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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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API to Spotify/Youtube for an own platform managing revenues for artists/creators

Hey there,We are considering building a management tool for artist which will help us/ them to manage their revenues on different plattforms (especially Spotify and YT).I have been looking here quite some time but did not find information about any A...

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Hey there, We are considering building a management tool for artist which will help us/ them to manage their revenues on different plattforms (especially Spotify and YT). I have been looking he...

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Spotify take down of apps

Hello, I have an application that I developed using the Spotify SDK's. My application has a title of "XYZ For Spotify". On multiple occasions, Spotify has forced a take down of my app from an app store and this time, i can't undo it. This is costing ...

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Hello, I have an application that I developed using the Spotify SDK's.  My application has a title of "XYZ For Spotify".  On multiple occasions, Spotify has forced a take down of my app fro...

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400 Error on Upload a Custom Playlist Cover Image

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceLaptopOperating SystemAPI My Question or IssueWhen sending a response through the try me link for Upload a Custom Playlist Cover Image, using a correct playlist ID and OAuth Token I received a 400 error with no expla...

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Plan Premium Country Australia   Device Laptop Operating System API   My Question or Issue When sending a response through the try me link for Upload a Custom Playlist Cover Imag...

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[Desktop][Developer] Web API - Gender, Race, Sexuality Artist Data

For the WebAPI it would be great to pull data about artists Gender, Race, Sexuality for parts of the analysis.

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For the WebAPI it would be great to pull data about artists Gender, Race, Sexuality for parts of the analysis.

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Access to WebSockets [Why does Discord get access and not us?]

Hi, I'm re-opening an issue that has been closed (#817), ignored (#1330, #538, Access to websockets - The Spotify Community, [Developer] Access to websockets for live playback... - The Spotify Community), or locked (#492) time and again. It appears S...

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Hi, I'm re-opening an issue that has been closed (#817), ignored (#1330, #538, Access to websockets - The Spotify Community, [Developer] Access to websockets for live playback... - The...

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Spotify stops after 10 seconds when using cef client

HiI built cef on branch 4577. After running cefclient.exe I go to https://open.spotify.com/, log in to my account and play song, it is skipped a few times, then it plays for 10 seconds and stops or cef client is crashing. I did not find any useful in...

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Hi I built cef on branch 4577. After running cefclient.exe I go to https://open.spotify.com/, log in to my account and play song, it is skipped a few times, then it plays for 10 seconds and sto...

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Genres that can be used for filtering in Spotify API query

I was wondering which genres can be used in the query when searching for songs/albums? (q="genre:.....") Is there a full list of all genres that can be used for filtering? (where the sub-genres which are included in one genre can be seen)

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I was wondering which genres can be used in the query when searching for songs/albums? (q="genre:.....") Is there a full list of all genres that can be used for filtering? (where the sub-genres which...

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JSON of Show Episodes to embed in website?

Need help understanding the process required to get the output of a Show's most recent X episodes for embedding via JSON/Javascript into a website.Show is https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/%7Bid%7D1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6/Getting an error: "status": 401...

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Need help understanding the process required to get the output of a Show's most recent X episodes for embedding via JSON/Javascript into a website. Show is https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/...

Peter_Schorn

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Add Song

Plan:PremiumCountry:Turkey Device:Samsung A51Operating System: Android My Question or Issue: Spotify more up-to-date than it used to be, and it's beautiful. But for me, there's a feature that needs to be improved. I'll explain briefly by giving an ex...

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Plan: Premium Country: Turkey   Device: Samsung A51 Operating System:  Android   My Question or Issue:  Spotify more up-to-date than it used to be, and it's beautiful. ...

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Clear access_token after user logged in with a different application account

Hi there, I’m using the Spotify Development mode to let the user authorize the Spotify Account inside my Application so that they can add the Spotify’s track, album.I have an issue related to access_token. Please take a look at my issue below:Issue: ...

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Hi there,   I’m using the Spotify Development mode to let the user authorize the Spotify Account inside my Application so that they can add the Spotify’s track, album.I have an issue related t...

