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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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Posting Tracks at social networks

Hello! I'm an artist! "Charlie Spot" and i found kind of "bug" with sharing links on social media. Doing that action... only shows the name of the "first" artist and that is not fair for the others artists registered in the same track. i have attache...

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Hello!   I'm an artist! "Charlie Spot"   and i found kind of "bug" with sharing links on social media.   Doing that action... only shows the name of the "first" artist and that i...

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Is there a String Length Limit for the Search Endpoint Query String

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceiMac Late 2014Operating SystemmacOS Big Sir 11.6.4 (20G417) My Question or IssueWhen I attempt to execute the following query, either with Python or with the Spotify Developer Console, I get a 404 error. Does this erro...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device iMac Late 2014 Operating System macOS Big Sir 11.6.4 (20G417)   My Question or Issue When I attempt to execute the following query, either with Pyt...

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new_releases endpoint seem incomplete

PlanPremiumCountryFR DeviceAPI through Spotipy My Question or IssueHi,I'm trying to build something to gather album releases from a specific genre but the API response seem not return all the album. For example at this date if you call the API you wi...

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Plan Premium Country FR   Device API through Spotipy   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm trying to build something to gather album releases from a specific genre but the API response s...

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How to solve the INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI error

My Question or Issue I have made a Spotify clone with react integrated with the Spotify Api. The app only has a client side I have deployed the app to netlify. Upon pressing the login button on the homepage, the get request is sent to the API to auth...

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My Question or Issue   I have made a Spotify clone with react integrated with the Spotify Api. The app only has a client side I have deployed the app to netlify.   Upon pressing the log...

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Playlist stops playing when It is in a miminzed tabs group in Chrome

Repro steps:1. Create a new tabs group including Spotify web.2. Start playing a playlist.3. Minimize tabs group.And finally, when the song that is playing ends the playlist'll stop abruptly for no reason.To create tabs group in Chrome:Right click in ...

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Repro steps: 1. Create a new tabs group including Spotify web. 2. Start playing a playlist. 3. Minimize tabs group. And finally, when the song that is playing ends the playlist'll stop abruptly f...

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Search API endpoint changed expected response

Hi, I just noticed that the Search endpoint is not returning the same results as of yesterday. For example if I used this query before: ```track:Electric Fling artist:Stefano Breda``` it would respond with like 20 items similar to that search [amongs...

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Hi, I just noticed that the Search endpoint is not returning the same results as of yesterday.    For example if I used this query before: ```track:Electric Fling artist:Stefano Bred...

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Error 403 when starting playback on Discover Weekly

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceHomeAssistant VM initiating playback to Google Home MiniOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueI have been having an issue with initiating playback of the Discover Weekly Playlist from HomeAssistant. I finally narrowed th...

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Plan Premium Country US Device HomeAssistant VM initiating playback to Google Home Mini Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue I have been having an issue with initiating playba...

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Get location information about artist

Hi all, I have two questions regarding the "mostly listened to" location information about an artist:is it possible to retrieve this information via the API?if so, is it also possible to get a history of the locations and their respective counts?I ha...

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Hi all,   I have two questions regarding the "mostly listened to" location information about an artist: is it possible to retrieve this information via the API? if so, is it also possible t...

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Academic use of the Spotify Web API

I'm a university student. I want to use the data of the Spotify Web API (only audio features and analysis data of the tracks, not user data) for my research and graduation thesis.I don't use this commercially. How do I have to write about the citatio...

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I'm a university student. I want to use the data of the Spotify Web API (only audio features and analysis data of the tracks, not user data) for my research and graduation thesis. I don't use this c...

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SPTAudioStreamingController throwing "Wrong username or password" when login player with accessToken

Hi, In my iOS application I am login user through SPTSessionManager and saving the given accessToken, refreshToken and expiration date. Later I refresh the access token 5 mins before the expiration. I want to play tracks using SPTAudioStreamingContro...

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Hi,  In my iOS application I am login user through SPTSessionManager and saving the given accessToken, refreshToken and expiration date. Later I refresh the access token 5 mins before the expir...

