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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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  • Spotify
  • luis1997
  • Newbie
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Superuser Contribution Keep getting 415 ('Unsupported Media Type') when trying to refresh and access token.

Hi all,Anyone dealt with a 415 response- error when trying to refresh and access token? See attached file to see code.

  • Newbie
  • Hi all, Anyone dealt with a 415 response- error when trying to refresh and access token?  See attached file to see code.   
  • serahrono
  • Spotify
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  • refresh token
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Superuser Contribution preview_url is 404

I'm calling Get a Track API using the following track_id to get preview url. Sample 1 GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/6nnyNtQlMYz0hAbElgGYVm Response: "preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/390a59df2a79986224bf6efa45de8e6974666f46?cid=77...

  • Regular
  • I'm calling Get a Track API using the following track_id to get preview url.   Sample 1     GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/6nnyNtQlMYz0hAbElgGYVm Response: "preview_url": ...
  • serahrono
  • Spotify
  • 869 Views
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  • api
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Get Track's Audio Analysis -- 404 analysis not found

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States DeviceSpotify Web API My Question or IssueWhen using the "Get Track's Audio Analysis" endpoint, the response is consistently 404 "analysis not found." When testing the endpoint with over 20 songs, including popula...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States   Device Spotify Web API   My Question or Issue When using the "Get Track's Audio Analysis" endpoint, the response is consistently 404 "anal...
  • th3xer0
  • Regular
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CORS Policy Error Playlist Image Cover Set

I have been unable to use the set playlist image cover api. I am creating a web app and using next js and have been able to get this to work. I consistently get a has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on ...

  • Newbie
  • I have been unable to use the set playlist image cover api. I am creating a web app and using next js and have been able to get this to work. I consistently get a has been blocked by CORS policy...
  • rishisheth
  • Newbie
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Logging in with an account other than mine returns 403.

Currently Spotify does not allow sharing saved song lists, so I deployed an app in Vercel that converts saved song lists into a new playlist. URL : https://spotify-playlist-splitter.vercel.app/ When I log in with my account, the various APIs return 2...

  • Newbie
  • Currently Spotify does not allow sharing saved song lists, so I deployed an app in Vercel that converts saved song lists into a new playlist.   URL : https://spotify-playlist-splitter.ver...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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The /v1/me/playlists endpoint randomly returns 404

Anyone from the Spotify team here? The /v1/me/playlists endpoint has been randomly returning 404 errors for a few days now. Please see the attached screenshot.

  • Music Fan
  • Anyone from the Spotify team here?   The /v1/me/playlists endpoint has been randomly returning 404 errors for a few days now.   Please see the attached screenshot.  
  • timocov
  • Regular
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Superuser Contribution Publishing Web API data in academic papers

We are a group of students who wrote an academic paper for a project in our bachelor's degree program. It uses data from the Spotify Web API to attempt to classify songs into musical genres based on audio features.The dataset is only comprised of dat...

  • Newbie
  • We are a group of students who wrote an academic paper for a project in our bachelor's degree program. It uses data from the Spotify Web API to attempt to classify songs into musical genres based on ...
  • alvaron
  • Spotify
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TypeError: Cannot add negative msPlayed value

Im bring to use the web api to play songs (one by one - not playlist)and I get the following at the html. [Error] TypeError: Cannot add negative msPlayed value: -9(anonymous function) (index.js:18:264819)(anonymous function) (index.js:18:259217)(anon...

  • Casual Listener
  • Im bring to use the web api to play songs (one by one - not playlist) and I get the following at the html.   [Error] TypeError: Cannot add negative msPlayed value: -9 (anonymous function) (...
  • jfost784
  • Casual Listener
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  • Web SDK
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Get a report when an API endpoint returns nothing and no error

Hi,Yesterday the endpoint to get recently played tracks did not return any data and did not give any error. Is there a way get notified when there's a problem with an endpoint? The official status Twitter feed mentioned nothing about this. Thanks, Pe...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, Yesterday the endpoint to get recently played tracks did not return any data and did not give any error.   Is there a way get notified when there's a problem with an endpoint? The offic...
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    error reporting
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My me/player/recently-played endpoint has not updated since last night

The response from https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint hasn't been updated for me since last night even though I've played multiple tracks tonight. https://status.spotify.dev is showing all clear… Any ideas? Maybe a DST relat...

