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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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acorn221

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Filter by Popularity in Search API

I don't find anything related to popularity but the tag:hispter in search endpoint. I wanted to know if there's something more to use in an api call to retrieve only tracks with a specific popularity. Something like: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search...

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I don't find anything related to popularity but the tag:hispter in search endpoint. I wanted to know if there's something more to use in an api call to retrieve only tracks with a specific popularity...

ExCx

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Login Failed, "Something went wrong"

My Question or IssueHello,I am unable to login to my account using the browser(Firefox or Chrome). When I fill in my credentials and click "Login" I get a red error notification "Oops, Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area...

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My Question or Issue Hello, I am unable to login to my account using the browser(Firefox or Chrome). When I fill in my credentials and click "Login" I get a red error notification "Oops, Somethin...

kruemeline

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Solved!! Can my app have its own Spotify profile?

I'm developing an app using the Spotify API that will inevitably create a lot of playlists for people, but I am trying to avoid authenticating the user as much as possible since I don't really need their information for it to work. Is it possible for...

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I'm developing an app using the Spotify API that will inevitably create a lot of playlists for people, but I am trying to avoid authenticating the user as much as possible since I don't really need t...

bijx

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Serverless personal project - refreshing auth token solution

PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or Issue I am developing a very simple jukebox style app for purely personal use to control my queue and allow others to add songs to it at parties and gathering etc. It will only ever use or need permission to access...

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Plan Premium Country UK   My Question or Issue   I am developing a very simple jukebox style app for purely personal use to control my queue and allow others to add songs to it at pa...

Peter_Schorn

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Hardware Partner Application with no response

Free/Premium: FreeCountry: United StatesUse Case: Music integration for a Social RobotOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:Is there any way to get in contact with Spotify regarding the status of a Hardware Partner Application? My company subm...

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Free/Premium: Free Country: United States Use Case: Music integration for a Social Robot Operating System: Linux   My Question or Issue: Is there any way to get in contact with S...

JerreMeister

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Superuser Contribution Error at Web API after authentication

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceEdge/Chrome/Firefox Operating SystemWindows 10,Raspberry PI etcMy Question or IssueFriends, see, a successful sequence, the access_token is just retrieved, but when player.connect()is executed, internally it uses a websocket...

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  Plan Premium Country NL Device Edge/Chrome/Firefox   Operating System Windows 10,Raspberry PI etc My Question or Issue Friends, see, a successful sequence, the access_token is ...

egbertn

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Spotify Playlists Limited To 100 Tracks When Embedded

Hi, Please fix playlists so that they show ALL tracks when embedded. You can see on https://bansuribliss.com/listen that the playlists (which were embedded using Elementor/Wordpress) do not display more than 100 tracks, even though several of the pla...

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Hi, Please fix playlists so that they show ALL tracks when embedded. You can see on https://bansuribliss.com/listen that the playlists (which were embedded using Elementor/Wordpress) do not display m...

bansuribliss

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Entire Artist List

My Question or IssueOk new to the API and this forum so please bear with me ...I am looking at all these incredible apps that people have created (and they are awesome) and I was wondering if its possible to get an entire list of every artist that is...

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  My Question or Issue Ok new to the API and this forum so please bear with me ...I am looking at all these incredible apps that people have created (and they are awesome) and I was wondering ...

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403 Error returned from Create Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacBook Pro 2020Operating SystemBigSur 11 My Question or IssueHi Everyone, I am creating an app that uses Spotify's API within a react app, where you sign in with your spotify account using OAuth, from which I receive my acc...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device MacBook Pro 2020 Operating System BigSur 11   My Question or Issue Hi Everyone,   I am creating an app that uses Spotify's API within a react app,...

fireswan

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Building a database of audio features

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to build a database of the features of the top Billboard songs over time. I can pull the data for one or a few tracks, but it requires several steps.1. Find ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to build a database of the features of the top Billboard songs over time. I can p...

ajaske

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Client network socket disconnected before secure TLS connection was established

have received this error on web api all day Client network socket disconnected before secure TLS connection was established anyone else?

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have received this error on web api all day   Client network socket disconnected before secure TLS connection was established   anyone else?

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Superuser Contribution 403 error with message "An unknown error occurred."

PlanFreeCountry: Australia My Question or IssueI added users to the list to allow access to app in development mode. Working with web API, it authorises the users but then ends up in 403 error with message "An unknown error occurred." for all users e...

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Plan Free Country: Australia   My Question or Issue I added users to the list to allow access to app in development mode. Working with web API, it authorises the users but then ends up...

sachtbm

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403 Forbidden for URL -- accounts created through Facebook

Hello Spotify Developers, I am not sure if this is a bug, a security feature, or something I am not grasping, but I am planning an app which requires users to login through their spotify account and retrieves some information. Everything works as exp...

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Hello Spotify Developers,   I am not sure if this is a bug, a security feature, or something I am not grasping, but I am planning an app which requires users to login through their spotify ac...

Peter_Schorn

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Get other users tracks

I am trying to build a web app that takes the current users tracks and compares them against one of their followers/another user's tracks to make a shared playlist. My problem is that only the current logged in user's tracks seem to be available to r...

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I am trying to build a web app that takes the current users tracks and compares them against one of their followers/another user's tracks to make a shared playlist. My problem is that only the curren...

skyleguy

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Superuser Contribution Can't find commercial app integration request?

Hey, So much like the title says, I've done some research and figured I would need to request approval from spotify before making commercial use out of my web-based API app. However, while I did find the google forms link from a forum, I can't find t...

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Hey,   So much like the title says, I've done some research and figured I would need to request approval from spotify before making commercial use out of my web-based API app. However, while I...

pbonac

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Novel idea for increasing quality of spotify algorithm

Hi, I had a pretty novel idea about using transformers with raw audio data for MIR tasks for which few papers have been written. I think that at some point, I may publish a paper of my own. However, I would like to convey that idea to the spotify alg...

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Hi, I had a pretty novel idea about using transformers with raw audio data for MIR tasks for which few papers have been written. I think that at some point, I may publish a paper of my own.   ...

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Using the API for commercial use/with ads

Hi,We're currently developing a web-app, which will allow the users to (without signing in) stream various podcasts (have gotten the green light from the owners of the podcasts themselves) on our site. Since this is, so far, for personal use (and onl...

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Hi, We're currently developing a web-app, which will allow the users to (without signing in) stream various podcasts (have gotten the green light from the owners of the podcasts themselves) on our s...

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Is it possible/allowed to stream spotify music over a web server?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceN/AOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm not sure my question makes sense since i'm still new to web dev, but basically i want my application to:allow users to connect to a chat room with an access co...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device N/A Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm not sure my question makes sense since i'm still new to web dev, but basically i wa...

Peter_Schorn

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Scope extension approval

I submitted a scope extension request about a week and a half ago and have yet to receive a response from Spotify. I've submitted requests before for previous applications and usually received a response in the following day, so I find it kind of odd...

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I submitted a scope extension request about a week and a half ago and have yet to receive a response from Spotify. I've submitted requests before for previous applications and usually received a resp...

XanderTaylor

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