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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...
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...
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...
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Hello. I have been working on a Node.JS API wrapper for the Spotify Web API lately. While working on the `/me/albums` routes, I noticed an issue with them. All the /me/routes return 401 (Missing Token) errors. Even though a valid access token is bein...
Hello. I have been working on a Node.JS API wrapper for the Spotify Web API lately. While working on the `/me/albums` routes, I noticed an issue with them. All the /me/routes return 401 (Missing Toke...
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I am trying to connect to Spotify API via developer account access credentials to fetch some data. It was working fine for the last 5 days, but now it is not working since yesterday.It just keeps getting buffering and not fetching the data at all.Is ...
I am trying to connect to Spotify API via developer account access credentials to fetch some data. It was working fine for the last 5 days, but now it is not working since yesterday. It just keeps g...
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Hi! I am trying to authenticate a user using the authorization code flow. The first step is to call the /authorize endpoint. I have tried to do this and received the expected query params (code, state). Somehow the endpoint has started to reponding w...
Hi! I am trying to authenticate a user using the authorization code flow. The first step is to call the /authorize endpoint. I have tried to do this and received the expected query params (c...
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Hello! We've been receiving many intermittent 404 errors upon hitting the Add Items to Playlist route through the Spotify Web API. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong the playlists in question here (They exist when we look them up via their URI a...
Hello! We've been receiving many intermittent 404 errors upon hitting the Add Items to Playlist route through the Spotify Web API. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong the playlists in qu...
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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 IssueHi,I was wondering if someone could reach out. The only user who can actually integrate with ...
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 Hi, ...
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Does anyone know if Spotify has, or plans on implementing, an API reference point for where an artist is located (ie. city or country)?
Does anyone know if Spotify has, or plans on implementing, an API reference point for where an artist is located (ie. city or country)?
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My Question or Issue: When making a call to the /reccomendations endpoint, I get a seemingly regular response to the API call, except the tracks array is empty. Call code: Response:{"tracks" : [ ],"seeds" : [ {"initialPoolSize" : 0,"afterFilteringSiz...
My Question or Issue: When making a call to the /reccomendations endpoint, I get a seemingly regular response to the API call, except the tracks array is empty. Call code: &n...
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I am trying to play a track on my app using spotify-web-api-node: https://github.com/caseysiebel/spotify-clone/blob/main/components/Song.tsx#L19 When I fire off this call to spotifyApi.play(), I am getting this error back WebapiRegularError: An error...
I am trying to play a track on my app using spotify-web-api-node: https://github.com/caseysiebel/spotify-clone/blob/main/components/Song.tsx#L19 When I fire off this call to ...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany My Question or Issue Hi! I have the following problem: I have programmed a Twitch Bot that allows the broadcaster to control the Spotify account or to request songs through the Twitch chat. It all works great, except that I ...
Plan Premium Country Germany My Question or Issue Hi! I have the following problem: I have programmed a Twitch Bot that allows the broadcaster to control the Spotify account or t...
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My Question or Issue Do URIs expire after a certain amount of time?Can we be confident that they are permanent?(Assuming an artist does not reupload a resource)
My Question or Issue Do URIs expire after a certain amount of time? Can we be confident that they are permanent? (Assuming an artist does not reupload a resource)
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I am developing an app which will allow users to publish their playlists to a feed. However in order to visit the feed, published playlists will have to be fetched one by one (as the current spotify api does not have an endpoint to fetch multiple pla...
I am developing an app which will allow users to publish their playlists to a feed. However in order to visit the feed, published playlists will have to be fetched one by one (as the current spotify ...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi. I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs. It let's you create, edit and remove Bookmarks for an albums (I use it mostly for Audio Books) but works also for podcast e...
Plan Premium Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hi. I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs. It let's you create, edit a...
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Hey folks, we didn't get this answered so I'm posting it again. Is there a reason why so many tracks are missing previewURL? We are not getting previewURL for like 70% of the songs. For example, adding the "Happier than Ever" song by Billie Eillish a...
Hey folks, we didn't get this answered so I'm posting it again. Is there a reason why so many tracks are missing previewURL? We are not getting previewURL for like 70% of the songs. For exam...
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Hi guys, does anyone know if I can use spotify API for commercial uses? I've got a website and an app where I want to use spotify for searching and displaying what song was currently played. Thank you for every response
Hi guys, does anyone know if I can use spotify API for commercial uses? I've got a website and an app where I want to use spotify for searching and displaying what song was currently played. ...
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PlanFreeCountryUkraineDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHow do I get sound from the API? I can't find the path to the sound. I am using Node.js spotifyApi.getTrack("7dK87kjEyN7nMoxF57AT9R").then(function(data) { console.log(data....
Plan Free Country Ukraine Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue How do I get sound from the API? I can't find the path to the sound. I am using Node.js ...
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I realize there are probably good and/or legal reasons why you can't control Sonos devices via the Spotify API, but it is super-annoying to learn about this only once you're ready to try your code on various devices. Can this be better documented in ...
I realize there are probably good and/or legal reasons why you can't control Sonos devices via the Spotify API, but it is super-annoying to learn about this only once you're ready to try your code on...
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I'm trying to update the tracks in a playlist using the playlists/playlist_id/tracks PUT action, as described at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks.I'm using this curl comman...
I'm trying to update the tracks in a playlist using the playlists/playlist_id/tracks PUT action, as described at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-...
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbo...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePixel 3a Virtual Device (API 28)Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 Pie My Question or IssueI'm using the AuthenticationRequest and AuthenticationClient to connect a Spotify account to my app. After testing a few times with instal...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3a Virtual Device (API 28) Operating System Android 9.0 Pie My Question or Issue I'm using the AuthenticationRequest and AuthenticationC...
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