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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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[Bug] web api : Image returned is not really a square image

My Question or IssueIssue found on Apr 24th 2020.Endpoint(s):GET /v1/artists/7heucQ89tyr0QHnwB4QO4jScope(s):None (application is not using authentication)Steps to reproduce:Open terminalrun command :curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/7...

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  • My Question or Issue Issue found on Apr 24th 2020. Endpoint(s): GET /v1/artists/7heucQ89tyr0QHnwB4QO4j Scope(s): None (application is not using authentication) Steps to reproduce: Open te...
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Issue with Redirect URL when using react app + node on Heroku

I'm developing an app using the Spotify API with a React from end running on localhost:3000 and a node back end running on localhost:8888. The back end takes care of the authentication, where my redirect url is localhost:8888/callback. This is fine i...

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  • I'm developing an app using the Spotify API with a React from end running on localhost:3000 and a node back end running on localhost:8888.  The back end takes care of the authentication, where m...
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Get Information About The User's Current Playback returns song from another inactive devices

I have 2 laptops, here is the situation:At laptop 1, I open "Song 1", then I turn my laptop to sleep modeAt laptop 2, I open "Song 2" or "Song 3"Then I tested the https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-user-player/ it's doing fineAt some points, I...

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  • I have 2 laptops, here is the situation: At laptop 1, I open "Song 1", then I turn my laptop to sleep mode At laptop 2, I open "Song 2" or "Song 3" Then I tested the https://developer.spotif...
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I Need Help - Does this violate Spotify's developer terms and service?

Hello, I would like to create a non-commercial web application using the Spotify api. However I don't know if what I would like to do violates the Spotify developer terms of service. I would like to make an application where users can login via Spoti...

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  • Hello, I would like to create a non-commercial web application using the Spotify api. However I don't know if what I would like to do violates the Spotify developer terms of service.   I would...
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Chrome extension page update listener html5

Code:window.addEventListener('yt-page-data-updated' || *spotify page data updated*, function () { console.log("url changed") setTimeout(function(){ if(!document.getElementById("play-extension-ytbtn") || !document.getElementById("play-extension-btn"))...

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  • Code: window.addEventListener('yt-page-data-updated' || *spotify page data updated*, function () { console.log("url changed") setTimeout(function(){ if(!document.getElementById("p...
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Embedding Spotify players in iOS app

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

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  • 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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Echoes: Music Stats & New Discovery App

Hi folks, We’ve been developing a non-commercial web app using Web API and Web Playback SDK. Echoes is launched today and live (https://echoesapp.io) Wondering how we can submit it to Developer Showcase. Any guidance would be great. Of course, if you...

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  • Hi folks,   We’ve been developing a non-commercial web app using Web API and Web Playback SDK. Echoes is launched today and live (https://echoesapp.io)   Wondering how we can submit it ...
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I made a simple organizing tool for playlists

Hey, I made an open-source organizing tool for Spotify. It allows you to sort existing playlists or create new ones. When creating, you have an option to merge or split the playlists. It also removes any track duplicates.The app is available at https...

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  • Hey, I made an open-source organizing tool for Spotify. It allows you to sort existing playlists or create new ones. When creating, you have an option to merge or split the playlists. It also removes...
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dividers?

when making playlists for friends or for myself i get into the issues of adding to many different types of music genres that's why the ability to add divider in between tracks could help organizes my playlists and could also improve the listening exp...

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  • when making playlists for friends or for myself i get into the issues of adding to many different types of music genres that's why the ability to add divider in between tracks could help organizes my...
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Playing unplayable track (grayed out) with Android SDK not handled (no error thrown)

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceSony Xperia Compact XZ1Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhen I play a unplayable song (no rights/licence in my country) via the Android SDK with skipToIndex() nothing happens. I would expect an error to be thr...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Sony Xperia Compact XZ1 Operating System Android   My Question or Issue When I play a unplayable song (no rights/licence in my country) via the Andro...
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How to let a user log in to spotify

Hello, I have created an API in ASP.NET Framework 4.5, and an html page using ajax communicating with the API. My problem is that I don't know how to communicate with Spotify to get the login page and display it to the user, knowing that the html pag...

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  • Hello, I have created an API in ASP.NET Framework 4.5, and an html page using ajax communicating with the API. My problem is that I don't know how to communicate with Spotify to get the login page an...
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Why are the iOS and Android SDK implementations of player context unnecessarily different?

With the Android SDK, there is no method to get the player context. There is, however, a subscribeToPlayerContext method for receiving changes to it with an event handler. This returns a PlayerContext object containing the title, subtitle, type, and ...

  • Casual Listener
  • With the Android SDK, there is no method to get the player context. There is, however, a subscribeToPlayerContext method for receiving changes to it with an event handler. This returns a PlayerContex...
  • tobikabla
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get-users-available-devices return empty even if I am opening the desktop app

Hi, My problem is: I am opening the Spotify desktop app but when I call this API https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/it returns empty.

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  • Hi,    My problem is: I am opening the Spotify desktop app but when I call this API https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ it returns empty.
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Removing duplicates in an Playlist via API

Manually removing duplicates hand-by-hand may take me months to years for me to successfully cleared out. Is there any script to automate this through the API?

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  • Manually removing duplicates hand-by-hand may take me months to years for me to successfully cleared out. Is there any script to automate this through the API?
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wrong scope specified in web API documentation

on https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#category-follow the scope for "Get User's Followed Artists" that is called for is "user-follow-modify".that is strange as "get followed artists" should only require read privileges.and...

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  • on   https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#category-follow   the scope for "Get User's Followed Artists" that is called for is "user-follow-modify". that is st...
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snapshot_id not updated for https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists

Discovered an issue where the snapshot_id is not updated for the endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists When fetching my Discovered Weekly playlist and comparing it to the cached one, they have the same snapshot_id, but when lo...

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  • Discovered an issue where the snapshot_id is not updated for the endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists   When fetching my Discovered Weekly playlist and comparing it to...
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Solved!! Podcast and Episodes field filters

Hello, in the API documentation it is written that there is the possibility to do the search using field filters. However, it is not exactly described what these filters are, just a few examples. And for podcasts and episodes searches, apparently, th...

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  • Hello, in the API documentation it is written that there is the possibility to do the search using field filters. However, it is not exactly described what these filters are, just a few examples. And...
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Spotify map - Musical cities doesn't work anymore

Hello, I can't access the Spotify maps "Musical Cities", the Github link leads to a blank page: https://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/Spotify_Developer Is there a workaround to this issue? Thanks and have a nice day, Rémi

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  • Hello,   I can't access the Spotify maps "Musical Cities", the Github link leads to a blank page: https://community.spotify.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/Spotify_Developer Is there a workaro...
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Get Recommendations That Are Not Specific to My Personal Tastes

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm using Spotify's API to get recommendations (I'm using endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations), it appears that the outputs are highly based on my own ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA    Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I'm using Spotify's API to get recommendations (I'm using endpoint:  https...
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  • Set the feature to adjust the sound and watch the video as per your choice. Please I requested you earlier too, add now, link check https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-1Jb1IrxpaJtRhaNYPnuvzS0Vli...
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