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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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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 ...

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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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Find Specific Feedback on Quota Extension Request

Hello! I'm a developer out of Austin, Texas and over the last two years I've been building out a full-stack web application that integrates with Spotify's API and Web Playback SDK that I'm just launching. Now that I'm working on onboarding new users,...

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Hello! I'm a developer out of Austin, Texas and over the last two years I've been building out a full-stack web application that integrates with Spotify's API and Web Playback SDK that I'm just launc...

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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...

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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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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...

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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 ...

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Acousticness and Instrumentalness fooled by Harpsichord

I'm receiving weird values for acousticness and instrumentalness for harpsichord recordings. The two harpsichord tracks : Trevor Pinnock Luc BeauséjourFrom the API:AcousticnessA confidence measure from 0.0 to 1.0 of whether the track is acoustic. 1.0...

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I'm receiving weird values for acousticness and instrumentalness for harpsichord recordings.   The two harpsichord tracks :  Trevor Pinnock  Luc Beauséjour From the API: Acoustic...

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Superuser Contribution Returning "Invalid Client" in Authentication last step to generate access token

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo ideapad 100Operating SystemWindows 8.1 pro My Question or IssueI always receive this error when I run command to generate access token from authentication steps{error: 'invalid_client', error_description: 'Invalid cli...

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Plan Free Country India Device Lenovo ideapad 100 Operating System Windows 8.1 pro   My Question or Issue I always receive this error when I run command to generate access token from...

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Superuser Contribution How to access "mood" labels of tracks?

I have a question regarding the Spotify API: Is it possible to access the "mood" label of a song? On Spotify's Liked Songs, you can sort a song by different labels that range from genre like "pop" or "r&b" to things like "nostalgia" or "chill" or "lo...

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  I have a question regarding the Spotify API: Is it possible to access the "mood" label of a song? On Spotify's Liked Songs, you can sort a song by different labels that range from genre like ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Development of native app with playback in background

Dear Spotify,we are currently in the prototyping phase of a new app (Android/iOS), which allows the playback of selected playlists/albums/tracks of spotify.To do this job, one can use either the Web Playback SDK or the native SDKs for Android or iOS....

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Dear Spotify, we are currently in the prototyping phase of a new app (Android/iOS), which allows the playback of selected playlists/albums/tracks of spotify. To do this job, one can use either the ...

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How to inform the end users about what type of app they are authenticating to?

Hi! My quota extension request was rejected for the following reason and would be interested in clarification: "You need to inform the end users about what type of app they are authenticating to, before they log in to your app." Where is this informa...

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  Hi! My quota extension request was rejected for the following reason and would be interested in clarification:   "You need to inform the end users about what type of app they are ...

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Solved!! Access Token Generate through Command line issue

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo ideapad 100Operating SystemWindows 8.1 pro My Question or IssueCurrently, I'm trying to create access token from command line to use spotify ads api in php. But I'm getting errors like below listed during run authoriz...

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Plan Free Country India Device Lenovo ideapad 100 Operating System Windows 8.1 pro   My Question or Issue Currently, I'm trying to create access token from command line to use spotify ...

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Solved!! Spotify Android-studio handshake

My Question or IssueI am constanty getting an error "An unexpected packet was received before the handshake." Could this be because spotify has a max amount of requests you are allowed to make or does this have nothing to do with the spotify at all? ...

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My Question or Issue I am constanty getting an error "An unexpected packet was received before the handshake." Could this be because spotify has a max amount of requests you are allowed to make or d...

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[Web API issue] 502 Server Error when unfollowing playlists quickly

I have a NodeJS script (attached) to unfollow multiple playlists quickly. It retrieves the playlists of the user, and then unfollows them by ID. However, I obtain lots of 502 server errors when setting a low time between playlists unfollowed (e.g., 1...

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I have a NodeJS script (attached) to unfollow multiple playlists quickly. It retrieves the playlists of the user, and then unfollows them by ID. However, I obtain lots of 502 server errors when setti...

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[Web API issue] 500 Server Error when PUT /playlists/{id}/tracks

The following API request causes an Internal Server Error (500 status code):PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/2NQ82tb1NoHzC2XuKZqnzk/tracks?uris=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A38xxS4lwZuQTnM0OQLNvoa{ "range_start": 0, "snapshot_id": "NDIsMzBjNmMwYzUyNzI...

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The following API request causes an Internal Server Error (500 status code): PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/2NQ82tb1NoHzC2XuKZqnzk/tracks?uris=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A38xxS4lwZuQTnM0OQLN...

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[Web API issue] Episode object has "restriction" property instead of "restrictions"

According to the API documentation, the episode object may contain a property called "restrictions" (plural), but in fact, this property is "restriction" (singular). See screenshot for an example. This mismatch should be documented. Client applicatio...

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According to the API documentation, the episode object may contain a property called "restrictions" (plural), but in fact, this property is "restriction" (singular). See screenshot for an example. Th...

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[Web API issue] Show object has total_episodes property (not defined in docs)

show objects returned in API responses have a total_episodes property, which is not even mentioned in the documentation. I would suggest documenting it, so that developers and end users can leverage it. The definition of the show object that I'm refe...

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show objects returned in API responses have a total_episodes property, which is not even mentioned in the documentation. I would suggest documenting it, so that developers and end users can leverage ...

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[Web API issue] Track object has inconsistencies w.r.t. API documentation

Sometimes, track objects returned in API responses present two properties, primary_color and video_thumbnail, which are not even mentioned in the documentation. They should be documented, so that end users and developers can leverage them. The defini...

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Sometimes, track objects returned in API responses present two properties, primary_color and video_thumbnail, which are not even mentioned in the documentation. They should be documented, s...

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[Web API issue] Playlist object has inconsistencies w.r.t. API documentation

The playlist object does not follow the format specified in the API documentation. The playlist object is defined here:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-playlistAt least, the following endpoints are affect...

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The playlist object does not follow the format specified in the API documentation.   The playlist object is defined here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/opera...

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Monetization on Tiered Web app

Long time listener first time caller here, I am building a web application that I was hoping to enable playback of music via the Spotify Web API. I have read the terms a million times and see the examples provided, which means I can't charge a 5$/mon...

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Long time listener first time caller here,   I am building a web application that I was hoping to enable playback of music via the Spotify Web API. I have read the terms a million times and se...

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Difficult questions about commercial use

For example, if a user who has purchased a tool that can control playback obtains an API key and assigns that key to a product, will that lead to commercial use?

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For example, if a user who has purchased a tool that can control playback obtains an API key and assigns that key to a product, will that lead to commercial use?

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