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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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Buffer object to initialize a buffer is deprecated in NodeJS

CountryUSMy Issuenew Buffer('clientId' + ':' + 'clientSecret').toString('base64')Buffer object needs statically allocated array to store buffer for a long time.I'm not sure why the documentation still has this as an example for the authorization code...

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Country US My Issue new Buffer('clientId' + ':' + 'clientSecret').toString('base64') Buffer object needs statically allocated array to store buffer for a long time. I'm not sure why the document...

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Invalid redirect uri after whitelisted redirect uris updated.

Hey, I've logged in to my spotify app many times and know how to make it work. Today I created a new subdomain and updated my redirect uris in my developer dashboard. The subdomain uses excatly the same scripts as my main domain that's still working,...

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Hey, I've logged in to my spotify app many times and know how to make it work. Today I created a new subdomain and updated my redirect uris in my developer dashboard. The subdomain uses excatly the s...

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How to obtain user email to input it on the developer dashboard

Hello! I'm implementing the Authorization Code Flow for my app. I can successfully POST the "/api/token" endpoint, but on other endpoints I get the following error:"User not registered in the Developer Dashboard" I'm aware that the user needs to be w...

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  Hello! I'm implementing the Authorization Code Flow for my app. I can successfully POST the "/api/token" endpoint, but on other endpoints I get the following error: "User not registered...

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Spotify information from API to Google Sheet via Apipheny

Hi all,I'm trying to get Spotify playlist information from the API into a Google Sheet via Apipheny.However, I seem to get duplicate rows and I cannot find if this is a limit of Apipheny or if I am doing something wrong. My request is as following: h...

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Hi all, I'm trying to get Spotify playlist information from the API into a Google Sheet via Apipheny. However, I seem to get duplicate rows and I cannot find if this is a limit of Apipheny or if ...

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Protecting Intellectual Property

My Question Hello, I have been working on my first app that uses Spotify's wonderful API and my product is showing decent progress. I am considering getting a quota extension but I am faced with a dilemma. I think my idea is good enough that Spotify'...

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My Question   Hello,   I have been working on my first app that uses Spotify's wonderful API and my product is showing decent progress. I am considering getting a quota extension but I ...

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API only working when I use sample data

Hi there,I am using reactjs and trying get track using the web API but it only works when I use the track id from sample id that I got from https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-track/which is - 11dFghVXANMlKmJXsNCbNlWhenever I try different IDs ...

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Hi there, I am using reactjs and trying get track using the web API but it only works when I use the track id from sample id that I got from  https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-track/ ...

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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...

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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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Inconsistent responses on all `/me/albums` routes.

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...

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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 Toke...

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Spotify developer API server down ?

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 ...

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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 g...

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SOLVED: Authorization endpoint returns unexpected query parameter

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...

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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 (c...

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Add Items to Playlist 404 Errors

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...

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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 qu...

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Can't authenticate my app with others (less than 25 users )

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 ...

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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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Artists' Location / Where they're from

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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Does anyone know if Spotify has, or plans on implementing, an API reference point for where an artist is located (ie. city or country)?

Hubo

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Solved!! Spotify /recommendations endpoint returning an empty array for tracks

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...

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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: &n...

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401 Permissions missing. When Attempting to Play Track.

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...

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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&nbsp...

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Can't request Quota Extension

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 ...

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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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Are Spotify URIs Permanent?

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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  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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Solved!! Web API ratelimit

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...

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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 ...

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Bookmark Manager App for Android

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...

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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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Missing previewURL

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...

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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 exam...

Hubo

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