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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...
Hi,I want to get the playlist IDs of all the playlists that exist on Sportify for my app development, and pass them to the "Get a Playlist" API to get the detailed data of the playlist. I know that the playlist IDs of playlists whose owner is "Sporti...
Hi, I want to get the playlist IDs of all the playlists that exist on Sportify for my app development, and pass them to the "Get a Playlist" API to get the detailed data of the playlist. I ...
Roadie
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It's not possible to hit the oembed endpoint from client-side JS. Try running this in your browser console on any non-Spotify domain: await fetch('https://open.spotify.com/oembed?url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6fHxL22apYBSywdSSZlp6h').then(r => r...
It's not possible to hit the oembed endpoint from client-side JS. Try running this in your browser console on any non-Spotify domain: await fetch('https://open.spotify.com/oembed?url...
Casual Listener
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I've been struggling with this issue for a few days now and I'm not sure what else I can do. I've tried clearing my cache in google chrome, turning off my ad blocker, clearing cookies, signing in and out, but I just can't get the button to appear for...
I've been struggling with this issue for a few days now and I'm not sure what else I can do. I've tried clearing my cache in google chrome, turning off my ad blocker, clearing cookies, signing in and...
Casual Listener
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Hi,I am creating a platform for Indi Artists in our Local Language and I am creating an app for it. Can I use the Spotify API to add tracks from Spotify in that language so that my users can listen to them on my app?Is there a usage quota? My app wil...
Hi, I am creating a platform for Indi Artists in our Local Language and I am creating an app for it. Can I use the Spotify API to add tracks from Spotify in that language so that my users can listen...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePC, MacOperating SystemLinux Ubuntu and Mac OS My Question or IssueAuthenticating my own user against the Spotify Web API through OAuth works well for a while, but I tried yesterday to authenticate another user (premium ...
Plan Premium Country France Device PC, Mac Operating System Linux Ubuntu and Mac OS My Question or Issue Authenticating my own user against the Spotify Web API through OAuth works we...
Casual Listener
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I would like to create a tool that generates a truly random Spotify song, but cannot find out how this could be done. I've considered two possible approaches, which come with the following questions: 1. Is there/will there be a way of getting a rando...
I would like to create a tool that generates a truly random Spotify song, but cannot find out how this could be done. I've considered two possible approaches, which come with the following questions:...
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My Question or IssueThe /v1/me/player/devices endpoint returns empty list even when a spotify device is open. Steps to reproduce:1. Open Spotify on your Windows desktop machine (do not play anything)2. Hit the /v1/me/player/devices endpoint. Notes: I...
My Question or Issue The /v1/me/player/devices endpoint returns empty list even when a spotify device is open. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Spotify on your Windows desktop machine (do not p...
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This can be evidenced via the Web Console or elsewhere. As the title suggests, when the personalization endpoint is sent a request for either artists or tracks with an offset set to 50 or greater:Expected: the items starting at the offset index would...
This can be evidenced via the Web Console or elsewhere. As the title suggests, when the personalization endpoint is sent a request for either artists or tracks with an offset set to 50 or gr...
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Hi, I tried to contact the Spotify support about this question and got redirected by them to the developer forum so here I go. I saw you are using a dependency called MobileMediaKitClient inside the iOS Spotify app, which is licensed under Mozilla Pu...
Hi, I tried to contact the Spotify support about this question and got redirected by them to the developer forum so here I go. I saw you are using a dependency called MobileMediaKit...
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My app is disabled and blocked and the email address for appealing is not showing up in the cases list when I click the "What does this mean" link. It says "Spotify has disabled your app. You can contact us at this email address if you wish to appeal...
My app is disabled and blocked and the email address for appealing is not showing up in the cases list when I click the "What does this mean" link. It says "Spotify has disabled your app. You can con...
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This is what mine looks like:Specifically, I need to be able to add test users so I can test out my app! But it looks like it's missing the ability to do so. I am using an older account where I'm logging in with my Spotify Username and I'm assuming t...
This is what mine looks like: Specifically, I need to be able to add test users so I can test out my app! But it looks like it's missing the ability to do so. I am using an older accoun...
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When calling GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player and the account doesn't have any device active/open, the endpoint returns a 204. However, this isn't documented here. It only lists a 200 status code. It would be nice to have this possible status...
When calling GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player and the account doesn't have any device active/open, the endpoint returns a 204. However, this isn't documented here. It only lists a 200 status ...
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We are a team of developers working on a product based on the SharePoint framework. The product we are working on has a couple of API integrations and one of them is Spotify's web player that is implemented using Spotify's Web SDK. A few months back ...
We are a team of developers working on a product based on the SharePoint framework. The product we are working on has a couple of API integrations and one of them is Spotify's web player that is impl...
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Country: Canada DeviceMacbook Pro 15 inch 2019Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.4 My Question or IssueWhen I call the spotify /v1/me/player/currently-playing api I receive a 401 response with message "Permissions missing". When I attempt to use the we...
Country: Canada Device Macbook Pro 15 inch 2019 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.4 My Question or Issue When I call the spotify /v1/me/player/currently-playing api I receive a ...
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The documentation for working with playlists through the API discusses snapshots IDs, which allow for sending requests to the API that modify a playlist concurrently. And you can include a snapshot ID in requests to remove tracks and reorder/replace ...
The documentation for working with playlists through the API discusses snapshots IDs, which allow for sending requests to the API that modify a playlist concurrently. And you can include a snapshot I...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(iPhone 6, Windows PC, etc)Operating System(Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi, I am writing a bot for Discord with music capabilities. I create a play command to play music. I want to get track or pla...
Plan Free/Premium Country Turkey Device (iPhone 6, Windows PC, etc) Operating System (Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi, I am writing a bot for Discord with music cap...
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Hi!who can explain this to me? + check the attachment picture....https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes {"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes?offset=0&limit=20","items": [],"limit": 20,"next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes?offset...
Hi! who can explain this to me? + check the attachment picture.... https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes { "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes?offset=0&limit=20", "items...
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Planpremium CountryallDeviceiPhone iPad and macOSOperating SystemIos15 My Question or IssueCan we use the Spotify SDK to build an application letting the user sharing music in a FaceTime call with the new feature of apple shareplay. Regarding the use...
Plan premium Country all Device iPhone iPad and macOS Operating System Ios15 My Question or Issue Can we use the Spotify SDK to build an application letting the user sharing ...
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PlanAllCountryAll DeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or Issue- I created an app recently and it seemed to work fine within my test users added via the dashboard.- I requested a quota extension to allow non-test accounts to login, it was approve...
Plan All Country All Device All Operating System All My Question or Issue - I created an app recently and it seemed to work fine within my test users added via the dashboard....
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I want to pull just the artist name and track name using the "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks" call. The documentation says "Fields can be excluded by prefixing them with an exclamation mark", so I've tried to narrow down th...
I want to pull just the artist name and track name using the "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks" call. The documentation says "Fields can be excluded by prefixing them wi...
Roadie
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