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Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board!

Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board! This forum is the place for conversations about Spotify's Web API, Web Playback SDK, Widgets, and other developer tools. Here you can ask questions about the Spotify platform, chat with other developers, a...

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Tracks played with Web Playback SDK don't appear in recent history

Hello!I recently noticed that if I play a track with the Web Playback SDK, it won't appear in the me/player/recently-played API endpoint results.I seem to remember that this was the case before. Has this recently been changed?In any case, are the tra...

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  • Hello! I recently noticed that if I play a track with the Web Playback SDK, it won't appear in the me/player/recently-played API endpoint results. I seem to remember that this was the case befo...
  • Mordicus
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Superuser Contribution Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs

We have been using those SDKs since they became available. Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify. The "ios-streaming-sdk" is a beautifully designed framework...

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  • We have been using those SDKs since they became available.   Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify....
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is_playable field returns incorrect result

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaMy Question or IssueMy app calls the "playlists/tracks" endpoint to get a list of songs in the user's playlist. When it does this, it specifies "AU" for the market field. It then checks the "is_playable" field for each song...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country Australia My Question or Issue My app calls the "playlists/tracks" endpoint to get a list of songs in the user's playlist. When it does this, it specifies "AU" for the marke...
  • Efremych
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Requesting Playback Completion Information from the Spotify API

My ideaI am trying to create an app for fun, that counts how many hours I've listened to each song I hear in Spotify when the app is running.My Question or IssueCan't I request from Spotify API, if a person listened to the full song or not!Because I ...

  • Newbie
  • My idea I am trying to create an app for fun, that counts how many hours I've listened to each song I hear in Spotify when the app is running. My Question or Issue Can't I request from Spotify API...
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Get all editorial playlists from Spotify through the API

I am working on a web application fro which I need to have a list of all the editorial playlists of Spotify. I could successfully grab editorial playlists using "spotify" as user ID, but even using an offset, I am not able to get more that 1377 playl...

  • Casual Listener
  •  I am working on a web application fro which I need to have a list of all the editorial playlists of Spotify. I could successfully grab editorial playlists using "spotify" as user ID, but even u...
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Spotify DevOps Question - API, Playlist, IP, Metadata

PlanPremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueI am looking at creating a website for sharing playlist and podcast exclusively for spotify. Looking over the legal terms and what is allowed I had a couple questions before continuing here, or moving to anot...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   My Question or Issue I am looking at creating a website for sharing playlist and podcast exclusively for spotify. Looking over the legal terms and what is allowe...
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Adding html title tag into embedded iframe

Hello, is there any way, to automatically generate html title tag into iframe of embedded content? Page speed is suggesting this as accessibility aprovements.Thank you

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  • Hello,   is there any way, to automatically generate html title tag into iframe of embedded content?  Page speed is suggesting this as accessibility aprovements. Thank you
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Why aren't I allowed to create an voice controlled Spotify SDA?

PlanPremiumCountryAnyDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueI was reading through the Spotify Developer Policy when I came across this in Section III:"Do not create a voice-enabled SDA that enables a user to control Spotify with their voice...

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  • Plan Premium Country Any Device Any Operating System Any   My Question or Issue I was reading through the Spotify Developer Policy when I came across this in Section III: "Do not cr...
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Inquiry about API rejection reasons

Dear Spotify Support,I am reaching out to inquire about the recent rejection of our API application due to "1.Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing their brand/logo on album artw...

  • Casual Listener
  • Dear Spotify Support, I am reaching out to inquire about the recent rejection of our API application due to "1.Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images o...
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Check if app is installed

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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
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Getting error 429 only when requesting audio features from a track

I'm basically working with the API for a data mining university project.I'm getting error 429 on a piece of code that extracts the audio features from some tracks. Can't perform a single request, the first one gets automatically blocked.The thing is ...

  • Newbie
  • I'm basically working with the API for a data mining university project. I'm getting error 429 on a piece of code that extracts the audio features from some tracks. Can't perform a single request, t...
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Android authentication failing since I was granted quota extension

I recently applied and was granted a quote extension for my app. Ever since then it seems no users can authenticate via the Android Spotify app remote. The code is all correct to the best of my knowledge and was working fine for me before.val connect...

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  • I recently applied and was granted a quote extension for my app. Ever since then it seems no users can authenticate via the Android Spotify app remote.   The code is all correct to the best of...
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Web Playback SDK Not Working on Latest Chrome Android

Receiving the following error when trying to initialize the Web Playback SDK on the latest Android Chrome versions (111 and 112). The player connects but fails to become 'ready'. Uncaught (in promise) EMEError: No supported keysystem was found.at new...

  • Casual Listener
  • Receiving the following error when trying to initialize the Web Playback SDK on the latest Android Chrome versions (111 and 112). The player connects but fails to become 'ready'.   Uncaught (i...
  • Horota
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Getting severe 429 Errors (Too Many Requests Error)

I'm the developer of Lyricify, which is an app for displaying scrolling lyrics for Spotify on Windows and Android. It highly relies on Get Playback State, it send the request frequently with an interval around 5-10s. And these days, 429 Rate Limit is...

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  • I'm the developer of Lyricify, which is an app for displaying scrolling lyrics for Spotify on Windows and Android. It highly relies on Get Playback State, it send the request frequently with an ...
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[DEVELOPER][ANGULAR][WEB] Spotify Web SDK Player does not show up on page

I've been trying to implement the Spotify Web Player on Angular, following this tutorial on the Spotify Documentation Page (although it is shown in React). My goal is to have a web player like the one here at the bottom of the page Although I'm getti...

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  • I've been trying to implement the Spotify Web Player on Angular, following this tutorial on the Spotify Documentation Page (although it is shown in React). My goal is to have a web player like t...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 401 error on all PUT requests

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop, Windows 10, Chrome My Question or IssueHi, I'm making a react web app using Axios for fetch requests. My app already correctly sets a token and receives data from API endpoints such as 'https://api.spotify.co...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop, Windows 10, Chrome   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm making a react web app using Axios for fetch requests. My app already correctly sets a to...
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Superuser Contribution Cannot login to Spotify developer console

I cannot login to the Spotify developer dashboard. I have signed up with Spotify through Facebook. I have created multiple apps using the dashboard before. Now, when I try to sign in through Facebook by  clicking the "login" button, I see a new windo...

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  • I cannot login to the Spotify developer dashboard.    I have signed up with Spotify through Facebook. I have created multiple apps using the dashboard before. Now, when I try to sign in t...
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Documentation mistake or bug

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...

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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://acc...
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App retrieves my data for other users instead of theirs

My Question or Issue I've been trying to write some code that requires a user's playlist using the Spotify API. It works fine when I run the code on my computer and with my login details, but when I get my teacher to run it on their computer with the...

  • Regular
  • My Question or Issue   I've been trying to write some code that requires a user's playlist using the Spotify API. It works fine when I run the code on my computer and with my login details, bu...
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Help - How to restore to a snapshot of a playlist

Plan - Family PremiumCountry - CanadaDevice - Any Operating System - Windows 10My Question or Issue I'm looking to restore a playlist that was modified up to a week ago.Shared with family. I've never used Spotify for Developers, Web API.Just learned ...

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  • Plan - Family Premium Country - Canada Device - Any Operating System - Windows 10 My Question or Issue   I'm looking to restore a playlist that was modified up to a week...
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