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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. I've been getting the above message for the last hour or so when I perform a "Get a List of Featured Playlists" call (see below). It's happening with both the Authorisation Code & Client Credentials flows. This is causing an outage for us - pleas...
Hi. I've been getting the above message for the last hour or so when I perform a "Get a List of Featured Playlists" call (see below). It's happening with both the Authorisation Code &am...
Spotify
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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...
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...
Spotify
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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...
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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In my app (albums, songs, profile pictures, etc). images are not loading. All images were being loaded and displayed previously.
In my app (albums, songs, profile pictures, etc). images are not loading. All images were being loaded and displayed previously.
Spotify
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when making playlists for friends or for myself i get into the issues of adding to many different types of music genres that's why the ability to add divider in between tracks could help organizes my playlists and could also improve the listening exp...
when making playlists for friends or for myself i get into the issues of adding to many different types of music genres that's why the ability to add divider in between tracks could help organizes my...
Newbie
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Hello all,Can someone point me to some detailed description of the algorithm used to implement Spotify Connect in the mobile app, so I can understand the following behavior? As far as I see, the phone queries over 5353 (mDNS) and the Connect-capable ...
Hello all, Can someone point me to some detailed description of the algorithm used to implement Spotify Connect in the mobile app, so I can understand the following behavior? As far as I se...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhones My Question or IssueI developed a mobile application that uses the Spotify SDK. Specifically, the app has access to Spotify's discovery service and it can also control the playback on a device that has Spo...
Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhones My Question or Issue I developed a mobile application that uses the Spotify SDK. Specifically, the app has access to Spotify's discove...
Roadie
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Hi, I am creating a widget for Twitch streamers to use in their streaming software to show their currently playing spotify track on stream. This will require me to call the spotify api every 3.5 seconds to make it feel fast and smooth. What will happ...
Hi, I am creating a widget for Twitch streamers to use in their streaming software to show their currently playing spotify track on stream. This will require me to call the spotify api every...
Music Fan
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I want to authenticate Spotify without having app or without opening webView on android and iOS? Please reply soon.
I want to authenticate Spotify without having app or without opening webView on android and iOS? Please reply soon.
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Code BaseVue + Axios My Question or IssueI'm wondering if it's possible to load shows data with client credentials or whether I need user auth? What's the best way to pull the latest episodes for a show? Perhaps an example in libraries could help.
Code Base Vue + Axios My Question or Issue I'm wondering if it's possible to load shows data with client credentials or whether I need user auth? What's the best way to pull the l...
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PlanPremium Suggestion:I have a million playlists and it can sometimes get messy having them all mixed together. I think it'd be a great feature to be able to have playlist folders so that I can organize all my playlists and not have such a long list...
Plan Premium Suggestion: I have a million playlists and it can sometimes get messy having them all mixed together. I think it'd be a great feature to be able to have playlist folders so th...
Casual Listener
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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 IssueSharing playlists and making playlist friends is a great feature in Spotify. However, the onl...
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 Sharing...
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First question: there is currently no way to control and android device's Spotify volume through the Spotify Android SDK, correct? Secondly - if there isn't, I see some Web API endpoints that may be able to do the job, but I'm getting a strange resul...
First question: there is currently no way to control and android device's Spotify volume through the Spotify Android SDK, correct? Secondly - if there isn't, I see some Web API endpoints tha...
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Why can't we query a specific playlist by ID? We can do this with a track. There simply is no id or playlist_id argument within the playlists field. In GraphQL, I simply can't filter by playlist id: {spotify {me {playlists(id: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx") {...
Why can't we query a specific playlist by ID? We can do this with a track. There simply is no id or playlist_id argument within the playlists field. In GraphQL, I simply...
Gig Goer
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I have a problem with the player_state_changed event and I need help. My React application makes use of Spotify Web Playback SDK to play songs, but when I skip a song the player_state_changed event is triggered multiple times with some inconsistencie...
I have a problem with the player_state_changed event and I need help. My React application makes use of Spotify Web Playback SDK to play songs, but when I skip a song the player_state_changed ev...
Gig Goer
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Hi, I'm using the Spotify Health check app - https://squadhealthcheck.info/but for some reason today it works extremely slow - I'm getting a timeout errors when trying to login or start a new Health Check.Please help
Hi, I'm using the Spotify Health check app - https://squadhealthcheck.info/ but for some reason today it works extremely slow - I'm getting a timeout errors when trying to login or start a new ...
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Hi,I have an iOS app that integrates with the Spotify API, and currently, users log in via Safari with their username and password through the Spotify Auth flow. One of the biggest pain points for my users is the login flow--they don't remember their...
Hi, I have an iOS app that integrates with the Spotify API, and currently, users log in via Safari with their username and password through the Spotify Auth flow. One of the biggest pain po...
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I am a developer just out of college and have created this brand new Playlist Helper alexa app which allows you to add songs you are playing with Alexa to your created Spotify playlists! If anyone wants to check this out and give me some feedback! Al...
I am a developer just out of college and have created this brand new Playlist Helper alexa app which allows you to add songs you are playing with Alexa to your created Spotify playlists!  ...
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Hey, So I used react app to create a web application using the spotify api. I have it all set up and working but for called im using localhost: for the urls. How would I go about getting my website actually on the internet for people to view from oth...
Hey, So I used react app to create a web application using the spotify api. I have it all set up and working but for called im using localhost: for the urls. How would I go about getting my ...
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