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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
My Question or IssueI am doing a research project for university with the topic "software architecture of Spotify", since I am not developer myself I have big issues with describing the architecture (Microservices). Is there any picture or something ...
My Question or Issue I am doing a research project for university with the topic "software architecture of Spotify", since I am not developer myself I have big issues with describing the architectur...
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When I try to play tracks using the "/v1/me/player/play" endpoint I get results where:- Player shows an emtpy Queue (this is always the case)- after one of the first few songs one song seems to continue playing - progressbar is full, played time and ...
When I try to play tracks using the "/v1/me/player/play" endpoint I get results where: - Player shows an emtpy Queue (this is always the case) - after one of the first few songs one song seems to c...
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I am building an application which requires the refreshing of user Spotify stats (followers, playlists, etc) on a weekly basis. About two months after a user gives my web application access to their Spotify, I begin to get errors regarding the token ...
I am building an application which requires the refreshing of user Spotify stats (followers, playlists, etc) on a weekly basis. About two months after a user gives my web application access to their ...
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My Question or IssueCurrently the Spotify API incorrectly returns HTML icon meta tags with trailing spaces, eg. I have tried a few different ones so far and it seems to apply to both tracks and playlists:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/636JPjFfxIu...
My Question or Issue Currently the Spotify API incorrectly returns HTML icon meta tags with trailing spaces, eg. <link rel="icon" href="https://open.scdn.co/cdn/images/favicon.0c211e2e.png "> ...
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I am creating a user dashboard using plotly and flask to display the top tracks and top artists preferred by a user. My code has been working fine but suddenly I got this error. Also, in the same application, I was able to create a new playlist on sp...
I am creating a user dashboard using plotly and flask to display the top tracks and top artists preferred by a user. My code has been working fine but suddenly I got this error. Also, in the same app...
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PlanFamily PremiumCountryUSDeviceWindowsOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueMy app in development can allow myself to run but the app returned "User not approved for app" even after I have added the member's email in the dev dashboard for 24 ...
Plan Family Premium Country US Device Windows Operating System Windows My Question or Issue My app in development can allow myself to run but the app returned "User not approved for ...
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Hi, i've developed an Android app that's called "Spotify Top Stats".It connects to the user's Spotify account via official OAuth procedure and shows some statistics about Spotify usage.My question is: can i use the word "Spotify" inside my app name a...
Hi, i've developed an Android app that's called "Spotify Top Stats". It connects to the user's Spotify account via official OAuth procedure and shows some statistics about Spotify usage. My ...
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDevice(Desktop)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueHello, I'm currently making an app on Desktop (no backend) with React where a user can see their top songs and artists. I'm using the Implicit Grant Flow Auth...
Plan Free Country United States Device (Desktop) Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hello, I'm currently making an app on Desktop (no backend) with React where a user...
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I want to pull just the artist name and track name using the "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks" call. The documentation says "Fields can be excluded by prefixing them with an exclamation mark", so I've tried to narrow down th...
I want to pull just the artist name and track name using the "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks" call. The documentation says "Fields can be excluded by prefixing them wi...
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Hi all, I try to upload an image as cover of my playlist through an application. However, no example request is provided. Can someone help me out? Regarding the call "Upload a Custom Playlist Cover Image" see https://developer.spotify.com/console/put...
Hi all, I try to upload an image as cover of my playlist through an application. However, no example request is provided. Can someone help me out? Regarding the call "Upload a Custom Playlis...
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Does Spotify have or plan to have a podcast show publishing API? Interested in automating the process of submitting a show RSS, similarly to how Captivate allows this from within their user dashboard.
Does Spotify have or plan to have a podcast show publishing API? Interested in automating the process of submitting a show RSS, similarly to how Captivate allows this from within their user dashboard.
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My Question or Issue In the Spotify app, you can list all songs from a genre by typing `genre:foo` in the search bar.For instance, if i type genre:vaporwave in the search bar, i get a list of vaporwave songs.How do i retrieve this list with the Web A...
My Question or Issue In the Spotify app, you can list all songs from a genre by typing `genre:foo` in the search bar. For instance, if i type genre:vaporwave in the search bar, i get a li...
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Hi,Im working on an app with Ionic where I add the Spotify embedded Podcast Player to play Podcast episodes. On Browser and Android App everything is working very well but within the iPhone App I see the player and can press "Play" but after that the...
Hi, Im working on an app with Ionic where I add the Spotify embedded Podcast Player to play Podcast episodes. On Browser and Android App everything is working very well but within the iPhon...
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When a user streams some tracks while being part of a group session/listening party, those streams are not included in the /me/player/recently-played endpoint.Is there any way to include those streams in the response? Or are there any plans to includ...
When a user streams some tracks while being part of a group session/listening party, those streams are not included in the /me/player/recently-played endpoint. Is there any way to include tho...
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Hi,I'm using the web playback SDK with the code example provided (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/) and I'm getting this error on Google Chrome:Unable to check top-level optout: Blocked a frame with origin "ht...
Hi, I'm using the web playback SDK with the code example provided (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/) and I'm getting this error on Google Chrome: Unable...
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Operating System, browserUbuntu 20.04, Chrome My Question or IssueHi, when using the Web Playback SDK 'seek' seems to be working fine for all values including '0', as in the player actually jumps to the desired position in the song. However, a 'playe...
Operating System, browser Ubuntu 20.04, Chrome My Question or Issue Hi, when using the Web Playback SDK 'seek' seems to be working fine for all values including '0', as in the player actua...
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I've been struggling with this issue for a few days now and I'm not sure what else I can do. I've tried clearing my cache in google chrome, turning off my ad blocker, clearing cookies, signing in and out, but I just can't get the button to appear for...
I've been struggling with this issue for a few days now and I'm not sure what else I can do. I've tried clearing my cache in google chrome, turning off my ad blocker, clearing cookies, signing in and...
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PlanAllCountryAll DeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or Issue- I created an app recently and it seemed to work fine within my test users added via the dashboard.- I requested a quota extension to allow non-test accounts to login, it was approve...
Plan All Country All Device All Operating System All My Question or Issue - I created an app recently and it seemed to work fine within my test users added via the dashboard....
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This is what mine looks like:Specifically, I need to be able to add test users so I can test out my app! But it looks like it's missing the ability to do so. I am using an older account where I'm logging in with my Spotify Username and I'm assuming t...
This is what mine looks like: Specifically, I need to be able to add test users so I can test out my app! But it looks like it's missing the ability to do so. I am using an older accoun...
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Plan[Premium]Country[US]Device[Macbook Pro late 2016]Operating System(MACOS 10.3) My Question or IssueRecent pagination problem with The Web API 'Get User's Followed Artists'.I paginate through pages of thehttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following?type...
Plan [Premium] Country [US] Device [Macbook Pro late 2016] Operating System (MACOS 10.3) My Question or Issue Recent pagination problem with The Web API 'Get User's Followed Artists'...
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