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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...
I've seen some products in the app store which connect Spotify Premium users and enable people to listen to music together synchronously. I would like to ask if this is possible for Spotify Free users as well. Is item 2 and 3 below feasible through t...
I've seen some products in the app store which connect Spotify Premium users and enable people to listen to music together synchronously. I would like to ask if this is possible for Spotify Free user...
Roadie
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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
Roadie
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I am trying to understand how Spotify Codes work technically, and I can't find any information on them. My answer to this question on stack overflow shows some of the digging I've done: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62120952/10703868 My question is, ho...
I am trying to understand how Spotify Codes work technically, and I can't find any information on them. My answer to this question on stack overflow shows some of the digging I've done: https://...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceDell XPSOperating SystemLinux Peppermint My Question or Issue I've successfully been able to play a track via the SDK. However, once the song start playing, I can't seem to get it to pause. A fetch request to the "Pa...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Dell XPS Operating System Linux Peppermint My Question or Issue I've successfully been able to play a track via the SDK. However...
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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...
Regular
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Hello, I developed a web app, and waiting to submit it for months. There are other topics about it with no informative replies. Could someone please enlighten us about estimated duration to solve this problem. Or did you stop the maintain Developer S...
Hello, I developed a web app, and waiting to submit it for months. There are other topics about it with no informative replies. Could someone please enlighten us about estimated duration to ...
Casual Listener
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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 ...
Roadie
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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 1. I would like to know if it is possible to make a custom size for featuring a track on my ...
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 ...
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceThinkpad x250Operating SystemGenode Sculpt OS 20.08 My Question or IssueSo, Spotify is able to run on almost every operating system - Windows, MacOS, Linux, *BSD, Android, iOS... but what about microkernel-based o...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Thinkpad x250 Operating System Genode Sculpt OS 20.08 My Question or Issue So, Spotify is able to run on almost every operating syst...
Roadie
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PlanFree/PremiumCountrybelgiumDevice Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI would like to ask you a question. we would like to sell hoodies with pictures of songs thatt you have on your app so for example if i search up dior and i see the ...
Plan Free/Premium Country belgium Device Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I would like to ask you a question. we would like to sell hoodies with pictures...
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I am developing an iOS / Android application that allows access to remote control of Spotify player with authentication via native SDK.At the first application start call the authorizeAndPlayURI of the SPTAppRemote, the apps switch correctly, and the...
I am developing an iOS / Android application that allows access to remote control of Spotify player with authentication via native SDK. At the first application start call the authorizeAndPlayURI of...
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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 have a music app that has 30,000+ Spotify users. I'm facing limit problems because of Rate limiting. Is there a process for requesting an application to be whitelisted?
I have a music app that has 30,000+ Spotify users. I'm facing limit problems because of Rate limiting. Is there a process for requesting an application to be whitelisted?
Casual Listener
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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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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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