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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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  • snaplist
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Web SDK Invalid Scope

PlanPremium StudentCountryUnited KingdomDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or Issue Hi all, I am trying to follow the Web SDK guide https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/tutorials/getting-started However I am ru...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Student Country United Kingdom Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue   Hi all, I am trying to follow the Web SDK guide https://developer.spo...
  • kyds3k
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Error handling for Embed Controller

We're using the Embed Controller API on our site but users are unable to play podcasts. While we suspect DRM-related issues, the lack of accessible error messages makes it difficult to confirm. Is there a way to implement error handling with the Embe...

  • Newbie
  • We're using the Embed Controller API on our site but users are unable to play podcasts. While we suspect DRM-related issues, the lack of accessible error messages makes it difficult to confirm. &nbs...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playlist API 502's

Since Nov 25 2024 16:31:09 UTC-06:00 my app has been receiving 502's when attempting to create a playlist through the Playlist API, https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/create-playlist. Is this a known issue, or are there res...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since Nov 25 2024 16:31:09 UTC-06:00 my app has been receiving 502's when attempting to create a playlist through the Playlist API, https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/refer...
  • LambertSpot
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Not receiving results when searching by ISRC

I'm trying to search the web api for songs by ISRC but I no longer receive any results, only an empty items array. My search query looks like this: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc:USLZJ1613311 I've even tried on the spotify web console b...

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  • I'm trying to search the web api for songs by ISRC but I no longer receive any results, only an empty items array. My search query looks like this: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc:U...
  • LambertSpot
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Superuser Contribution API - search for tracks is flaky

PlanFreeCountryRomaniaDeviceWeb APIOperating SystemWindows My Question or Issuehttps://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=track:Chiquitita%20artist:ABBA&type=track It returns me no data. But it only works with such a search:https://api.spotify.com/v1/search...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Plan Free Country Romania Device Web API Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=track:Chiquitita%20artist:ABBA&type=track &nbs...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
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Solved!! Getting HTTP 403 for Web API requests for specific user

PlanPremiumDeviceWeb API My Question or IssueI am developing an application for Spotify, and a few users are connected. Everything worked fine until a certain moment (and still works fine for all users except one). However, one user (well, technicall...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Device Web API   My Question or Issue I am developing an application for Spotify, and a few users are connected. Everything worked fine until a certain moment (and still works...
  • nsmirnov
  • Casual Listener
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Categories by market?!

My Question or Issue What happened to the markets parameter in the categories API? Without this the feature is basically crippled. See https://everynoise.com/worldbrowser.cgi which now inanely returns the same generic results instead of regional ones...

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  • My Question or Issue   What happened to the markets parameter in the categories API? Without this the feature is basically crippled. See   https://everynoise.com/worldbrowser.cgi ...
  • glenn_mcdonald
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Superuser Contribution How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API?

How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API?I can’t find any APIs that could access to my Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix, Daily Wellness or Release Radar. Thanks for reply.

  • Casual Listener
  • How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API? I can’t find any APIs that could access to my Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix, Daily Wellness or Release Radar.   Thanks for reply.
  • LeeCo
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Spotify only allow 100 songs when embedding a playlist on Wordpress?

I'm embedding a Spotify playlist on my Wordpress website, and although the playlist contains almost 200 songs, only the first 100 appear in the embedded playlist. How can I fix that?Cheers,Nitzan

  • Visitor
  • I'm embedding a Spotify playlist on my Wordpress website, and although the playlist contains almost 200 songs, only the first 100 appear in the embedded playlist. How can I fix that? Cheers, Nitzan
  • r3mus
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Missing thumbnail urls for album, artist and track

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustria My Question or IssueWe're using the oembed API of yours to retrieve embed data for various types. Since yesterday, we don't seem to receive the "thumbnail_url" parameter anymore for album, artist and track embed types. ...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free/Premium Country Austria   My Question or Issue We're using the oembed API of yours to retrieve embed data for various types. Since yesterday, we don't seem to receive the "thumbn...
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Past snapshot_id for shared playlist?

