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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...
hi there!i'm trying to create a new playlist with python and add songs to it. i have recieved an access token after asking for -playlist-modify-private+playlist-modify-public scopes, and now i can read my private playlists but cant create new ones or...
hi there! i'm trying to create a new playlist with python and add songs to it. i have recieved an access token after asking for - playlist-modify-private+playlist-modify-public scopes, and ...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryChileDeviceiPhone 6sOperating SystemiOS 14 My Question or Issuehola, soy un alguien que usa la aplicación en Latinoamérica, y quería preguntarles por dos cosas, o más bien hacer dos propuestas que me gustaría que fuesen escucha...
Plan Free/Premium Country Chile Device iPhone 6s Operating System iOS 14 My Question or Issue hola, soy un alguien que usa la aplicación en Latinoamérica, y quería preguntarles p...
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I want to submit my Spotify based app so that it could be added to the Developer showcase section. What are the steps for the same? I have the app ready. Thanks in advance
I want to submit my Spotify based app so that it could be added to the Developer showcase section. What are the steps for the same? I have the app ready. Thanks in advance
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CountryNetherlandsDeviceWeb API My Question or IssueI'm using the web api to make a site that enables users to create and fill Spotify playlists through the (pretty awesome) spotify web api. I couldn't find how to add a local track to the playlist th...
Country Netherlands Device Web API My Question or Issue I'm using the web api to make a site that enables users to create and fill Spotify playlists through the (pretty awesome) spotify ...
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Basically title. I'm not sure if there is an alternate request I should use but I've been using this one. GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracksI can't confirm the family plan is causing the issue but, it works for all other users on my app except ...
Basically title. I'm not sure if there is an alternate request I should use but I've been using this one. GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks I can't confirm the family plan is causing t...
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I have noticed a behaviour in spotify web Application. While logging in through mobile number "Get new code" text is not showing a anchor cursor tag (mouse cursor) rather it is showing as a text pointer. User might get confused whether it is actually...
I have noticed a behaviour in spotify web Application. While logging in through mobile number "Get new code" text is not showing a anchor cursor tag (mouse cursor) rather it is showing as a text...
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Country: USQuestion: Wondering why featured playlists for past years (i.e. 1990) have most of their songs from 2019-2020? Tried pulling a US featured playlist (@ https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-featured-playlists/) with the following date: ...
Country: US Question: Wondering why featured playlists for past years (i.e. 1990) have most of their songs from 2019-2020? Tried pulling a US featured playlist (@ https://developer.spotify.co...
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Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello, I am using the Spotify API to developer a Windows UWP application. I'm using the PKCE Authorization work flow. It works as follows:1. Start application2. User is asked to login to spotify3. After log...
Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hello, I am using the Spotify API to developer a Windows UWP application. I'm using the PKCE Authorization work flow. It works as follows: 1....
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWin10 My Question or IssueI'm currently contributing to an open-source Spotify widget (https://github.com/dvx/lofi/) where the API is polled every second. We use the response to set the track progress, ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Win10 My Question or Issue I'm currently contributing to an open-source Spotify widget (https://github.com/dvx/lofi/) where the...
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The issue arose after using the web API to add and remove tracks several times, as well as sometimes removing them by hand in the IOS app. The API now returns data saying there are tracks present when NO tracks are present. This behavior is inconsist...
The issue arose after using the web API to add and remove tracks several times, as well as sometimes removing them by hand in the IOS app. The API now returns data saying there are tracks present whe...
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I am not sure how to reproduce this issue. The issue arose after using the web API to add and remove tracks several times, as well as sometimes removing them by hand in the IOS app. PlanPremiumUSA DeviceMac OSX, IOS, Web Player (API issue)I have mana...
I am not sure how to reproduce this issue. The issue arose after using the web API to add and remove tracks several times, as well as sometimes removing them by hand in the IOS app. Plan Pr...
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I tried to connect to the Spotify's MediaBrowserService without success. What types of applications are on the whitelist? And what do I have to change in my application to get trusted? E/Spotify: [main] onGetRoot: IGNORING request from untrusted pack...
I tried to connect to the Spotify's MediaBrowserService without success. What types of applications are on the whitelist? And what do I have to change in my application to get trusted? E/Spo...
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PlanPremium CountrySweden DevicePC Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've implemented my own player using the Web Playback SDK, this together with propepr authentication that is refreshed using the refresh token and to test it I wanted t...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I've implemented my own player using the Web Playback SDK, this togethe...
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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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My Question or IssueI'm making fetch post requests from the backend of my wix site to the spotify api. it works perfectly in the editor/preview and the api returns an access token, but when I publish the site and try and use it on the live site I get...
My Question or Issue I'm making fetch post requests from the backend of my wix site to the spotify api. it works perfectly in the editor/preview and the api returns an access token, but when I ...
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Currently, there is no other way to start the playback of a podcast other than using the /me/player/play and the podcast's show context uri. However, this always starts the podcast on its first episode. It is not possible to play a specific episode b...
Currently, there is no other way to start the playback of a podcast other than using the /me/player/play and the podcast's show context uri. However, this always starts the podcast on its first ...
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So I have been trying to request the "/me/player" endpoint, but I keeping receiving no response, on my app and on the Spotify Dev Console. So I looked up on the browser console and I noticed some errors. I tried to get a new token, clean the cache, b...
So I have been trying to request the "/me/player" endpoint, but I keeping receiving no response, on my app and on the Spotify Dev Console. So I looked up on the browser console and I noticed some err...
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I have an app that uses the track endpoint and I noticed this strange bugMy token is in the United States, for reference.When testing the track endpoint, I tried a track with the ID of 1gx8hCtGJtMfUz8TR1lGlT, which is a track I know is available in t...
I have an app that uses the track endpoint and I noticed this strange bug My token is in the United States, for reference. When testing the track endpoint, I tried a track with the ID of 1gx8h...
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Hey there. I am trying to find my Spotify popularity ranking through the Spotify Console. Whenever I try to get a token in order to get my artist, it will not bring up my artist profile. It just brings me to a menu. How do I bring up my my artist inf...
Hey there. I am trying to find my Spotify popularity ranking through the Spotify Console. Whenever I try to get a token in order to get my artist, it will not bring up my artist profile. It just brin...
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Hello everyone, I'm using Python to build a library to control Spotify's music (play, stop, volume) for my raspberry pi wall display. I've been trying for hours to figure out if there is a way that Spotify API will send me an automatic update to sock...
Hello everyone, I'm using Python to build a library to control Spotify's music (play, stop, volume) for my raspberry pi wall display. I've been trying for hours to figure out if there is a way that S...
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