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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
So, I ran into a nasty bug that took me several hours to fix until I finally realized that the track field of playlist tracks can be null when the track cannot be played. Is there any plans for clearer documentation on this? I know it is said in the ...
So, I ran into a nasty bug that took me several hours to fix until I finally realized that the track field of playlist tracks can be null when the track cannot be played. Is there any plans for clear...
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Check StackOverflow for full code I need to complete Authorization Code Flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange. In step 4, I get an error 400 - bad request. I can't understand what problem is. {"error":"invalid_request","error_description":"Invalid cl...
Check StackOverflow for full code I need to complete Authorization Code Flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange. In step 4, I get an error 400 - bad request. I can't understand ...
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CountryEurope My Question or IssueIn Europe, almost all requests sent to /v1/audio-analysis return a 503 Error. When a request eventually succeeds, it takes about 3-4s to receive the response.
Country Europe My Question or Issue In Europe, almost all requests sent to /v1/audio-analysis return a 503 Error. When a request eventually succeeds, it takes about 3-4s to receive the res...
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When I am sending a PUT to: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play with a valid user token that has the `user-modify-playback-state` scope, it returns a code 403 with message: {"error" : {"status" : 403,"message" : "Player command failed: Restrict...
When I am sending a PUT to: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play with a valid user token that has the `user-modify-playback-state` scope, it returns a code 403 with message: {...
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PlanStudent PremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.6My Question or IssueEvery time I go to change my playlist cover it says that it has failed to save changes. All of the covers I am trying to change are photos ...
Plan Student Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6 My Question or Issue Every time I go to change my playlist cover it says that it has...
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Hi friends. Can someone tell me if rate limits are applied per app or are they aggregated across all apps registered to a single account? Thanks.
Hi friends. Can someone tell me if rate limits are applied per app or are they aggregated across all apps registered to a single account? Thanks.
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Argentina Hello Spotify team. I would like to know if you plan to create a marketing API for campaign management, metrics etc. Similar to facebook and google marketing APIs.
Argentina Hello Spotify team. I would like to know if you plan to create a marketing API for campaign management, metrics etc. Similar to facebook and google marketing APIs.
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I am trying to build an mobile application which can use Spotify APIs and play music (Not remote control app) just like Spotify. So far I've implemented authentication, getting playlists and tracks using web APIs. Now I can not see any API which can ...
I am trying to build an mobile application which can use Spotify APIs and play music (Not remote control app) just like Spotify. So far I've implemented authentication, getting playlists and tracks u...
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Just started getting a 503 Error around 12:25 EST with the https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token endpoint.
Just started getting a 503 Error around 12:25 EST with the https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token endpoint.
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iOS I thought this would be the number of milliseconds that have played in the current track, but the value is much too small for that. What is it's significance? Also, this forum software hoy garbage. Earlier I tried to submit my question and the we...
iOS I thought this would be the number of milliseconds that have played in the current track, but the value is much too small for that. What is it's significance? Also, this forum s...
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Hello, I'm experiencing inconsistent and incorrect behavior in the search API when using some characters in the artist or track fields. For example, using the following query as is:"The Beatles Don't Let me Down"The API correctly returns the expected...
Hello, I'm experiencing inconsistent and incorrect behavior in the search API when using some characters in the artist or track fields. For example, using the following query as is:...
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I'm developing an app that uses Spotify that I'd like to commercialize. Per the definitions laid out on https://developer.spotify.com/terms, it would be qualified as a non-streaming SDA, as its only commercial uses are ads and a premium subscription ...
I'm developing an app that uses Spotify that I'd like to commercialize. Per the definitions laid out on https://developer.spotify.com/terms, it would be qualified as a non-streaming SDA, as its ...
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Observed behavior:As expected, a GET request to the endpoint at https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/artistsreceives an HTTP 403 response when the Token in use does not have the necessary Scope (i.e., lacking 'user-top-read' scope)However, the body of t...
Observed behavior: As expected, a GET request to the endpoint at https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/artists receives an HTTP 403 response when the Token in use does not have the necessary Sc...
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Dear Sir/Mam, I am trying to build an flutter app based on Spotify APIs. I am using this library "https://pub.dev/packages/spotify_sdk" to get Auth token and suing that token in Web-API to fetch playlists etc. Also I will be playing music using the s...
Dear Sir/Mam, I am trying to build an flutter app based on Spotify APIs. I am using this library "https://pub.dev/packages/spotify_sdk" to get Auth token and suing that token in Web-API to f...
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Hey there, we're experiencing some issues on embeds we're using on our Page. Since the error also exists if we just open the Embed in our Browser we guess it's a Spotify Problem. Example Embed URL: https://open.spotify.com/embed-podcast/episode/0nrJx...
Hey there, we're experiencing some issues on embeds we're using on our Page. Since the error also exists if we just open the Embed in our Browser we guess it's a Spotify Problem. Ex...
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Hi everyone, I have done a website for my Master's Degree in Computer Science , using Spotify API and I wanted to submit it to Spotify like in this page https://developer.spotify.com/community/showcase/web-apps/ How can I do? Thanks to all!
Hi everyone, I have done a website for my Master's Degree in Computer Science 👨🎓🖥, using Spotify API 🎵 and I wanted to submit it to Spotify like in this page ⬇️ ...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaMy Question or IssueWe are building a web application where we want to play Spotify songs by Spotify authenticated users. Is there any way to do this? We have tried with Spotify web API and web playback SDK but couldn't able to...
Plan Premium Country India My Question or Issue We are building a web application where we want to play Spotify songs by Spotify authenticated users. Is there any way to do this? We have tried w...
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PlanPremium CountryUSA Operating SystemMac OS Catalina I have a question related to the Spotify Web API. I am working on a small script in Python to create a playlist of random tracks. I have gone through the Authentication flow and used the refresh ...
Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Mac OS Catalina I have a question related to the Spotify Web API. I am working on a small script in Python to create a playlist...
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Continuing on my search to build "all-songs-of-artist-in-my-library"-function I found another strange thing, maybe somebody can help:If I search for all albums of "Godsmack" (using /v1/artists/6gZq1Q6bdOxsUPUG1TaFbF/albums) I get quite a long list, c...
Continuing on my search to build "all-songs-of-artist-in-my-library"-function I found another strange thing, maybe somebody can help: If I search for all albums of "Godsmack" (using /v1/artists/6gZq...
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