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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
PlanPremiumCountryGreece DeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemLinux Ubuntu My Question or IssueHello, I'm George, and I'm currently studying computer engineering so I had an interesting idea to make my own custom made boombox and connect it with Spotify c...
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Desktop PC Operating System Linux Ubuntu My Question or Issue Hello, I'm George, and I'm currently studying computer engineering so I had...
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Can you access where the current track is playing from?i.e. playing from an album/liked songs/playlist. If not could this feature be added?
Can you access where the current track is playing from? i.e. playing from an album/liked songs/playlist. If not could this feature be added?
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHey guys, I'm using the SpotifyAPI with React and I made a PUT request to the Play endpoint transferUserPlayback. I noticed that I receive some JSON in the console after making the request bu...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey guys, I'm using the SpotifyAPI with React and I made a PUT request to the Play endpoint transferUserPlayback. I ...
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Hi, first of all this question is for my final exam purposes. I'd like to make cron job to monitor certain artists popularity, and i want to make a time-series of it. I'd like to know for how long does the API update the artist popularity ?
Hi, first of all this question is for my final exam purposes. I'd like to make cron job to monitor certain artists popularity, and i want to make a time-series of it. I'd like to know for how long do...
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I was wondering if it is possible, while listening to a track on Spotify (Web Player or Desktop App), to access the Artist & Song Title info of the track currently played as it is displayed at the bottom-left corner of the Spotify window (horizontal ...
I was wondering if it is possible, while listening to a track on Spotify (Web Player or Desktop App), to access the Artist & Song Title info of the track currently played as it is displayed at th...
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Link to original issue post on Github: https://github.com/spotify/ios-sdk/issues/183 Hi everyone, I have spent many hours now and have still not been able to resolve this issue I had several months ago with the iOS SDK. Another user on Github had the...
Link to original issue post on Github: https://github.com/spotify/ios-sdk/issues/183 Hi everyone, I have spent many hours now and have still not been able to resolve this issue I had se...
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PlanPremiumCountryNL DeviceNAOperating SystemHA My Question or IssueI use node red to try to control spotify. I have succes on numerous of APIs. But I am having troubles with the "player API" and the device_id. https://developer.spotify.com/documenta...
Plan Premium Country NL Device NA Operating System HA My Question or Issue I use node red to try to control spotify. I have succes on numerous of APIs. But I am having troubl...
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When I authenticate with iOS App Remote (using SPTSession), the refresh token string I get back from sessionManager(manager: SPTSessionManager, didInitiate session: SPTSession) is very odd; it contains lots of slashes (/s and \s) and always ends with...
When I authenticate with iOS App Remote (using SPTSession), the refresh token string I get back from sessionManager(manager: SPTSessionManager, didInitiate session: SPTSession) is very odd; it...
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We are developing a plugin for Spotify to be controlled with a hardware controller, but our service software needs to check the status of Spotify every second to update the state. We found that there is a limit for messages sent, which when exceeded ...
We are developing a plugin for Spotify to be controlled with a hardware controller, but our service software needs to check the status of Spotify every second to update the state. We found that there...
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My infoPlan: PremiumCountry: BelgiumDevice: iPhone 11 Pro MaxOperating System: iOS 13.5 + macOS Catalina Dear all I installed and the iOS SDK properly in Xcode and set up the server token swap and refresh properly => demo swift login works nicely. No...
My info Plan: Premium Country: Belgium Device: iPhone 11 Pro Max Operating System: iOS 13.5 + macOS Catalina Dear all I installed and the iOS SDK properly in Xcode and set up th...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen searching for "French 79" I get no results, "French 7" gives results however.Problem with encoding or wrong character?
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When searching for "French 79" I get no results, "French 7" gives results however. Problem...
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More informations is here:https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/1594
More informations is here: https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/1594
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Hi,According to the docs, the Web Playback SDK is not supported on iOS: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/#supported-browsers Is there a reason for this? Are there any plans to support it? Regards, David
Hi, According to the docs, the Web Playback SDK is not supported on iOS: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/#supported-browsers Is there a re...
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Hello ! I want to create an app with the spotify api and the twitter api so i have wrote my clientId and my clientSecret but i got the error "[Error [WebapiError]: Unauthorized] { statusCode: 401 }" what i need to do ?
Hello ! I want to create an app with the spotify api and the twitter api so i have wrote my clientId and my clientSecret but i got the error "[Error [WebapiError]: Unauthorized] { statusCode: 401 }" ...
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Getting audio features for certain tracks yields a HTTP 500 with an empty body. Normally, when an ID is invalid or missing a null value is returned in its place. Input:7ouMYWpwJ422jRcDASZB7P,invalidIdResponse: { "audio_features": [ { "danceability": ...
Getting audio features for certain tracks yields a HTTP 500 with an empty body. Normally, when an ID is invalid or missing a null value is returned in its place. Input: 7ouMYWpwJ42...
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My Question or IssueI am using the spotify web API, accessing it through the python library spotipy. I'm able to use the search function to search for albums, tracks, etc as described here:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference...
My Question or Issue I am using the spotify web API, accessing it through the python library spotipy. I'm able to use the search function to search for albums, tracks, etc as described here: https:...
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I would like to try and make a program that plays my spotify at a certain time of day, in the TOS, I see that for anything using an alarm functionality I must get written approval from spotify, how do I do this?Is this where I ask for approval?I have...
I would like to try and make a program that plays my spotify at a certain time of day, in the TOS, I see that for anything using an alarm functionality I must get written approval from spotify, how d...
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I am using the Spotify SDK to login but it throws the error Optional(SpotifyLogin.LoginError.noSession) when throwing this error in console, the application does not follow the flow and it remains in the login screen. My code is the following, I do n...
I am using the Spotify SDK to login but it throws the error Optional(SpotifyLogin.LoginError.noSession) when throwing this error in console, the application does not follow the flow and it ...
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceNote 9Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi, When I redirect my user through an URL that should open a song, it prompts the user already in the Spotify App to "Try Again" and then, if he clicks on the button, it...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Note 9 Operating System Android My Question or Issue Hi, When I redirect my user through an URL that should open a song, it prompts the user alread...
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Hi everyone, I'm a 15 year programmer and just for fun I've built a web game using JavaScript and Spotify WEB API. Problem now is that I'm not sure if it can stay on my website,do I need a written approval from spotify and if so how? Players do need ...
Hi everyone, I'm a 15 year programmer and just for fun I've built a web game using JavaScript and Spotify WEB API. Problem now is that I'm not sure if it can stay on my website,do I need a w...
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