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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...
Hi, I'm a data analyst and lately I have been working on a data analysis tutorial which I look forward to monetize. I just wanted to understand if I could teach using the Spotify APIs?
Hi, I'm a data analyst and lately I have been working on a data analysis tutorial which I look forward to monetize. I just wanted to understand if I could teach using the Spotify APIs?
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Hello, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get some informations about a specific sound.I have the track title and artist, so I'm using the search item endpoint.My example is to find the title "Balayer" by "13 Block". When I go on https://developer....
Hello, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get some informations about a specific sound. I have the track title and artist, so I'm using the search item endpoint. My example is to find th...
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Can I make a simple app using Spotify APIs and show some ads ?? When I make a new app in the dashboard there is the option to set as an commercial app but I Don’t work in a company and I don’t know how to fill some of the other fields.
Can I make a simple app using Spotify APIs and show some ads ?? When I make a new app in the dashboard there is the option to set as an commercial app but I Don’t work in a company and I don’t know h...
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I'm planning to develop a Chrome extension with the Spotify API that requires usage statistics pertaining to how long a user listens to music every day. This is possible?
I'm planning to develop a Chrome extension with the Spotify API that requires usage statistics pertaining to how long a user listens to music every day. This is possible?
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Attempting a search request.I receive a proper response. However, the "total" attribute does not match the length of the "items" attribute (array). What does the "total" attribute represent, if not the total size of the "items" array?Docs [https://de...
Attempting a search request. I receive a proper response. However, the "total" attribute does not match the length of the "items" attribute (array). What does the "total" attribute represen...
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Dear developers, I tried to add the widget to my blog but wouldn't be able to create it as my link is invalid. It would be great to get your help here. My show link is https://open.spotify.com/show/0rFtSdsqWs3iZughaP0tbd
Dear developers, I tried to add the widget to my blog but wouldn't be able to create it as my link is invalid. It would be great to get your help here. My show link is https://open.spot...
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When a user taps a link to a standard track, using a web link or a deeplink, the track automatically starts to play in their Spotify App. Is there a way to link to the tracks without automatically playing them?
When a user taps a link to a standard track, using a web link or a deeplink, the track automatically starts to play in their Spotify App. Is there a way to link to the tracks without automatically pl...
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Premium account: This endpoint works fine 75% of the time. The other 25% of the time an internal error is returned and the request fails. Are developers working to solve this issue? On the repository there are similar issues regarding this. The earli...
Premium account: This endpoint works fine 75% of the time. The other 25% of the time an internal error is returned and the request fails. Are developers working to solve this issue? ...
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PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Hello, I've tried to setup the example/tutorial files here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/android/ but it seems like some of the information is unclear/deprecated. I've tried mu...
Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I've tried to setup the example/tutorial files here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/android...
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Hey guys, was wondering if the Android SDK can allow this like the Web API already does. It would be great to allow playing a track from a starting position.This feature would improve experience in the following use case:The current hack involves cal...
Hey guys, was wondering if the Android SDK can allow this like the Web API already does. It would be great to allow playing a track from a starting position. This feature would improve experience in...
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Since Android uses remote sdk, it is used by connecting to Spotify app. Is there any way to use it like web playback sdk?
Since Android uses remote sdk, it is used by connecting to Spotify app. Is there any way to use it like web playback sdk?
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It is possible to access the top tracks/artists of another user? I know authorization is required but how would that work for a separate user? For example, if I wanted to create a web app that compared my top tracks to my friends top tracks, is there...
It is possible to access the top tracks/artists of another user? I know authorization is required but how would that work for a separate user? For example, if I wanted to create a web app that compar...
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There is currently spotifycharts.com to show top music for each country.Is there similar API/CSV download for podcasts? I cannot find any API endpoint for this.
There is currently spotifycharts.com to show top music for each country. Is there similar API/CSV download for podcasts? I cannot find any API endpoint for this.
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I'm trying to delete a track from a playlist with python. But it gives an error by the authentication. First I thought it was the scopes but it is added to my apps if i look at my apps. So now i don't now what the problem is. This is my code:access_t...
I'm trying to delete a track from a playlist with python. But it gives an error by the authentication. First I thought it was the scopes but it is added to my apps if i look at my apps. So now i don'...
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Hello everyone, I am working on this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played. I was wondering how much delay there is between the actual track listening (via UI) and the presence of the data in the API response. To check this i...
Hello everyone, I am working on this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played. I was wondering how much delay there is between the actual track listening (via UI) ...
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I want to use the play button widget inside of a webview in a react native app. This app is going to be free but it will have advertisements. These are two of your restrictions: 1) Please note that the Spotify Play Button may not be used for commerci...
I want to use the play button widget inside of a webview in a react native app. This app is going to be free but it will have advertisements. These are two of your restrictions: 1) ...
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I am using the Spotify API to make some music reactive LED's. At the moment i am making them blink on the bpm of the curently playing track and I noticed that they are a bit boring to look at and the beat is not allways what you want the LED's to rea...
I am using the Spotify API to make some music reactive LED's. At the moment i am making them blink on the bpm of the curently playing track and I noticed that they are a bit boring to look at and the...
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The winget team from Microsoft has an issue where, when a new binary is uploaded to your servers, the SHA256 is invalidated.The original issue can be seen here:https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/1293The URL to the installer can be found ...
The winget team from Microsoft has an issue where, when a new binary is uploaded to your servers, the SHA256 is invalidated. The original issue can be seen here: https://github.com/microsoft/wing...
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Hello, Is there a way to stream songs on Spotify directly to Unity's AudioSource? It is for a commercial application.I'm making a visualiser application and to get the spectrum data from the song, it has to be playing on the AudioSource. It would be ...
Hello, Is there a way to stream songs on Spotify directly to Unity's AudioSource? It is for a commercial application. I'm making a visualiser application and to get the spectrum data from t...
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Hi,I've sent a commercial app request a month ago from this account in order to integrate the BBC Music Memories app with the Spotify API. I've searched the forum and I've found out that it's not possible to check the status of the application on the...
Hi, I've sent a commercial app request a month ago from this account in order to integrate the BBC Music Memories app with the Spotify API. I've searched the forum and I've found out that it's n...
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