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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...
PlanPremiumCountryFinland My IssueWhen retrieving playback information (both "playback" and "currently playing") of episodes, the simplified show member of a full episode object contains an undocumented `total_episodes` member. It seems to be missing...
Plan Premium Country Finland My Issue When retrieving playback information (both "playback" and "currently playing") of episodes, the simplified show member of a full episode object cont...
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Hi, I have a website that has embedded playlists on it. In Windows, all the browsers play full songs on my website without a problem. However, Safari browser on my mobile phone plays only 30 seconds although i'm logged in spotify web as a premium use...
Hi, I have a website that has embedded playlists on it. In Windows, all the browsers play full songs on my website without a problem. However, Safari browser on my mobile phone plays only 30...
Spotify Star
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Hello ! I want to create an app with the spotify api and the twitter api so i have wrote my clientId and my clientSecret but i got the error "[Error [WebapiError]: Unauthorized] { statusCode: 401 }" what i need to do ?
Hello ! I want to create an app with the spotify api and the twitter api so i have wrote my clientId and my clientSecret but i got the error "[Error [WebapiError]: Unauthorized] { statusCode: 401 }" ...
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Getting audio features for certain tracks yields a HTTP 500 with an empty body. Normally, when an ID is invalid or missing a null value is returned in its place. Input:7ouMYWpwJ422jRcDASZB7P,invalidIdResponse: { "audio_features": [ { "danceability": ...
Getting audio features for certain tracks yields a HTTP 500 with an empty body. Normally, when an ID is invalid or missing a null value is returned in its place. Input: 7ouMYWpwJ42...
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My Question or IssueI am using the spotify web API, accessing it through the python library spotipy. I'm able to use the search function to search for albums, tracks, etc as described here:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference...
My Question or Issue I am using the spotify web API, accessing it through the python library spotipy. I'm able to use the search function to search for albums, tracks, etc as described here: https:...
Roadie
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Hi,According to the docs, the Web Playback SDK is not supported on iOS: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/#supported-browsers Is there a reason for this? Are there any plans to support it? Regards, David
Hi, According to the docs, the Web Playback SDK is not supported on iOS: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/#supported-browsers Is there a re...
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PlanPremium FamilyCountrySwitzerlandDevicePC, iPhoneOperating SystemWindows 10 2004, iOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueAccording to https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference-beta/#endpoint-get-playlists-tracks, the /tracks endpoint o...
Plan Premium Family Country Switzerland Device PC, iPhone Operating System Windows 10 2004, iOS 13.5.1 My Question or Issue According to https://developer.spotify.com/documentat...
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PlanPremiumCountryGreece DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemLinux Ubuntu My Question or IssueHello, I'm George, and I'm currently studying computer engineering so I had an interesting idea to make my own custom made boombox and connect it with Spotify c...
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Desktop PC Operating System Linux Ubuntu My Question or Issue Hello, I'm George, and I'm currently studying computer engineering so I had...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceChrome web browser Version 83.0.4103.116 (Official Build) (64-bit)Operating SystemWindows Server 2012 R2 My Question or IssuePUT me/player/repeat?state=off does not always have any effect when repeat state is set to track o...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Chrome web browser Version 83.0.4103.116 (Official Build) (64-bit) Operating System Windows Server 2012 R2 My Question or Issue PUT me/player/rep...
Music Fan
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Sonos equalizer is a bit bare... Does anyone have a decent one?Also, the hack for mini playbar doesn't work. Win 10, spotify premium. thoughts?
Sonos equalizer is a bit bare... Does anyone have a decent one? Also, the hack for mini playbar doesn't work. Win 10, spotify premium. thoughts?
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My infoPlan: PremiumCountry: BelgiumDevice: iPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating System: iOS 13.5 + macOS Catalina Dear all I installed and the iOS SDK properly in Xcode and set up the server token swap and refresh properly => demo swift login works nicely. No...
My info Plan: Premium Country: Belgium Device: iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System: iOS 13.5 + macOS Catalina Dear all I installed and the iOS SDK properly in Xcode and set up th...
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We have a significant issue with my dev team related to in app playback of music from user's connecting their Spotify account to our app. We are using the most recent Spotify iOS SDK (and Web API for some things too) and the devs say that this only a...
We have a significant issue with my dev team related to in app playback of music from user's connecting their Spotify account to our app. We are using the most recent Spotify iOS SDK (and Web A...
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The subject essentially explains my issue. I have released an app approximately one year ago that uses the Spotify Web API and iOS SDK, but now I am trying to find out which account (email) I used to register the account, the password I know. I have ...
The subject essentially explains my issue. I have released an app approximately one year ago that uses the Spotify Web API and iOS SDK, but now I am trying to find out which account (email) I used to...
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I am using the Spotify SDK to login but it throws the error Optional(SpotifyLogin.LoginError.noSession) when throwing this error in console, the application does not follow the flow and it remains in the login screen. My code is the following, I do n...
I am using the Spotify SDK to login but it throws the error Optional(SpotifyLogin.LoginError.noSession) when throwing this error in console, the application does not follow the flow and it ...
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceNote 9Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi, When I redirect my user through an URL that should open a song, it prompts the user already in the Spotify App to "Try Again" and then, if he clicks on the button, it...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Note 9 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hi, When I redirect my user through an URL that should open a song, it prompts the user alread...
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Hi everyone, I'm a 15 year programmer and just for fun I've built a web game using JavaScript and Spotify WEB API. Problem now is that I'm not sure if it can stay on my website,do I need a written approval from spotify and if so how? Players do need ...
Hi everyone, I'm a 15 year programmer and just for fun I've built a web game using JavaScript and Spotify WEB API. Problem now is that I'm not sure if it can stay on my website,do I need a w...
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Can you access where the current track is playing from?i.e. playing from an album/liked songs/playlist. If not could this feature be added?
Can you access where the current track is playing from? i.e. playing from an album/liked songs/playlist. If not could this feature be added?
Casual Listener
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I would like to try and make a program that plays my spotify at a certain time of day, in the TOS, I see that for anything using an alarm functionality I must get written approval from spotify, how do I do this?Is this where I ask for approval?I have...
I would like to try and make a program that plays my spotify at a certain time of day, in the TOS, I see that for anything using an alarm functionality I must get written approval from spotify, how d...
Casual Listener
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I would like to get 15 most played songs today in a specific country. I am not sure is this possible and if is, how to make a query. Many thanks!
I would like to get 15 most played songs today in a specific country. I am not sure is this possible and if is, how to make a query. Many thanks!
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Hi All, I have a big bunch of ISRC codes and would like to get their associated Spotify tracks. From the docs, it looks like the only way to access a resource from the ISRC is by using it as a search query, and with the number of codes I have I'd hit...
Hi All, I have a big bunch of ISRC codes and would like to get their associated Spotify tracks. From the docs, it looks like the only way to access a resource from the ISRC is by using it as...
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