
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Squarespace — Embedded playlist stuck in "preview" mode

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice2017 MacBook ProBrowsers TestedSafari, Chrome, Firefox (tested mobile and desktop for all)URLhttps://sixty-thirty.com/music-test My Question or IssueI've embedded a playlist through a Squarespace code block, and it seems to...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device 2017 MacBook Pro Browsers Tested Safari, Chrome, Firefox (tested mobile and desktop for all) URL https://sixty-thirty.com/music-test   My Question or I...
  • Runcolho
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30 second preview showing when try to embed playlist

I have embedded a Spotify playlist onto a weebly website. However, it only shows 30 seconds previews of the songs, which is no use to me. I've checked the code is correct, I've used a Premium plan, I've tried different devices and browers, cleared th...

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  • I have embedded a Spotify playlist onto a weebly website. However, it only shows 30 seconds previews of the songs, which is no use to me.  I've checked the code is correct, I've used a Premium ...
  • Runcolho
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Integrating Spotify to my Flutter App

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi I am looking to integrate Spotify on my app so my users can listen to songs both onli...

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  •   Plan Free/Premium Country India   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or...
  • Ximzend
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Is it possible to get top cities from Spotify?

PlanPremium CountryChile Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe question from the subject refers to the fact that, while spotify displays the top 5 cities for an artist in their biography in the app, the API does not expose and endpoint f...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Chile   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The question from the subject refers to the fact that, while spotify displays the top 5 citi...
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Seeking Clarification: App Denied for "Integration with Another Service"

After waiting over a month for my quota extension request, my app was denied with the following explanation:The product or service is integrated with streams or content from another service.My app, Scrobblify, is a personal project that takes listeni...

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  • After waiting over a month for my quota extension request, my app was denied with the following explanation: The product or service is integrated with streams or content from another service. My ...
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Starting playback return "403 Player command failed: Restriction violated"

I query the Queue and get 20 items returned, but when I try to start the playback I get a 403 code with "Player command failed: Restriction violated" What does this mean, and what can I do to continue the existing playback?

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  • I query the Queue and get 20 items returned, but when I try to start the playback I get a 403 code with "Player command failed: Restriction violated"   What does this mean, and what can I...
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Contract Enterprise API

My Question or Issue Hi, I’m interested in making a contract for the Spotify Enterprise API. I’ve been informed that audience analytics data is available through the API, but I couldn’t find any public documentation or pages regarding the details of ...

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  • My Question or Issue   Hi, I’m interested in making a contract for the Spotify Enterprise API. I’ve been informed that audience analytics data is available through the API, but I couldn’t find...
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Shuffle and Smart Shuffle Questions

I have noticed that in my playlist of 1500+ songs, I tend to get the same songs when I shuffle or smart shuffle the playlist.How does it randomness work for the shuffle?How big is the shuffle queue compared to the playlist it is shuffling from?For Sm...

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  • I have noticed that in my playlist of 1500+ songs, I tend to get the same songs when I shuffle or smart shuffle the playlist. How does it randomness work for the shuffle? How big is the shuff...
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Why Are Genres Missing in the Spotify API for Independent Artists?

I’m working with Spotify’s Web API and noticed something unusual. For independent artists (myself included), the genres array in the artist profile response is often empty. This is despite assigning genres (e.g., Latin, Rap) when uploading through a ...

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  • I’m working with Spotify’s Web API and noticed something unusual. For independent artists (myself included), the genres array in the artist profile response is often empty. This is despite assigning ...
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Solved!! 404 Response from "Add Item to Playback Queue" Endpoint

If I go to https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-to-queue and try out the supplied curl request:curl --request POST \--url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queue?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A4iV5W9uYEdYUVa79Axb7Rh' \--header...

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  • If I go to https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-to-queue and try out the supplied curl request: curl --request POST \ --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/p...
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How do I add other's, so they're be able to edit and work on an app

I am in a group project working with the Spotify API, and I need to share the project, is that possible. I figured out adding user accounts, but that seems to be a completely different thing, and means nothing in my plight

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  • I am in a group project working with the Spotify API, and I need to share the project, is that possible. I figured out adding user accounts, but that seems to be a completely different thing, and mea...
  • Ximzend
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Changes to Web API and Development Mode apps

As representative of artists on your platform, we had a in house stand alone app to scan Spotify automatic playlists to check for our representatives items for in house statistics.Now after the change we no more have this ability and as it's not an p...

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  • As representative of artists on your platform, we had a in house stand alone app to scan Spotify automatic playlists to check for our representatives items for in house statistics. Now after the cha...
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How to get top 50 cities for an artist

I saw that SOUNDCHARTS provides local audience data, which includes the top 50 cities for an artist.https://doc.api.soundcharts.com/api/v2/doc/reference/path/artist/get-local-streaming-audience#hereHowever, I can’t find any data like this on the Web ...

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  • I saw that SOUNDCHARTS provides local audience data, which includes the top 50 cities for an artist. https://doc.api.soundcharts.com/api/v2/doc/reference/path/artist/get-local-streaming-audience#her...
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Membership Price Increase and less tools available

Each year the subscription price goes up and the quality of the app goes down. The feature to scroll through your liked songs and being able to see when the month/year it was added, now you have to spam fingerscrolls. Smartshuffle not being an option...

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  • Each year the subscription price goes up and the quality of the app goes down. The feature to scroll through your liked songs and being able to see when the month/year it was added, now you have to s...
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Missing data in download

Hi! I recently downloaded my listening data from the year because I wanted to look at my own yearly listening statistics. There is one artist in particular whom I know I have listened to a lot in the last several month who does not appear in the data...

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  • Hi! I recently downloaded my listening data from the year because I wanted to look at my own yearly listening statistics. There is one artist in particular whom I know I have listened to a lot in the...
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Spotify Architecture

Hey guys, I'm doing my masters and I doing a report on Spotify Architecture, current and previous. Its a bit hard finding information on the subject, if any one can help would be much appreciated.Thanks.

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  • Hey guys, I'm doing my masters and I doing a report on Spotify Architecture, current and previous. Its a bit hard finding information on the subject, if any one can help would be much appreciate...
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Spotify Streamdeck plugin

With the new Spotify Developer API update you have nuked the system so people cannot use custom plugins for there elgato streamdecks to control there playlists and music it's a absolute joke how u just ruin stuff for people.PlanFree/PremiumCountryUni...

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  • With the new Spotify Developer API update you have nuked the system so people cannot use custom plugins for there elgato streamdecks to control there playlists and music it's a absolute joke how u ju...
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Question related to Voice Assistant

PlanFreeCountryJapanDeviceAndroid deviceOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI read developer policy.Spotify Developer Policy | Spotify for Developers And section 3.3 said"Do not create voice-enabled SDA that enables a user to control Spoti...

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  • Plan Free Country Japan Device Android device Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I read developer policy. Spotify Developer Policy | Spotify for Developers   An...
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