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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
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  • 9 replies
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  • Possible Bug
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  • 9 replies
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Terms Of Use - Preview URL

Hello, I'm planning to develop a game app, but for that I only want to use the preview audio url (30sec). For general use (full audio) I know that it is not allowed, but using only the preview one, is it allowed?Regards,

  • Visitor
  • Hello, I'm planning to develop a game app, but for that I only want to use the preview audio url (30sec). For general use (full audio) I know that it is not allowed, but using only the preview one, i...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1376 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Terms
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  • 1 replies
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Making application work for different users(Spotify API)

Hi, I currently have a python script that creates a playlist of recently played tracks. However, it only works for my own account right now and I wanted to know how I could make this work for other users as well. I have the appropriate scopes (playli...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I currently have a python script that creates a playlist of recently played tracks. However, it only works for my own account right now and I wanted to know how I could make this work for other u...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 3841 Views
  • 3 replies
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Solved!! Cannot set offset to above 50 for a user's favorite tracks

Hey,When i try to use the endpoint GET /v1/me/top/{type} with an offset of above 50, the result sent back from the endpoint is an empty list of 0 tracks. I am trying to get a User's top 100 songs, and to do so I'm trying to call GET /v1/me/top/tracks...

  • Visitor
  • Hey, When i try to use the endpoint GET /v1/me/top/{type} with an offset of above 50, the result sent back from the endpoint is an empty list of 0 tracks.   I am trying to get a User's t...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1865 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 1865 Views
  • 1 replies
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Web Playback SDK: only first 10 seconds of each song is played

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: Samsung 2020 TVOperating System: Tizen My Question or IssueI am developing an application on Tizen for Samsung TVs which I am attempting to integrate with Spotify. I am using the Spotify Web Playback SDK and initiati...

  • Newbie
  • Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device: Samsung 2020 TV Operating System: Tizen   My Question or Issue I am developing an application on Tizen for Samsung TVs which I am ...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1117 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • javascript
    tizen
    TizenOS
    TV app
    web playback sdk
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The Best 10 sec (The Best 10')

User can press the new icon (tBts -The Best 10 sec) and can select the favorite part within 10 sec period. This section could be called "the heart of the song" for the user.Spotify will have the advantage to suggest the songs that best match, because...

  • Casual Listener
  • User can press the new icon (tBts -The Best 10 sec) and can select the favorite part within 10 sec period. This section could be called "the heart of the song" for the user. Spotify will have the a...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1081 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • The Best 10 sec
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Login survives wipe of local storage

PlanFreeCountryFinlandDeviceSamsung Galaxy Tab A (2019)Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWe'd like to include Spotify in a managed tablet solution for hotels. However, we have to make sure that users are logged out upon checkout from the ro...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country Finland Device Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2019) Operating System Android   My Question or Issue We'd like to include Spotify in a managed tablet solution for hotels. Howev...
  • 670 Views
  • 0 replies
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Solved!! Why is OAuth required for a search?

I want to use Spotify's search API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/search) as a source for searching for track names, maybe use album cover thumbnails etc., but I don't want to do anything related to a user's account, play any songs, modify playlists etc...

  • Newbie
  • I want to use Spotify's search API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/search)  as a source for searching for track names, maybe use album cover thumbnails etc., but I don't want to do anything related ...
  • RoguePlanetoid
  • Roadie
  • 2445 Views
  • 1 replies
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Need podcast endpoints from web API

I'm trying to pull data from the Spotify API such as "popular podcasts" or "podcasts by genre". But as you can see from the documentation, to get podcast info you must have the podcast (or "show") id, which you can only get from doing a search with "...

  • Visitor
  •   I'm trying to pull data from the Spotify API such as "popular podcasts" or "podcasts by genre". But as you can see from the documentation, to get podcast info you must have the podcast (or "s...
  • trekhleb123
  • Casual Listener
  • 2166 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes
  • podcast
    Web API
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Using Spotify Connect with the Android API

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDeviceNook HD (Running CyanogenMod)Operating SystemAndroid 6.0.1 My Question or IssueHi all, I have been trying to develop a very simple app to be used with the spotify API for android that simply starts a pl...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United States of America Device Nook HD (Running CyanogenMod) Operating System Android 6.0.1   My Question or Issue Hi all, I have been trying to develop a very si...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 895 Views
  • 3 replies
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Temporary 504 Bad Gateway Error

Hi !Since couple of days now the Spotify API is returning more and more (often by group of 5 minutes) a 504 Bad Gateway Error to all our requests (whatever they are on https://api.spotify.com/v1/.......). Did you got some servers issues recently and ...

