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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Добрый день. Мы разрабатываем новый сервис для определения популярности музыкантов России и стран ближнего зарубежья на основе статистики по стриминговым сервисам, социальным сетям, радиостанциям, концертным площадкам. Сервис предназначен для того, ч...
Добрый день. Мы разрабатываем новый сервис для определения популярности музыкантов России и стран ближнего зарубежья на основе статистики по стриминговым сервисам, социальным сетям, радиостанци...
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I want to verify user input before executing the request and receiving a Bad Request Error. I know it has to be base-62, so [a-zA-Z0-9], but what other restrictions are there? I've noticed that it seems to expect the ID to be 22 characters long. Woul...
I want to verify user input before executing the request and receiving a Bad Request Error. I know it has to be base-62, so [a-zA-Z0-9], but what other restrictions are there? I've noticed that it se...
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I need to "authorize" the bearer token to delete some tracks from a list (from my personal Spotify account) I'm following this flow I first make a POST request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token using `"Authorization: Basic ZjM4ZjAw...WY0MzE="...
I need to "authorize" the bearer token to delete some tracks from a list (from my personal Spotify account) I'm following this flow I first make a POST request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/tok...
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As the subject ask is it possible to use Spotify as a DJ, since you can buy Spotify for commercial use (company). This is more for personal use as well, since some songs have long intro or outro. You are able today to make the end of the song fade, s...
As the subject ask is it possible to use Spotify as a DJ, since you can buy Spotify for commercial use (company). This is more for personal use as well, since some songs have long intro or o...
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I am new to this, but assume it would be feasible to support all (or most?) of the following features on an app (iOS & Android) for Spotify users on free accounts. Please provide some true and false feedback for each assumption. An app can:Select a p...
I am new to this, but assume it would be feasible to support all (or most?) of the following features on an app (iOS & Android) for Spotify users on free accounts. Please provide some true and fa...
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I am building a CLI on top of this Node.js API client: https://github.com/thelinmichael/spotify-web-api-node From what I understand, I need 2 kinds of authetnications. One is for the app itself (described here), and one is user authentication (descri...
I am building a CLI on top of this Node.js API client: https://github.com/thelinmichael/spotify-web-api-node From what I understand, I need 2 kinds of authetnications. One is for the app its...
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is there a way to retrieve playlists (and liked songs) via the android SDK?how to start playing liked songs as a playlist?
is there a way to retrieve playlists (and liked songs) via the android SDK? how to start playing liked songs as a playlist?
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I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or saved albums), do I need to set a redirect URI in my ap...
I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or save...
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PlanFreeCountryCosta Rica but it is affecting worldwideDeviceAllOperating SystemWindows, Android to the extent I could check My Question or IssueTrying to embed my playlist in a widget on wordpresshttps://open.spotify.com/user/nb9zbd3num3x193bey7azzi...
Plan Free Country Costa Rica but it is affecting worldwide Device All Operating System Windows, Android to the extent I could check My Question or Issue Trying to embed my playl...
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Hi, I'm currently developing an app which in home it displays all the artist that I follow and for each of them I display their latest track. The problem is that to do this I need to invoke http://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following?type=artist until I r...
Hi, I'm currently developing an app which in home it displays all the artist that I follow and for each of them I display their latest track. The problem is that to do this I need to invoke&nb...
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Hi all, I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotify accounts are linked to Artists once they get an artist profile c...
Hi all, I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotif...
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I'm using the ios-sdk. I'm connected and can control the player API, but I'd like to retrieve some data from the REST API. How do I get the current user's spotify id for the queries? TIA
I'm using the ios-sdk. I'm connected and can control the player API, but I'd like to retrieve some data from the REST API. How do I get the current user's spotify id for the queries? TIA &n...
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Hello there !I'm a JS developer and I just get familiar with the spotify API.My application is working fine, I made a nodeJs server for authentication and a little Svelte App to display some data !I was expecting the spotify dashboard page to display...
Hello there ! I'm a JS developer and I just get familiar with the spotify API. My application is working fine, I made a nodeJs server for authentication and a little Svelte App to display some data...
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PlanPremiumCountryFRDeviceAPI from computer My Question or IssueAPI was working fine for searching songs but since a couple of hours, this gives an Error 500 Server Error. Note that when parameter 'artist' is given, it works. But when looking for 'tr...
Plan Premium Country FR Device API from computer My Question or Issue API was working fine for searching songs but since a couple of hours, this gives an Error 500 Server Error. ...
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Hi, it would be great if podcast statistics where available in the API. This would make it possible for podcast hosting providers to provide podcasters with a central performance dashboard. I know that podcasters are in desperate need of a central pl...
Hi, it would be great if podcast statistics where available in the API. This would make it possible for podcast hosting providers to provide podcasters with a central performance dashboard. &n...
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According description, the method "Get Current User's Recently Played Tracks" must return the most recent 50 tracks that played more than 30 seconds. In practice, play history isn't updated with any tracks 35-40-50... seconds. Only tracks that are al...
According description, the method "Get Current User's Recently Played Tracks" must return the most recent 50 tracks that played more than 30 seconds. In practice, play history isn't updated ...
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Spotify: please expose more of a track's waveform than the first 30 sec. There is a research community that wants to develop more powerful song-waveofmr analytics than exists today. For example, see Bill Protzmann'spost 3 weeks ago on Emotion Data. T...
Spotify: please expose more of a track's waveform than the first 30 sec. There is a research community that wants to develop more powerful song-waveofmr analytics than exists today. Fo...
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Out of all the Device Types, which ones can the volume be set for, via the Web API?I know for example that the volume can be set for "Computer" and can not be set for "Smartphone". Is there a known list of Devices (out of the full list below) that th...
Out of all the Device Types, which ones can the volume be set for, via the Web API? I know for example that the volume can be set for "Computer" and can not be set for "Smartphone". Is there a k...
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My Question or Issue It should be possible to change/restore the url from your playlist. Not to put the url you want, but restore it to another random one. Thanks.
My Question or Issue It should be possible to change/restore the url from your playlist. Not to put the url you want, but restore it to another random one. Thanks.
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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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