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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...
My Question or IssueHi everyone,I'm working in a project in which we have a custom cms and a frontend app. We are implementing a feature that allows our content creators to add embeded spotify podcasts from the cms to the frontend. I noticed that the...
My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I'm working in a project in which we have a custom cms and a frontend app. We are implementing a feature that allows our content creators to add embeded spotify po...
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAsus F15, PCOperating System(Windows 11, ubuntu) My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,I hope you are doing well. I'm reaching out as a longtime Spotify fan and an aspiring backend developer who deeply appreciates the engine...
Plan Free Country India Device Asus F15, PC Operating System (Windows 11, ubuntu) My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, I hope you are doing well. I'm reaching out as a longtime S...
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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,I am unable to access certain auto-generated or personalized playlists like Moody Mix, Angst Mix, and Dark Mix through the Spotify Web API. I have added these playlists in the client, but they do not show up in the results from the API (for exampl...
Hi, I am unable to access certain auto-generated or personalized playlists like Moody Mix, Angst Mix, and Dark Mix through the Spotify Web API. I have added these playlists in the client, but they d...
Spotify Star
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Hi everyone,I recently had my quota extension request rejected with the reason:"You need to provide us with a fully working application that demonstrates all the core functionality."I'm a bit confused because I believe I did provide a fully working w...
Hi everyone, I recently had my quota extension request rejected with the reason: "You need to provide us with a fully working application that demonstrates all the core functionality." I'm a bit c...
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hey, I've tried to use https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-track but I receive the following content:{ "error" : { "status" : 404, "message" : "Invalid username" } }instead of{ "context": { "t...
hey, I've tried to use https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-track but I receive the following content: { "error" : { "status" : 404, ...
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PlanFree, Premium soonCountryFranceDeviceZenfone 9Operating SystemWindows / UbuntuMy Question or IssueHi! I created years ago some sort of blindtest app as a school project using songs stored locally on my phone. The app was fun to dev and to play at...
Plan Free, Premium soon Country France Device Zenfone 9 Operating System Windows / Ubuntu My Question or Issue Hi! I created years ago some sort of blindtest app as a school project using ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryBROperating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, i'm kind lost in my first extract here, so i need to extract things like the genre, acustic, popularity... and i need that from a playlist of a country, so if you can ...
Plan Premium Country BR Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, i'm kind lost in my first extract here, so i need to extract things like the genre, acus...
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Hello guys!I'm developing a webapp(nextjs) using Spotify's API and I've been following the design guidelines but I have no idea how to check if the app is installed to show "GET SPOTIFY FREE" instead of "PLAY ON SPOTIFY". Right now I got something li...
Hello guys! I'm developing a webapp(nextjs) using Spotify's API and I've been following the design guidelines but I have no idea how to check if the app is installed to show "GET SPOTIFY FREE" ins...
Newbie
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I created an app few days ago, to create a recommendation system. The web API is fetching track details. But whenever I am requesting audio features related to a track id, I get a 403 error. There is no problem with authentication. Here's the scope v...
I created an app few days ago, to create a recommendation system. The web API is fetching track details. But whenever I am requesting audio features related to a track id, I get a 403 error. There is...
Spotify Star
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Hi,I'm encountering a 500 Internal Server Error when trying to transfer playback using the Spotify Web API.What I DidI checked available devices using GET /me/player/devices, and my devices are listed as expected:{ "devices": [ { "id": "145d1de2d16f0...
Hi, I'm encountering a 500 Internal Server Error when trying to transfer playback using the Spotify Web API. What I Did I checked available devices using GET /me/player/devices, and my devices ar...
Newbie
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Hey all. I've been using the web api to maintain a playlist for the last several years. Since about a month ago, I've not been able to make any changes to this playlist either through the app (desktop and mobile) nor the API. If I try to remove a tra...
Hey all. I've been using the web api to maintain a playlist for the last several years. Since about a month ago, I've not been able to make any changes to this playlist either through the app (deskto...
Music Fan
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PlanFreeCountryFrance DeviceDesktop (Firefox, Chrome), Mobile (Firefox, Android Browser)Operating SystemWindows 10, Linux (Ubuntu) My Question or IssueI'm embedding my Spotify hosted podcast on a partner website. Everything was fine until last week. ...
Plan Free Country France Device Desktop (Firefox, Chrome), Mobile (Firefox, Android Browser) Operating System Windows 10, Linux (Ubuntu) My Question or Issue I'm embedding my...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS 10.15 My Question or IssueAfter the new rollout of Increasing the security requirements for integrating with Spotify, apps with custom URI scheme like this:com.example://callbackcan no longer be authe...
Plan Premium Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS 10.15 My Question or Issue After the new rollout of Increasing the security requirements for integrating with Spotify, ...
Casual Listener
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Plan Premium (duo) Country Germany Device PC - Firefox 136.0 (64-Bit) Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Hello, I can't delete my playlist! I created the playlist via an [external link removed by Mod] node.https://open.spotify.com/playl...
Plan Premium (duo) Country Germany Device PC - Firefox 136.0 (64-Bit) Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Hello, I can't delete my...
Spotify Star
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Hi everyone! I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad", "angry"), using Spotify’s /recommendations endpoint. This i...
Hi everyone! I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad",...
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As of 2/22/2024, the `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played` endpoint is no longer returning the latest recently played tracks. This is the full response (screenshot attached too so it's easier to spot):{"items": [{"track": {"album": {...
As of 2/22/2024, the `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played` endpoint is no longer returning the latest recently played tracks. This is the full response (screenshot at...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop web browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was able to log in to spotify successfully through the app, and view my playlists. ...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop web browser Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was abl...
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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 IssueWorking on, pls don’t delete Gona be update within the next 7 days.
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 Working...
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Web API I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is:albumType: "album"artist: "PARTYNEXTDOOR"id: "6Rl6YoCarF2GHPSQmmFjuR"imageUrl: "https://i...
Web API I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is: albumType: "album" ar...
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