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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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  • Ogi23
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Superuser Contribution [Web Player][Developer] Cursor for 'Get new code' text in login through mobile number page

I have noticed a behaviour in spotify web Application. While logging in through mobile number "Get new code" text is not showing a anchor cursor tag (mouse cursor) rather it is showing as a text pointer. User might get confused whether it is actually...

  • Visitor
  • I have noticed a behaviour in spotify web Application. While logging in through mobile number "Get new code" text is not showing a anchor cursor tag (mouse cursor) rather it is showing as a text...
  • _milena
  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution 404 Error for /v1/me/feature-flags?tests=tps_send_all_updates

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Spotify Web API Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:81.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/81.0 My Question or Issue:I've been getting the following error in my browser's console:"GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Spotify Web API Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:81.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/81.0   My Question or Issue: I've been getting the following...
  • _milena
  • Roadie
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Solved!! No Option to Submit Apps for Community Showcase

According to the 2014 post by Chris Hughes, the following link should allow us to submit our apps for the showcase, but is now showing a 404 error: https://developer.spotify.com/community/showcase/submit-your-app/ Furthermore, the showcase page doesn...

  • Casual Listener
  • According to the 2014 post by Chris Hughes, the following link should allow us to submit our apps for the showcase, but is now showing a 404 error: https://developer.spotify.com/community/showcase/su...
  • FrozenDarkMatte
  • Casual Listener
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How to get audio analysis for podcast episode?

PlanPremiumCountryDenmark My Question or IssueI'm looking into the possibility of using your API and I can find an endpoint to get audio features for a track (here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/tracks/get-audio-analys...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Denmark   My Question or Issue I'm looking into the possibility of using your API and I can find an endpoint to get audio features for a track (here: https://deve...
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Solved!! Tracking Position in Playlist

My Question or IssueI am attempting to get the current position in a playlist as the playlist is played. I have ran into 2 issues.Issue #1: I get all of the playlist's track URI's and I get the URI of the current track. The issue is that the current ...

  • Regular
  • My Question or Issue I am attempting to get the current position in a playlist as the playlist is played. I have ran into 2 issues. Issue #1: I get all of the playlist's track URI's and I get the U...
  • jwaugh3
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Superuser Contribution Dummy premium accounts for library developers

Hello! I'm a developer from the rspotify library, a Rust wrapper for the Spotify Web API. I also worked on tekore a bit, which is another wrapper but written in Python. The issue I'm facing at rspotify is that to run tests that require OAuth automati...

  • Regular
  • Hello!   I'm a developer from the rspotify library, a Rust wrapper for the Spotify Web API. I also worked on tekore a bit, which is another wrapper but written in Python.   The issue I'...
  • marioom
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  • Discussion
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Bad gateway

This is a really finicky error, and wondering if anyone else has seen it, and how to deal with it. For me, it's easily recreatable when flipping between the ios spotify app, and the web based browser application. For instance, when initially authoriz...

  • Regular
  • This is a really finicky error, and wondering if anyone else has seen it, and how to deal with it.   For me, it's easily recreatable when flipping between the ios spotify app, and the web base...
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Solved!! Unable to use PKCE authorization: code_verifier was incorrect

I'm trying to implement the PKCE authorization flow and as far as I can tell, I've done so correctly, but Spotify always says the code_verifier is incorrect. This is my code to create the login URL: this.verifyCode = getRandomString(64) const codeCha...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm trying to implement the PKCE authorization flow and as far as I can tell, I've done so correctly, but Spotify always says the code_verifier is incorrect.   This is my code to create the lo...
  • Peter_Schorn
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Superuser Contribution Listening to music together -Premium and Free accounts-

I've seen some products in the app store which connect Spotify Premium users and enable people to listen to music together synchronously. I would like to ask if this is possible for Spotify Free users as well. Is item 2 and 3 below feasible through t...

  • Visitor
  • I've seen some products in the app store which connect Spotify Premium users and enable people to listen to music together synchronously. I would like to ask if this is possible for Spotify Free user...
  • _milena
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How to submit my Spotify based web app?