  • Regular
  • The response from https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint hasn't been updated for me since last night even though I've played multiple tracks tonight. https://status.s...
  • TriPete
  • Casual Listener
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open.spotify.com is unresponsive and unreactive

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(Ryzen 7 3700X, 16GB RAM, 300Mbps download speed)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueThe open.spotify.com interface doesn't use loaders or check success or failure for events such as: adding to queue, shuffl...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device (Ryzen 7 3700X, 16GB RAM, 300Mbps download speed) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue The open.spotify.com interface doesn't use loa...
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Is there a way to submit for Spotify's Dev Showcase?

The subject line sums it up. If there's not a way to submit, is there a forum within the Spotify community we could share things we've developed using Spotify's API? The closest forum I'd assume would be "Discussion & Promo", but one community guidel...

  • Regular
  • The subject line sums it up. If there's not a way to submit, is there a forum within the Spotify community we could share things we've developed using Spotify's API?   The closest forum I'd as...
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  • Discussion
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HTTP/2 for Spotify Embed Widgets

Hi,When running the PageSpeed Insights[1] for my blog which I use Spotify Embed Widgets[2] to share music I am getting performance hits due to the JavaScript files used for the Widgets being served over HTTP/1.1 instead of HTTP/2[3]. The images also ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, When running the PageSpeed Insights[1] for my blog which I use Spotify Embed Widgets[2] to share music I am getting performance hits due to the JavaScript files used for the Widgets being served...
  • heatmanofurioso
  • Music Fan
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  • performance
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https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists endpoint for algotorial playlist pool

Hi Spotify team and community, I was wondering whether it is possible to query the record pool that is behind semi-curated-algotorial, also called algotorial, playlists such as Easy On Sunday. Currently, the https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists endpo...

  • Newbie
  • Hi Spotify team and community,   I was wondering whether it is possible to query the record pool that is behind semi-curated-algotorial, also called algotorial, playlists such as Easy On Sunda...
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  • Algorithmic
    Algotorial
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Set the Same Sound Level for All Tracks in Web Playback SDK

Hi allI have problems with the WebPlayback SDK and the different volumes on different tracks. Is there also a function like "Set the Same Sound Level for All Tracks" for the WebPlayback SDK as with the Spotify player e.g. on Windows or Android? Or ca...

  • Regular
  • Hi all I have problems with the WebPlayback SDK and the different volumes on different tracks. Is there also a function like "Set the Same Sound Level for All Tracks" for the WebPlayback SDK as with...
  • linux4u
  • Regular
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  • volume
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Would software that automatically skips part of Spotify songs be allowed?

Would software that automatically skips part of Spotify songs be allowed?Say, for example, that I want a specific part of a Spotify song to be skipped every time it comes on.Would software that does this for me be allowed by the Spotify developer ter...

  • Regular
  • Would software that automatically skips part of Spotify songs be allowed? Say, for example, that I want a specific part of a Spotify song to be skipped every time it comes on. Would software that d...
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My API Wrapper was reported for infringing on Spotify's IP. Don't know who to contact!

I'm unsure who to contact in this case, but I wrote an object-oriented Spotify API wrapper a couple of years ago and put it open source on NPM. https://www.npmjs.com/package/enhanced-spotify-api I made a website for the documentation and was hosting ...

  • Newbie
  • I'm unsure who to contact in this case, but I wrote an object-oriented Spotify API wrapper a couple of years ago and put it open source on NPM.    https://www.npmjs.com/package/enhanced-s...
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    api wrapper
    copyright
    legal
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Login issue with iOS SDK

Hey folks, I'm having an issue implementing the iOS Spotify SDK, my objective is to get the user’s spotifyAccessToken and spotifyRefreshToken, as it is now is partially working, if the user log in using the web browser everything works well, but when...

  • Newbie
  • Hey folks, I'm having an issue implementing the iOS Spotify SDK, my objective is to get the user’s spotifyAccessToken and spotifyRefreshToken, as it is now is partially working, if the user log in us...
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    Login
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Superuser Contribution preview_url doesn't give an url anymore

Hello, I'm writing an app (at the moment is just sperimental) which uses the preview_url given by this API endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/This is my workflow, summed up in a few line: 1. Creating my client creds using Client_Id and Client...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I'm writing an app (at the moment is just sperimental) which uses the preview_url given by this API endpoint   https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/ This is my workflow, summed up in a ...
  • michelleyin
  • Newbie
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  • 20 replies
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