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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...
Hi there, You can listen to podcasts at various speeds in Spotify (0.5x, 0.8x, etc), but there is no method for this in the API for the web player. I am building a (non commercial) website to help people learn piano songs by ear (here's the site, it'...
Hi there, You can listen to podcasts at various speeds in Spotify (0.5x, 0.8x, etc), but there is no method for this in the API for the web player. I am building a (non commercial) website t...
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Hi all,I'm a data analyst with no real API experience who is trying to use my own Spotify data to carry out some analysis in Python. I've downloaded my data but what I really want is the Audio Features for my history (API for Audio Features). To do t...
Hi all, I'm a data analyst with no real API experience who is trying to use my own Spotify data to carry out some analysis in Python. I've downloaded my data but what I really want is the Audio Fe...
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Hi- Does anyone know the size of the touch target surrounding the Spotify play button on the iPhone app? Thank you!
Hi- Does anyone know the size of the touch target surrounding the Spotify play button on the iPhone app? Thank you!
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My Question or Issue Howdy, I am currently working on a school project to generate a playlist that is based on the length of a road trip. I have successfully generated playlists for all categories but this. Is there any way to extract only a set amou...
My Question or Issue Howdy, I am currently working on a school project to generate a playlist that is based on the length of a road trip. I have successfully generated playlis...
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HelloI'm reading the API documentation and the HTTP response of my calls and I haven't been able to answer this question by myself, so I was wondering if it is even possible to know how many times a SINGLE track has been played by a SINGLE user?? tha...
Hello I'm reading the API documentation and the HTTP response of my calls and I haven't been able to answer this question by myself, so I was wondering if it is even possible to know how many times ...
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HiWe are looking for a sustainable solution to integrate Spotify in our media center. For this we need a Linux client. Unfortunately I haven't found it until today. The player now works fine via the Web Playback SDK. But the SDK is still beta and the...
Hi We are looking for a sustainable solution to integrate Spotify in our media center. For this we need a Linux client. Unfortunately I haven't found it until today. The player now works fine via th...
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As the subject ask is it possible to use Spotify as a DJ, since you can buy Spotify for commercial use (company). This is more for personal use as well, since some songs have long intro or outro. You are able today to make the end of the song fade, s...
As the subject ask is it possible to use Spotify as a DJ, since you can buy Spotify for commercial use (company). This is more for personal use as well, since some songs have long intro or o...
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Hello, I'm currently toying around with the Spotify api to create a mobile app that "matches" people based on their top artists, tracks, and genres.For this, I need to save the user data (top 50 tracks and artists, from the Personalization API) and f...
Hello, I'm currently toying around with the Spotify api to create a mobile app that "matches" people based on their top artists, tracks, and genres. For this, I need to save the use...
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Hey guys, I'm trying to build an iOS application which makes use of the Spotify WEB API for a school project. Basically I want to be able to authenticate through Spotify in the app and then be able to search and play songs on a phone with Spotify ins...
Hey guys, I'm trying to build an iOS application which makes use of the Spotify WEB API for a school project. Basically I want to be able to authenticate through Spotify in the app and then be ...
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how and where do i make a request to get permission to use the Spotify web api? Thank you very much
how and where do i make a request to get permission to use the Spotify web api? Thank you very much
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As the Developer Terms of Service state, an app utilizing Spotify Services / Content may not synchronize music to "visual media", such as videos and slideshows. So obviously, things like adding a soundtrack to a movie are out of the question. What I ...
As the Developer Terms of Service state, an app utilizing Spotify Services / Content may not synchronize music to "visual media", such as videos and slideshows. So obviously, things like adding a sou...
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Spotify: please expose more of a track's waveform than the first 30 sec. There is a research community that wants to develop more powerful song-waveofmr analytics than exists today. For example, see Bill Protzmann'spost 3 weeks ago on Emotion Data. T...
Spotify: please expose more of a track's waveform than the first 30 sec. There is a research community that wants to develop more powerful song-waveofmr analytics than exists today. Fo...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany Devicelibrespot, WebPlayerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCurrently I am working with this https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot-java software. I created a setup and it works fine.I can start the playback...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device librespot, WebPlayer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Currently I am working with this https://github.com/librespot-org/li...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceDellOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI started using the audio analysis API to find the chorus in track. However, the number of short-time Fourier analysis windows are very high to be processed in my progra...
Plan Premium Country India Device Dell Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I started using the audio analysis API to find the chorus in track. However, the numbe...
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I need to "authorize" the bearer token to delete some tracks from a list (from my personal Spotify account) I'm following this flow I first make a POST request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token using `"Authorization: Basic ZjM4ZjAw...WY0MzE="...
I need to "authorize" the bearer token to delete some tracks from a list (from my personal Spotify account) I'm following this flow I first make a POST request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/tok...
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I want to verify user input before executing the request and receiving a Bad Request Error. I know it has to be base-62, so [a-zA-Z0-9], but what other restrictions are there? I've noticed that it seems to expect the ID to be 22 characters long. Woul...
I want to verify user input before executing the request and receiving a Bad Request Error. I know it has to be base-62, so [a-zA-Z0-9], but what other restrictions are there? I've noticed that it se...
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Hi there, Is it possible to access the audio tracks independently from an iFrame? We would like to stream Spotify music with WebRTC, which is not possible using iFrames. Many thanks!
Hi there, Is it possible to access the audio tracks independently from an iFrame? We would like to stream Spotify music with WebRTC, which is not possible using iFrames. Many thanks!
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I am new to this, but assume it would be feasible to support all (or most?) of the following features on an app (iOS & Android) for Spotify users on free accounts. Please provide some true and false feedback for each assumption. An app can:Select a p...
I am new to this, but assume it would be feasible to support all (or most?) of the following features on an app (iOS & Android) for Spotify users on free accounts. Please provide some true and fa...
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I'm using the ios-sdk. I'm connected and can control the player API, but I'd like to retrieve some data from the REST API. How do I get the current user's spotify id for the queries? TIA
I'm using the ios-sdk. I'm connected and can control the player API, but I'd like to retrieve some data from the REST API. How do I get the current user's spotify id for the queries? TIA &n...
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PlanFreeCountryCosta Rica but it is affecting worldwideDeviceAllOperating SystemWindows, Android to the extent I could check My Question or IssueTrying to embed my playlist in a widget on wordpresshttps://open.spotify.com/user/nb9zbd3num3x193bey7azzi...
Plan Free Country Costa Rica but it is affecting worldwide Device All Operating System Windows, Android to the extent I could check My Question or Issue Trying to embed my playl...
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