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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...
You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives. The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox community alive, told me that you have not given us any option to get thes...
You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives. The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox comm...
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There are a couple of questions floating around folder info not being available via the API. As of today there are no endpoints associated to get folder information (link to docs). It'd be nice to have this feature exposed via the api to allow more c...
There are a couple of questions floating around folder info not being available via the API. As of today there are no endpoints associated to get folder information (link to docs). It'd be nice to ha...
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i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?
i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?
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My Question or IssueHas anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated. Error in token$sign(req$method, req$url): attempt to apply non-functionRequest fail...
My Question or Issue Has anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated. Error in toke...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or IssueI’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode which no longer appear in my Developer dashboard. I’m not sure why this ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or Issue I’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode ...
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We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine.But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major concern is that our users will all be coming from diffe...
We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine. But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major ...
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Hi Spotify Developer Community,I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API itself offers robust features, I’ve encountered some...
Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API...
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Is the Spotify Status page no longer available or is the API down? I had this link saved in my browser but it is no longer available:https://status.spotify.dev/Apologies in advance if this has already been answered. I didn't see any mention of it whe...
Is the Spotify Status page no longer available or is the API down? I had this link saved in my browser but it is no longer available: https://status.spotify.dev/ Apologies in advance if ...
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I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are in my Library, but the "real" SpotMyBackup does. I'...
I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are ...
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Dear Spotify: I'm an Android developer, I'm working on an Android Automotive app.I want to integrate the Spotify SDK into my App instead of connecting to the Spotify App via Spotify-app-remote.Is there a Spotify SDK for Android Automotive can use wit...
Dear Spotify: I'm an Android developer, I'm working on an Android Automotive app.I want to integrate the Spotify SDK into my App instead of conne...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi. I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs. It let's you create, edit and remove Bookmarks for an albums (I use it mostly for Audio Books) but works also for podcast e...
Plan Premium Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hi. I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs. It let's you create, edit a...
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My app which uses the '/me' and '/me/tracks' endpoints has suddenly started giving me 429 rate limit errors. My app was working fine until a few hours ago.Did I get rate limited?
My app which uses the '/me' and '/me/tracks' endpoints has suddenly started giving me 429 rate limit errors. My app was working fine until a few hours ago. Did I get rate limited?
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Hello, Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API.Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our app. After a couple of hours, he checked and the new cover was upd...
Hello, Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API. Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our ap...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMicrosoft Windows LaptopOperating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueHere is an example of the output I'm trying to achieve. User A has the following songs and playlists:Songs: A, B, CPlaylists:Playlist 1: Song A, Song B...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Microsoft Windows Laptop Operating System Win 11 My Question or Issue Here is an example of the output I'm trying to achieve. U...
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Country USA DeviceOn any device or OS My Question or IssueHi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, tracks all show and play, etc). However, the background color at the top is br...
Country USA Device On any device or OS My Question or Issue Hi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, track...
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So our app is a commercial app that has a free and paid subscription tier, and our use case was to play videos in our app, and if the user selected spotify as a music source, we muted our audio and provided an in-app player to control spotify playbac...
So our app is a commercial app that has a free and paid subscription tier, and our use case was to play videos in our app, and if the user selected spotify as a music source, we muted our audio and p...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(iPhone Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or IssueI am working with my developer to install a widget on my website. I have a personal Spotify account. I'd like to know if I can set up playlists and customize the widget f...
Plan Premium Country US Device (iPhone 😎 Operating System (iOS 10) My Question or Issue I am working with my developer to install a widget on my website. I have a personal S...
Spotify Star
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Hello, A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within my app. However, it now seems that the Discover Weekly playli...
Hello, A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within m...
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Hi all, In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also single track get responses also have this field nulled out. Is that...
Hi all, In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also si...
Spotify Star
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My Question or Issue:Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song shows a small 1 (meaning repeat-one is enabled), it plays the mus...
My Question or Issue: Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song sho...
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