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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...
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...
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...
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Hello,I was looking at Web API but I couldn't find how to do following actions in my mobile project.Project is done in Unity/C#/.NET- Launch Spotify automatically to background.Currently user has to manually launch Spotify manually and that's very ba...
Hello, I was looking at Web API but I couldn't find how to do following actions in my mobile project. Project is done in Unity/C#/.NET - Launch Spotify automatically to background. Currently us...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceN/AOperating SystemWindows 10 / Office 365 My Question or IssueI would like to use Excel's Power Query to inspect my own account (playlists, favorites, albums, etc)What do I need to do to do this?
Plan Premium Country USA Device N/A Operating System Windows 10 / Office 365 My Question or Issue I would like to use Excel's Power Query to inspect my own account (playlists, favori...
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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 more than 100 tracks, even though several of the pla...
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...
Casual Listener
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Good evening. I have a question about the developer policy for commercial use. I'd like to build up an "extra service" using the developer api but I'm not sure If can monetize it for maintaining server and all that it's needed. In the spacific way, i...
Good evening. I have a question about the developer policy for commercial use. I'd like to build up an "extra service" using the developer api but I'm not sure If can monetize it for maintaining serv...
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It's been 2 weeks since I submitted my quote extension for my application. How long does this usually take? If I get rejected, I'll have to wait another month for review? So it takes a year to get approved if you have a lot of iterations? What's goin...
It's been 2 weeks since I submitted my quote extension for my application. How long does this usually take? If I get rejected, I'll have to wait another month for review? So it takes a year to get ap...
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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 their information for it to work. Is it possible for...
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...
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I am trying to create playlists in my own Spotify account using the Web API and the authorization workflows don't really make sense for my use case. Specifically, my use case is to write an app to migrate my Napster playlists (through their API) to S...
I am trying to create playlists in my own Spotify account using the Web API and the authorization workflows don't really make sense for my use case. Specifically, my use case is to write an app...
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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...
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...
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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...
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 ...
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This endpoint is very useful and it would be great if it could be used in free accounts
This endpoint is very useful and it would be great if it could be used in free accounts
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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...
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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I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a template for embedding "Follow artist on Spotify" buttons on a website. The domain on which the buttons are served from hosts thousands of a...
I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a template for embedding "Follow artist on Spotify" buttons on a website. The domain on whi...
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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 ...
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...
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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?
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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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...
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Please consider breaking the connection between volume and volume limit. If volume is set to lowest level and you adjust volume limit below 100%, it turns volume off (mute).This behavior prevent you to adjust sound level below the lowest level, which...
Please consider breaking the connection between volume and volume limit. If volume is set to lowest level and you adjust volume limit below 100%, it turns volume off (mute). This behavior prevent yo...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany Hello,I'm developing now an app/website using the Spotify API with the low code platform N8N (n8n.io). I have a problem to get Tracks from an Album and I always get the following response: ERROR: The service is receiving too...
Plan Premium Country Germany Hello, I'm developing now an app/website using the Spotify API with the low code platform N8N (n8n.io). I have a problem to get Tracks from an Album ...
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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. However, I would like to convey that idea to the spotify alg...
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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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...
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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