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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Not a fan of the newly styled Reference docs - the old docs were great The new version changed the categories in a way that doesn't make sense. For example, the Browse category was removed and now "Get Recommendations" is under "Artists", even though...
Not a fan of the newly styled Reference docs - the old docs were great The new version changed the categories in a way that doesn't make sense. For example, the Browse category was removed a...
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Is it possible to return the album popularity from the following request: https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums I only seem to be able to get this from searching albums individually with https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/{id} This is not ide...
Is it possible to return the album popularity from the following request: https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums I only seem to be able to get this from searching albums ind...
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Is it possible to get the playlists belonging to an artist via API?Like this one:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dO4VJmUhpC8Zcl3k62IDI Which can be found on the Artists page:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0F3Aew9DSd6fb6192K1K0Y
Is it possible to get the playlists belonging to an artist via API? Like this one: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dO4VJmUhpC8Zcl3k62IDI Which can be found on the Artists page: htt...
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At Spotify API document, Get Currently Playing Track API response document is not showing expected data, It shows template engine code. I confirmed other status codes than 200 are working as expected. I checked some other API response document works ...
At Spotify API document, Get Currently Playing Track API response document is not showing expected data, It shows template engine code. I confirmed other status codes than 200 are working as exp...
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My Question or IssueHello,I am unable to login to my account using the browser(Firefox or Chrome). When I fill in my credentials and click "Login" I get a red error notification "Oops, Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area...
My Question or Issue Hello, I am unable to login to my account using the browser(Firefox or Chrome). When I fill in my credentials and click "Login" I get a red error notification "Oops, Somethin...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm currently looking for uri commands for common usabilityplaypausenext songshufflerepeat albumrepeat songCurrently the only one available is the uri command to open...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm currently looking for uri commands for common usability play pause next song shuf...
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PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a track in my playlist which I expect to find with the search query "artist:Method Man, Jones Ink AND track:Day Ones" but I get no results.I can however find ano...
Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a track in my playlist which I expect to find with the search query "artist:M...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States My Question or IssueI am working on an app that requires music playback to be precisely synchronized with in-app events. I am updating the information about user playback using the v1/me/player endpoint to get the curr...
Plan Premium Country United States My Question or Issue I am working on an app that requires music playback to be precisely synchronized with in-app events. I am updating the information...
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Hi, I am attempting to publish an app that uses the Spotify iOS SDK to generate playlists and manage the playback of music. But it is being rejected by Apple due to it requiring the Spotify app to be installed in order to use my app. Although offload...
Hi, I am attempting to publish an app that uses the Spotify iOS SDK to generate playlists and manage the playback of music. But it is being rejected by Apple due to it requiring the Spotify ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemmacOS 12.0 IssueSearch API incorrect result for query 'Smok Dance Tonight'https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=Smok%20Dance%20Tonight&type=track&market=&limit=&offset=&include_external= However ...
Plan Premium Country UK Operating System macOS 12.0 Issue Search API incorrect result for query 'Smok Dance Tonight' https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=Smok%20Da...
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I want to play a random song from user saved songs using Spotify Web API. I test it here https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-play/ Putting this into request body { "context_uri": "spotify:user:malnen132:collection", "offset": { "position": 5 },...
I want to play a random song from user saved songs using Spotify Web API. I test it here https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-play/ Putting this into request body { "context_uri":...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 11 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 14.7.1.) My Question or IssueOur app is using iOS Spotify SDK to manage user playlists. The app use SPTSessionManager to authenticate the user It is working fine in 8.6.56 but it i...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 11 Pro Max) Operating System (iOS 14.7.1.) My Question or Issue Our app is using iOS Spotify SDK to manage user playlists. The app use...
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I have seen multiple webpages that include some sort of collage generators for LastFM and Spotify in the same webpage, so I was wondering ¿What are the limits of the Prohibited Aplicatons rule 5? Do not create any product or service which is integrat...
I have seen multiple webpages that include some sort of collage generators for LastFM and Spotify in the same webpage, so I was wondering ¿What are the limits of the Prohibited Aplicatons rule 5? &n...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop / Firefox / ChromeOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am currently considering to develop a Spotify-enabled webapp using the Web API in conjunction with the Web Playback SDK.I established the basic fun...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop / Firefox / Chrome Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I am currently considering to develop a Spotify-enabled webapp using the ...
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PlanPremiumCountry: USA DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS 11.5.1 My Question or IssueI've got my test app running for myself, but when I add another user they always get the 403 from the /me endpoint saying "User not registered in the Devel...
Plan Premium Country: USA Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS 11.5.1 My Question or Issue I've got my test app running for myself, but when I add another user they ...
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I am working on an app that uses the SpotifyAppRemote package to control playbackfrom spotify. I currently am using only built-in authentication. I do not need more that this.Is there a limit to the number of users that I can have install my app?
I am working on an app that uses the SpotifyAppRemote package to control playback from spotify. I currently am using only built-in authentication. I do not need more that this. Is there a limit to ...
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I run a small record label, so I have the access to approx 30-40 artist profiles. I have a few playlists that I promote with ads - where I place my artists' songs too.Right now I track the playlists' performance by going to each added song's playlist...
I run a small record label, so I have the access to approx 30-40 artist profiles. I have a few playlists that I promote with ads - where I place my artists' songs too. Right now I track the playlist...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Macbook Pro late 2020) My Question or IssueHi, seems that the guides portal of Web API Docs is not working. It is an empty page for my side. Anyone encountered similar issue?
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (Macbook Pro late 2020) My Question or Issue Hi, seems that the guides portal of Web API Docs is not working. It is an empty page for my side. A...
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Hi, I made an app using Spotify's API, it's not commercial in any way. So far only me and some of my friends have been messing around with it. I was wondering if there's a way to submit it to the Spotify developer showcase? It's hosted on one of my i...
Hi, I made an app using Spotify's API, it's not commercial in any way. So far only me and some of my friends have been messing around with it. I was wondering if there's a way to submit it to the Spo...
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Snippet from COMPLYING WITH SPOTIFY'S DEVELOPER POLICY Disallowed Use case:DJ/Mixes: Using Spotify’s catalog to segue, mix, re-mix, or overlap any Spotify Content with any other audio content (including other Spotify content). I am playing around wit...
Snippet from COMPLYING WITH SPOTIFY'S DEVELOPER POLICY Disallowed Use case: DJ/Mixes: Using Spotify’s catalog to segue, mix, re-mix, or overlap any Spotify Content with any other ...
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