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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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Usage purpose permission of WebAPI

I want to analysis the song's parameters of WebAPI (valence ,danceability...)and present its result at a study group.Could you tell me that this using purpose is permitted? Example:Comparing some artists' songs , I infer the logic of parameters.Radio...

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I want to analysis the song's parameters of WebAPI (valence ,danceability...)and present its result at a study group. Could you tell me that this using purpose is permitted?   Example: Compa...

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Albums Added to Library Via API Not Appearing In Desktop/Mobile Apps, Only Web App

I have quite a large collection of music files that I've accumulated over the years and it's been on my to-do list for quite some time to sit down and automate the collection of the album metadata and then the adding of those albums to my Spotify lib...

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I have quite a large collection of music files that I've accumulated over the years and it's been on my to-do list for quite some time to sit down and automate the collection of the album metadata an...

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Get a User's Available Devices does not show iPhone

Hi there, I'm doing some testing using a free account, trying to utilize Get a User's Available Devices in an app. In both the app and here (the try it page), I can see the Mac where I have installed the Spotify macOS app; however, I cannot see the i...

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Hi there,   I'm doing some testing using a free account, trying to utilize Get a User's Available Devices in an app.   In both the app and here (the try it page), I can see the Mac...

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Get Access token without user interaction?

So this has been bothering me for the longest. I’ve created a script using the Spotipy library. I’m collecting data on my most recently played tracks. Everything is fine except refreshing the access token. I have a bit of code which returns the token...

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So this has been bothering me for the longest. I’ve created a script using the Spotipy library. I’m collecting data on my most recently played tracks.   Everything is fine except refreshing th...

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Solved!! Trying to fix my "Liked Songs" playlist

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePython scriptOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueI have an issue with my "Liked Songs" playlist where thousands of songs where liked by a bug in spotify pre-2019. I am trying to use spotipy (But if the python libra...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Python script Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue I have an issue with my "Liked Songs" playlist where thousands of songs where liked by a ...

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Question about storing public spotify playlists on databases

Hi Spotify team!I am developing a webapp that uses spotify's playlist creation functionality.... Would I violate any Spotify policy if I store the ID of public playlists created using my webapp for future references? I would obviously inform the user...

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Hi Spotify team! I am developing a webapp that uses spotify's playlist creation functionality.... Would I violate any Spotify policy if I store the ID of public playlists created using my webapp f...

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[Community][Developer] A=There B=Sí C=Do D=Reverse E=Mi F=F G=Sol

I use a lot to see the lyrics and to play harmonica I need to open another app to get the numbers and tabs. To be complete, Spotify needs to bring the number together in the songs, this for each different type of instrument, we have an example the cl...

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I use a lot to see the lyrics and to play harmonica I need to open another app to get the numbers and tabs. To be complete, Spotify needs to bring the number together in the songs, this for each diff...

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Do i have to keep the Client ID secret?

Info about the app:- Client Side html/js web app Question:Do i have to keep the Client ID secret or do i just have to keep the Client Secret secret? In the Terms it just says "keys" what is meant by "keys"?

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Info about the app: - Client Side html/js web app   Question: Do i have to keep the Client ID secret or do i just have to keep the Client Secret secret? In the Terms it just says "keys" what...

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Becoming a ticketing partner

Hello, I'm looking to undertake a piece of work for a large ticketing provider. They want to list concerts on Spotify in a similar way to Ticketmaster and Songkick. What steps do we need to do to become a ticketing partner and integrate our concerts ...

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Hello,   I'm looking to undertake a piece of work for a large ticketing provider. They want to list concerts on Spotify in a similar way to Ticketmaster and Songkick.   What steps do we...

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Solved!! Get a Playlist endpoint returns empty object

I am attempting to use the Get a Playlist endpoint but it keeps returning an empty object {}. I thought this might be an issue with how I formatted my request, so I went to verify by using the web console page for this endpoint. However, even with th...

