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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...
PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States Operating SystemWindows 10, macOS My Question or IssueThis is for a course in uni but we are currently attempting to create an application where users can sign in with their Spotify ID and we can use their data of...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10, macOS My Question or Issue This is for a course in uni but we are currently attempting to create an applica...
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Hi there,When loading a user library items (albums, playlists, songs), the url to the next page of items includes spaces that can break implementations where these spaces create a malformed url—for example, in Swift, URL(string: next) fails if the sp...
Hi there, When loading a user library items (albums, playlists, songs), the url to the next page of items includes spaces that can break implementations where these spaces create a malformed url—f...
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Device(Pixel 4a, iPhone 13)Operating System(Android 11, iOS 15) I get an uncaught error when loading the SDK on mobile devices: EMEError: Failed to execute 'createMediaKeys' on 'MediaKeySystemAccess': MediaDrmBridge creation failed This looks to be a...
Device (Pixel 4a, iPhone 13) Operating System (Android 11, iOS 15) I get an uncaught error when loading the SDK on mobile devices: EMEError: Faile...
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It would be nice, to have an endpoint to toggle private session via Web API.
It would be nice, to have an endpoint to toggle private session via Web API.
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I'm testing in a Poco X3 pro miui 12.0.2 android 11 the "Device Broadcast Status" is enabledThere is a Intent filter on android manifest filebut it does not work!However in android 8 the same code works fine!PlanFree/PremiumCountryBrazilDevicePoco X3...
I'm testing in a Poco X3 pro miui 12.0.2 android 11 the "Device Broadcast Status" is enabled There is a Intent filter on android manifest file but it does not work! However in android 8 the same c...
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Hello,I hope this is the right place to ask, but I’m currently looking for participants for my survey that I’m doing for my master thesis. The research deals with the relationship between agile practices and open source software development. Therefor...
Hello, I hope this is the right place to ask, but I’m currently looking for participants for my survey that I’m doing for my master thesis. The research deals with the relationship between agile pra...
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Plan Free Country Russian Federation Operating System Ubuntu My Question or Issue I am getting "error":"invalid_client" when trying to get Access Tokencurl --location --request POST 'https://accounts.spotify.com/token' \--header 'Content-Type: applic...
Plan Free Country Russian Federation Operating System Ubuntu My Question or Issue I am getting "error":"invalid_client" when trying to get Access Token curl --locatio...
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Hi, I’m making a website that creates a recommendation based on selected songs. Now I want to create a playlist without an account. So it would create a link which user would click and play on Spotify. Is this possible or do I need to create a user a...
Hi, I’m making a website that creates a recommendation based on selected songs. Now I want to create a playlist without an account. So it would create a link which user would click and play ...
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Hi Spotify, I'm trying to find out how the local files are stored. How can I move these files (that are in "Local files" within Spotify) to a playlist. In the API I can add songs to a playlist, but there's no description for local files. I'd love to ...
Hi Spotify, I'm trying to find out how the local files are stored. How can I move these files (that are in "Local files" within Spotify) to a playlist. In the API I can add songs to a playli...
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I m trying to user embed Spotify App Remote SDK in my app.When Spotify application was not in login in status, App Remote SDK was not able to redirect to Login in page of Spotify application. Does anyone know how to solve this? Thanks!
I m trying to user embed Spotify App Remote SDK in my app. When Spotify application was not in login in status, App Remote SDK was not able to redirect to Login in page of Spotify application. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceBackendOperating SystemLinux/Windows My Question or IssueHi,I'd like to create an application, which users of the application have to host themself to use it. I plan to develop a kind-of jukebox application. As a party ...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Backend Operating System Linux/Windows My Question or Issue Hi, I'd like to create an application, which users of the application have to host th...
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I am using the oauth flow with refresh_token and access_token, with the following scopes: 'user-read-private user-library-read playlist-read-private playlist-modify-private playlist-modify-public playlist-read-collaborative' I was able to successfull...
I am using the oauth flow with refresh_token and access_token, with the following scopes: 'user-read-private user-library-read playlist-read-private playlist-modify-private playlist-modify-pu...
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Hello, I am writing this post because I have found a possible bug/inconsistency in the API implementation. By using the endpoint “/v1/markets”, a list of all the available markets is returned. However, when testing the operation “get album by Id”, th...
Hello, I am writing this post because I have found a possible bug/inconsistency in the API implementation. By using the endpoint “/v1/markets”, a list of all the available markets is returned. Howeve...
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueWhat I need is only one Spotify account connected to my app and users of my app should be able to request songs to be added to the queue and then my backend would be the o...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue What I need is only one Spotify account connected to my app and users of my app should be able to requ...
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When logging in from our app, we're experiencing sporadic login failures. We see a generic error. Is anyone else experiencing this?Logging in from an Android Device.
When logging in from our app, we're experiencing sporadic login failures. We see a generic error. Is anyone else experiencing this? Logging in from an Android Device.
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I try to get the user's saved tracks (See API: https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-current-user-saved-tracks/)When doing so with a premium account, everything works as planned.But when I try it with a free account, i get "HTTP Error 403: Forbid...
I try to get the user's saved tracks (See API: https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-current-user-saved-tracks/) When doing so with a premium account, everything works as planned. But when...
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Hi, I'm trying to use the Web-API for a project.Everything was working fine, on load my app makes 2 requests to 1) endpoint /me2) endpoint /me/playlistsSuddenly the 2nd endpoint is now giving me a 429 status code WITHOUT a Retry After header, the fir...
Hi, I'm trying to use the Web-API for a project. Everything was working fine, on load my app makes 2 requests to 1) endpoint /me 2) endpoint /me/playlists Suddenly the 2nd endpoint ...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 Hello! I have the following problem. I would like to control several Spotify accounts with just 1 application. I've come this far. I made it so that when you click on a link, you have to register and agree, and ...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 Hello! I have the following problem. I would like to control several Spotify accounts with just 1 application. I've come this far. I made ...
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The last Spotify update introduced lyrics that synchronized with the rhythm. I mean that Spotify holds the data when each line in a song's lyrics is performed in the song.I'm looking for a method that sets the player to point a specific time accordin...
The last Spotify update introduced lyrics that synchronized with the rhythm. I mean that Spotify holds the data when each line in a song's lyrics is performed in the song. I'm looking for a method...
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I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but there is maybe some error with spotify dev. I am trying to submit a quota extension request, but when I attach screenshots of my app or a screencast, I'm getting an 'unauthorized' error.
I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but there is maybe some error with spotify dev. I am trying to submit a quota extension request, but when I attach screenshots of my app or a scre...
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