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Changes to Web API

Folks, some news on changes to the web API has been posted on the Spotify For Developers blog. We want to reiterate the main message from the blog that we're committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all Spotify stakeholders. As such w...

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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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  • bartubrt
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Device automatically goes to standby and can't be used for pause/resume

So basically I have a script that resumes and pauses the playback on my device, and to do that I have a fixed device id specified. The problem is after some time Spotify goes into "Standby" and if I try to pause/resume by either my script or the butt...

  • Music Fan
  • So basically I have a script that resumes and pauses the playback on my device, and to do that I have a fixed device id specified. The problem is after some time Spotify goes into "Standby" and if I ...
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    Pause and Resume
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[Community][Developer] Need Artist Discography endpoints for Web API

I'm trying to pull non-duplicated an artist albums data from the Web API, as you guys get from your private API:https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query?operationName=queryArtistDiscography&variables= {"uri":"spotify:artist:6nxWCVXbOlEVRex...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm trying to pull non-duplicated an artist albums data from the Web API, as you guys get from your private API: https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query?operationName=queryArtistDiscogra...
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  • Developer
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Need Artist Discography endpoints for Web API

I'm trying to pull non-duplicated an artist albums data from the Web API, as you guys get from your private API:https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query?operationName=queryArtistDiscography&variables={"uri":"spotify:artist:6nxWCVXbOlEVRexS...

  • Casual Listener
  •   I'm trying to pull non-duplicated an artist albums data from the Web API, as you guys get from your private API: https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query?operationName=queryArtist...
  • Hubo
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Spotify SDK and Spotify App Remote

Hello,i have developed an Android-Widget for Spotify. I would like to sell this App on the Google App-Store. I have already read on different places the terms and conditions, which requirements the app should follow and so on, but it is still not cle...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, i have developed an Android-Widget for Spotify. I would like to sell this App on the Google App-Store. I have already read on different places the terms and conditions, which requirements t...
  • viabonito
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    selling apps
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Possible to integrate within Roku app?

Device(Roku)Operating System(Brighscript) My Question or IssueI head up a popular real estate search app/channel on Roku. We currently have iHeart integration where our users can play iHeart stations while browsing real estate listings. We would like...

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  • Device (Roku) Operating System (Brighscript)   My Question or Issue I head up a popular real estate search app/channel on Roku. We currently have iHeart integration where our users can pla...
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Private Session Enforce iOS + Android SDK

Hey! With the iOS and Android SDK, can the app we build utilising these SDK's enforce a PRIVATE SESSION ? Thank you!

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey! With the iOS and Android SDK, can the app we build utilising these SDK's enforce a PRIVATE SESSION ? Thank you!
  • tobikabla
  • Music Fan
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From ionic framework based android app, spotify app is not launching and playing playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceAny android appOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWe have an android app, which displays playlist and launch spotify app to play playlist selected. It used to work well but since last 2 weeks it is broken. The same ...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Any android app Operating System Android   My Question or Issue We have an android app, which displays playlist and launch spotify app to play playlist s...
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SpInit() returns 22 (kSpErrorEntropyFailure) on some Windows 10 systems

We are using the Spotify Embedded SDK version HEAD-v3.150.82-g4e955973 on our Windows 10 systems. Our implementation has passed certification with Spotify. Mostly it is working fine, but we occasionally run into customers who can't play music because...

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  • We are using the Spotify Embedded SDK version HEAD-v3.150.82-g4e955973 on our Windows 10 systems. Our implementation has passed certification with Spotify. Mostly it is working fine, but we occasiona...
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Web Player stops playing and player_state_changed and getCurrentState returning strange info

Hello, I'm using the Web Playback SDK for a little project at home.For the past weeks, I started to notice that the Web Player, randomly, stops playing. After a couple of hours of playing without issues, it stops playing when the song reaches the 10/...

  • Regular
  • Hello, I'm using the Web Playback SDK for a little project at home. For the past weeks, I started to notice that the Web Player, randomly, stops playing. After a couple of hours of playing with...
  • afonsorp
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Trying to figure out which account owns our client ID

We've got a Shopify app going but we don't know which account we used to set up the account. Is there any way to figure which email it's under? We've got the Client ID and Secret. The app has a lot of users now so creating a new app would be really i...