  • Roadie
  • Hi ! Since couple of days now the Spotify API is returning more and more (often by group of 5 minutes) a 504 Bad Gateway Error to all our requests (whatever they are on https://api.spotify.com/v1/.....
  • blackarcanis
  • Roadie
  • 2728 Views
  • 6 replies
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How to link Spotify accounts to Alexa Skills

Hi there,Not trying to advertise but if anyone is interested in developing Alexa skills app and is interested in linking to the Spotify API, I made a blog post discussing this to which I have left a link below. https://medium.com/@edwardmuldrew/how-t...

  • Regular
  • Hi there, Not trying to advertise but if anyone is interested in developing Alexa skills app and is interested in linking to the Spotify API, I made a blog post discussing this to which I have left ...
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  • 0 replies
  • 3 likes
  • account linking
    Alexa
    authentication
    development
    Discussion
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Problem registering commercial app

Hi,I'm trying to register a new commercial application in the Dashboard, but even though I fill out every field in form 2 (2 of 3), it always says "Please fill out required fields." after pressing Next.Is this a known issue?Thanks,Ronnie

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, I'm trying to register a new commercial application in the Dashboard, but even though I fill out every field in form 2 (2 of 3), it always says "Please fill out required fields." after pressin...
  • RonnieDeRakker
  • Casual Listener
  • 1154 Views
  • 2 replies
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Help on automatize podcast extraction data.

Hey guys,I need to build an ETL and extract the podcast data automatically.Is there any way to do it? I was checking the new podcast API and I don't think that it's doable with that.

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey guys, I need to build an ETL and extract the podcast data automatically. Is there any way to do it?   I was checking the new podcast API and I don't think that it's doable with that.
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1372 Views
  • 3 replies
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  • data downloading
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Instrumentalness object

How exactly is instrumentalness calculated for each track? Does it refer to the likelihood that a track contains any lyrics at any given time point during the track?

  • Visitor
  • How exactly is instrumentalness calculated for each track?   Does it refer to the likelihood that a track contains any lyrics at any given time point during the track?  
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1493 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Calculating instrumentalness
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Custom domain not redirecting to playlist

I am trying to redirect a custom domain to a playlist on open.spotify.com but I am getting an error message stating that Spotify can't open the link. If you go to the URL below you should see what I am talking about. I have a Bitly link that is succe...

  • Regular
  • I am trying to redirect a custom domain to a playlist on open.spotify.com but I am getting an error message stating that Spotify can't open the link. If you go to the URL below you should see what I ...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1679 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • redirect
    URL
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Spotify Search API does not return tracks if the query is an artist name

GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/search When I use the above Spotify Web Search API with type=track and q={some artist name}, the API (usually) returns no results. For example, If I search "Cage the Elephant" or "Kanye West" the API will return no resu...

  • Casual Listener
  • GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/search   When I use the above Spotify Web Search API with type=track and q={some artist name}, the API (usually) returns no results. For example, If I search "Ca...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 3859 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes
  • api
    Search
    search artists
    Search failure
    search results
    Web API
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LOOKING FOR PLAYLIST INTRO API

Is there any spotify api which gets songs from a playlist than gets 5 - 10 sec for every song and mixing them together and create a intro or summary for playlist?If it is can some send me the link please If it isn't can some work for it could be awes...

  • Composer
  • Is there any spotify api which gets songs from  a playlist than gets 5 - 10 sec for every song and mixing them together and create a intro or summary for playlist? If it is can some send me t...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 578 Views
  • 1 replies
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you can change song without primium

Please fix this.I can change the song on my computer and after that go to my mobile device and say "hear on this device" and then it will switch too the song i choose on the computer.

  • Visitor
  • Please fix this. I can change the song on my computer and after that go to my mobile device and say "hear on this device" and then it will switch too the song i choose on the computer.
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 533 Views
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  • okay
  • 533 Views
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Spotify Video Platform

I've heard Spotify now has a video upload platform, but I'm having a hard time finding much information on it. Am I mistaken? If the capability is there, our organization would like to start uploading our content. Any help on this topic would be appr...

  • Visitor
  • I've heard Spotify now has a video upload platform, but I'm having a hard time finding much information on it. Am I mistaken?   If the capability is there, our organization would like to start...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 4153 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Video On Spotify
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404 Error when using Spotify API

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop Windows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to use the Spotify API server to server authentication and I keep getting a 404 error. I am using the correct client and secret id and have gone t...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to use the Spotify API server to server authentication and I keep gett...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 3433 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 3433 Views
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