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Developer question integrating spotify in mobile app
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Obtaining authorization from Spotify to stream their content in my app

I have developed an app that utilizes the Spotify iOS SDK. Unfortunately, when I submitted my app to the Apple App Store, it was rejected. Apple provided the following information: “To resolve this issue, please attach documentary evidence in the App...

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I have developed an app that utilizes the Spotify iOS SDK. Unfortunately, when I submitted my app to the Apple App Store, it was rejected. Apple provided the following information:   “To resol...

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What timestamp does played_at for recently played songs refer to?

My Question or IssueDoes the timestamp played_at refer to the time the track started playing, the time it finished playing or other? The documentation for this api call is unfortunately quite incomplete, it doesn't even say what it returns (ok it say...

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My Question or Issue Does the timestamp played_at refer to the time the track started playing, the time it finished playing or other?   The documentation for this api call is unfortunately qu...

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Getting saved tracks returns inconsistent result for different offsets

PlanPremiumCountryGB DeviceIt's dev APIOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueLast 2-3 days I started observing a strange behaviour - I'm requesting all the saved tracks for a user and for some of requests the API returns an empty result even though...

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Plan Premium Country GB   Device It's dev API Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue Last 2-3 days I started observing a strange behaviour - I'm requesting all the saved tra...

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API search special characters

Hi, I'm trying to use the web API to search for songs and it seems like when I have some special characters in the search parameters it fails to find any songs. A very simple example of this is:```track:I'll Call You Mine artist:girl in red album:if ...

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Hi,   I'm trying to use the web API to search for songs and it seems like when I have some special characters in the search parameters it fails to find any songs.   A very simple exampl...

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API: search endpoing not responding

PlanPremiumCountryChileServiceSpotify Web API My Question or IssueI am trying to retrive search results using https://api.spotify.com/v1/search but it is not responding since this afternoon.

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Plan Premium Country Chile Service Spotify Web API   My Question or Issue I am trying to retrive search results using  https://api.spotify.com/v1/search but it is not respo...

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API Authorization header doesn't follow HTTP spec

Hi, I've found that the Authorization header doesn't follow the HTTP spec (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). The spec says the scheme can be case insensitve, however Spotify's API expects it to be case-sensitive, that is, it...

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Hi,   I've found that the Authorization header doesn't follow the HTTP spec (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). The spec says the scheme can be case insensitve, howeve...

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error spotify-remote

PlanPremiumCountryBRASILOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueI'm using spotify-remote sdk, but when I try to connect to running spotify, it returns the following error: connectToSpotify failed with: Indicates the user did not authorize this cli...

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Plan Premium Country BRASIL Operating System Android My Question or Issue I'm using spotify-remote sdk, but when I try to connect to running spotify, it returns the following error:   c...

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Hi, I'd like to use the Spotify SDK to allow playback on a landing page

Is there a way that I can play back audio on a landing page using the SDK without it mirroring what's on my account? I'm really just looking to populate audio data and play audio content on the page using both the API and the SDK

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Is there a way that I can play back audio on a landing page using the SDK without it mirroring what's on my account? I'm really just looking to populate audio data and play audio content on the page...

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React/NodeJS App Spotify Auth Refused to connect to 'https://stats.g.doubleclick.net/j/collect ... '

DeviceWindows PC Operating SystemWindows 10 BrowserChrome My Question or IssueHi! Having an issue with Spotify Auth on my app.https://aim-beats-game.herokuapp.com/ Getting the following error after clicking the login button. Refused to connect to 'ht...

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Device Windows PC   Operating System Windows 10   Browser Chrome   My Question or Issue Hi!   Having an issue with Spotify Auth on my app. https://aim-beats-game.hero...

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Remote-Control API Monetisation Request + Users/Rate-Limits Query

Hi there,I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Developer API. I wanted to ask about rough rate limits, as well as make a special request regarding monetising my app whilst using certain API endpoints.My app is a running app, designed to help yo...

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Hi there, I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Developer API. I wanted to ask about rough rate limits, as well as make a special request regarding monetising my app whilst using certain API...

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