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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...
The documentation for AlbumObject says that its artists porperty is an array of ArtistObject which doesn't match with the object returned by the API. The artists property of the AlbumObject returned by the API is actually a SimplifiedArtistObject.Lin...
The documentation for AlbumObject says that its artists porperty is an array of ArtistObject which doesn't match with the object returned by the API. The artists property of the AlbumObject returned ...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to write a program that automatically updates me when there is an update at certain artists. My problem now is I can't seem to find a way to get an access tok...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to write a program that automatically updates me when there is an update at certai...
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PlanFreeGermany DeviceAPI Hello there, We are using & testing Spotify API to integrate with our application. While we are accessing the API, almost 50% of the songs/tracks have preview_url null. We tested with the market as well. For example, if I te...
Plan Free Germany Device API Hello there, We are using & testing Spotify API to integrate with our application. While we are accessing the API, almost 50% of the son...
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My Question or IssueHey, so I'm building a smart Voice Assistant for myself (like Alexa or Google Home) and those assistants have the possibility to play and pause a playing song and to play a specific song with just the name of it (something like pl...
My Question or Issue Hey, so I'm building a smart Voice Assistant for myself (like Alexa or Google Home) and those assistants have the possibility to play and pause a playing song and to play a spec...
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We’re thrilled to invite you all to our virtual event: Developer Day at Spotify on March 25th. Developer Day at Spotify is a three-hour online event for all developers interested in Spotify’s open developer platform. You will meet the Spotify develop...
We’re thrilled to invite you all to our virtual event: Developer Day at Spotify on March 25th. Developer Day at Spotify is a three-hour online event for all developers interested in Spoti...
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My Question or IssueIssue found on Apr 24th 2020.Endpoint(s):GET /v1/artists/7heucQ89tyr0QHnwB4QO4jScope(s):None (application is not using authentication)Steps to reproduce:Open terminalrun command :curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/7...
My Question or Issue Issue found on Apr 24th 2020. Endpoint(s): GET /v1/artists/7heucQ89tyr0QHnwB4QO4j Scope(s): None (application is not using authentication) Steps to reproduce: Open te...
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I'm developing an app using the Spotify API with a React from end running on localhost:3000 and a node back end running on localhost:8888. The back end takes care of the authentication, where my redirect url is localhost:8888/callback. This is fine i...
I'm developing an app using the Spotify API with a React from end running on localhost:3000 and a node back end running on localhost:8888. The back end takes care of the authentication, where m...
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I have 2 laptops, here is the situation:At laptop 1, I open "Song 1", then I turn my laptop to sleep modeAt laptop 2, I open "Song 2" or "Song 3"Then I tested the https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-user-player/ it's doing fineAt some points, I...
I have 2 laptops, here is the situation: At laptop 1, I open "Song 1", then I turn my laptop to sleep mode At laptop 2, I open "Song 2" or "Song 3" Then I tested the https://developer.spotif...
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Hello, I would like to create a non-commercial web application using the Spotify api. However I don't know if what I would like to do violates the Spotify developer terms of service. I would like to make an application where users can login via Spoti...
Hello, I would like to create a non-commercial web application using the Spotify api. However I don't know if what I would like to do violates the Spotify developer terms of service. I would...
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Code:window.addEventListener('yt-page-data-updated' || *spotify page data updated*, function () { console.log("url changed") setTimeout(function(){ if(!document.getElementById("play-extension-ytbtn") || !document.getElementById("play-extension-btn"))...
Code: window.addEventListener('yt-page-data-updated' || *spotify page data updated*, function () { console.log("url changed") setTimeout(function(){ if(!document.getElementById("p...
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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
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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Hi folks, We’ve been developing a non-commercial web app using Web API and Web Playback SDK. Echoes is launched today and live (https://echoesapp.io) Wondering how we can submit it to Developer Showcase. Any guidance would be great. Of course, if you...
Hi folks, We’ve been developing a non-commercial web app using Web API and Web Playback SDK. Echoes is launched today and live (https://echoesapp.io) Wondering how we can submit it ...
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Hey, I made an open-source organizing tool for Spotify. It allows you to sort existing playlists or create new ones. When creating, you have an option to merge or split the playlists. It also removes any track duplicates.The app is available at https...
Hey, I made an open-source organizing tool for Spotify. It allows you to sort existing playlists or create new ones. When creating, you have an option to merge or split the playlists. It also removes...
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when making playlists for friends or for myself i get into the issues of adding to many different types of music genres that's why the ability to add divider in between tracks could help organizes my playlists and could also improve the listening exp...
when making playlists for friends or for myself i get into the issues of adding to many different types of music genres that's why the ability to add divider in between tracks could help organizes my...
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceSony Xperia Compact XZ1Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhen I play a unplayable song (no rights/licence in my country) via the Android SDK with skipToIndex() nothing happens. I would expect an error to be thr...
Plan Premium Country France Device Sony Xperia Compact XZ1 Operating System Android My Question or Issue When I play a unplayable song (no rights/licence in my country) via the Andro...
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Hello, I have created an API in ASP.NET Framework 4.5, and an html page using ajax communicating with the API. My problem is that I don't know how to communicate with Spotify to get the login page and display it to the user, knowing that the html pag...
Hello, I have created an API in ASP.NET Framework 4.5, and an html page using ajax communicating with the API. My problem is that I don't know how to communicate with Spotify to get the login page an...
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With the Android SDK, there is no method to get the player context. There is, however, a subscribeToPlayerContext method for receiving changes to it with an event handler. This returns a PlayerContext object containing the title, subtitle, type, and ...
With the Android SDK, there is no method to get the player context. There is, however, a subscribeToPlayerContext method for receiving changes to it with an event handler. This returns a PlayerContex...
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Hi, My problem is: I am opening the Spotify desktop app but when I call this API https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/it returns empty.
Hi, My problem is: I am opening the Spotify desktop app but when I call this API https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ it returns empty.
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Manually removing duplicates hand-by-hand may take me months to years for me to successfully cleared out. Is there any script to automate this through the API?
Manually removing duplicates hand-by-hand may take me months to years for me to successfully cleared out. Is there any script to automate this through the API?
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on https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#category-follow the scope for "Get User's Followed Artists" that is called for is "user-follow-modify".that is strange as "get followed artists" should only require read privileges.and...
on https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#category-follow the scope for "Get User's Followed Artists" that is called for is "user-follow-modify". that is st...
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