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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

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  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
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  • Possible Bug
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Possible bugs in the Web API and it's OpenAPI Specifications

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceLaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello all, for my master thesis I'm working on a tool that is able to generate test for a REST API based on it's OpenAPI Specifications. To evaluate the tool I r...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free/Premium Country Belgium Device Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello all, for my master thesis I'm working on a tool that is able to generate test f...
  • pvlkmrv
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Can I use images of artist and albums in mobile app on Google Play

Hi everyone,I’m working on a mobile game app. To enhance the experience, I’d like to use artist and album images sourced from the Spotify Search API.My app will be free of ads and won’t require any payments. I’m not modifying or editing these images ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi everyone, I’m working on a mobile game app. To enhance the experience, I’d like to use artist and album images sourced from the Spotify Search API. My app will be free of ads and won’t require a...
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Early Childhood Center Needs Music for Curriculum!

My Question I work for a early childhood learning center, and we are desperately looking for an app that our teachers can use to go along with our curriculum. We would just use something that is free, but in reality, we need to use something that our...

  • Visitor
  • My Question  I work for a early childhood learning center, and we are desperately looking for an app that our teachers can use to go along with our curriculum. We would just use something that ...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 195 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Question
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405 Error when trying to getToken with code

I am using the Autorization Code with PKCE Flow method of logging in with spotify using react native. I get a successful response from spotify containing the code after the user logs in; however, when I try to get the access and refresh tokens using ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am using the Autorization Code with PKCE Flow method of logging in with spotify using react native. I get a successful response from spotify containing the code after the user logs in; however, whe...
  • _camden
  • Regular
  • 625 Views
  • 3 replies
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    PKCE
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Which React Frameworks and Libraries Should Use in 2024

React, or ReactJs is one of the most popular JavaScript front-end libraries for developing amazing user interfaces. Today, more than 40% of developers prefer ReactJs. One of the key reasons for its immense popularity is its wide range of React framew...

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  • React, or ReactJs is one of the most popular JavaScript front-end libraries for developing amazing user interfaces.   Today, more than 40% of developers prefer ReactJs. One of ...
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  • React Frameworks
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Is there a way to turn recommendations off for a playlist?

My workout playlist has fast beat music with a pulse that gets me moving, and the recommendations being made to that playlist are frankly are really annoying, when I want to be listening to just the specific songs I've selected. I do like recommendat...

  • Visitor
  • My workout playlist has fast beat music with a pulse that gets me moving, and the recommendations being made to that playlist are frankly are really annoying, when I want to be listening to just the ...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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  • 1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify for artists API

Hi all, I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotify accounts are linked to Artists once they get an artist profile c...

  • Visitor
  • Hi all,    I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotif...
  • truthtables
  • Visitor
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  • 27 replies
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  • Discussion
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Solved!! Şarkı ve şarkıcı ismi

ÜlkeTürkiyeAygıt(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro 2016 sonları)İşletim Sistemi(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 11, vb.) Sorum veya sorunumBir önerim olacak, şarkıyı kulaklıkla dışarıda dinlerken haliyle görmediğimiz zamanlarda şarkı girişinde ki...

  • Visitor
  • Ülke Türkiye Aygıt (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro 2016 sonları) İşletim Sistemi (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 11, vb.)   Sorum veya sorunum Bir önerim olacak, şarkıyı kulaklık...
  • AdamDamon
  • Spotify Star
  • 394 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Question
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Spotify Album Embed only playing preview even though logged in

Seemingly overnight, the Spotify Player Embed for Albums will only operate in preview mode, even if I am logged in. I have successfully embedded the player in my React App, and it's ALWAYS played the albums in their entirety if I am logged in. I have...

  • Casual Listener
  • Seemingly overnight, the Spotify Player Embed for Albums will only operate in preview mode, even if I am logged in.  I have successfully embedded the player in my React App, and it's ALWAYS play...
  • krsnadaasa
  • Newbie
  • 2340 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 3 likes
  • Possible Bug
    Question
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Is there a way to gather Release Countdowns from the API?

