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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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stefanbathman

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API player doesn't start the newest podcast episode. Always the oldest one

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....

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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...

zoltankiss

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Missing previewURL

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...

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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 p...

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Detailed playlist types in API

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...

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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 playl...

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Superuser Contribution Quota extension request is gone?

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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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.   

spotifyjosh

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Find the timbre bitmaps

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 get the timbre bitmaps from the api? Or download them somewhere? The ones that are in the audio analysis documentation. 

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Generate Spotify Aura for a song

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...

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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 c...

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Metaverse Experience Integration

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Is it possible to retrieve user data for 'liked songs'/streamed songs?

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...

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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...

spotifyjosh

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Support for Quota Extension Request

I would like to have support for my rejected quota extension request. Because for the last two rejections;- Last one with no reason.- Previous one, The product or service is integrated with streams or content from another service.I have my app on htt...

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I would like to have support for my rejected quota extension request. Because for the last two rejections; - Last one with no reason. - Previous one,  The product or service is integrated wi...

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Urgent issue with song playing (iOS)

We have the Spotify Web Api configured and we are getting songs and displaying them in our app, that’s fine. Now, we want to play part of the song without going to into the Spotify app. I know that we can play songs through web api, but it requires p...

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We have the Spotify Web Api configured and we are getting songs and displaying them in our app, that’s fine. Now, we want to play part of the song without going to into the Spotify app. I know that w...

Hubo

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API to loop part of a track

Would be great to have an API to seamlessly loop part of a track.Like DJ apps loop 4, 8, 16, and 32 bars X number of time.

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Would be great to have an API to seamlessly loop part of a track. Like DJ apps loop 4, 8, 16, and 32 bars X number of time. 

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Superuser Contribution Get Playlist Items no longer returns episodes (Solved)

Edit: Turns out the episodes I was trying to access had all been removed by the author, but there were invisible entries left behind in the playlist returning null track object.

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Edit:  Turns out the episodes I was trying to access had all been removed by the author, but there were invisible entries left behind in the playlist returning null track object.

spotifyjosh

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution App has playlist-read-private scope, but private playlists aren't returned.

My recently approved app has playlist-read-private scope, but it when calling me/playlists private playlists aren't returned. Changing them to public allows them to be returned from that endpoint.If I try to retrieve the playlist by id, I can. But th...

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My recently approved app has playlist-read-private scope, but it when calling me/playlists private playlists aren't returned.  Changing them to public allows them to be returned from t...

spotifyjosh

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Set Volume - What Devices?

Out of all the Device Types, which ones can the volume be set for, via the Web API?I know for example that the volume can be set for "Computer" and can not be set for "Smartphone". Is there a known list of Devices (out of the full list below) that th...

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Out of all the Device Types, which ones can the volume be set for, via the Web API? I know for example that the volume can be set for "Computer" and can not be set for "Smartphone". Is there a k...

djmtdj

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Superuser Contribution [Mobile][Social] App Social idea

Hello Spotify my name is Sebastian Lara, I am currently a software developer and have been working on a Social Network app for half a year which uses spotify services. however, it is a powerful app and that's why i'm hard to complete it, although it'...

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Hello Spotify my name is Sebastian Lara, I am currently a software developer and have been working on a Social Network app for half a year which uses spotify services. however, it is a powerful app a...

MafeG

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Customize embed podcast

Is there any possibility to change for background and/or font colours in embed podcast?

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Is there any possibility to change for background and/or font colours in embed podcast?

Hubo

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Solved!! How Spotify:// links work?

I'm using Bravostudio, and I'm creating a little app to discover new music existing on Spotify.But i'm facing a little issue, i have 3 types of links availableWeb Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/album/1X02bJcdq5n81aUhyrOmMw URIspotify:album:1X02bJcdq...

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I'm using Bravostudio, and I'm creating a little app to discover new music existing on Spotify. But i'm facing a little issue, i have 3 types of links available Web Spotify https://open.spotify.co...

Hubo

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Solved!! Trouble Embedding Wrapped Playlist

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Duplicated on many devicesOperating System: Duplicated on Android, Mac, and Windows My Question or IssueWhen I go to export my "Your Top Songs 2021" playlist from wrapped, the embedded playlist that appears is not min...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Duplicated on many devices Operating System: Duplicated on Android, Mac, and Windows   My Question or Issue When I go to export my "Your Top Songs 2021" ...

Hubo

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"Click the button below to download the content from open.spotify.com."

Hello people! I need some help in regards to Adding a Spotify Embed for podcasts on Wordpress. To add the widgets I followed the usual steps (copying the URL or the embed code of the podcast episode and pasting it into my HTML file). However, instead...

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Hello people!   I need some help in regards to Adding a Spotify Embed for podcasts on Wordpress. To add the widgets I followed the usual steps (copying the URL or the embed code of the podcast...

Hubo

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Constant 503 errors from API

API is constantly returning "503 Service Unavailable" with response body "upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers". Previously it used to happen somewhat frequent but now all the requests are failing with this error. No matter wheth...

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API is constantly returning "503 Service Unavailable" with response body "upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers". Previously it used to happen somewhat frequent but now all the re...

markgrotskiy

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