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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...
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?
Casual Listener
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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...
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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...
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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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A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though. However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a playlist without spotify removing all instances of a track? The ...
A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though. However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a play...
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I'm currently attempting to use the com.spotify.sdk.android.auth sdk on AAOS (Android Automotive OS) to get an authentication code from the Spotify app installed on the device for my own app. I'm logged into my allowlisted account on the spotify app ...
I'm currently attempting to use the com.spotify.sdk.android.auth sdk on AAOS (Android Automotive OS) to get an authentication code from the Spotify app installed on the device for my own app.&nb...
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Hello Spotify I work on media application for ANDROID AUTOMOTIVE OS (AAOS). And following requirements I should add features to take data from spotify Web Api(based on current song) then try to play something and handle spotify playback via remote me...
Hello Spotify 👋 I work on media application for ANDROID AUTOMOTIVE OS (AAOS). And following requirements I should add features to take data from spotify Web Api(based on current song) then try...
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PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceConsistent across MacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and reproducible at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-shows-episodes Operating SystemMacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and the API My Question or IssueI...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Consistent across MacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and reproducible at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-shows...
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I implemented Spotify SDK player in a web app and embedded it in the React Native webview. It works fine on Android 14 and Android 15. But when I try to play it in Android 11 it plays for a few seconds and then stops. Meanwhile I also receive a playb...
I implemented Spotify SDK player in a web app and embedded it in the React Native webview. It works fine on Android 14 and Android 15. But when I try to play it in Android 11 it plays for a few...
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Hello, I would like to ask if there is a way to programmatically access someone’s playlists without adding their account to my app registered in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. The idea is that the person would authenticate, and I would retrieve the...
Hello, I would like to ask if there is a way to programmatically access someone’s playlists without adding their account to my app registered in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. The idea is ...
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Hey, I am developing an app that uses spotify web api with react-native expo. In particular, for the authentication flow, I am using the `makeRedirectUri` from the 'expo-auth-session' package. On local development, this redirect_uri looks something l...
Hey, I am developing an app that uses spotify web api with react-native expo. In particular, for the authentication flow, I am using the `makeRedirectUri` from the ' expo-auth-session' pack...
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Hi everyone,We’re developing VUK, a platform that empowers fans to shape concerts by voting on event proposals from their favorite artists. We integrate with Spotify to store users’ top 50 artists in Airtable and notify them about tailored event prop...
Hi everyone, We’re developing VUK, a platform that empowers fans to shape concerts by voting on event proposals from their favorite artists. We integrate with Spotify to store users’ top 50 artists ...
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