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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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Oncloud

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API for commercial uses

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

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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.   ...

Hubo

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How do I get sound from the API?

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....

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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   ...

Hubo

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Please document that the API doesn't support Sonos devices

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 ...

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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...

thlucas

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Update playlist tracks doesn't recognise "uris" parameter

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...

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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-...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Web API
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When my podcast will be finish the process?

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...

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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. Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbo...

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Blank Login Screen using AuthenticationClient

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...

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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...

Ryuloki

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Not Able to Authenticate When Spotify is Installed

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. I was testing with no issues:- Launch...

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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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Lack of Parental Controls/Delete Listening History Function

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceiPadOperating System(iOS 15)My Question or IssueMy nephew has an iPad and I love letting him listen and connect with music. I had toggled the explicit settings to off, but it somehow got turned back on (I wouldn't be surprised ...

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Plan Free Country US Device iPad Operating System (iOS 15) My Question or Issue My nephew has an iPad and I love letting him listen and connect with music. I had toggled the explicit setting...

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parental controls
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google login for third-party app

Hi, We have developed a third party app that uses the Spotify web API. When logging in, the options that work are manually entering the username and password, Facebook, and apple, but google login returns a disallowed_agent error. I guess this is bec...

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Hi,   We have developed a third party app that uses the Spotify web API. When logging in, the options that work are manually entering the username and password, Facebook, and apple, but google...

Aidenowen2

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How can we play a song in iOS native app using Spotify Web Playback SDK?

PlanPremium My Question or Issue What I have tried is I have made one HTML page and used this page in SFSafariController and played a song but I am facing some issues. (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/)1. How ...

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Plan Premium   My Question or Issue   What I have tried is I have made one HTML page and used this page in SFSafariController and played a song but I am facing some issues. (https://de...

tessbianchi

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Monetization options of iOS app that only does playback Directly Through Spotify App

If I were to create an iOS app using the iOS Spotify SDK, but didn't stream any music directly through the app and instead relied on creating and modifying playlists, playing certain playlists, and starting/stopping the music playing out of the actua...

Newbie

If I were to create an iOS app using the iOS Spotify SDK, but didn't stream any music directly through the app and instead relied on creating and modifying playlists, playing certain playlists, and s...

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Include Playlist metadata in api response / new endpoint

Hello, I would like to propose the idea of including all/more relevant metadata about a playlist in the endpoint available to us developers. I think a lot of apps/creators would benefit from more extensive data, that is already there but not availabl...

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Hello, I would like to propose the idea of including all/more relevant metadata about a playlist in the endpoint available to us developers. I think a lot of apps/creators would benefit from more e...

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Cloning Spotify and Cloning in General

Hey, I just graduated and I am trying to get some experience by cloning things I use. I emailed the company telling them I loved the product and that I wanted to clone it. Since they only have a mobile App, I wanted to make a web version of it so I a...

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    Hey, I just graduated and I am trying to get some experience by cloning things I use. I emailed the company telling them I loved the product and that I wanted to clone it.   Si...

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Solved!! Spotify API Not Returning All Public Playlists Owned by Spotify

PlanPremium CountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue For a small project I was working on, I wanted to look through Spotify's provided playlists. Using the user playlists API call, I was able to retrieve about 1400 playlists. Howeve...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue   For a small project I was working on, I wanted to look through Spotify's provided play...

sdsanguesa

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403 Forbidden on API Calls

HiWe created an app using Laravel and our server is a cloud Linode in Frankfurt, It doesn't matter what api do we call, everything returns 403, even the AUTH api returns 403 forbidden without any other information.Is it possible that our server is ba...

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Hi We created an app using Laravel and our server is a cloud Linode in Frankfurt, It doesn't matter what api do we call, everything returns 403, even the AUTH api returns 403 forbidden without any o...

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NULL release_date with GET v1/playlists/{ID}/tracks

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: coding APIs in .NET on PCOperating System: Win 10 My Question or IssueFirst time poster here... I have a playlist for my podcasts. I like to keep them sorted by when they came out (release date). This is not fully pos...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: coding APIs in .NET on PC Operating System: Win 10   My Question or Issue First time poster here... I have a playlist for my podcasts. I like t...

SimonMazz

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Spotify stats or current_user_top_artists API call broken

I listen on quite a few devices (Echo, Android, Laptop), but using the current_user_top_artists API call, it seems clear that something isn't right. When I pull the results back for "short_term", I can see the following on the list (the first number ...

Music Fan

I listen on quite a few devices (Echo, Android, Laptop), but using the  current_user_top_artists API call, it seems clear that something isn't right. When I pull the results back for "short_te...

UnownUnknown

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Embed podcast is not working

PlanPremiumCountry Device( Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2019)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo.) Hello dear spotify team,Today I came across with an issue. The embed podcast is not working.For example in the Michelle Obama Podcast if I try ...

Visitor

  Plan Premium Country   Device ( Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2019) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo.)   Hello dear spotify team, Today I came across with ...

Hubo

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Solved!! Spotify Dev Console "Request token" throws "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI"

Plan: PremiumCountry: DEBrowser: Firefox The "Get token" button in seemingly every console request throws an "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI" error. (only tested it on 3 random console requests get-track get-new-releases get-artist) URL on erro...

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Plan: Premium Country: DE Browser: Firefox   The "Get token" button in seemingly every console request throws an "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI" error. (only tested it on 3 random con...

sedayesilyaka

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TypeError: Cannot add negative msPlayed value

Im bring to use the web api to play songs (one by one - not playlist)and I get the following at the html. [Error] TypeError: Cannot add negative msPlayed value: -9(anonymous function) (index.js:18:264819)(anonymous function) (index.js:18:259217)(anon...

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Im bring to use the web api to play songs (one by one - not playlist) and I get the following at the html.   [Error] TypeError: Cannot add negative msPlayed value: -9 (anonymous function) (...

jfost784

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