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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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Does anybody know what this number in the api call means?

In the link: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=u%25&type=track&limit=1&offset=420what does the "25" mean? I bolded it

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  • In the link:  https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=u%25&type=track&limit=1&offset=420 what does the "25" mean? I bolded it 
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Massively Exceeding rate limit when trying to get Artist data

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueHi, I'm running into a bit of a wall where I'm currently using a user's playlist (retrieved from /v1/playlists/{playlist_i...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.7   My Question or Issue Hi,   I'm running into a bit of ...
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Solved!! reCaptcha throwing uncaught (in promise) null error when using Spotify accounts API locally

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom (England) DeviceMacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueHi, I've recently started using the Spotify API and have followed these guides in order to get my app set up: ht...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom (England)   Device MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.7   My Question or Issue Hi,   I've recently st...
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Bug: Uploading cover image not working with un-refreshed access token

Use Authorization Code Grant to get an access tokenUse this access token to upload a Playlist Cover Image for any playlist that the access token is valid for. You will get an error: 401 UnauthorizedUse the refresh token to get a new access token, rep...

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  • Use Authorization Code Grant to get an access token Use this access token to upload a Playlist Cover Image for any playlist that the access token is valid for. You will get an error: 401&n...
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Fans also like-functionality via API

I am looking at the "fans also like"-functionality but I am unsure if it is in the API as an end point or if I need to combine several to get the result.Any suggestions?

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  • I am looking at the "fans also like"-functionality but I am unsure if it is in the API as an end point or if I need to combine several to get the result. Any suggestions?
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Storing metadata for searching

Hello, I'm building an app for my three friends and I. We listen to an album a week and talk about it. I want to store the album we listen to, the artist info, tracks, etc, so we can give each album a one to five star rating and pick our favorite and...

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  • Hello,   I'm building an app for my three friends and I. We listen to an album a week and talk about it. I want to store the album we listen to, the artist info, tracks, etc, so we can give ea...
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Getting a random or filtered song from the entire Spotify library

My Question or IssueI'm working on a an app that integrates the Spotify Web API. was wondering if anybody knew how to or had any ideas on how to get a random song from the entire Spotify library using the API. Or instead of a totally random song, a s...

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  • My Question or Issue I'm working on a an app that integrates the Spotify Web API.  was wondering if anybody knew how to or had any ideas on how to get a random song from the entire Spotify libr...
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Autoplay similar songs after provided Song finished playing

In my Spotify client, when the song/album/playlist I was listening to, came to its end, Spotify is adding new songs to the queue. This is referred to as the Autoplay feature: https://support.spotify.com/is/article/autoplay/ When using the Web Playbac...

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  • In my Spotify client, when the song/album/playlist I was listening to, came to its end, Spotify is adding new songs to the queue. This is referred to as the Autoplay feature: https://support.spo...
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Type Parameter Artist/Manager/User when Get Current Users Profile

Hello everyone, I have got one question when implementing the Get Current Users profile . { "country": "SE", "display_name": "JM Wizzler", "email": "**bleep**", "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/wizzler" }, "followers": { "...

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  •  Hello everyone,    I have got one question when implementing the Get Current Users profile .             { "country": "SE", "displa...
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Missing albums for artists

I am working on an application that works with past listening data and analyses it. Given that the only data about listening you can get is for the past 50 tracks, I resorted to downloading data through an information request and am then parsing the ...

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  • I am working on an application that works with past listening data and analyses it. Given that the only data about listening you can get is for the past 50 tracks, I resorted to downloading data thro...
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How to continuously log/scrap the number of "people listening now" from Artist Dashboard?

My Question or Issue Within the Artist Dashboard homepage, we have the dynamic "X people listening now" information displayed.With the current API features, is there a way to log/scrape this data continuously? I could not find anything related to thi...

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  •   My Question or Issue   Within the Artist Dashboard homepage, we have the dynamic "X people listening now" information displayed. With the current API features, is there a way to log/s...
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Get Artist's Albums returning 'duplicate' albums

My Question or Issue Endpoint: /v1/artists/{id}/albumsArtistID: 1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJThe results return 'duplicate' albums, it has both the explicit and clean versions of the same album, is there a way to filter for the clean vs the explicit?

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  • My Question or Issue   Endpoint: /v1/artists/{id}/albums ArtistID:  1Xyo4u8uXC1ZmMpatF05PJ The results return 'duplicate' albums, it has both the explicit and clean versions...
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Spotify Playlist autoplay Open.spotfy.com

When I access the link of a track ( "open.spotify.com/track/6F7tttrdq7aUdxXVeo0nKp") it gives autoplay.When I access a link of playlist ("open.spotify.com/playlist/0hDrHpihhI705nOPB2xayh") it does not autoplay. Is there any way to autoplay on the pla...

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  • When I access the link  of a track ( "open.spotify.com/track/6F7tttrdq7aUdxXVeo0nKp") it gives autoplay. When I access a link of playlist ("open.spotify.com/playlist/0hDrHpihhI705nOPB2xayh...
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embed sometimes not working

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Devicedifferent laptops (macbook PC)Operating SystemGoogle chrome/ safari My Question or IssueHi we embed spotify tracks to use for a music quiz. We use the embed option for that. Sometimes it does not work. We get to se...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands  Device different laptops (macbook PC) Operating System Google chrome/ safari   My Question or Issue Hi we embed spotify tracks to use for a music...
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Does spotify provides karaoke/ background music api ?

Does spotify provides karaoke/ background music api ?PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndiaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Does spotify provides karaoke/ background music api ? Plan Free/Premium Country India Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, W...
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Spotify Public Api to get Sreaming Url or direct file path ?

In the tracks api, we are able to get Spotify page , but no streaming url or actual file is available in the api, Is there any way to get thatPlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 1...

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  • In the tracks api, we are able to get Spotify page , but no streaming url or actual file is available in the api, Is there any way to get that Plan Free/Premium Country India   Device (iP...
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Right search query

Hi folks. How to use the Search API correctly?I need to search songs with the name "some body", I use a query:https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=some%20body&type=trackBut when executed, in the response, %20 is replaced with +, this happens in the Sp...

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  • Hi folks.   How to use the Search API correctly? I need to search songs with the name "some body", I use a query: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=some%20body&type=track But when exe...
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[Player API] Start/Resume User playback parameters

I am working on create music player with Spotify as data source currently. And when i reading the API for put tracks to player , i got confusing about body parameters Below is my questions:1. What is difference between context_uri and uris ? Look lik...

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  • I am working on create music player with Spotify as data source currently.   And when i reading the API for put tracks to player , i got confusing about body parameters   Belo...
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Questions about Developer Terms Of Service

Hi there, I have a couple of specific questions about the Developer Terms of Service. I've tried to use the Spotify support form shown in another similar post to get in contact, but I was redirected here. Is there somewhere I can get in touch through...

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  • Hi there,   I have a couple of specific questions about the Developer Terms of Service. I've tried to use the Spotify support form shown in another similar post to get in contact, but I was re...
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is Login with Google Account and Apple Account broken?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryINDeviceXiaomi POCO FoneOperating SystemAndroid Pie My Question or Issue I get the following error when I authenticate with Google or Apple using the AndroidRemote Auth SDK:Can't redirect due to mismatch

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country IN Device Xiaomi POCO Fone Operating System Android Pie   My Question or Issue   I get the following error when I authenticate with Google or Apple usin...
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