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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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Python api playlist

Hello to all , i want to create a playlist with python , but iv'e some issues . for example, is there a way to print artists id from a certain playlist or in general ? is it possible without even needing to manually searched artist_id to print it ?.

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Hello to all ,  i want to create a playlist with python , but iv'e some issues . for example, is there a way to print artists id from a certain playlist or in general  ? is it possible&nbs...

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Web API - Recently Played Next Link Response is Empty

My Question or Issue:I am currently attempting to retrieve all of my recently played tracks up to the start of the day using the get-recently-played endpoint. I am able to get the first 50 tracks, but when attempting to use the "next" property provid...

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My Question or Issue: I am currently attempting to retrieve all of my recently played tracks up to the start of the day using the get-recently-played endpoint. I am able to get the first 5...

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Field filters using operators

Hi!How can I use in a query that includes filters like genre an operator? I want to get from the "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search" endpoint all the songs matching a keyword that are in at least 1 of the genres that I include in the search. Searchin...

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Hi! How can I use in a query that includes filters like genre an operator? I want to get from the "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search" endpoint all the songs matching a keyword that are in at le...

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Will the Android Spotify SDK include the search API soon?

As the title states, the Android SDK does a lot, but it's also missing a lot.Are there plans for these gaps to be filled in? Specifically will the search API get an SDK wrapper anytime soon? In the mean time I can use an unofficial wrapper e.g.https:...

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As the title states, the Android SDK does a lot, but it's also missing a lot. Are there plans for these gaps to be filled in? Specifically will the search API get an SDK wrapper anytime soon? &nbsp...

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Superuser Contribution 30-second song preview not showing up for song

Hello! I'm looking to secure a 30-second preview for Eminem's Lose Yourself with Get a Track, as I have successfully done for numerous other songs. Unfortunately, it's not appearing so curious if anyone else has experienced this and any workarounds.T...

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Hello! I'm looking to secure a 30-second preview for Eminem's Lose Yourself with Get a Track, as I have successfully done for numerous other songs. Unfortunately, it's not appearing so curious i...

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Best Practices for using Spotify image URLs in web application

I am developing a web application that helps users organize some of their media. Obviously this involves a lot of pictures like Album covers and whatnot that spotify provides. Is it ok to use Spotify image URLs on the front end of my app or should I ...

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I am developing a web application that helps users organize some of their media. Obviously this involves a lot of pictures like Album covers and whatnot that spotify provides. Is it ok to use Spotify...

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[Playlists] My playlist user behavior

Hello, is that possible to see user behavior via Spotify Web API of my playlist, I hope I can know basic user information like who(user name and email...etc) currently play my playlist and who like/save the playlist. Do your web API has this part ope...

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Hello, is that possible to see user behavior via Spotify Web API of my playlist, I hope I can know basic user information like who(user name and email...etc) currently play my playlist and who like/s...

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Get JSON from PUT request from Play endpoint

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey guys, I'm using the SpotifyAPI with React and I made a PUT request to the Play endpoint transferUserPlayback. I noticed that I receive some JSON in the console after making the request bu...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hey guys, I'm using the SpotifyAPI with React and I made a PUT request to the Play endpoint transferUserPlayback. I ...

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Updated Artist Popularity

Hi, first of all this question is for my final exam purposes. I'd like to make cron job to monitor certain artists popularity, and i want to make a time-series of it. I'd like to know for how long does the API update the artist popularity ?

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Hi, first of all this question is for my final exam purposes. I'd like to make cron job to monitor certain artists popularity, and i want to make a time-series of it. I'd like to know for how long do...

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Solved!! API Get a Playlist's Items - Incorrect tracks

Plan - PremiumCountry - UKDevice - Levono laptopOperating System - Windows 10Category: API - Get a Playlist's ItemsCode: GET https://api.spotify.cm/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracksMy Question or IssueI'm trying to extract the list of tracks from one...

