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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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API: ISRC search not working all the times

Hi, I've this following issue:Some search we do for tracks starting from ISRC do not return any result. How to test it:Try to get the track with id 6j76RHtw6bJCSw1LkprA1E, the track is associated with the ISRC FRZ110100478Now run the search with q=is...

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Hi, I've this following issue: Some search we do for tracks starting from ISRC do not return any result.   How to test it: Try to get the track with id 6j76RHtw6bJCSw1LkprA1E, the track...

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Playlists list for a user not updated

Hi !Seems today/yesterday, more and more of our app users are getting weird behavior when we are listing the Spotify user playlists.Some of the Spotify user playlists are not returning anymore when requesting the Spotify API and some others are retur...

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Hi ! Seems today/yesterday, more and more of our app users are getting weird behavior when we are listing the Spotify user playlists. Some of the Spotify user playlists are not returning anymore wh...

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Spotify Icon Community Guides

Hello, I am developing an app in react native with react-native-vector-icons... Is it correct to use the material community spotify icon from its library with the color #1DB954 and a size of 21px x 21px? Or must I download the icon from the Spotify A...

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Hello, I am developing an app in react native with react-native-vector-icons... Is it correct to use the material community spotify icon from its library with the color #1DB954 and a size of 21p...

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Solved!! Endpoint Get Show not working with short token

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDevice Operating SystemWindows, C# My Question or IssueI am developing in C# a routine to get info about shows using the endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/{id} .When I call the endpoint using the same token generated in t...

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Plan Free Country Brazil Device   Operating System Windows, C#   My Question or Issue I am developing in C# a routine to get info about shows using the endpoint https://api.s...

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Spotify remote SDK Seek Error : "Cannot seek in song: [UNKNOWN]"

Spotify Remote SDK returns the following error on seek -[Error: {"message":"Cannot seek in song: [UNKNOWN]"}] Please investigate and let me know as soon as possible since this is causing me to lose clients by the hour. This issue wasn't there with th...

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Spotify Remote SDK returns the following error on seek - [Error: {"message":"Cannot seek in song: [UNKNOWN]"}]   Please investigate and let me know as soon as possible since this is causing m...

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Authorization code flow: get access token error invalid client_id

Hey guys ! I'm building a webapp based on Spotify API using RoR. To get the access token, I use the Autorization Code Flow process. At step 2, I when make the [POST] to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token, sending my client_id and client_secret ba...

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Hey guys !  I'm building a webapp based on Spotify API using RoR. To get the access token, I use the Autorization Code Flow process.   At step 2, I when make the [POST] to https:/...

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Superuser Contribution Api - Artist External URLS should contain links to other sites?

For context - I'm writing a quick script that grabs artist song and album info for a radio show that I'm involved with. One thing I was really hoping to do was grab the links to the artists facebook and instagram pages for the related show posts. Cur...

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For context - I'm writing a quick script that grabs artist song and album info for a radio show that I'm involved with. One thing I was really hoping to do was grab the links to the artists facebook ...

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Search for tracks/albums released in last day

My Question or Issue I need to be able to provide query information for filtering my search on release date for a track or album down to the last day.

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My Question or Issue   I need to be able to provide query information for filtering my search on release date for a track or album down to the last day.

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Superuser Contribution API URI Play=True on Custom Playlists' Individual Tracks

So I've got this little project that creates, updates, and maintains quick name URLs for Spotify tracks.. It works like a charm if I enter a songs' track directly.. and even can point to songs in custom public playlists, but..The songs in custom play...

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So I've got this little project that creates, updates, and maintains quick name URLs for Spotify tracks..  It works like a charm if I enter a songs' track directly.. and even can point to son...

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Superuser Contribution Integrate Spotify Player into Python app

Hey,I'd like to build a car radio based on a Raspberry Pi (3B+). For that I want to write my own Python GUI in which I want to integrate a Spotify Player. I want to acess all my Playlists and Songs and make them avaible offline. Is this even possible...

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Hey, I'd like to build a car radio based on a Raspberry Pi (3B+). For that I want to write my own Python GUI in which I want to integrate a Spotify Player. I want to acess all my Playlists and Songs...

