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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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Not all Spotify playlists appearing in search?

Using the web API, I can only see 1438 official Spotify playlists (all the way up to "foodora dinner playlist"). I'm getting the playlists recursively usinghttps://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify/playlists?limit=50&offset=ifor i increasing in increm...

  • Casual Listener
  • Using the web API, I can only see 1438 official Spotify playlists (all the way up to "foodora dinner playlist").   I'm getting the playlists recursively using https://api.spotify.com/v1/users...
  • bonzobitburg
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    Playlists
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Full song playback on react web-app

I want to create a React App that uses Spotify API. On this web-app, people could search for tracks,albums, artists etc and if they find something they like, they can share it on the feed so other users can see what they found. Also, the 30 sec previ...

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  • I want to create a React App that uses Spotify API.   On this web-app, people could search for tracks,albums, artists etc and if they find something they like, they can share it on the feed so...
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[Personal Project] What kind of authorization to use?

Hey, I have been working on a voice-command assistant (here's the github: https://github.com/JonasRSV/friday-voice-assistant) and I'd like to enable starting Spotify songs with it. When reading up on authentication flows for the web-api it seems as a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey, I have been working on a voice-command assistant (here's the github: https://github.com/JonasRSV/friday-voice-assistant) and I'd like to enable starting Spotify songs with it.   When...
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Solved!! Resolve link.tospotify.com to ID

Is there a way to get more information from the characters after "link.tospotify.com" via the API? Like the Spotify ID of a track. For example https://link.tospotify.com/TsNdTNARuab

  • Casual Listener
  • Is there a way to get more information from the characters after "link.tospotify.com" via the API?  Like the Spotify ID of a track.   For example https://link.tospotify.com/TsNdTNARu...
  • PMental
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Spotipy Web Application, how to retrieve OAuth code?

Hello all,I am branching out into trying to setup a Web Application for the first time, and I'm trying to make something with Spotify since I use it very often. I have a URL setup with my registered app on Heroku and I've got some barebones Python wr...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello all, I am branching out into trying to setup a Web Application for the first time, and I'm trying to make something with Spotify since I use it very often. I have a URL setup with my registere...
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Track available markets sometimes empty list instead of missing

Hello,The `available_markets` attribute of a track seems to vary from missing to an empty list. This happens in the track call, when a market is specified. Previously I think the markets were always missing. It seems that often on first attempt the a...

  • Music Fan
  • Hello, The `available_markets` attribute of a track seems to vary from missing to an empty list. This happens in the track call, when a market is specified. Previously I think the markets were alway...
  • felix-hilden
  • Music Fan
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PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play still works with expired token

Wanted to point out what looks like a bug with this endpoint. Steps to repro: 1. in a Spotify app, obtain an access token with the implicit grant flow (1h expiration I believe)2. Use it to create a player with the web playback SDK. Verify that you ca...

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  • Wanted to point out what looks like a bug with this endpoint. Steps to repro:   1. in a Spotify app, obtain an access token with the implicit grant flow (1h expiration I believe) 2. Use ...
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Spotify Error, Oops! Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area.

I'm trying to use Spotify for Devs but every time i try to get my auth Token i receive this error, "Error, Oops! Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area."The console gives me an error 500, i followed the tutorial step by ste...

  • Newbie
  • I'm trying to use Spotify for Devs but every time i try to get my auth Token i receive this error, "Error, Oops! Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area." The console gives...
  • Termi99
  • Newbie
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How to remove custom playlist cover image?

How can I use the Spotify Web API to remove custom playlist cover image from an authenticated user that owns that playlist?

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  • How can I use the Spotify Web API to remove custom playlist cover image from an authenticated user that owns that playlist?
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maximum length of "uirs" payload?

Is there any limitation known for the "uris" payload in a "play" command? When I list very long arrays I receive an error, but I could never nail it down to length, or count, anything....

  • Roadie
  • Is there any limitation known for the "uris" payload in a "play" command? When I list very long arrays I receive an error, but I could never nail it down to length, or count, anything....
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API Access Tokens return different results

Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web API to search for songs (https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item) I have a Client ID/Secret and I wrote Python code to retrieve an access_token using the https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token endpoint. Thi...

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  • Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web API to search for songs (https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item)   I have a Client ID/Secret and I wrote Python code to retrieve an access_token us...
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Embedded player not working

Hi, I have attempted to embed a Spotify player on a website I am developing, however it is not displaying/working and is showing console errors. I would have thought this should be straightforward? Embed code on the website: Console errors: Using lat...

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  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,    I have attempted to embed a Spotify player on a website I am developing, however it is not displaying/working and is showing console errors. I would have thought this should be str...
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Scopes for creating/adding to a playlist

hi there!i'm trying to create a new playlist with python and add songs to it. i have recieved an access token after asking for -playlist-modify-private+playlist-modify-public scopes, and now i can read my private playlists but cant create new ones or...

  • Visitor
  • hi there! i'm trying to create a new playlist with python and add songs to it.  i have recieved an access token after asking for - playlist-modify-private+playlist-modify-public scopes, and ...
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Superuser Contribution Website Spotify Embed not Working

Hi, I am attempting to embed the Spotify song player iframe on a website. I have copied the iframe code from Spotify and pasted onto my web page. However the iframe does not load and gives the following console errors:My embed code:

Could someone p...

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  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I am attempting to embed the Spotify song player iframe on a website. I have copied the iframe code from Spotify and pasted onto my web page. However the iframe does not load and gives the follow...
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  • Casual Listener
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500 internal error using PaaS, working fine on local

Hi!I am developing a tool that takes songs of Youtube and creates a playlists in Spotify. I have run the application succesfully in local, but I get an error when I try it in Elastic Beanstalk, the PaaS of Amazon. I am using a Flask server and the Sp...

  • Visitor
  • Hi! I am developing a tool that takes songs of Youtube and creates a playlists in Spotify. I have run the application succesfully in local, but I get an error when I try it in Elastic Beansta...
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The OR operator in the Search API doesn't work

I'm trying to look for tracks by either ISRC ID, or by both track name and artist name, I try to do so in a single request using the OR operator in the search API endpoint but it doesn't really work. When I search by ISRC ID alone it works /search?ty...

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  • I'm trying to look for tracks by either ISRC ID, or by both track name and artist name, I try to do so in a single request using the OR operator in the search API endpoint but it doesn't really work....
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Having user ID in url for playlist returns error page

PlanNoneCountry DeviceAny mobile phone, desktop computerOperating SystemWindows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS Hi,Inside of the app we have a place with webview and html for playlist like this:https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/f7y2jlvl3hdr6wh6blg2nef64/...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan None Country   Device Any mobile phone, desktop computer Operating System Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS   Hi, Inside of the app we have a place with webview and html for ...
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Superuser Contribution Embedded iFrame Redirect not functioning

I've embedded the iFrame widget into the header of my website. But upon clicking the button, nothing happens -- it appears the redirect STARTS, but never completes. iFrame: HOWEVER, if you extract JUST the URL from that iFrame and paste it into a ne...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've embedded the iFrame widget into the header of my website. But upon clicking the button, nothing happens -- it appears the redirect STARTS, but never completes.    iFrame:  <...
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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...
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  • 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...
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  • Roadie
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