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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...
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 folks, I'm having an issue implementing the iOS Spotify SDK, my objective is to get the user’s spotifyAccessToken and spotifyRefreshToken, as it is now is partially working, if the user log in using the web browser everything works well, but when...
Hey folks, I'm having an issue implementing the iOS Spotify SDK, my objective is to get the user’s spotifyAccessToken and spotifyRefreshToken, as it is now is partially working, if the user log in us...
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Hello, I'm writing an app (at the moment is just sperimental) which uses the preview_url given by this API endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/This is my workflow, summed up in a few line: 1. Creating my client creds using Client_Id and Client...
Hello, I'm writing an app (at the moment is just sperimental) which uses the preview_url given by this API endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/ This is my workflow, summed up in a ...
Newbie
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Stopped updating since Friday. Anyone else experiencing this? Any news from the Spotify team?
Stopped updating since Friday. Anyone else experiencing this? Any news from the Spotify team?
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I have a question regarding the Spotify API: Is it possible to access the "mood" label of a song? On Spotify's Liked Songs, you can sort a song by different labels that range from genre like "pop" or "r&b" to things like "nostalgia" or "chill" or "lo...
I have a question regarding the Spotify API: Is it possible to access the "mood" label of a song? On Spotify's Liked Songs, you can sort a song by different labels that range from genre like ...
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I'm receiving weird values for acousticness and instrumentalness for harpsichord recordings. The two harpsichord tracks : Trevor Pinnock Luc BeauséjourFrom the API:AcousticnessA confidence measure from 0.0 to 1.0 of whether the track is acoustic. 1.0...
I'm receiving weird values for acousticness and instrumentalness for harpsichord recordings. The two harpsichord tracks : Trevor Pinnock Luc Beauséjour From the API: Acoustic...
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo ideapad 100Operating SystemWindows 8.1 pro My Question or IssueCurrently, I'm trying to create access token from command line to use spotify ads api in php. But I'm getting errors like below listed during run authoriz...
Plan Free Country India Device Lenovo ideapad 100 Operating System Windows 8.1 pro My Question or Issue Currently, I'm trying to create access token from command line to use spotify ...
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Hi! My quota extension request was rejected for the following reason and would be interested in clarification: "You need to inform the end users about what type of app they are authenticating to, before they log in to your app." Where is this informa...
Hi! My quota extension request was rejected for the following reason and would be interested in clarification: "You need to inform the end users about what type of app they are ...
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My Spotify account got suspended today for this reason: 'It has come to Spotify’s attention that your account has engaged in unauthorized use of the Spotify service in violation of the Terms, including possibly engaging in unauthorized content downlo...
My Spotify account got suspended today for this reason: 'It has come to Spotify’s attention that your account has engaged in unauthorized use of the Spotify service in violation of the Terms...
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My Question or IssueI am constanty getting an error "An unexpected packet was received before the handshake." Could this be because spotify has a max amount of requests you are allowed to make or does this have nothing to do with the spotify at all? ...
My Question or Issue I am constanty getting an error "An unexpected packet was received before the handshake." Could this be because spotify has a max amount of requests you are allowed to make or d...
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I have a NodeJS script (attached) to unfollow multiple playlists quickly. It retrieves the playlists of the user, and then unfollows them by ID. However, I obtain lots of 502 server errors when setting a low time between playlists unfollowed (e.g., 1...
I have a NodeJS script (attached) to unfollow multiple playlists quickly. It retrieves the playlists of the user, and then unfollows them by ID. However, I obtain lots of 502 server errors when setti...
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For example, if a user who has purchased a tool that can control playback obtains an API key and assigns that key to a product, will that lead to commercial use?
For example, if a user who has purchased a tool that can control playback obtains an API key and assigns that key to a product, will that lead to commercial use?
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The following API request causes an Internal Server Error (500 status code):PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/2NQ82tb1NoHzC2XuKZqnzk/tracks?uris=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A38xxS4lwZuQTnM0OQLNvoa{ "range_start": 0, "snapshot_id": "NDIsMzBjNmMwYzUyNzI...
The following API request causes an Internal Server Error (500 status code): PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/2NQ82tb1NoHzC2XuKZqnzk/tracks?uris=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A38xxS4lwZuQTnM0OQLN...
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According to the API documentation, the episode object may contain a property called "restrictions" (plural), but in fact, this property is "restriction" (singular). See screenshot for an example. This mismatch should be documented. Client applicatio...
According to the API documentation, the episode object may contain a property called "restrictions" (plural), but in fact, this property is "restriction" (singular). See screenshot for an example. Th...
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show objects returned in API responses have a total_episodes property, which is not even mentioned in the documentation. I would suggest documenting it, so that developers and end users can leverage it. The definition of the show object that I'm refe...
show objects returned in API responses have a total_episodes property, which is not even mentioned in the documentation. I would suggest documenting it, so that developers and end users can leverage ...
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Sometimes, track objects returned in API responses present two properties, primary_color and video_thumbnail, which are not even mentioned in the documentation. They should be documented, so that end users and developers can leverage them. The defini...
Sometimes, track objects returned in API responses present two properties, primary_color and video_thumbnail, which are not even mentioned in the documentation. They should be documented, s...
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The playlist object does not follow the format specified in the API documentation. The playlist object is defined here:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-playlistAt least, the following endpoints are affect...
The playlist object does not follow the format specified in the API documentation. The playlist object is defined here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/opera...
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Snapshot IDs are great to determine if a playlist has changed before fetching the full playlist. However, as there is no Get Multiple Playlists endpoint they still need to be called one by one to check if there has been a change to that individual pl...
Snapshot IDs are great to determine if a playlist has changed before fetching the full playlist. However, as there is no Get Multiple Playlists endpoint they still need to be called one by one to che...
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Been working on a Spotify app in React and have an SDK component that acts as a player. It was working all day, now it connects but returns a null state when I call the 'player_state_changed' listener or getCurrentState() method. I tried playing musi...
Been working on a Spotify app in React and have an SDK component that acts as a player. It was working all day, now it connects but returns a null state when I call the 'player_state_changed' listene...
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Hi, I'm using the podcast search API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search) and noticed that the results only search the podcast episode title and not the episode descriptions. Am I using the API incorrect...
Hi, I'm using the podcast search API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search) and noticed that the results only search the podcast episode title an...
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Hello, here’s my question: I’m starting a project that includes a link to spotify. (the use of this project won’t be free, it will have a cost) My users will need to have access to all yr library, using that link, with no expiry date. Is that possibl...
Hello, here’s my question: I’m starting a project that includes a link to spotify. (the use of this project won’t be free, it will have a cost) My users will need to have a...
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