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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...
Many endpoints of the Spotify Web API do allow to specify a 'market' query parameter. But the usage of this parameter is not equal across all endpoints, as some endpoints explicitly require the 'market' parameter and others do not. For example, the G...
Many endpoints of the Spotify Web API do allow to specify a 'market' query parameter. But the usage of this parameter is not equal across all endpoints, as some endpoints explicitly require the 'mark...
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Hello, so I have some code to play a spotify playlist on my device.The Problem is if I copy the Spotify URI of a playlist, everything works fine. But if I copy the spotify URI of a track, I get an error saying Could not find this Context URI.(In case...
Hello, so I have some code to play a spotify playlist on my device. The Problem is if I copy the Spotify URI of a playlist, everything works fine. But if I copy the spotify URI of a track, I get an ...
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I am looking for a way to use the Spotify API to request a download of my user data, in the same way that this can be done using Profile --> Privacy Settings --> Download your data --> Send email --> "We are preparing your data file. This can take up...
I am looking for a way to use the Spotify API to request a download of my user data, in the same way that this can be done using Profile --> Privacy Settings --> Download your data --> Send ...
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Hi, I am trying to look for a Spotify Web API that will delete a playlist. I only found Unfollow playlist API from the web documentation. Is the Unfollow playlist API same as deleting a playlist? Regards,Newbie Spotify Dev
Hi, I am trying to look for a Spotify Web API that will delete a playlist. I only found Unfollow playlist API from the web documentation. Is the Unfollow playlist API same ...
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How can I get current user's Daily Mix playlists via API?
How can I get current user's Daily Mix playlists via API?
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PlanFree Operating SystemLinux Tech StackNodeJS, Angular 10 My Question or Issue I am having an issue with the flow of the authentication process; i'll start off by saying I do not have issues with getting the access token but rather, how I can utili...
Plan Free Operating System Linux Tech Stack NodeJS, Angular 10 My Question or Issue I am having an issue with the flow of the authentication process; i'...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAfter getting an access token back from my refresh token, I use it to fetch the top artists of the account associated with the access token. However, the users top artists keep re...
Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue After getting an access token back from my refresh token, I use it to fetch the top artists of the account ...
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The get devices endpoint return data which contains device id like this { "devices": [ { "id": "5fbb3ba6aa454b5534c4ba43a8c7e8e45a63ad0e", "is_active": false, "is_private_session": true, "is_restricted": false, "name": "My fridge", "type": "Computer"...
The get devices endpoint return data which contains device id like this { "devices": [ { "id": "5fbb3ba6aa454b5534c4ba43a8c7e8e45a63ad0e", "is_active": fa...
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Hello, since friday the "scope" attribute of token responses has been missing on the client credentials flow and user auth flow without requested scopes. How should this change be interpreted?- A temporary hiccup- A change to the API meaning that all...
Hello, since friday the "scope" attribute of token responses has been missing on the client credentials flow and user auth flow without requested scopes. How should this change be interprete...
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I copied/pasted the embed widget code from the Spotify site into my page. When I go to click the play button, the console shows all sorts of errors: I am building a NextJS site in React and Typescript, here's the embed code: Devicelatest Chrome on M...
I copied/pasted the embed widget code from the Spotify site into my page. When I go to click the play button, the console shows all sorts of errors: I am building a NextJS site in R...
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Hello, Recently, I was trying to understand how Discord implemented Spotify on their server and noticed it was something totally different (websocket connection). As i'm a curious person, I decided to re-do the same process as Discord does but when c...
Hello, Recently, I was trying to understand how Discord implemented Spotify on their server and noticed it was something totally different (websocket connection). As i'm a curious p...
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I would like to report an issue with the Web API documentation for the Get User's Followed Artists endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-get-followed. Under the Authorization section, the required scope sho...
I would like to report an issue with the Web API documentation for the Get User's Followed Artists endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-get-followed....
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Hello. I'm an engineer from Japan who loves Spotify.I've created a community(iOS and Android App) for Spotify users to talk about music.You can find it at https://chooning.app/ There are a lot of users in Japan, but not many in English-speaking count...
Hello. I'm an engineer from Japan who loves Spotify. I've created a community(iOS and Android App) for Spotify users to talk about music. You can find it at https://chooning.app/ There are...
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We are using JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET nuget package in our Smartspeaker product. It works great but we often get poor results with certain Spotify searches. Here's the latest example. A voice search like "Play songs by the Who" triggers a Spotify S...
We are using JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET nuget package in our Smartspeaker product. It works great but we often get poor results with certain Spotify searches. Here's the latest example. A vo...
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In spotify developer , created an app , went to edit settings, and tried to add redirect URI, hit add and nothing happens, what am I missing.
In spotify developer , created an app , went to edit settings, and tried to add redirect URI, hit add and nothing happens, what am I missing.
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Hi, I am starting to learn API and testing it out with Spotify. I ran across a thing I have not found the answer for anywhere. How can I delete or deactivate a token?E.g. I have generated a token in the Web API console using the GET TOKEN button on p...
Hi, I am starting to learn API and testing it out with Spotify. I ran across a thing I have not found the answer for anywhere. How can I delete or deactivate a token? E.g. I have...
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When I make a request for the tracks in a playlist at /playlists/${playlistId}/tracks some of the tracks it returns are slightly different versions to what my desktop client is showing, particularly for albums such as spotify:album:2gP2LMVcIFgVczSJqn...
When I make a request for the tracks in a playlist at /playlists/${playlistId}/tracks some of the tracks it returns are slightly different versions ...
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PlanFreeCountryCZDeviceChrome, Firefox, PHPOperating SystemFedora Linux My Question or IssueHi,I'm sending a request to Spotify to authorize. The goal is a response with user e-mail. It goes to Spotify login, I log through Facebook, it shows INVALID_...
Plan Free Country CZ Device Chrome, Firefox, PHP Operating System Fedora Linux My Question or Issue Hi, I'm sending a request to Spotify to authorize. The goal is a response...
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Hello Spotify community, I have review blog about soccer boots. This blog is developed with WordPress CMS, I want embed Spotify with my blog. How I can do this with some plugin.?If someone can help me out with this, I will be greatful.ThanksJohnn
Hello Spotify community, I have review blog about soccer boots. This blog is developed with WordPress CMS, I want embed Spotify with my blog. How I can do this with some plugin.? If someone can...
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Hi, I decided to give the web playback sdk a try.I pasted the code provided herehttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/I added my token. When I open the html in chrome during the loading I get (promise rejection)Afte...
Hi, I decided to give the web playback sdk a try. I pasted the code provided here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/ I added my token. When I open the...
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