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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hi there! For the past several months, I've been developing an app using Spotify Web API and Node. As it's nearing completion, I'm wondering how to host my app on a domain for others to use. So far, I've been running my authentication server on local...
Hi there! For the past several months, I've been developing an app using Spotify Web API and Node. As it's nearing completion, I'm wondering how to host my app on a domain for others to use....
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The Spotify API groups both Singles and EPs in the same category (singles):(Source: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#object-albumobject) However, it clearly has an internal flag to mark a single as an EP, as made apparen...
The Spotify API groups both Singles and EPs in the same category (singles): (Source: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#object-albumobject) However, it clear...
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What exactly are the synchronizing rules set out when using preview (short clip) spotify music with a Users Photo. Example, allowing a USER who has a premium Spotify account to select a specific preview url ( with bold call to action for redirecting ...
What exactly are the synchronizing rules set out when using preview (short clip) spotify music with a Users Photo. Example, allowing a USER who has a premium Spotify account to select a specific prev...
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbo...
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Hi, We have developed a third party app that uses the Spotify web API. When logging in, the options that work are manually entering the username and password, Facebook, and apple, but google login returns a disallowed_agent error. I guess this is bec...
Hi, We have developed a third party app that uses the Spotify web API. When logging in, the options that work are manually entering the username and password, Facebook, and apple, but google...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePixel 3a Virtual Device (API 28)Operating SystemAndroid 9.0 Pie My Question or IssueI'm using the AuthenticationRequest and AuthenticationClient to connect a Spotify account to my app. I was testing with no issues:- Launch...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3a Virtual Device (API 28) Operating System Android 9.0 Pie My Question or Issue I'm using the AuthenticationRequest and AuthenticationC...
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PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceiPadOperating System(iOS 15)My Question or IssueMy nephew has an iPad and I love letting him listen and connect with music. I had toggled the explicit settings to off, but it somehow got turned back on (I wouldn't be surprised ...
Plan Free Country US Device iPad Operating System (iOS 15) My Question or Issue My nephew has an iPad and I love letting him listen and connect with music. I had toggled the explicit setting...
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Hi,Will canvas MP4s ever be accessible from the Spotify API? Some of these are brilliant pieces of art and would go well as a wallpaper.
Hi, Will canvas MP4s ever be accessible from the Spotify API? Some of these are brilliant pieces of art and would go well as a wallpaper.
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If I were to create an iOS app using the iOS Spotify SDK, but didn't stream any music directly through the app and instead relied on creating and modifying playlists, playing certain playlists, and starting/stopping the music playing out of the actua...
If I were to create an iOS app using the iOS Spotify SDK, but didn't stream any music directly through the app and instead relied on creating and modifying playlists, playing certain playlists, and s...
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I used the Web API to search for the following ISRC (Johnny Cash - Hurt): USDJ20200650 I've found 5 releases of the right track from 'Johnny Cash' (that's correct) and 1 track from 'Chris Mould'. I think this isn't right, while the ISRC is a unique n...
I used the Web API to search for the following ISRC (Johnny Cash - Hurt): USDJ20200650 I've found 5 releases of the right track from 'Johnny Cash' (that's correct) and 1 track from...
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Hello, I would like to propose the idea of including all/more relevant metadata about a playlist in the endpoint available to us developers. I think a lot of apps/creators would benefit from more extensive data, that is already there but not availabl...
Hello, I would like to propose the idea of including all/more relevant metadata about a playlist in the endpoint available to us developers. I think a lot of apps/creators would benefit from more e...
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PlanPremium CountryUSA Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issue For a small project I was working on, I wanted to look through Spotify's provided playlists. Using the user playlists API call, I was able to retrieve about 1400 playlists. Howeve...
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue For a small project I was working on, I wanted to look through Spotify's provided play...
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Hey, I just graduated and I am trying to get some experience by cloning things I use. I emailed the company telling them I loved the product and that I wanted to clone it. Since they only have a mobile App, I wanted to make a web version of it so I a...
Hey, I just graduated and I am trying to get some experience by cloning things I use. I emailed the company telling them I loved the product and that I wanted to clone it. Si...
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HiWe created an app using Laravel and our server is a cloud Linode in Frankfurt, It doesn't matter what api do we call, everything returns 403, even the AUTH api returns 403 forbidden without any other information.Is it possible that our server is ba...
Hi We created an app using Laravel and our server is a cloud Linode in Frankfurt, It doesn't matter what api do we call, everything returns 403, even the AUTH api returns 403 forbidden without any o...
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PlanPremiumCountry Device( Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2019)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo.) Hello dear spotify team,Today I came across with an issue. The embed podcast is not working.For example in the Michelle Obama Podcast if I try ...
Plan Premium Country Device ( Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2019) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo.) Hello dear spotify team, Today I came across with ...
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I've submitted my 3rd extension quota submission on December 22nd and haven't received an update since. Typically Spotify gets back to me within a few days. I understand there is a delay because of the holiday times. When should I expect them to revi...
I've submitted my 3rd extension quota submission on December 22nd and haven't received an update since. Typically Spotify gets back to me within a few days. I understand there is a del...
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PlanBoth Free/PremiumDeviceAny iOSOperating SystemiOS 11+My Question or IssueI am the developer of a popular music visualizer. Unlike Android, iOS does not have OS level support for music visualization, but I've noticed there are several apps now tha...
Plan Both Free/Premium Device Any iOS Operating System iOS 11+ My Question or Issue I am the developer of a popular music visualizer. Unlike Android, iOS does not have OS level support f...
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PlanPremium CountryUS Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to use the /me/player/pause api endpoint it returns error 403 "Player command failed: Premium required" but the token I used to authenticate the request belongs to a prem...
Plan Premium Country US Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When I try to use the /me/player/pause api endpoint it returns error 403 "Player command failed...
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Hello, on Spotify desktop if I try to reorder multilpe items in my queue by dragging them up, when my cursor hits the top of the screen it does not scroll upwards. This is very unintuitive, as sometimes with shorter queue it does work.I wish this was...
Hello, on Spotify desktop if I try to reorder multilpe items in my queue by dragging them up, when my cursor hits the top of the screen it does not scroll upwards. This is very unintuitive, as someti...
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I am using the Spotify iOS SDK and the Spotify app on my iPhone. iOS 15, Xcode 13.2, iPhone 13 Pro. when calling sessionManager.initiateSession(with: scope, options: .clientOnly) I get redirected to the Spotify app where my authorization fails (I see...
I am using the Spotify iOS SDK and the Spotify app on my iPhone. iOS 15, Xcode 13.2, iPhone 13 Pro. when calling sessionManager.initiateSession(with: scope, options: .clientOnly) &...
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