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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...
PlanPremium CountryUSA We have lost access to the account that owns our developer app (client ID 9d6fd5c2bb744b3f875a480c16fabda4). The account was originally named "toneden", but we get a 429 error when we try to reset the password on the account an...
Plan Premium Country USA We have lost access to the account that owns our developer app (client ID 9d6fd5c2bb744b3f875a480c16fabda4). The account was originally named "tonede...
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Hello all developers, As a person who started learning how to code 3 months ago, I built an awesome app for Desktop which is working with Spotify Web API. The app is complete and ready to release. It has no advertising etc. right now and follows bran...
Hello all developers, As a person who started learning how to code 3 months ago, I built an awesome app for Desktop which is working with Spotify Web API. The app is complete and re...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 and Mac OS My Question or IssueWhen I'm using the Web Playback SDK I'm getting a 403 User not approved for app error everytime i try to call the API, And yes I did add the user into the Users...
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 and Mac OS My Question or Issue When I'm using the Web Playback SDK I'm getting a 403 User not approved for app...
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PlanMyself: Premium StudentGroup members: Premium Family (Also tried premium trial, 3 months)CountryBelgiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use the "react-spotify-web-playback" library to generate a spotify webplayer for ...
Plan Myself: Premium Student Group members: Premium Family (Also tried premium trial, 3 months) Country Belgium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I use...
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Hello, from the Web API, all the artwork is returning code 500 errors. looks like `i.scdn.co` is down.
Hello, from the Web API, all the artwork is returning code 500 errors. looks like `i.scdn.co` is down.
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PlanPremiumDeviceDesktop/AndroidOperating SystemWindows10/Android10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm using Spotify Web API (Get the User's Currently Playing Track) to get response, it always returns "User not approved for app". I have already added the a...
Plan Premium Device Desktop/Android Operating System Windows10/Android10 My Question or Issue When I'm using Spotify Web API (Get the User's Currently Playing Track) to get response, i...
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There seems to be a mismatch between the documentation of some of the returntypes of the web API and the actual return types: The docs for "get an albums tracks" says that it returns an album object. In reality it returns a paging object containing t...
There seems to be a mismatch between the documentation of some of the return types of the web API and the actual return types: The docs for "get an albums tracks" says that it returns an a...
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PlanPremium CountryJapan IssueThe following tracks look exactly the same, but have different IDs.A: https://open.spotify.com/track/7MuOSVDTgILDaWQmR4iLWo?si=c6b7bae2220c4a8aB: https://open.spotify.com/track/6sbugnLYosR8vG77QvmKZ5?si=f1ed7a238f56434a ...
Plan Premium Country Japan Issue The following tracks look exactly the same, but have different IDs. A: https://open.spotify.com/track/7MuOSVDTgILDaWQmR4iLWo?si=c6b7bae2220c4a8a...
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My Question or Issue Is there anywhere in the Web API documentationa mentioning about needing to use a Premium accountin order to send (some of the) Player API requests ? I have looked in the below sections:the entire Player API documentationthe guid...
My Question or Issue Is there anywhere in the Web API documentation a mentioning about needing to use a Premium account in order to send (some of the) Player API requests ? ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceASUS LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to hit the audio features endpoint for several tracks, however I am not getting anything back when I hit the endpoint from my app. I was gettin...
Plan Premium Country United States Device ASUS Laptop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to hit the audio features endpoint for several tracks, however I am...
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Hey guys,looks like spotify has a new system in place to apply for a commercial usage of their APIs. I see the quota extension option when I create a new app on the developer dashboard. How do I, get this option for a pre-existing app that I already ...
Hey guys, looks like spotify has a new system in place to apply for a commercial usage of their APIs. I see the quota extension option when I create a new app on the developer dashboard. How do I,...
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Dear reader,i would like to ask if you know a way how i can get a written commercial approval for my app. I know that in the past you could fill out a form and hope, that Spotify would accept your idea, but I think that there is a new system now. If ...
Dear reader, i would like to ask if you know a way how i can get a written commercial approval for my app. I know that in the past you could fill out a form and hope, that Spotify would accept your ...
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Dear Spotify: I’m developing an app that creates a series of asynchronous calls to Spotify’s player/play endpoint. The code I wrote is working correctly in that it sends PUT requests to the endpoint near simultaneously. However, each PUT request take...
Dear Spotify: I’m developing an app that creates a series of asynchronous calls to Spotify’s player/play endpoint. The code I wrote is working correctly in that it sends PUT requests to the ...
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 6s Plus, HP Laptop)Operating System(iOS 14, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHello,I've been working on a simple web application where you can view your profile information and library/playlists/artists and also mod...
Plan Free Country Germany Device (iPhone 6s Plus, HP Laptop) Operating System (iOS 14, Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hello, I've been working on a simple web application where yo...
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I've gone as far as connecting to the Spotify SDK in Electron, but I get a playback error with this status 500 POST error when trying to play:https://api.spotify.com/v1/widevine-license/v1/audio/license?exp=1622751382&cp=&tok=xxxxxxxloading the link ...
I've gone as far as connecting to the Spotify SDK in Electron, but I get a playback error with this status 500 POST error when trying to play: https://api.spotify.com/v1/widevine-license/v1/audio/...
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Hey! the problem has been around for as long as I can remember:If i want to play an embedded Spotify Player on a Browser (Chrome) it makes this Fail: - First try, the if i click the Playbutton it changes to "Pause" symbol but no sound is coming, also...
Hey! the problem has been around for as long as I can remember: If i want to play an embedded Spotify Player on a Browser (Chrome) it makes this Fail: - First try, the if i click the P...
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Hi, In my daily use, I feel like the functionality really doesn't match the way I hear and approach music. I have some features that I really would want to have in Spotify. When I search for them in the community, I always meet a bunch of people who ...
Hi, In my daily use, I feel like the functionality really doesn't match the way I hear and approach music. I have some features that I really would want to have in Spotify. When I searc...
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PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceMSI GS60 (Google Chrome with Web API and Web Playback SDK)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I'm using the Spotify Web API and Spotify Web Playback SDK to create an app where I can basically sort my play...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device MSI GS60 (Google Chrome with Web API and Web Playback SDK) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web API and ...
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My iOS app using Spotify SDK, now I upload my app to Apple Store, Apple complained me about Spotify license. Please help me how to get Spotify license.
My iOS app using Spotify SDK, now I upload my app to Apple Store, Apple complained me about Spotify license. Please help me how to get Spotify license.
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The issue found on DATE.10 April 2020SDK Version:AppRemote 0.7.0Auth 1.2.3OS Version:Android 9 Motorola one vision (XT1970-3)Scope(s): Steps to reproduce:Receiving code from LoginActivity of SpotifyConnecting to SpotifyAppRemoteAfter 30 seconds of wa...
The issue found on DATE. 10 April 2020 SDK Version: AppRemote 0.7.0 Auth 1.2.3 OS Version: Android 9 Motorola one vision (XT1970-3) Scope(s): Steps to reproduce: Receiving code from Log...
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