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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
I have developed an app that utilizes the Spotify iOS SDK. Unfortunately, when I submitted my app to the Apple App Store, it was rejected. Apple provided the following information: “To resolve this issue, please attach documentary evidence in the App...
I have developed an app that utilizes the Spotify iOS SDK. Unfortunately, when I submitted my app to the Apple App Store, it was rejected. Apple provided the following information: “To resol...
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My Question or IssueDoes the timestamp played_at refer to the time the track started playing, the time it finished playing or other? The documentation for this api call is unfortunately quite incomplete, it doesn't even say what it returns (ok it say...
My Question or Issue Does the timestamp played_at refer to the time the track started playing, the time it finished playing or other? The documentation for this api call is unfortunately qu...
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PlanPremiumCountryGB DeviceIt's dev APIOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueLast 2-3 days I started observing a strange behaviour - I'm requesting all the saved tracks for a user and for some of requests the API returns an empty result even though...
Plan Premium Country GB Device It's dev API Operating System N/A My Question or Issue Last 2-3 days I started observing a strange behaviour - I'm requesting all the saved tra...
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Hi, I'm trying to use the web API to search for songs and it seems like when I have some special characters in the search parameters it fails to find any songs. A very simple example of this is:```track:I'll Call You Mine artist:girl in red album:if ...
Hi, I'm trying to use the web API to search for songs and it seems like when I have some special characters in the search parameters it fails to find any songs. A very simple exampl...
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PlanPremiumCountryChileServiceSpotify Web API My Question or IssueI am trying to retrive search results using https://api.spotify.com/v1/search but it is not responding since this afternoon.
Plan Premium Country Chile Service Spotify Web API My Question or Issue I am trying to retrive search results using https://api.spotify.com/v1/search but it is not respo...
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Hi, I've found that the Authorization header doesn't follow the HTTP spec (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). The spec says the scheme can be case insensitve, however Spotify's API expects it to be case-sensitive, that is, it...
Hi, I've found that the Authorization header doesn't follow the HTTP spec (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). The spec says the scheme can be case insensitve, howeve...
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PlanPremiumCountryBRASILOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueI'm using spotify-remote sdk, but when I try to connect to running spotify, it returns the following error: connectToSpotify failed with: Indicates the user did not authorize this cli...
Plan Premium Country BRASIL Operating System Android My Question or Issue I'm using spotify-remote sdk, but when I try to connect to running spotify, it returns the following error: c...
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Is there a way that I can play back audio on a landing page using the SDK without it mirroring what's on my account? I'm really just looking to populate audio data and play audio content on the page using both the API and the SDK
Is there a way that I can play back audio on a landing page using the SDK without it mirroring what's on my account? I'm really just looking to populate audio data and play audio content on the page...
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DeviceWindows PC Operating SystemWindows 10 BrowserChrome My Question or IssueHi! Having an issue with Spotify Auth on my app.https://aim-beats-game.herokuapp.com/ Getting the following error after clicking the login button. Refused to connect to 'ht...
Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10 Browser Chrome My Question or Issue Hi! Having an issue with Spotify Auth on my app. https://aim-beats-game.hero...
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Hi there,I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Developer API. I wanted to ask about rough rate limits, as well as make a special request regarding monetising my app whilst using certain API endpoints.My app is a running app, designed to help yo...
Hi there, I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Developer API. I wanted to ask about rough rate limits, as well as make a special request regarding monetising my app whilst using certain API...
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My Question or IssueI have been reading through the Widget Terms of Use and have some queries around some of the language used: "Section III: Licenses and Permissions3. 3. License to Spotify. You grant to us a paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, wo...
My Question or Issue I have been reading through the Widget Terms of Use and have some queries around some of the language used: "Section III: Licenses and Permissions 3. 3. License to Spo...
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I'm not a developer, but in order to find a track I've heard on Spotify I've decided to search for it with Python + Spotipy. track = "Thursday" results = sp.search(q="track:" + track, type="track") So far so good. However, that JSON doesn't return th...
I'm not a developer, but in order to find a track I've heard on Spotify I've decided to search for it with Python + Spotipy. track = "Thursday" results = sp.search(q=...
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https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/I want do discover my Chromecast and nest home but they wont show up unless already playing music. how would I go around this and make them available without having to start playback t...
https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ I want do discover my Chromecast and nest home but they wont show up unless already playing music. how would I go around this and m...
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs most Discord users know, Rythm and Groovy, 2 of the largest music bots on Discord, have received cease and desist orders from YouTube, forcing them to shut down their ...
Plan Free Country India Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue As most Discord users know, Rythm and Groovy, 2 of the largest music bots on Discord, have rec...
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayOperating SystemWindows and Ubuntu 18 My Question or IssueHi! I am delivering a master thesis on music recommendation based on content-based filtering. In that sense I am required to use the spotify api to both get audio featu...
Plan Premium Country Norway Operating System Windows and Ubuntu 18 My Question or Issue Hi! I am delivering a master thesis on music recommendation based on content-based filtering. In...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to make a GET request to the Spotify Web API for a track using simple JavaScript (I don't know curl), but it...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm trying to make a GET request to the Spo...
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I'm making a react-native app with the Spotify API, I'm using the Authorization Code Flow & and I'm on Development mode with only one user added in "Users and access" on my Spotify dashboard: my tester, who is a part of my Spotify Premium Duo. The ap...
I'm making a react-native app with the Spotify API, I'm using the Authorization Code Flow & and I'm on Development mode with only one user added in "Users and access...
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I've been trying to get some tracks' genres. I already know the genres are available under a track's album, but when I try to get the genres of the album, I only get an empty array in JSON (example below). {'album_type': 'album', 'artists': [{'extern...
I've been trying to get some tracks' genres. I already know the genres are available under a track's album, but when I try to get the genres of the album, I only get an empty array in JSON (example b...
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I would like to search for items not within Spotify's global universe of items, but rather only within the context of a given playlist. While I could implement a search myself if I had access to all items of a playlist at once, it would require me to...
I would like to search for items not within Spotify's global universe of items, but rather only within the context of a given playlist. While I could implement a search myself if I had acces...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: FranceDevice: Web APIOperating System: Ubuntu Hello, I'm trying to get the public status of the playlist with id 4LhrxxiWqYvmGCGZywiZAj .According to my player (linux client), this playlist is public. The 2 following requests to...
Plan: Premium Country: France Device: Web API Operating System: Ubuntu Hello, I'm trying to get the public status of the playlist with id 4LhrxxiWqYvmGCGZywiZAj . Accord...
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