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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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Can the web API be used to pull band data?

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...

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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...

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Solved!! Is it possible to have an instance of Spotify running in my web application?

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...

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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...

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Restrictions: explicit using client credentials

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).....

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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 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...

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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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Spotify SDK connecting but not ready

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...

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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...

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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, радиостанци...

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Is a speed method on the roadmap for the Web Playback SDK?

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'...

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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 t...

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How to get trackid

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...

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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 Fe...

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Finding / making a playlist with a specified number of songs

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...

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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 playlis...

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Solved!! is it possible to know how many times atrack has been played by an user??

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...

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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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Web Playback SDK in future / official Linux Client

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...

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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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Spotify DJ?

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...

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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 o...

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Saving user data from the Spotify API

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...

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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 use...

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Spotify WEB API from iOS App Can't Authenticate

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...

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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 ...

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Request for using the spotify web api for a commercial app

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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  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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What legally counts as synchronization of music?

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 ...

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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 sou...

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Spotify: please expose the essential parts of a song's waveform

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...

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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.  Fo...

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Cannot control librespot with the API

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...

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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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Audio analysis very high short-time Fourier transform frame rate

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...

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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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