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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...
Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: coding APIs in .NET on PCOperating System: Win 10 My Question or IssueFirst time poster here... I have a playlist for my podcasts. I like to keep them sorted by when they came out (release date). This is not fully pos...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: coding APIs in .NET on PC Operating System: Win 10 My Question or Issue First time poster here... I have a playlist for my podcasts. I like t...
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I listen on quite a few devices (Echo, Android, Laptop), but using the current_user_top_artists API call, it seems clear that something isn't right. When I pull the results back for "short_term", I can see the following on the list (the first number ...
I listen on quite a few devices (Echo, Android, Laptop), but using the current_user_top_artists API call, it seems clear that something isn't right. When I pull the results back for "short_te...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry Device( Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2019)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo.) Hello dear spotify team,Today I came across with an issue. The embed podcast is not working.For example in the Michelle Obama Podcast if I try ...
Plan Premium Country Device ( Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2019) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo.) Hello dear spotify team, Today I came across with ...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: DEBrowser: Firefox The "Get token" button in seemingly every console request throws an "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI" error. (only tested it on 3 random console requests get-track get-new-releases get-artist) URL on erro...
Plan: Premium Country: DE Browser: Firefox The "Get token" button in seemingly every console request throws an "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI" error. (only tested it on 3 random con...
Visitor
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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...
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) (...
Casual Listener
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I've submitted my 3rd extension quota submission on December 22nd and haven't received an update since. Typically Spotify gets back to me within a few days. I understand there is a delay because of the holiday times. When should I expect them to revi...
I've submitted my 3rd extension quota submission on December 22nd and haven't received an update since. Typically Spotify gets back to me within a few days. I understand there is a del...
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CountryUkraine My Question or IssueIn the past, when I posted a song link on telegram it displayed preview image, song name, artist name, release date etc. Now it just shows "Unsupported browser".
Country Ukraine My Question or Issue In the past, when I posted a song link on telegram it displayed preview image, song name, artist name, release date etc. Now it just shows "Un...
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I've been using the Spotify API using Spotipy for some time. That stopped working for me a few weeks ago - the server isn't able to get an oauth2 token using https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token / grant_type=authorization_code anymore. The error re...
I've been using the Spotify API using Spotipy for some time. That stopped working for me a few weeks ago - the server isn't able to get an oauth2 token using https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token / ...
Casual Listener
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(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Windows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to understand what is allowed with games. Your information suggests that syncing with visual content is not ok. And I have seen examples like rhythm games etc. or games...
(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to understand what is allowed with games. Your information suggests that syncing with visu...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevice(iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S10e) My Question or IssueMy app relies heavily on the above endpoint to poll for the state of the Spotify player, which I do every 3 seconds from browsers on iOS and Android. On iOS I almost ...
Plan Premium Country Ireland Device (iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S10e) My Question or Issue My app relies heavily on the above endpoint to poll for the state of the Spotify player, which...
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It's been three weeks since a scope extension request was made. In the past these requests were responded to pretty quickly so I'm thinking something has gone wrong? It was for playlist-read-collaborative. I also need to submit a new one for playlist...
It's been three weeks since a scope extension request was made. In the past these requests were responded to pretty quickly so I'm thinking something has gone wrong? It was for playl...
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My Question or IssueHi! I'm trying to get the audio features for multiple tracks, but can't get the request right.I've looked through the documentation for getting multiple tracks, as well as the similar documentation for getting a single track. Acco...
My Question or Issue Hi! I'm trying to get the audio features for multiple tracks, but can't get the request right. I've looked through the documentation for getting multiple tracks, as we...
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I am using the Spotify iOS SDK and the Spotify app on my iPhone. iOS 15, Xcode 13.2, iPhone 13 Pro. when calling sessionManager.initiateSession(with: scope, options: .clientOnly) I get redirected to the Spotify app where my authorization fails (I see...
I am using the Spotify iOS SDK and the Spotify app on my iPhone. iOS 15, Xcode 13.2, iPhone 13 Pro. when calling sessionManager.initiateSession(with: scope, options: .clientOnly) &...
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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 IssueI have tried requesting for quota extension for my app, but that time while submitting the we...
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 I have ...
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PlanPremium CountryUS Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to use the /me/player/pause api endpoint it returns error 403 "Player command failed: Premium required" but the token I used to authenticate the request belongs to a prem...
Plan Premium Country US Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to use the /me/player/pause api endpoint it returns error 403 "Player command failed...
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PlanPremium My Question or IssueHelloI am not making an application but i am doing school work in the form of a blog post that will show some data that i fetched from the API in the form of a table or some kind of plot.The code file that is used to f...
Plan Premium My Question or Issue Hello I am not making an application but i am doing school work in the form of a blog post that will show some data that i fetched from the API in the fo...
Roadie
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have submitted my Quota extension request, but rejected with the reason "to submit ful...
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 Issue ...
Gig Goer
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In search opration:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search In the examples of code, wget, curl, the q mandatory/required field is missing.
In search opration: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search In the examples of code, wget, curl, the q mandatory/required field is missing. ...
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This authorization request works for me in php-curl: $ch = curl_init(); //Escribo endpoint el indicado por api curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); //IMPORTANTE ES UN...
This authorization request works for me in php-curl: $ch = curl_init(); //Escribo endpoint el indicado por api curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://acc...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom My Question or IssueHello! I was trying to build a web player controlled by Spotify app on my phone. I have Premium. I followed the guide below: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/guide/ Howe...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom My Question or Issue Hello! I was trying to build a web player controlled by Spotify app on my phone. I have Premium. I followed the guide below: ...
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