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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...

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Embed widget play button doesn't work, 400 errors in console

I copied/pasted the embed widget code from the Spotify site into my page. When I go to click the play button, the console shows all sorts of errors:Screen Shot 2021-04-07 at 1.12.33 PM.png I am building a NextJS site in React and Typescript, here's t...

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I copied/pasted the embed widget code from the Spotify site into my page. When I go to click the play button, the console shows all sorts of errors: Screen Shot 2021-04-07 at 1.12.33 PM.png ...

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Solved!! Retrieve song through websocket

Hello, Recently, I was trying to understand how Discord implemented Spotify on their server and noticed it was something totally different (websocket connection). As i'm a curious person, I decided to re-do the same process as Discord does but when c...

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Hello,   Recently, I was trying to understand how Discord implemented Spotify on their server and noticed it was something totally different (websocket connection).   As i'm a curious p...

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Issue with Web API documentation for Get User's Followed Artists

I would like to report an issue with the Web API documentation for the Get User's Followed Artists endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-get-followed. Under the Authorization section, the required scope sho...

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I would like to report an issue with the Web API documentation for the Get User's Followed Artists endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-get-followed....

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Tell me how to get added to the Developer Showcase.

Hello. I'm an engineer from Japan who loves Spotify.I've created a community(iOS and Android App) for Spotify users to talk about music.You can find it at https://chooning.app/ There are a lot of users in Japan, but not many in English-speaking count...

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Hello. I'm an engineer from Japan who loves Spotify. I've created a community(iOS and Android App) for Spotify users to talk about music. You can find it at https://chooning.app/   There are...

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Search Results for Tracks by Artist not working well

We are using JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET nuget package in our Smartspeaker product. It works great but we often get poor results with certain Spotify searches. Here's the latest example. A voice search like "Play songs by the Who" triggers a Spotify S...

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We are using JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET nuget package in our Smartspeaker product. It works great but we often get poor results with certain Spotify searches. Here's the latest example.   A vo...

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Cannot add redirect URL in edit settings

In spotify developer , created an app , went to edit settings, and tried to add redirect URI, hit add and nothing happens, what am I missing.

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In spotify developer , created an app , went to edit settings, and tried to add redirect URI, hit add and nothing happens, what am I missing.

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Delete or deactivate oauth token

Hi, I am starting to learn API and testing it out with Spotify. I ran across a thing I have not found the answer for anywhere. How can I delete or deactivate a token?E.g. I have generated a token in the Web API console using the GET TOKEN button on p...

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Hi,   I am starting to learn API and testing it out with Spotify. I ran across a thing I have not found the answer for anywhere.   How can I delete or deactivate a token? E.g. I have...

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Playlist API returns different tracks to those shown on the desktop app

When I make a request for the tracks in a playlist at /playlists/${playlistId}/tracks some of the tracks it returns are slightly different versions to what my desktop client is showing, particularly for albums such as spotify:album:2gP2LMVcIFgVczSJqn...

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When I make a request for the tracks in a playlist at       /playlists/${playlistId}/tracks       some of the tracks it returns are slightly different versions ...

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Solved!! no code in response - authorize request

PlanFreeCountryCZDeviceChrome, Firefox, PHPOperating SystemFedora Linux My Question or IssueHi,I'm sending a request to Spotify to authorize. The goal is a response with user e-mail. It goes to Spotify login, I log through Facebook, it shows INVALID_...

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Plan Free Country CZ Device Chrome, Firefox, PHP Operating System Fedora Linux     My Question or Issue Hi, I'm sending a request to Spotify to authorize. The goal is a response...

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How to add spotify on website through plugin?

Hello Spotify community, I have review blog about soccer boots. This blog is developed with WordPress CMS, I want embed Spotify with my blog. How I can do this with some plugin.?If someone can help me out with this, I will be greatful.ThanksJohnn

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Hello Spotify community, I have review blog about soccer boots. This blog is developed with WordPress CMS, I want embed Spotify with my blog. How I can do this with some plugin.? If someone can...

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Can't run Web playback sdk promise rejection

Hi, I decided to give the web playback sdk a try.I pasted the code provided herehttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/I added my token. When I open the html in chrome during the loading I get vladimir9307_1-16178818...

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Hi, I decided to give the web playback sdk a try. I pasted the code provided here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/ I added my token.  When I open the...

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Typo in Web API documentation

The documentation for AlbumObject says that its artists porperty is an array of ArtistObject which doesn't match with the object returned by the API. The artists property of the AlbumObject returned by the API is actually a SimplifiedArtistObject.Lin...

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The documentation for AlbumObject says that its artists porperty is an array of ArtistObject which doesn't match with the object returned by the API. The artists property of the AlbumObject returned ...

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Is there a way to get an AccessToken wihout using an Userinterface?

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevicePcOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to write a program that automatically updates me when there is an update at certain artists. My problem now is I can't seem to find a way to get an access tok...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Pc Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to write a program that automatically updates me when there is an update at certai...

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Spotify API preview url returns null

PlanFreeGermany DeviceAPI Hello there, We are using & testing Spotify API to integrate with our application. While we are accessing the API, almost 50% of the songs/tracks have preview_url null. We tested with the market as well. For example, if I te...

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Plan Free Germany   Device API   Hello there,   We are using & testing Spotify API to integrate with our application. While we are accessing the API, almost 50% of the son...

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Solved!! Spotify Play a specific song

My Question or IssueHey, so I'm building a smart Voice Assistant for myself (like Alexa or Google Home) and those assistants have the possibility to play and pause a playing song and to play a specific song with just the name of it (something like pl...

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My Question or Issue Hey, so I'm building a smart Voice Assistant for myself (like Alexa or Google Home) and those assistants have the possibility to play and pause a playing song and to play a spec...

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Superuser Contribution Developer Day at Spotify, March 25th

We’re thrilled to invite you all to our virtual event: Developer Day at Spotify on March 25th. Developer Day at Spotify is a three-hour online event for all developers interested in Spotify’s open developer platform. You will meet the Spotify develop...

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We’re thrilled to invite you all to our virtual event: Developer Day at Spotify on March 25th.   Developer Day at Spotify is a three-hour online event for all developers interested in Spoti...

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[Bug] web api : Image returned is not really a square image

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...

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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...

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Issue with Redirect URL when using react app + node on Heroku

I'm developing an app using the Spotify API with a React from end running on localhost:3000 and a node back end running on localhost:8888. The back end takes care of the authentication, where my redirect url is localhost:8888/callback. This is fine i...

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I'm developing an app using the Spotify API with a React from end running on localhost:3000 and a node back end running on localhost:8888.  The back end takes care of the authentication, where m...

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Get Information About The User's Current Playback returns song from another inactive devices

I have 2 laptops, here is the situation:At laptop 1, I open "Song 1", then I turn my laptop to sleep modeAt laptop 2, I open "Song 2" or "Song 3"Then I tested the https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-user-player/ it's doing fineAt some points, I...

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I have 2 laptops, here is the situation: At laptop 1, I open "Song 1", then I turn my laptop to sleep mode At laptop 2, I open "Song 2" or "Song 3" Then I tested the https://developer.spotif...

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I Need Help - Does this violate Spotify's developer terms and service?

Hello, I would like to create a non-commercial web application using the Spotify api. However I don't know if what I would like to do violates the Spotify developer terms of service. I would like to make an application where users can login via Spoti...

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Hello, I would like to create a non-commercial web application using the Spotify api. However I don't know if what I would like to do violates the Spotify developer terms of service.   I would...

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