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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

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Recent api changes

Hey Spotify Developer Community and Spotify Team,I'm berkay, and for the past three months, I've been developing a mobile app. My goal was to create a simple, customized song recommendation app to help users discover new music based on their favorite...

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  • Hey Spotify Developer Community and Spotify Team, I'm berkay, and for the past three months, I've been developing a mobile app. My goal was to create a simple, customized song recommendation ap...
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My project is paused. How can I restore it?

안녕하세요,현재 스포티파이 디벨로퍼에서 "Rhythm" 프로젝트를 운영하고 있는 사용자입니다. 최근 프리미엄 계정을 취소하고 다시 결제한 후, 프로젝트가 일시 중지된 상태입니다. 프로젝트 대시보드에 "The project 'Rhythm' is currently paused. All of your project's data is still intact, but your project is inaccessible while paused. Resto...

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  • 안녕하세요, 현재 스포티파이 디벨로퍼에서 "Rhythm" 프로젝트를 운영하고 있는 사용자입니다. 최근 프리미엄 계정을 취소하고 다시 결제한 후, 프로젝트가 일시 중지된 상태입니다. 프로젝트 대시보드에 "The project 'Rhythm' is currently paused. All of your project's data is still intact,...
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Solved!! "Get Recently Played Tracks" returns different version of the song I actually played

I have a playlist that I adjust regularly to remove songs that I already listened to recently (using the "Get Recently Played Tracks" API).The playlist contains this song https://open.spotify.com/track/26QxDu518aR3rkHucaqwzM which never gets removed....

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a playlist that I adjust regularly to remove songs that I already listened to recently (using the "Get Recently Played Tracks" API). The playlist contains this song https://open.spotify.com/t...
  • EchoExplorer
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    Get Recently Played Tracks
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Please help - OAuth in React-Native not working

Hi there, I'm currently a student working on a side project utilizing Spotify's api through spotify-api-web-node. I've pretty much been following this tutorial exactly (https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/react-native-full-authentication-f...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there, I'm currently a student working on a side project utilizing Spotify's api through spotify-api-web-node. I've pretty much been following this tutorial exactly (https://medium.com/javascript-...
  • jackgibson
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Proposition for better performance of application

Hi, My name is Kamran Abbaszade, software engineer with over 7 years of experience and data scientist with close to 3 years of experience in Audio AI. I was working on new approach for better music genre classification and I developed an outstanding ...

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  • Hi,   My name is Kamran Abbaszade, software engineer with over 7 years of experience and data scientist with close to 3 years of experience in Audio AI.   I was working on new approach ...
  • BoyCott
  • Casual Listener
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Query for Top 500 artists from a specific country

Hi, I was thinking if it's possible to query top 500 artists in Poland. I'm trying to see who the most listened artists are within one country. Anyone knows if it's possible?

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  • Hi, I was thinking if it's possible to query top 500 artists in Poland. I'm trying to see who the most listened artists are within one country.   Anyone knows if it's possible?
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Background Login in SKD API

Hello, is there no way to use the SDK API with my own API Client ID and Secret - without redirect to the Login Page?I want to play full Spotify Songs (start/pause/stop/restart) in my webpage with my Spotify account - the Website user should need no l...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   is there no way to use the SDK API with my own API Client ID and Secret - without redirect to the Login Page? I want to play full Spotify Songs (start/pause/stop/restart) in my web...
  • Ximzend
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Copy/Create Playlist from existing Playlist URL

I have a list of Spotify playlists in URL format. Such as: https://open.spotify.com/user/xxxxx/playlist/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx They are playlists that other users have created. I would like to create my own playlist from each one, so that I can modify the co...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a list of Spotify playlists in URL format. Such as:   https://open.spotify.com/user/xxxxx/playlist/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx    They are playlists that other users have created. I woul...
  • Ximzend
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Endpoint "Transfer Playback" returns 500 error when all devices is not active

PlanPremium CountryUS DeviceiPhone + Android Tablet My Question or Issue First, I called endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices to get deviceId. All devices were inactive (for example, deviceId = XX and deviceId = YY).Then I called the...

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  • Plan Premium   Country US   Device iPhone + Android Tablet   My Question or Issue   First, I called endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices to g...
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Why there is no field 'languages' to determine languages which are used in each song?

