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Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board!

Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board! This forum is the place for conversations about Spotify's Web API, Web Playback SDK, Widgets, and other developer tools. Here you can ask questions about the Spotify platform, chat with other developers, a...

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New releases by genre

Add an endpoint to fetch new releases by genre, in the same fashion as it is presented on the https://everynoise.com/new_releases_by_genre.cgi. The data is there, I'm working on record-digging app. As of now I'll scrape everynoise, but it's slow and ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Add an endpoint to fetch new releases by genre, in the same fashion as it is presented on the https://everynoise.com/new_releases_by_genre.cgi. The data is there, I'm working on record-digging app. A...
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Forbidden 403 on GET Queue

Hi, I'm trying the Spotify API with through my app in development mode and I'm receiving an error anytime I try to call:GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queueThe error (why so generic?):data: { error: { status: 403, message: 'Forbidden.' } } ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,    I'm trying the Spotify API with through my app in development mode and I'm receiving an error anytime I try to call: GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queue The error (w...
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spotipy's sp.playlist_tracks doesn't returns same song from different album

Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueI'm retrieving information from a playlist using spotipy's sp.playlist_tracks().The problem is it doesn't always return the original albums or artists, although they are shown on the spotify desktop ap...

  • Newbie
  • Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I'm retrieving information from a playlist using spotipy's sp.playlist_tracks(). The problem is it doesn't always return the original al...
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Request to integrate Spotify into all DJ softwares

Hi There,Hope you are doing well.This is an email to the decision-makers who have decided to discontinue Spotify integration with DJ softwares (Djay, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, etc)I am using Spotify since the last 10 years. All of a sudden from mid of 20...

  • Newbie
  • Hi There, Hope you are doing well. This is an email to the decision-makers who have decided to discontinue Spotify integration with DJ softwares (Djay, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, etc) I am ...
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Spotify playlist iframe embed doesn't update

My Question or Issue: Im writing a small app that updates a playlist, I can see it working fine when I access the playlist through the spotify app, so the playlist is being updated. But when I load a webpage where I've embeded the playlist, it doesn'...

  • Newbie
  • My Question or Issue:   Im writing a small app that updates a playlist, I can see it working fine when I access the playlist through the spotify app, so the playlist is being updated. But when...
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Solved!! on my 2nd spotify account, debug Console returns: restricted to premium users.

PlanPremium DeviceLatest firefox and Opera GxOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am making a new web-application and to test it out, I bought 2nd premium on a new account, around 3 days ago. When I tried to use token that I received from...

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  • Plan Premium   Device Latest firefox and Opera Gx Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am making a new web-application and to test it out, I bought 2nd premium on a...
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Getting users to generate a Client ID for desktop app (and other acceptable usage questions)

I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be streaming the audio into the game itself). In order...

  • Visitor
  • I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be ...
  • Kalocaine
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Solved!! /me/tracks returns Bad request

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/save-tracks-user no longer works with Ids in the body only. was working until earlier this week will impact you if you are using libraries like https://github.com/spotify-web-...

  • Newbie
  •  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/save-tracks-user  no longer works with Ids in the body only.   was working until earlier this week &nbsp...
  • giverz
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Weird size of Embed

Hi there, I was just following the documentation guide for creating a Embed (iFrame API) in my web app. All works as expected. The only issue comes with the box size of the iFrame, that looks like is bigger than the actual size of it's content. scree...

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  • Hi there,   I was just following the documentation guide for creating a Embed (iFrame API) in my web app. All works as expected. The only issue comes with the box size of the iFrame, that look...
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I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level.

Hi!I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level. I am looking for the name of a book that supports this type of preview. I don't see any that have implemented this JSON field. There is lot's of books. I se...

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  • Hi! I am looking for an Audiobook that implement the "audio_preview_url" at the chapter level.  I am looking for the name of a book that supports this type of preview.  I don't see any tha...
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Spotify Web Api Playback Refresh Token problem

PlanPremiumCountryDKDeviceChromeOperating System(Window) My Question or IssueHello all.I have this Blazor Server app that is playing (in a browser) using the Spotify Web Player. I can get authorized and I get a Token and a RefreshToken and I can succ...

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  • Plan Premium Country DK Device Chrome Operating System (Window)   My Question or Issue Hello all. I have this Blazor Server app that is playing (in a browser) using the Spotify Web Pl...
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embed link, doesn't play the track it jumps to a new web browser

Hello all, I have embedded some spotify tracks in a website so people can listen to them directly. The embedded link was working as we wanted it, we clicked on the icon and it played in the browser. It seems that the behaviour has changed, now when w...

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  • Hello all,  I have embedded some spotify tracks in a website so people can listen to them directly.  The embedded link was working as we wanted it, we clicked on the icon and it played in...
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Regional Listening Data

Is there a way to pull listening data from a geographic location (say a 5 mile area)? Or would one have to accumulate listening data over time and link it to an end-users location (with permission of course)?

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  • Is there a way to pull listening data from a geographic location (say a 5 mile area)? Or would one have to accumulate listening data over time and link it to an end-users location (with permission of...
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Solved!! AudioBook Search get 500 Response

I can search albums, playlists, artists, episodes just fine but I am having a problem with audiobooks. Here is the URL. "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=harry potter&type=audiobook&market=US&limit=20&offset=0" Response is a 500. Does audiobook se...

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  • I can search albums, playlists, artists, episodes just fine but I am having a problem with audiobooks.  Here is the URL.   "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=harry  potter&type...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Song Radio API

Can the API please incorporate some form of function for accessing a track's "Song Radio"? This would be very helpful!

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  • Can the API please incorporate some form of function for accessing a track's "Song Radio"? This would be very helpful!   
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Get Artist's Top Tracks in bulk

Hi, I'm using the Get Artist's Top Tracks endpoint here:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-an-artists-top-tracksIs there a way we could extend support for this endpoint to get multiple artists' top tracks i...

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  • Hi,   I'm using the Get Artist's Top Tracks endpoint here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-an-artists-top-tracks Is there a way we could ex...
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Solved!! Fully documented API

The API documentation is very incomplete. Sometimes certain fields of the JSON response can contain null and sometimes the entire response is null but they aren't documented (eg fetching the current playback state when the app isn't open on any devic...

  • Casual Listener
  • The API documentation is very incomplete. Sometimes certain fields of the JSON response can contain null and sometimes the entire response is null but they aren't documented (eg fetching the current ...
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400 bad request on v1/search/

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueHi, i'm trying to use the spotify api, but i have trouble with it i made some resquest on "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=thriller&type=track" but i have 400 bad request a...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue Hi,  i'm trying to use the spotify api, but i have trouble with it 😞 i made some resquest ...
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Superuser Contribution Get Several Browse Categories for GB - Party Category Image not Consistent

When using the Get Several Browse Categories API endpoint at of https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories for GB and getting the images, the Party category appears to use a different image than all the rest, it looks like the style of image used i...

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  • When using the Get Several Browse Categories API endpoint at of  https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories  for GB and getting the images, the Party category appears to use a differ...
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Superuser Contribution spotify.artist("artist_id") cannot run

Plan: FreeCountry: US Device: MacBook Pro 2020Operating System: Mac OS My Question or Issue: Hey, I am encountering issues when running commands like spotify.artist("artist_id"). spotify is spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credential...

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  • Plan: Free Country: US   Device: MacBook Pro 2020 Operating System: Mac OS   My Question or Issue:   Hey, I am encountering issues when running commands like spotify.artis...
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