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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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 ...
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...
Hello, Im using Spotify's web api to essentially search for tracks, artists, albums and give the user more details about the song. For each song I include the Spotify logo as well as a direct link and have the 30 second preview url which a user can p...
Hello, Im using Spotify's web api to essentially search for tracks, artists, albums and give the user more details about the song. For each song I include the Spotify logo as well as a direc...
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Hi,I want to create a backend API that takes in a link to a public Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist...) and returns the data for the songs ( title, artist, picture, etc.)I want to make it so that the user doesn't have to log in to ...
Hi, I want to create a backend API that takes in a link to a public Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist...) and returns the data for the songs ( title, artist, picture, ...
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Any chance to have the Google Cast devices as well in the response of the https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/using-connect-web-api/#viewing-device-list API queries?Currently only Spotify Connect devices enumerated it seems TIA...
Any chance to have the Google Cast devices as well in the response of the https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/using-connect-web-api/#viewing-device-list API q...
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I have a problem with the player_state_changed event and I need help. My React application makes use of Spotify Web Playback SDK to play songs, but when I skip a song the player_state_changed event is triggered multiple times with some inconsistencie...
I have a problem with the player_state_changed event and I need help. My React application makes use of Spotify Web Playback SDK to play songs, but when I skip a song the player_state_changed ev...
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Hi! Some time ago the link obtained through the option "copy link" in the button "share" (Album, Artist, Playlist) on mobile devices was something like:https:// open .spotify.com/playlist/1ifYNpMYGlOd3p7lcftdcS?si=hlr2fHNhThWCzmRYQTeiEw But now that ...
Hi! Some time ago the link obtained through the option "copy link" in the button "share" (Album, Artist, Playlist) on mobile devices was something like: https:// open .spotify.com/playlist/...
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We are able to get an access token using our client id and client secret from https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token We then try to use the access token as follows curl -v -H "Authorization: Bearer {TOKEN}" https://provider-api.spotify.com/v1/analyti...
We are able to get an access token using our client id and client secret from https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token We then try to use the access token as follows curl -v -H "...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux/Windows My Question or IssueI want to control the running spotify instance from another program (steamVR), and on Linux, I can use D-Bus, on Mac, there's applescript support, but how do I do this ...
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Linux/Windows My Question or Issue I want to control the running spotify instance from another program (steamVR), and on L...
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Basically just the title. When I query using the API with "q=genre:pop" the order of songs returned seems random.
Basically just the title. When I query using the API with "q=genre:pop" the order of songs returned seems random.
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curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=popularity%3A90-100&type=track" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -HI am trying to search for tracks with popularity between 90 to 100.
curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=popularity%3A90-100&type=track" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H I am trying to search for tracks with popu...
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I guess the Spotify Scripting Bridge "SpotifyApplication" is inspired by the one that is implemented for iTunes and i just cannot be greatfull enough for this, excellent idea and implementation! Any chance to have the @property (copy) NSArray *curren...
I guess the Spotify Scripting Bridge "SpotifyApplication" is inspired by the one that is implemented for iTunes and i just cannot be greatfull enough for this, excellent idea and implementation! &nb...
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I am building a CLI on top of this Node.js API client: https://github.com/thelinmichael/spotify-web-api-node From what I understand, I need 2 kinds of authetnications. One is for the app itself (described here), and one is user authentication (descri...
I am building a CLI on top of this Node.js API client: https://github.com/thelinmichael/spotify-web-api-node From what I understand, I need 2 kinds of authetnications. One is for the app its...
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Hi, it would be great if podcast statistics where available in the API. This would make it possible for podcast hosting providers to provide podcasters with a central performance dashboard. I know that podcasters are in desperate need of a central pl...
Hi, it would be great if podcast statistics where available in the API. This would make it possible for podcast hosting providers to provide podcasters with a central performance dashboard. &n...
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PremiumUK DeviceiOS And Android My Question or Issue: Hi! We would like to build an app that operates in the same way that the Noon Pacific app works. When using Noon Pacific, the user does not need to have the Spotify app installed on their mobile d...
PremiumUK Device iOS And Android My Question or Issue: Hi! We would like to build an app that operates in the same way that the Noon Pacific app works. When using Noon Pac...
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I want to help artists support themselves and other artists or groups. I would like to know if the API cna be used to search all of spotify and pull data about artists so it cna be filtered by things like genre, monthly listens, date of last submissi...
I want to help artists support themselves and other artists or groups. I would like to know if the API cna be used to search all of spotify and pull data about artists so it cna be filtered by...
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I am currently trying to develop a web app that would generate playlists and have them play back. The application also needs to periodically control the flow (i. e. pause, play, etc). That being said, the only thing that occurred to me was to have th...
I am currently trying to develop a web app that would generate playlists and have them play back. The application also needs to periodically control the flow (i. e. pause, play, etc). That being said...
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Since recently, when using an access token obtained via the client credentials flows, using the v1/tracks/{id} Endpoint for a song which is marked as explicit returns the following data when supplying a market parameter: Spoiler (Highlight to read).....
Since recently, when using an access token obtained via the client credentials flows, using the v1/tracks/{id} Endpoint for a song which is marked as explicit returns the following data whe...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhonesOperating SystemiOS My Question or IssueI'm writing an app that uses "currently-playing" WEB API. The software works against most accounts, but for some, the return is success with no data. According to the Spotify d...
Plan Premium Country US Device iPhones Operating System iOS My Question or Issue I'm writing an app that uses "currently-playing" WEB API. The software works against mo...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: 2020 Macbook ProOperating System: MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1 My Question or IssueI have successfully connected the Spotify SDK and am getting a confirmation that the player has connected. The issue is the listener 'ready' c...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: 2020 Macbook Pro Operating System: MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1 My Question or Issue I have successfully connected the Spotify SDK and am getting a confi...
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Добрый день. Мы разрабатываем новый сервис для определения популярности музыкантов России и стран ближнего зарубежья на основе статистики по стриминговым сервисам, социальным сетям, радиостанциям, концертным площадкам. Сервис предназначен для того, ч...
Добрый день. Мы разрабатываем новый сервис для определения популярности музыкантов России и стран ближнего зарубежья на основе статистики по стриминговым сервисам, социальным сетям, радиостанци...
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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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