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I am attempting to use the Get a Playlist endpoint but it keeps returning an empty object {}. I thought this might be an issue with how I formatted my request, so I went to verify by using the web co...

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Help: Production Question

Hi all, We are currently developing an iOS app that uses Spotify's metadata. We however do not require users to authenticate / login (OAuth). Based on the above:Does the 25 users limit still apply?What do we need to do to go production?Thanks.

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Hi all,   We are currently developing an iOS app that uses Spotify's metadata. We however do not require users to authenticate / login (OAuth).   Based on the above: Does the 25 users...

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Find tracks by Audio Features and Album Type

I can use the recommendations feature to generate a list of songs for given genres that satisfy Audio Feature criteria, in my case I need a list of tracks that have min_instrumentalness=0.6. I can get 100 tracks per request this way. However I also n...

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I can use the recommendations feature to generate a list of songs for given genres that satisfy Audio Feature criteria, in my case I need a list of tracks that have min_instrumentalness=0.6. I c...

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I can't add apotify to my website

HelloI read this article: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-09-04/how-to-embed-spotifys-play-button/geoinfo.if.ua and try to add spotify player to this site http://hobbytalks.org/, but he does not appear. I think maybe this is a javascript conflict, ...

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  Hello I read this article: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-09-04/how-to-embed-spotifys-play-button/geoinfo.if.ua  and try to add spotify player to this site http:/...

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Add 2 more variables for AudioFeaturesObject

Hi, I'd like to request two audio waveform variables be added in the API return for AudioFeaturesObject: 1) primary & secondary frequencies (e.g. using a Fast Fourier Transform or Discrete Cosine Transform)2) amplitude of these 2 frequencies in relat...

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Hi, I'd like to request two audio waveform variables be added in the API return for AudioFeaturesObject:   1) primary & secondary frequencies (e.g. using a Fast Fourier Transform or Discre...

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[Playlist API] Returning incorrect total for blends

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAll DeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueI've noticed that both the following endpoints/v1/me/playlists/v1/users/{user_id}/playlistsreturn incorrect values for `tracks.total` for "Blend" playlists.The playlists/play...

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Plan Free/Premium Country All   Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue I've noticed that both the following endpoints /v1/me/playlists /v1/users/{user_id}/playl...

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API Requests

Hi, I'm creating a web application that uses the Spotify API. Part of the website has a timeline of the currently playing song. However, I was reading the API documentation, and it mentions rate limiting. However, it doesn't mention what the limits a...

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Hi,   I'm creating a web application that uses the Spotify API. Part of the website has a timeline of the currently playing song. However, I was reading the API documentation, and it mentions ...

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Analysis of a frequently listened moment in a track

Hello, I am interested in this question. Does Spotify collect data about what moment I most often listen to in a track? For example, there is a certain music, in this track I most often listen or scroll only to the mark from 1:02 min to 1:40 min. If ...

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Hello, I am interested in this question. Does Spotify collect data about what moment I most often listen to in a track? For example, there is a certain music, in this track I most often listen or scr...

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Select different account in OAuth flow

Hi. We're having an issue with users trying to authenticate with spotify while using our app. We use the Authorization Code flow, authenticating in the user's default browser.These users have both a free and a premium Spotify account (in many cases, ...

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Hi.  We're having an issue with users trying to authenticate with spotify while using our app.  We use the Authorization Code flow, authenticating in the user's default browser. The...

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Apple App Store Rejections - Metadata and Intellectual Property Permission

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceN/AOperating SystemiOS My Question or IssueI am experiencing an issue with the Apple App Store review process where the usage of album artwork and artist images taken from real live in-app screenshots is constit...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device N/A Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue I am experiencing an issue with the Apple App Store review process where the usage of...

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Get other users tracks

I am trying to build a web app that takes the current users tracks and compares them against one of their followers/another user's tracks to make a shared playlist. My problem is that only the current logged in user's tracks seem to be available to r...

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I am trying to build a web app that takes the current users tracks and compares them against one of their followers/another user's tracks to make a shared playlist. My problem is that only the curren...

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