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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, I am trying to integrate the refresh_token authentication flow on my Spotify Web App with API/SDK. Currently I am able to get a new token periodically, but I am unsure about how to refresh this on the SDK Player end. My current implementation ...
Hello, I am trying to integrate the refresh_token authentication flow on my Spotify Web App with API/SDK. Currently I am able to get a new token periodically, but I am unsure about how to re...
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I've recently been looking into Spotify playback and how to use Web API SDK. Just wanted to share a workflow I though of to see if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions: Generating a Web API SDK access token through my appAny Spotify premium account...
I've recently been looking into Spotify playback and how to use Web API SDK. Just wanted to share a workflow I though of to see if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions: Generating a Web AP...
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Hi All, I'v been lurking on the forums for a while and saw that many people had issues setting their up their player (event hooks etc). To help speed up developing for inexperienced (experienced as well) users, I built an wrapper that does authentica...
Hi All, I'v been lurking on the forums for a while and saw that many people had issues setting their up their player (event hooks etc). To help speed up developing for inexperienced (experienced as w...
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Reading through the app questionnaire, I noticed several questions request information from an existing app (website, privacy agreement). I have an idea and have verified that it is possible to build what I'm looking for via the available Spotify API...
Reading through the app questionnaire, I noticed several questions request information from an existing app (website, privacy agreement). I have an idea and have verified that it is possible to ...
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I am trying to use the search API to find podcasts with a specific language. Because the language field isn't searchable I want to find all of those that use the specific characters for that country. I was thinking of looking for all of those that be...
I am trying to use the search API to find podcasts with a specific language. Because the language field isn't searchable I want to find all of those that use the specific characters for that cou...
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Dear Spotify team, We need immediate help; in our project we are using 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' to fetch playlist items. For better user experience for our users we need that in reverse order is it possible to query...
Dear Spotify team, We need immediate help; in our project we are using 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' to fetch playlist items. For better user experience for our users we...
Roadie
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There is an option to authorize user to use shows' API by client-ID.https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/ My Question or Issue 1. Is there any option to get authorization by sending username/email and passwor...
There is an option to authorize user to use shows' API by client-ID. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/ My Question or Issue 1. Is ther...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Laptop)Operating System(Linux) My Question or IssueWhen you click on your profile settings the option for 'Explicit Content' is disabled and shows the message 'Explicit content cant be played on this Family account'. I hav...
Plan Premium Country USA Device (Laptop) Operating System (Linux) My Question or Issue When you click on your profile settings the option for 'Explicit Content' is disabled and shows...
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PlanFree and PremiumCountryUK, UA Deviceall devices I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a template for embedding "Follow on Spotify" buttons on a website. But seems the "follow-f...
Plan Free and Premium Country UK, UA Device all devices I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a t...
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I want to build a website based heavily on the Spotify API, but I'm a little bit concerned about the rate-limiting. Obviously, it won't be a problem initially, but if my website gains in popularity, I end up risking hitting the rate limit. Does Spoti...
I want to build a website based heavily on the Spotify API, but I'm a little bit concerned about the rate-limiting. Obviously, it won't be a problem initially, but if my website gains in popularity, ...
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PlanPremiumCountryIreland My Question or Issue When following the authorisation flow, everything works as expected if I use just one scope. E.g. scopes = 'user-read-currently-playing'url = Request('GET', 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize',param...
Plan Premium Country Ireland My Question or Issue When following the authorisation flow, everything works as expected if I use just one scope. E.g.&n...
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Operating SystemiOS 14 & Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've made a web app that generates playlists with only songs the user hasn't listened to before. The problem: When the app sends the user to the generated playlist (via a Spotify URI) there some...
Operating System iOS 14 & Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've made a web app that generates playlists with only songs the user hasn't listened to before. The problem: W...
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How does one update the progress bar?Are we supposed to poll the API (ttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/)every X milliseconds and update the UI?
How does one update the progress bar? Are we supposed to poll the API (ttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/) every X milliseconds and update the UI?
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Hi there, Do donations count as a "commercial use" for SDAs, including streaming SDAs? These might be donations to my project, or to artists which I feature (I may take a 5% processing fee) Donations, of course, imply they are purely optional. Thanks...
Hi there, Do donations count as a "commercial use" for SDAs, including streaming SDAs? These might be donations to my project, or to artists which I feature (I may take a 5% processing fee) ...
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PlanFree/Premium (tested on accounts with both plans)CountryBelgiumDeviceSamsung J5 (2016 version) / laptopOperating SystemAndroid 6.0.1 / Windows 10 / Ubuntu My Question or IssueExample response:{ "device": { "id": "my_device_id", "is_active": true,...
Plan Free/Premium (tested on accounts with both plans) Country Belgium Device Samsung J5 (2016 version) / laptop Operating System Android 6.0.1 / Windows 10 / Ubuntu My Question or Is...
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Hi! I'm new here and have a question I've been playing around with the Spotify API and see that for a given artist, we can export albums and songs and attributes of those songs, but is there a way to export the artist's list of followers (e.g. into c...
Hi! I'm new here and have a question 🙂 I've been playing around with the Spotify API and see that for a given artist, we can export albums and songs and attributes of those songs, but is there a way...
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My Question or IssueWhen sending an request to: https://accounts.spotify.com/token Access to fetch at 'https://accounts.spotify.com/token' from origin 'http://localhost:3000' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is...
My Question or Issue When sending an request to: https://accounts.spotify.com/token Access to fetch at 'https://accounts.spotify.com/token' from origin 'http...
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PlanPremium Device(iPhone) My Question or Issue I have integrated Spotify API on my website. When an alarm goes off, a playing song will pause and play in few seconds. This does not work on iPhone after some time. (Probably because Spotify app gets s...
Plan Premium Device (iPhone) My Question or Issue I have integrated Spotify API on my website. When an alarm goes off, a playing song will pause and play in few seconds. ...
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My Question or IssueMy spotify embedded follow button seems to open spotify and then (without following) immediately opens google chrome with a message that says "You are logged in. This window should automatically close in a few seconds. If not, ple...
My Question or Issue My spotify embedded follow button seems to open spotify and then (without following) immediately opens google chrome with a message that says "You are logged in. This window sho...
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