I want to submit my Spotify based app so that it could be added to the Developer showcase section. What are the steps for the same? I have the app ready. Thanks in advance

  • Roadie
  • I want to submit my Spotify based app so that it could be added to the Developer showcase section. What are the steps for the same? I have the app ready.   Thanks in advance  
  • _milena
  • Roadie
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    developer showcase
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Solved!! Spotify Codes - How do they work?

I am trying to understand how Spotify Codes work technically, and I can't find any information on them. My answer to this question on stack overflow shows some of the digging I've done: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62120952/10703868 My question is, ho...

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  • Casual Listener
  • I am trying to understand how Spotify Codes work technically, and I can't find any information on them. My answer to this question on stack overflow shows some of the digging I've done: https://...
  • RoguePlanetoid
  • Roadie
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SDK error on PUT request at "Pause a User's Playback" Endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceDell XPSOperating SystemLinux Peppermint My Question or Issue I've successfully been able to play a track via the SDK. However, once the song start playing, I can't seem to get it to pause. A fetch request to the "Pa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Australia   Device Dell XPS Operating System Linux Peppermint   My Question or Issue   I've successfully been able to play a track via the SDK. However...
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Superuser Contribution I think Getting User's Saved Tracks from a user on a Family Plan fails.

Basically title. I'm not sure if there is an alternate request I should use but I've been using this one. GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracksI can't confirm the family plan is causing the issue but, it works for all other users on my app except ...

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  • Basically title. I'm not sure if there is an alternate request I should use but I've been using this one.  GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks I can't confirm the family plan is causing t...
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Developer Showcase App Submission

Hello, I developed a web app, and waiting to submit it for months. There are other topics about it with no informative replies. Could someone please enlighten us about estimated duration to solve this problem. Or did you stop the maintain Developer S...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   I developed a web app, and waiting to submit it for months. There are other topics about it with no informative replies. Could someone please enlighten us about estimated duration to ...
  • alpdal
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Spotify api works w/ my wix site in preview but not when published

My Question or IssueI'm making fetch post requests from the backend of my wix site to the spotify api. it works perfectly in the editor/preview and the api returns an access token, but when I publish the site and try and use it on the live site I get...

  • Visitor
  • My Question or Issue I'm making fetch post requests from the backend of my wix site to the spotify api. it works perfectly in the editor/preview and the api returns an access token, but when I ...
  • _milena
  • Roadie
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    invalid_grant
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Superuser Contribution spotify in widget

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue 1. I would like to know if it is possible to make a custom size for featuring a track on my ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (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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  • Roadie
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Superuser Contribution Port Spotify Client to Genode Operating System Framework

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceThinkpad x250Operating SystemGenode Sculpt OS 20.08 My Question or IssueSo, Spotify is able to run on almost every operating system - Windows, MacOS, Linux, *BSD, Android, iOS... but what about microkernel-based o...

  • Visitor
  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device Thinkpad x250 Operating System Genode Sculpt OS 20.08   My Question or Issue So, Spotify is able to run on almost every operating syst...
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  • Roadie
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sells of hoodies

PlanFree/PremiumCountrybelgiumDevice Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI would like to ask you a question. we would like to sell hoodies with pictures of songs thatt you have on your app so for example if i search up dior and i see the ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country belgium Device   Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue I would like to ask you a question. we would like to sell hoodies with pictures...
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Authentication iOS

I am developing an iOS / Android application that allows access to remote control of Spotify player with authentication via native SDK.At the first application start call the authorizeAndPlayURI of the SPTAppRemote, the apps switch correctly, and the...

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  • I am developing an iOS / Android application that allows access to remote control of Spotify player with authentication via native SDK. At the first application start call the authorizeAndPlayURI of...
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Sugerencias de sistema

PlanFree/PremiumCountryChileDeviceiPhone 6sOperating SystemiOS 14 My Question or Issuehola, soy un alguien que usa la aplicación en Latinoamérica, y quería preguntarles por dos cosas, o más bien hacer dos propuestas que me gustaría que fuesen escucha...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free/Premium Country Chile Device iPhone 6s Operating System iOS 14   My Question or Issue hola, soy un alguien que usa la aplicación en Latinoamérica, y quería preguntarles p...
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