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Plan - Premium Country - UK Device - Levono laptop Operating System - Windows 10 Category: API - Get a Playlist's Items Code: GET https://api.spotify.cm/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/trac...

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How to access the Spotify Artist & Song Title data from another application with the SDK ?

I was wondering if it is possible, while listening to a track on Spotify (Web Player or Desktop App), to access the Artist & Song Title info of the track currently played as it is displayed at the bottom-left corner of the Spotify window (horizontal ...

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I was wondering if it is possible, while listening to a track on Spotify (Web Player or Desktop App), to access the Artist & Song Title info of the track currently played as it is displayed at th...

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Why am I getting a new refresh_token when I request a refreshed access token?

I am use the authorization code flow for authentication with my app. When my access_token is about to expire and I request a new one using my refresh_token, Spotify does the request but also provides me a new refresh_token and invalidates my previous...

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I am use the authorization code flow for authentication with my app. When my access_token is about to expire and I request a new one using my refresh_token, Spotify does the request but also provides...

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Player API - device_id changes, want to keep the same

PlanPremiumCountryNL DeviceNAOperating SystemHA My Question or IssueI use node red to try to control spotify. I have succes on numerous of APIs. But I am having troubles with the "player API" and the device_id. https://developer.spotify.com/documenta...

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Plan Premium Country NL   Device NA Operating System HA   My Question or Issue I use node red to try to control spotify. I have succes on numerous of APIs. But I am having troubl...

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Spotify PKCE Auth Invalid Client Secret

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceChrome. Macbook Pro 2013Operating SystemMac OS X Catalina My Question or Issue I am trying to set up my web application to use the Proof Key for Code Exchange. However, when I try try to get the access_token by doing a ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada   Device Chrome. Macbook Pro 2013 Operating System Mac OS X Catalina   My Question or Issue   I am trying to set up my web application to use th...

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Authorization Code Flow - don't want to cache tokens

I am building an app utilizing spotipy and getting a user's top tracks and artists. It is caching the tokens and making it so that my data (or the cached token user's data) is displayed regardless of who logs in. How can I fix this without deleting t...

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    I am building an app utilizing spotipy and getting a user's top tracks and artists. It is caching the tokens and making it so that my data (or the cached token user's data) is display...

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Solved!! Displaying album art in iPhone app

Am I allowed to load and display album art from the web API in my (published) iPhone app? E.g. user authenticates and I want to display their liked songs in a table with the title of each song next to its album cover, like in the Spotify app.

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Am I allowed to load and display album art from the web API in my (published) iPhone app?   E.g. user authenticates and I want to display their liked songs in a table with the title of each so...

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Solved!! iOS SDK - Authorization fails only when Spotify app is installed

Link to original issue post on Github: https://github.com/spotify/ios-sdk/issues/183 Hi everyone, I have spent many hours now and have still not been able to resolve this issue I had several months ago with the iOS SDK. Another user on Github had the...

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Link to original issue post on Github: https://github.com/spotify/ios-sdk/issues/183   Hi everyone, I have spent many hours now and have still not been able to resolve this issue I had se...

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Web API Limitations

We are developing a plugin for Spotify to be controlled with a hardware controller, but our service software needs to check the status of Spotify every second to update the state. We found that there is a limit for messages sent, which when exceeded ...

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We are developing a plugin for Spotify to be controlled with a hardware controller, but our service software needs to check the status of Spotify every second to update the state. We found that there...

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Getting an odd refresh token when authenticating via App Remote's SPTSession

When I authenticate with iOS App Remote (using SPTSession), the refresh token string I get back from sessionManager(manager: SPTSessionManager, didInitiate session: SPTSession) is very odd; it contains lots of slashes (/s and \s) and always ends with...

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When I authenticate with iOS App Remote (using SPTSession), the refresh token string I get back from  sessionManager(manager: SPTSessionManager, didInitiate session: SPTSession) is very odd; it...

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