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Superuser Contribution A failure in accessing from Bulk API

PlanFree/PremiumCountryJapan My Question or IssueWe're having trouble with accessing our data from Bulk API. We've contacted Spotify Provider API Team but they said the team deals directly with the Provider Bulk APIs and the data that is generated fr...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Japan   My Question or Issue We're having trouble with accessing our data from Bulk API. We've contacted Spotify Provider API Team but they said the team deals di...

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Authenticate Web API with native Spotify app if available

When a user attempts to authenticate with Spotify on my Web App, they are redirected to a new browser page and prompted to enter their username and password. Is there a way to redirect to the native Spotify app if it is installed and authenticate the...

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When a user attempts to authenticate with Spotify on my Web App, they are redirected to a new browser page and prompted to enter their username and password. Is there a way to redirect to the native ...

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Developer needed

HiWe are planning to create an inteface between FM Radio On Air Systems and Spotify. Idea is to link our playout system better with Spotify.We would need to contact with a developer that could work with us and give an estimate of the budget needed fo...

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Hi We are planning to create an inteface between FM Radio On Air Systems and Spotify. Idea is to link our playout system better with Spotify. We would need to contact with a developer that c...

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Web Playback SDK in "new" Microsoft Edge Chromium

My Question or Issue:Hey... I got two questions, is there any way to lower the bitrate of the output? I wish to make a vintage radio-like sound effect, where lowering the bitrate would be helpful as well. Other than that, is there any way to manipula...

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My Question or Issue: Hey...   I got two questions, is there any way to lower the bitrate of the output?  I wish to make a vintage radio-like sound effect, where lowering the bitrate wo...

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Superuser Contribution Refresh API

Hey,So I am making a little project, where basically, I get user's current details, along with the ability to control it over the web with Web Playback SDK and Web API, although, I don't get one thing. As the Web Playback SDK is basically registering...

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Hey, So I am making a little project, where basically, I get user's current details, along with  the ability to control it over the web with Web Playback SDK and Web API, although, I don...

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Superuser Contribution Does Spotify App Remote work without physical Spotify iOS app

Hello, I'm currently developing an iOS app that uses the Spotify App Remote. My app was rejected by Apple because I had users download the physical iOS app in order to use the app which is what one of your IOS SDK demo apps on GitHub, NowPlayingView,...

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Hello,   I'm currently developing an iOS app that uses the Spotify App Remote. My app was rejected by Apple because I had users download the physical iOS app in order to use the app which is w...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify for Developers API CreatePlaylist error 403 Forbidden

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndonesiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 Pro My Question or IssueWhile building my application, I'm trying to call the CreatePlaylist endpoint, the API returns error 403 Forbidden, though the scopes are requested correctly, ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Indonesia Device PC Operating System Windows 10 Pro   My Question or Issue While building my application, I'm trying to call the CreatePlaylist endpoint, the ...

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Client ID not required for PKCE refresh, despite documentation

Hi, despite being documented as a required field, refresh requests with PKCE token refresh tokens are accepted and refreshed without it, if a `b64(id:secret)` authentication pair is present. Additionally the relevant RFC states nothing about refreshi...

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Hi, despite being documented as a required field, refresh requests with PKCE token refresh tokens are accepted and refreshed without it, if a `b64(id:secret)` authentication pair is present. Addition...

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Web Playback SDK issue

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/#requirements When I started working upon integration before 3 months, as far as I recall it was not having such limitation warning about Android and iOS browsers. Can you please confirm if...

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https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/#requirements   When I started working upon integration before 3 months, as far as I recall it was not having such limitation warni...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Oembed service down

It appears the oembed service is not functioning. Using the examples from the oembed spec:https://embed.spotify.com/oembed/?url=https://open.spotify.com/track/2qToAcex0ruZfbEbAy9OhW Visiting those urls results in an error page (attached). Not sure if...

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It appears the oembed service is not functioning.   Using the examples from the oembed spec: https://embed.spotify.com/oembed/?url=https://open.spotify.com/track/2qToAcex0ruZfbEbAy9OhW &nbsp...

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