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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...
PlanPremiumCountryJapanDeviceMacbook Air (M1, 2020)Operating SystemmacOS Monterey 12.0.1 Nice to meet you."My user information(?)" suddenly doesn't work in "spotipy".For example, nothing happens inputing user id in "sp.user_playlists()", and "sp.user...
Plan Premium Country Japan Device Macbook Air (M1, 2020) Operating System macOS Monterey 12.0.1 Nice to meet you. "My user information(?)" suddenly doesn't work in "spotipy". For ...
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Hi, I'm trying to integrate the Web Playback SDK and play a video podcast, but when I specify the URI and play it - it only plays the audio. Is playing a video supported by the SDK? Thanks,M
Hi, I'm trying to integrate the Web Playback SDK and play a video podcast, but when I specify the URI and play it - it only plays the audio. Is playing a video supported by the SDK? &n...
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My web app is using the Spotify API to get all of the albums by multiple artists.I have to call https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-an-artists-albumsThe number of artists can easily be in the hundreds. Becau...
My web app is using the Spotify API to get all of the albums by multiple artists. I have to call https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-an-artists-albums The...
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PlanFreeCountrySpainDevicePCOperating SystemUbuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueIm trying to make an application web for eductional purpose.So far i tried this: '; $client_id = 'da145e8c4b304dc3875a8e79a062c927'; //$client_secret = ''; $client_secret = ...
Plan Free Country Spain Device PC Operating System Ubuntu 20.04 My Question or Issue Im trying to make an application web for eductional purpose. So far i tried this:  ...
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Hi, in a recent GitHub issue I was made aware that user IDs may contain hashes, and that when retrieving user information or e.g. playlists, one should URL-encode that hash to avoid passing it in as HTML id, which is stripped by the server. In the ca...
Hi, in a recent GitHub issue I was made aware that user IDs may contain hashes, and that when retrieving user information or e.g. playlists, one should URL-encode that hash to avoid passing it in as ...
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Hi, I'm running into a very weird issue with a playlist I created (uri spotify:playlist:40zpDuvEjmd5MxF9jrmo9R). I can't seem to make any changes to it any more, including updating the description (gives me an error: Failed to save playlist changes),...
Hi, I'm running into a very weird issue with a playlist I created (uri spotify:playlist:40zpDuvEjmd5MxF9jrmo9R). I can't seem to make any changes to it any more, including updating the description (g...
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Hello,I'm trying to use PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/playto change a song using Axios, and I had provided the token, but I keep getting 401 error of token not provided. Here is the code that I was using: const putRequest = async () => { c...
Hello, I'm trying to use PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play to change a song using Axios, and I had provided the token, but I keep getting 401 error of token not provided. ...
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I am a long time Spotify Premium user. I am also a long time IFTTT user too.I have a number of integrations with IFTTT and Spotify and in June/July this year they all stopped working due to Usage limits being exceeded. In particular I have one integr...
I am a long time Spotify Premium user. I am also a long time IFTTT user too. I have a number of integrations with IFTTT and Spotify and in June/July this year they all stopped working due to Usage...
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Does anyone know how I could go about requesting additional data be exposed via the Spotify API? Has anyone seen this done in the past? I am running a Zap that tweets every time someone adds a track to a collaborative playlist, and I’d love to GET th...
Does anyone know how I could go about requesting additional data be exposed via the Spotify API? Has anyone seen this done in the past? I am running a Zap that tweets every time someon...
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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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I'm trying to call the method to add a track to liked songs (https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks PUT). I successfully receive a token with the correct scope required for the method: { "access_token": "BQCSsuOjuleHbd7Nee9V2cOFBIROMivTLfJjPo1VHNjOEfj-...
I'm trying to call the method to add a track to liked songs (https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks PUT). I successfully receive a token with the correct scope required for the method:&nb...
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I submitted a scope extension request for playlist-read-collaborative a week ago, and have been waiting for a response. In the meantime I've realized I also need playlist-read-private.I'd hate to have to wait another couple of weeks for this request ...
I submitted a scope extension request for playlist-read-collaborative a week ago, and have been waiting for a response. In the meantime I've realized I also need playlist-read-private. I'd h...
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Spotify seems to smartly link multiple uploads of the same song in order to aggregate combined stats (play counts) and also relink between those version in case the original track is not available in a given market.From my testing, this linking goes ...
Spotify seems to smartly link multiple uploads of the same song in order to aggregate combined stats (play counts) and also relink between those version in case the original track is not available in...
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PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S21, PC Windows 11)Operating System( Windows 11.) My Question or IssueI am creating a little app that will automatically start a certain Podcast show, and will play the newest podcast episode....
Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S21, PC Windows 11) Operating System ( Windows 11.) My Question or Issue I am creating a little app that will automatic...
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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 and playing the 30 second preview works on Tinder. But when I add...
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 and p...
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Hello,with your api a developer or service can gain access to all the playlists a user is following and that are especially curated for him. But there is now way to distinguish a normal playlist, which is the same for every user, from a special curat...
Hello, with your api a developer or service can gain access to all the playlists a user is following and that are especially curated for him. But there is now way to distinguish a normal playl...
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I've submitted the quota extension recently and now when I check my dashboard, it's no longer. What happened to it? I need to use it asap.
I've submitted the quota extension recently and now when I check my dashboard, it's no longer. What happened to it? I need to use it asap.
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Is there a way to get the timbre bitmaps from the api? Or download them somewhere? The ones that are in the audio analysis documentation.
Is there a way to get the timbre bitmaps from the api? Or download them somewhere? The ones that are in the audio analysis documentation.
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Is there a way to generate the Spotify Aura map for a particular set of songs (playlist)? Either via the API, or using a python library? Does it involve using the timbre vectors and combining each of those images, and pick a primary and secondary col...
Is there a way to generate the Spotify Aura map for a particular set of songs (playlist)? Either via the API, or using a python library? Does it involve using the timbre vectors and c...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesClient ID29c8e5d97f2842358689c1237d110c99 My Question or IssueI was interested in integrating Spotify with the Roblox metaverse, allowing people to listen to music together. This would be to no benefit of my own and sim...
Plan Premium Country United States Client ID 29c8e5d97f2842358689c1237d110c99 My Question or Issue I was interested in integrating Spotify with the Roblox metaverse, allowing people to...
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