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  • We've got a Shopify app going but we don't know which account we used to set up the account. Is there any way to figure which email it's under?  We've got the Client ID and Secret.  Th...
  • ponny
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Rate limit

I have a couple of questions about how Rate Limits are applied.- Is there a way to get currently-playing end points without any rate limit?- Is there a commercial version of spotify API without any rate limit? [Plan: Premium Country: Spain/Bangladesh...

  • Visitor
  • I have a couple of questions about how Rate Limits are applied. - Is there a way to get currently-playing end points without any rate limit? - Is there a commercial version of spotify API without a...
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MIT app inventor

I built an app for android which gives access to spotify titles via the activity starter: The starter opens spotify with the required title (if the user has a spotify account only). But since the last update of the spotify app this doesn't work any m...

  • Visitor
  • I built an app for android which gives access to spotify titles via the activity starter: The starter  opens spotify with the required title (if the user has a spotify account only). But since t...
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Standardize 'market' parameter across Web API endpoints

Many endpoints of the Spotify Web API do allow to specify a 'market' query parameter. But the usage of this parameter is not equal across all endpoints, as some endpoints explicitly require the 'market' parameter and others do not. For example, the G...

  • Regular
  • Many endpoints of the Spotify Web API do allow to specify a 'market' query parameter. But the usage of this parameter is not equal across all endpoints, as some endpoints explicitly require the 'mark...
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Spotify API can play a playlist but not a track

Hello, so I have some code to play a spotify playlist on my device.The Problem is if I copy the Spotify URI of a playlist, everything works fine. But if I copy the spotify URI of a track, I get an error saying Could not find this Context URI.(In case...

  • Music Fan
  • Hello, so I have some code to play a spotify playlist on my device. The Problem is if I copy the Spotify URI of a playlist, everything works fine. But if I copy the spotify URI of a track, I get an ...
  • Hubo
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  • 2657 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Desktop Windows
    Web API
    Web Playback API
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Is there an API endpoint available for requesting a download of data?

I am looking for a way to use the Spotify API to request a download of my user data, in the same way that this can be done using Profile --> Privacy Settings --> Download your data --> Send email --> "We are preparing your data file. This can take up...

  • Visitor
  • I am looking for a way to use the Spotify API to request a download of my user data, in the same way that this can be done using Profile --> Privacy Settings --> Download your data --> Send ...
  • Hubo
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  • backup
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Solved!! Is there a web API to delete a playlist

Hi, I am trying to look for a Spotify Web API that will delete a playlist. I only found Unfollow playlist API from the web documentation. Is the Unfollow playlist API same as deleting a playlist? Regards,Newbie Spotify Dev

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I am trying to look for a Spotify Web API that will delete a playlist.   I only found Unfollow playlist API from the web documentation.   Is the Unfollow playlist API same ...
  • cttan08
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix playlists

How can I get current user's Daily Mix playlists via API?

  • Music Fan
  • How can I get current user's Daily Mix playlists via API?
  • link2use
  • Casual Listener
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  • 2 replies
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    recommendation
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Token Retrieval for client side rendered apps

PlanFree Operating SystemLinux Tech StackNodeJS, Angular 10 My Question or Issue I am having an issue with the flow of the authentication process; i'll start off by saying I do not have issues with getting the access token but rather, how I can utili...

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  •   Plan Free   Operating System Linux   Tech Stack NodeJS, Angular 10   My Question or Issue   I am having an issue with the flow of the authentication process; i'...
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Being returned empty array from user's top artists

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter getting an access token back from my refresh token, I use it to fetch the top artists of the account associated with the access token. However, the users top artists keep re...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue After getting an access token back from my refresh token, I use it to fetch the top artists of the account ...
  • vaclav20210
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    refresh token
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is device id dynamic?

The get devices endpoint return data which contains device id like this { "devices": [ { "id": "5fbb3ba6aa454b5534c4ba43a8c7e8e45a63ad0e", "is_active": false, "is_private_session": true, "is_restricted": false, "name": "My fridge", "type": "Computer"...

  • Regular
  • The get devices endpoint return data which contains device id like this   { "devices": [ { "id": "5fbb3ba6aa454b5534c4ba43a8c7e8e45a63ad0e", "is_active": fa...
  • dzungnguyen179
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