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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...
GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/search When I use the above Spotify Web Search API with type=track and q={some artist name}, the API (usually) returns no results. For example, If I search "Cage the Elephant" or "Kanye West" the API will return no resu...
GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/search When I use the above Spotify Web Search API with type=track and q={some artist name}, the API (usually) returns no results. For example, If I search "Ca...
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Hi,I started using https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/ recently to build an app that uses the Spotify Playback SDK. Supposedly this version of electron comes with a signed development license of Widevine which i've tested on a couple sites...
Hi, I started using https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/ recently to build an app that uses the Spotify Playback SDK. Supposedly this version of electron comes with a signed de...
Casual Listener
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I'm trying to pull data from the Spotify API such as "popular podcasts" or "podcasts by genre". But as you can see from the documentation, to get podcast info you must have the podcast (or "show") id, which you can only get from doing a search with "...
I'm trying to pull data from the Spotify API such as "popular podcasts" or "podcasts by genre". But as you can see from the documentation, to get podcast info you must have the podcast (or "s...
Casual Listener
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Hi there, I have a query about how Rate Limits are applied to better understand best practice for sending requests to the Web API.Are rate limits calculated using strictly Client ID or are there other factors? A couple of scenarios:If one access toke...
Hi there, I have a query about how Rate Limits are applied to better understand best practice for sending requests to the Web API. Are rate limits calculated using strictly Client ID&n...
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Is there any spotify api which gets songs from a playlist than gets 5 - 10 sec for every song and mixing them together and create a intro or summary for playlist?If it is can some send me the link please If it isn't can some work for it could be awes...
Is there any spotify api which gets songs from a playlist than gets 5 - 10 sec for every song and mixing them together and create a intro or summary for playlist? If it is can some send me t...
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I want to use the play button widget inside of a webview in a react native app. This app is going to be free but it will have advertisements. These are two of your restrictions: 1) Please note that the Spotify Play Button may not be used for commerci...
I want to use the play button widget inside of a webview in a react native app. This app is going to be free but it will have advertisements. These are two of your restrictions: 1) ...
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Please fix this.I can change the song on my computer and after that go to my mobile device and say "hear on this device" and then it will switch too the song i choose on the computer.
Please fix this. I can change the song on my computer and after that go to my mobile device and say "hear on this device" and then it will switch too the song i choose on the computer.
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I am using the Spotify API to make some music reactive LED's. At the moment i am making them blink on the bpm of the curently playing track and I noticed that they are a bit boring to look at and the beat is not allways what you want the LED's to rea...
I am using the Spotify API to make some music reactive LED's. At the moment i am making them blink on the bpm of the curently playing track and I noticed that they are a bit boring to look at and the...
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My Question or IssueIssue found on Apr 24th 2020.Endpoint(s):GET /v1/artists/7heucQ89tyr0QHnwB4QO4jScope(s):None (application is not using authentication)Steps to reproduce:Open terminalrun command :curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/7...
My Question or Issue Issue found on Apr 24th 2020. Endpoint(s): GET /v1/artists/7heucQ89tyr0QHnwB4QO4j Scope(s): None (application is not using authentication) Steps to reproduce: Open te...
Music Fan
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The winget team from Microsoft has an issue where, when a new binary is uploaded to your servers, the SHA256 is invalidated.The original issue can be seen here:https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/1293The URL to the installer can be found ...
The winget team from Microsoft has an issue where, when a new binary is uploaded to your servers, the SHA256 is invalidated. The original issue can be seen here: https://github.com/microsoft/wing...
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Hello, Is there a way to stream songs on Spotify directly to Unity's AudioSource? It is for a commercial application.I'm making a visualiser application and to get the spectrum data from the song, it has to be playing on the AudioSource. It would be ...
Hello, Is there a way to stream songs on Spotify directly to Unity's AudioSource? It is for a commercial application. I'm making a visualiser application and to get the spectrum data from t...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Odroid H2Operating System: Linux 19.10 My Question or IssueI am working on a Java client. I have been able to access the whole API with no problem with the ironic exception of authorization. I would be quite happy if ...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Odroid H2 Operating System: Linux 19.10 My Question or Issue I am working on a Java client. I have been able to access the whole API with no problem wi...
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Hi,I've sent a commercial app request a month ago from this account in order to integrate the BBC Music Memories app with the Spotify API. I've searched the forum and I've found out that it's not possible to check the status of the application on the...
Hi, I've sent a commercial app request a month ago from this account in order to integrate the BBC Music Memories app with the Spotify API. I've searched the forum and I've found out that it's n...
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.PlanPremium CountryFrance Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWas trying to play a playlist using the spotipy library and my credentials. Was able to get the playlist metadata but when trying to play a song or a playlist I got a 403 error...
. Plan Premium Country France Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Was trying to play a playlist using the spotipy library and my credentials. Was able to ...
Roadie
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Hi !Since couple of days now the Spotify API is returning more and more (often by group of 5 minutes) a 504 Bad Gateway Error to all our requests (whatever they are on https://api.spotify.com/v1/.......). Did you got some servers issues recently and ...
Hi ! Since couple of days now the Spotify API is returning more and more (often by group of 5 minutes) a 504 Bad Gateway Error to all our requests (whatever they are on https://api.spotify.com/v1/.....
Roadie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktop Windows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to use the Spotify API server to server authentication and I keep getting a 404 error. I am using the correct client and secret id and have gone t...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Windows 10 Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to use the Spotify API server to server authentication and I keep gett...
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I've heard Spotify now has a video upload platform, but I'm having a hard time finding much information on it. Am I mistaken? If the capability is there, our organization would like to start uploading our content. Any help on this topic would be appr...
I've heard Spotify now has a video upload platform, but I'm having a hard time finding much information on it. Am I mistaken? If the capability is there, our organization would like to start...
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Hello - i plan to make a mobile app that will have original catalog of chill and relax songs. With possibility to log in via Spotify account in to my app, users will be able to stream and create playlists.The questions are: 1. Are the streams monetiz...
Hello - i plan to make a mobile app that will have original catalog of chill and relax songs. With possibility to log in via Spotify account in to my app, users will be able to stream and create play...
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Hi,I've integrated a Denon AVR with Spotify Connect into my smarthome. I have some problems when this device was last used by another account. To fix that I have to select it as a source from any native app with my account and after that I can use it...
Hi, I've integrated a Denon AVR with Spotify Connect into my smarthome. I have some problems when this device was last used by another account. To fix that I have to select it as a source from any n...
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The Spotify Web API is wonderful but it's lacking a very important route: Getting a user's queue. Are there any plans to add this feature in the near future?
The Spotify Web API is wonderful but it's lacking a very important route: Getting a user's queue. Are there any plans to add this feature in the near future?
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