Peter_Schorn

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Embed player wont resume after pausing

Hi, Im trying to embed a podcast on a website which works fine, but when I pause then try and resume, nothing happens. I've tried with multiple podcasts on multiple websites and I get the same issue every time. An example can be seen here, https://co...

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Hi, Im trying to embed a podcast on a website which works fine, but when I pause then try and resume, nothing happens. I've tried with multiple podcasts on multiple websites and I get the same issue ...

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403 Forbidden for URL -- accounts created through Facebook

Hello Spotify Developers, I am not sure if this is a bug, a security feature, or something I am not grasping, but I am planning an app which requires users to login through their spotify account and retrieves some information. Everything works as exp...

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Hello Spotify Developers,   I am not sure if this is a bug, a security feature, or something I am not grasping, but I am planning an app which requires users to login through their spotify ac...

Peter_Schorn

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Launching Spotify to background on mobile device and disabling users media controls.

Hello,I was looking at Web API but I couldn't find how to do following actions in my mobile project.Project is done in Unity/C#/.NET- Launch Spotify automatically to background.Currently user has to manually launch Spotify manually and that's very ba...

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Hello, I was looking at Web API but I couldn't find how to do following actions in my mobile project. Project is done in Unity/C#/.NET - Launch Spotify automatically to background. Currently us...

Peter_Schorn

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Power Query my own account

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceN/AOperating SystemWindows 10 / Office 365 My Question or IssueI would like to use Excel's Power Query to inspect my own account (playlists, favorites, albums, etc)What do I need to do to do this?

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Plan Premium Country USA Device N/A Operating System Windows 10 / Office 365   My Question or Issue I would like to use Excel's Power Query to inspect my own account (playlists, favori...

Peter_Schorn

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Spotify Playlists Limited To 100 Tracks When Embedded

Hi, Please fix playlists so that they show ALL tracks when embedded. You can see on https://bansuribliss.com/listen that the playlists (which were embedded using Elementor/Wordpress) do not display more than 100 tracks, even though several of the pla...

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Hi, Please fix playlists so that they show ALL tracks when embedded. You can see on https://bansuribliss.com/listen that the playlists (which were embedded using Elementor/Wordpress) do not display m...

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Commercial Use- Developer API

Good evening. I have a question about the developer policy for commercial use. I'd like to build up an "extra service" using the developer api but I'm not sure If can monetize it for maintaining server and all that it's needed. In the spacific way, i...

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Good evening. I have a question about the developer policy for commercial use. I'd like to build up an "extra service" using the developer api but I'm not sure If can monetize it for maintaining serv...

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Superuser Contribution Waiting 2 weeks for quota extension

It's been 2 weeks since I submitted my quote extension for my application. How long does this usually take? If I get rejected, I'll have to wait another month for review? So it takes a year to get approved if you have a lot of iterations? What's goin...

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It's been 2 weeks since I submitted my quote extension for my application. How long does this usually take? If I get rejected, I'll have to wait another month for review? So it takes a year to get ap...

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Solved!! Can my app have its own Spotify profile?

I'm developing an app using the Spotify API that will inevitably create a lot of playlists for people, but I am trying to avoid authenticating the user as much as possible since I don't really need their information for it to work. Is it possible for...

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I'm developing an app using the Spotify API that will inevitably create a lot of playlists for people, but I am trying to avoid authenticating the user as much as possible since I don't really need t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Web API auth for access to one's own Spotify account

I am trying to create playlists in my own Spotify account using the Web API and the authorization workflows don't really make sense for my use case. Specifically, my use case is to write an app to migrate my Napster playlists (through their API) to S...

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I am trying to create playlists in my own Spotify account using the Web API and the authorization workflows don't really make sense for my use case.  Specifically, my use case is to write an app...

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Superuser Contribution 403 error with message "An unknown error occurred."

PlanFreeCountry: Australia My Question or IssueI added users to the list to allow access to app in development mode. Working with web API, it authorises the users but then ends up in 403 error with message "An unknown error occurred." for all users e...

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Plan Free Country: Australia   My Question or Issue I added users to the list to allow access to app in development mode. Working with web API, it authorises the users but then ends up...

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