Hello everyone. I want to create an app for Ukrainians that will parse Spotify tracks with language only 'ua' or something like that, but there is no link between the song and language. Why don't you add a 'languages' field in every song object to al...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Hello everyone. I want to create an app for Ukrainians that will parse Spotify tracks with language only 'ua' or something like that, but there is no link between the song and language. Why d...
  • Repuls
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  • Feature Request
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Improve AutoPlay Song List

Dear Spotify Development Team,As a dedicated user of Spotify, I would like to share some suggestions to enhance the auto song suggestion feature, drawing inspiration from the effective methods used by platforms like YouTube Music.1. Improved Personal...

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  • Dear Spotify Development Team, As a dedicated user of Spotify, I would like to share some suggestions to enhance the auto song suggestion feature, drawing inspiration from the effective methods used...
  • Ximzend
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Worst app review process of all time

My team submitted our app for review on June 9th. The team took until August to approve our extension request, which allowed us to file a scope extension request. We did so pretty much immediately in August. The app review team then took until Novemb...

  • Casual Listener
  • My team submitted our app for review on June 9th. The team took until August to approve our extension request, which allowed us to file a scope extension request. We did so pretty much immediately in...
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Data set request

I would like to request for datasets for my final year project related to AI and human geneart

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  • I would like to request for datasets for my final year project related to AI and human geneart
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Spotify developer and api

Hello. I am currently publishing the currently playing song information and my playlist on my web page using Spotify APIs. I am also adding songs to the queue using the API. Will this cause any problems? Can I use the API service in this way?

  • Casual Listener
  •   Hello. I am currently publishing the currently playing song information and my playlist on my web page using Spotify APIs. I am also adding songs to the queue using the API. Will this cause a...
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Spotify embed player only shows 30 second preview on LinkedIn articles

PlanFreeCountryUKDeviceMacbook Pro M1Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueI have used the embed option for a podcast episode within a LinkedIn article. However, it only shows a 30 second preview in Chrome. On Safari it shows the full episode.Howev...

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  • Plan Free Country UK Device Macbook Pro M1 Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue I have used the embed option for a podcast episode within a LinkedIn article. However, it only sh...
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/v1/me/tracks/contains does not include redirects

When I want to check if tracks returned from a album-search are in the users library I will not find tracks the user liked with a "redirect"/"linked_from".For example song: 3VMrCNlgBs15p4Wo7Dtwr6 is returned from the spotify app,getting this track in...

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  • When I want to check if tracks returned from a album-search are in the users library I will not find tracks the user liked with a "redirect"/"linked_from". For example song: 3VMrCNlgBs15p4Wo7Dt...
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me/player/devices has missing devices.

PlanPremiumCountryDEDeviceSamsung Galaxy Ultra, Macbook Pro M3, Medion PlayerOperating System-My Question or Issue The https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices endpoint is not returning the amount of devices that I get on the APP. Look at this ph...

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  • Plan Premium Country DE Device Samsung Galaxy Ultra, Macbook Pro M3, Medion Player Operating System - My Question or Issue   The https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices endpoint i...
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Finding BPMs of songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueI am trying to make a project that will get the BPMs of a list of songs, and then output them to the user, as well as including some sorting functionality. I am trying to use Spotify to get the BPM of the...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country US   My Question or Issue I am trying to make a project that will get the BPMs of a list of songs, and then output them to the user, as well as including some sor...
  • Dipper
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Request for Web API Access Extension for Final Year Project Presentation

I am currently working on my capstone project, which integrates Spotify Web API features to create personalized music playlists in real-time based on users’ travel details. This project showcases innovative use cases of Spotify's API and demonstrates...

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  • I am currently working on my capstone project, which integrates Spotify Web API features to create personalized music playlists in real-time based on users’ travel details. This project showcases inn...
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duration_ms includes nonsense JSON

For a few days now, my app has been broken. After some digging it appears my code tries to cast the duration_ms field to an integer, but appears that field now also includes some weird "totalMilliseconds" JSON, causing the entire parser to fail. Why ...

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  •   For a few days now, my app has been broken. After some digging it appears my code tries to cast the duration_ms field to an integer, but appears that field now also includes some weird "total...
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