Some context: At the beginning of this year, I started a weekly tradition where friends and I add one song to a shared playlist that we think the group should hear. At the end of the week, I move the songs to a different playlist to archive them, and...

  • Casual Listener
  • Some context: At the beginning of this year, I started a weekly tradition where friends and I add one song to a shared playlist that we think the group should hear. At the end of the week, I move the...
  • tycoonwiz
  • Casual Listener
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    Developer API
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    shared playlists
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How to fetch the transcript of a podcast episode?

Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?

  • Visitor
  • Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
  • balasundaramd
  • Visitor
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    Transcription rules
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YourLibrary.json to something useful

Hi, would this be useful to anyone? how can I extend this to be more useful? I wrote a python program that inputs YourLibrary.json to an alphabetical list of artists, albums, and references so I can tell at a glance what I listen to.1. the raw json i...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   would this be useful to anyone?  how can I extend this to be more useful?   I wrote a python program that inputs YourLibrary.json to an alphabetical list of artists, alb...
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Superuser Contribution Getting different results when searching a track depending on the authorization method

When I use OAuth and Client Credentials to query the Spotify API, I get different search results. Specifically, with OAuth, I can't find certain tracks. For instance, when I search for "concorde lady machine," it should return a track with the ID 23Z...

  • Regular
  • When I use OAuth and Client Credentials to query the Spotify API, I get different search results. Specifically, with OAuth, I can't find certain tracks. For instance, when I search for "concorde lady...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
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Spotify SDK

I have the sdk somewhat working. Im able to play songs on it however, I want it to keep playing after a complete page refresh. Currently when the page refreshes it causes the player to re initialize again and produce a new device id, which is fine bu...

  • Newbie
  • I have the sdk somewhat working. Im able to play songs on it however, I want it to keep playing after a complete page refresh. Currently when the page refreshes it causes the player to re initialize ...
  • ImpalaOficial
  • Casual Listener
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Player Queue endpoint Currently Playing in Queue section of response

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe following endpoint does not work as expected:https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queue The queue variable returns the queued songs and also spams the currently pl...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The following endpoint does not work as expected: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/qu...
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Adding effects on Spotify's Web playback API

Hello there! I want to create a non-profit application for personal use that utilizes the Spotify API to play music in a web browser and apply effects to the tracks, such as adding reverb. However, I understand that this is not permitted under Spotif...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello there! I want to create a non-profit application for personal use that utilizes the Spotify API to play music in a web browser and apply effects to the tracks, such as adding reverb. However, I...
  • vholik
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Give us an endpoint to decode new shortened share links

On mobile share-links are now shortened.For example: https://spotify.link/hRkBrwub9xbAs a developer who relied on the URL containing the trackID this makes it impossible for me to find which track is being passed on. The website redirects to the corr...

  • Music Fan
  • On mobile share-links are now shortened. For example: https://spotify.link/hRkBrwub9xb As a developer who relied on the URL containing the trackID this makes it impossible for me to find which tr...
  • jerrytan
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403 client forbidden for cloud server

CountryUS My Question or IssueHi there, I am working on a spotify developer integration and everything works perfectly on my machine. When I start using a production server hosted by Hetzner in the us-east location, the server errors out on all reque...

  • Casual Listener
  • Country US   My Question or Issue Hi there, I am working on a spotify developer integration and everything works perfectly on my machine. When I start using a production server hosted by Het...
  • benny-conn
  • Casual Listener
  • 384 Views
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  • Possible Bug
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POST request is being denied due to 401 despite a valid Token

PlanPremiumCountry: US My Question or IssueI've had great success acquiring a token and using GET requests to grab data from my playlists. I'm attempting to use the POST request to add a track to a playlist and I receive the unexpected: { "error": { ...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country: US   My Question or Issue I've had great success acquiring a token and using GET requests to grab data from my playlists.   I'm attempting to use the POST reque...
  • Ximzend
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