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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...
Hello! I’m using track and playlist artworks in my app and have a question about branding requirements. If I retrieve these artworks from track and playlist links, do I need to apply rounded corners as specified in the branding and design guidelines?...
Hello! I’m using track and playlist artworks in my app and have a question about branding requirements. If I retrieve these artworks from track and playlist links, do I need to apply rounded...
Spotify Star
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I'm using the Web API to get the users playlists and playlist songs. I want to stream tracks from the ID I got with the playlist and song requests is there any way to do this? I looked into the Web playback SDK but did not find much. I'm working on a...
I'm using the Web API to get the users playlists and playlist songs. I want to stream tracks from the ID I got with the playlist and song requests is there any way to do this? I looked into the Web p...
Spotify Star
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I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify.I can find many public playlists:```import spotipyfrom spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentialsspotify_api = spotipy.Spotify( client_credent...
I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify. I can find many public playlists: ``` import spotipy from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyC...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWeb API (N/AOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueIs there a way to find the URL for the 'Liked Songs" playlist? I am trying to call this playlist from another application (home assistant) via the API.
Plan Premium Country USA Device Web API (N/A Operating System N/A My Question or Issue Is there a way to find the URL for the 'Liked Songs" playlist? I am trying to call this playlis...
Gig Goer
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I don't know where to look, but the thread topic posted about this is unanswered, and wanted to confirm what could be done to solve this?
I don't know where to look, but the thread topic posted about this is unanswered, and wanted to confirm what could be done to solve this?
Casual Listener
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I am experiencing an issue when trying to access the Spotify Developer Dashboard. After receiving a "session expired" error message, I attempted to log in again by navigating back to the main page and clicking the "Login" button. However, nothing hap...
I am experiencing an issue when trying to access the Spotify Developer Dashboard. After receiving a "session expired" error message, I attempted to log in again by navigating back to the main page an...
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Trying to understand how to get a list of all the available Spotify genres while using the "Get Available Genre Seeds" endpoint. Any suggestions? Furthermore, is there a way to get the top 50 Spotify genres?
Trying to understand how to get a list of all the available Spotify genres while using the "Get Available Genre Seeds" endpoint. Any suggestions? Furthermore, is there a way to get the top 5...
Spotify Star
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My Question or IssueI am trying to understand what a streaming SDA is and therefore, what a non-streaming SDA is. Who can point me to somewhere that I can read more specifially where the difference is? Thank you.
My Question or Issue I am trying to understand what a streaming SDA is and therefore, what a non-streaming SDA is. Who can point me to somewhere that I can read more specifially where the d...
Music Fan
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Hi, I am aware of the recent API changes, but my application was put in extended mode well before this, so I have access to (now deprecated) endpoints. However, while I am quite sure I applied for all permission for said endpoints, I cannot check thi...
Hi, I am aware of the recent API changes, but my application was put in extended mode well before this, so I have access to (now deprecated) endpoints. However, while I am quite sure I appli...
Visitor
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Hello, The quota extension request for Arties has been refused twice for the following reasons : Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing their brand/logo on album artwork (Design G...
Hello, The quota extension request for Arties has been refused twice for the following reasons : Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images o...
Regular
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So, I made this album ranking page as a school project, and quite a few people enjoyed it so I think I'll expand this idea using Spotify's API. I am a near beginner coder, but I was just curious if the idea would work. The first page will be a genre ...
So, I made this album ranking page as a school project, and quite a few people enjoyed it so I think I'll expand this idea using Spotify's API. I am a near beginner coder, but I was just curious if t...
Casual Listener
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Hi, I'm currently developing a app, which allows users to rate and review songs, similar to letterboxd, each review for a song would add the respective song into a listened folder for users and would therefore provide custom metrics for users. Does t...
Hi, I'm currently developing a app, which allows users to rate and review songs, similar to letterboxd, each review for a song would add the respective song into a listened folder for users and would...
Spotify Star
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I'm wanting to create an open source web app for streamers to connect their Spotify to allow viewers to add songs to the streamer's current listening queue. the monetization part is paying to add more than one song per hour or adding it up next.HOWEV...
I'm wanting to create an open source web app for streamers to connect their Spotify to allow viewers to add songs to the streamer's current listening queue. the monetization part is paying to add mor...
Spotify Star
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I'm working on building a simple webapp project that can display all of the user's followers.Clearly, the WebAPI doesn't support this.However, the list of a user's followers is publicly available, i.e. without authentication at https://www.open.spoti...
I'm working on building a simple webapp project that can display all of the user's followers. Clearly, the WebAPI doesn't support this. However, the list of a user's followers is publicly a...
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Hi, I'm integrating Spotify into my web application and have some questions about the PKCE flow. Specifically, I'm wondering about its security and purpose.With PKCE, the browser receives both the access and refresh tokens. However, Spotify enforces ...
Hi, I'm integrating Spotify into my web application and have some questions about the PKCE flow. Specifically, I'm wondering about its security and purpose. With PKCE, the browser receives both the ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWebOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueI have an embedded player in my app which (as of a couple months ago?) used to play the track straight away when the Play button was clicked. Now I am noticing that the track loa...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Web Operating System Linux My Question or Issue I have an embedded player in my app which (as of a couple months ago?) used to play the track straight...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi,I've been testing the Preview function in the Spotify API for my website, which features audio playback directly on the page. However, I've encountered a few issues:The available ...
Plan Premium Country Poland Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Hi, I've been testing the Preview function in the Spotify API for my website, which features audio playback...
Spotify Star
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Hi - I'm an incoming assistant professor at Stanford School of Medicine working on music and health. I am trying to get in touch with someone from the Spotify leadership team to discuss potential collaboration/access to recently deprecated features o...
Hi - I'm an incoming assistant professor at Stanford School of Medicine working on music and health. I am trying to get in touch with someone from the Spotify leadership team to discuss potenti...
Casual Listener
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Need help with a song that I embedded on a web page is no longer working and the Spotify app Embed Track for that same song is also giving me an error. Here is a snapshot of the error that is showing up on the web page: And here is a snapshot of the ...
Need help with a song that I embedded on a web page is no longer working and the Spotify app Embed Track for that same song is also giving me an error. Here is a snapshot of the error that i...
Casual Listener
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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 Hello, I can access any playlist using the Spotify API's playlist endpoint, but for some rea...
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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