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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Reading the docs I found this "Before you build and release any product or experience integrated with Spotify, you need to apply and receive our written approval for a commercial integration" But it didn't get my clear where I can start that workflow...
Reading the docs I found this "Before you build and release any product or experience integrated with Spotify, you need to apply and receive our written approval for a commercial integ...
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I was reading through the general developer restrictions here:https://developer.spotify.com/legal/general-restrictions/ One of the points is:Games / Trivia Quizzes: Incorporating Spotify into any gaming or quiz functionality without prior approval. I...
I was reading through the general developer restrictions here: https://developer.spotify.com/legal/general-restrictions/ One of the points is: Games / Trivia Quizzes: Incorporating Spotify...
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Hello, since July 7th - 11:30 UTC more than 95% of my requests to the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint end up in 404 error.Was there any updates or any known issue that could cause these requests to fail ?
Hello, since July 7th - 11:30 UTC more than 95% of my requests to the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint end up in 404 error. Was there any updates or any known issue that could ...
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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 if anyone else has experienced this and any workarounds.T...
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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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 ?.
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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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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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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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:...
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?  ...
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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 image URLs on the front end of my app or should I ...
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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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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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?
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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...
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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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 ?
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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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 ...
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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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...
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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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...
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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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...
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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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 ...
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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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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