I've looked at albums and artists APIs but upcoming albums don't seem to show up on those public APIs despite seeing the countdown on the page. I get a 404 when using the ID for an upcoming album from the album API. I understand this from the perspec...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've looked at albums and artists APIs but upcoming albums don't seem to show up on those public APIs despite seeing the countdown on the page. I get a 404 when using the ID for an upcoming album fro...
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  • 0 replies
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Invalid access token

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows10 My Question or IssueI copied the exact code and run Curl in cmd, but response was not successful.I logged out and rerun with no avail. C:\Users\USER>curl --request GET --url https://api.spotify....

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country US Device Desktop Operating System Windows10   My Question or Issue I copied the exact code and run Curl in cmd, but response was not successful. I logged out and re...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 249 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Question
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Help with 429 Error Code on Search Requests Despite Lowered Traffic and Extended Quota

Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any guidance or support. Our service, which relies heavily on the Search API, has recently started receiving 429 error codes (Rate Limit Exceeded) for...

  • Regular
  • Hi Spotify Developer Community,   I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any guidance or support.   Our service, which relies heavily on the Search API, has...
  • 291 Views
  • 0 replies
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    429 response
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    API Bug
    API rate limit
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Sending Audio Features through Machine Learning Model

PlanFreeCountryUnited States My Question or IssueFor a personal project, I wanted to use a pre-trained ML model to run predictions off of the audio features of a song. I won't be using the audio features to train the model or even update it in the fu...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country United States   My Question or Issue For a personal project, I wanted to use a pre-trained ML model to run predictions off of the audio features of a song. I won't be usi...
  • csipapicsa
  • Casual Listener
  • 354 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Question
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/v1/me/player/devices returns empty array

My Question or IssueThe /v1/me/player/devices endpoint returns empty list even when a spotify device is open. Steps to reproduce:1. Open Spotify on your Windows desktop machine (do not play anything)2. Hit the /v1/me/player/devices endpoint. Notes: I...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue The /v1/me/player/devices endpoint returns empty list even when a spotify device is open.   Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Spotify on your Windows desktop machine (do not p...
  • nelson-t
  • Newbie
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  • 11 replies
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  • 11 replies
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Upload Podcast via Api

Hey, is there a way to upload my Podcast to Spotify via Api, including MetaData?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey,   is there a way to upload my Podcast to Spotify via Api, including MetaData?
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  • 0 replies
  • 4 likes
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    podcast
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spotify webapi auth and requests

for the past few weeks ive been trying to implement spotify webapi on my app to auth users, get their pfp and handler and also get their currently playing track name and artist name but had no success. id appreciate any help.AuthViewModel:package com...

  • Casual Listener
  • for the past few weeks ive been trying to implement spotify webapi on my app to auth users, get their pfp and handler and also get their currently playing track name and artist name but had no succes...
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  • 0 replies
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  • Kotlin
    Spotify Web API
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200 returned instead of advertised 204

Both Add Item to Playback Queue (POST me/player/queue) and Skip To Next (POST me/player/next) are advertised to return a 204 if everything went okay, however they currently return a 200 including some undocumented response.

  • Casual Listener
  • Both Add Item to Playback Queue (POST me/player/queue) and Skip To Next (POST me/player/next) are advertised to return a 204 if everything went okay, however they currently return a 200 including som...
  • Nerix
  • Casual Listener
  • 395 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 1 likes
  • API Bug
    Bad api response
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Access to iOS/Android streaming SDKs

To the Spotify team, Looks like Spotify is cutting access to the iOS/Android mobile streaming SDKs per recent news announcement: https://developer.spotify.com/community/news/2022/07/15/mobile-streaming-sdks-update/ While Spotify has been advertising ...

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  • To the Spotify team,   Looks like Spotify is cutting access to the iOS/Android mobile streaming SDKs per recent news announcement:   https://developer.spotify.com/community/news/2022/07...
  • lyzkov
  • Newbie
  • 6068 Views
  • 12 replies
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  • 12 replies
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i have idea to improve your app that is adding ai in your app

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Superuser Contribution See the authorization window directly in the Spotify application

We are developing a mobile application but since Web API is much easier to use and has many examples, we plan to proceed via Web API.Everything is going great, granting permission to the application, getting tokens, using tokens etc. However, when we...

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  • We are developing a mobile application but since Web API is much easier to use and has many examples, we plan to proceed via Web API. Everything is going great, granting permission to the applicatio...
  • alpistos
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  • 857 Views
  • 4 replies
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  • Discussion
    Question
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  • 4 replies
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