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Test out the new Spotify for Developers

Hey everyone, A new version of the Spotify for Developers website is coming soon! The new site includes a major redesign along with some new features and content. A beta version of the new website is ready for testing and we would love to hear what y...

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  • Spotify
  • rfjnjll
  • Visitor
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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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Superuser Contribution Check users podcast review

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceVivo 5GOperating SystemAndroid Oreo My Question or IssueI wanted to ask if their is any possible way to check to star reviews on podcast of usere with the web api. I wanted to programm an app for the listeners of a spec...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country Austria Device Vivo 5G Operating System Android Oreo   My Question or Issue I wanted to ask if their is any possible way to check to star reviews on podcast o...
  • spotifyjosh
  • Spotify
  • 322 Views
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  • Star review
    Web API
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Solved!! Currently playing episode

Hey there, This post is requesting access to "currently playing episode" through the Spotify Web API, either through the "Get Playback State" endpoint (/me/player) or the "Get Currently Playing Track" endpoint (ideally both). It seems that podcasts a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey there,   This post is requesting access to "currently playing episode" through the Spotify Web API, either through the "Get Playback State" endpoint (/me/player) or the "Get Currently Play...
  • Peter_Schorn
  • Roadie
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  • 5 replies
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  • Feature Request
    Podcast API
    Web API
    Web Playback API
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Integration fail with UserNotAuthorizedException error on Android

I have integrated on Android Platform like quick sample on document,But I got the "com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.UserNotAuthorizedException: {"message":"Explicit user authorization is required to use Spotify. The user has to complete the au...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have integrated on Android Platform like quick sample on document,But I got the "com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.UserNotAuthorizedException: {"message":"Explicit user authorization is requi...
  • 151 Views
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  • Connect
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Extended Streaming History with incorrect data

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceAsus ZenFoneOperating SystemAndroid OS 11 API 30 My Question or IssueI download my extended streaming history to train myself on data analyse and to make my own Spotify recap + my average use of the app during the last 2...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country France Device Asus ZenFone Operating System Android OS 11 API 30   My Question or Issue I download my extended streaming history to train myself on data analyse a...
  • Eliottous
  • Casual Listener
  • 260 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • Possible Bug
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'Get Recently Played Tracks' doesn't return skipped tracks

When I try to call the 'Get recently played tracks' function, the output doesn't include songs that have been played > 30s but not to the end/songs that have been manually skipped; only songs that have been fully played and not manually skipped are i...

  • Newbie
  • When I try to call the 'Get recently played tracks' function, the output doesn't include songs that have been played > 30s but not to the end/songs that have been manually skipped; only songs that...
  • xinyu0000
  • Newbie
  • 269 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 269 Views
  • 1 replies
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Solved!! 204 regularly being incorrectly returned for /v1/me/player endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevice(iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S10e) My Question or IssueMy app relies heavily on the above endpoint to poll for the state of the Spotify player, which I do every 3 seconds from browsers on iOS and Android. On iOS I almost ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Ireland Device (iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy S10e)   My Question or Issue My app relies heavily on the above endpoint to poll for the state of the Spotify player, which...
  • pmotard
  • Music Fan
  • 1824 Views
  • 18 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
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  • 18 replies
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Check if current song is in the user's liked songs

Is there a way to get if the user has liked the currently played song or not via the API?

  • Casual Listener
  • Is there a way to get if the user has liked the currently played song or not via the API?
  • codeIMperfect1
  • Casual Listener
  • 203 Views
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  • question
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Get the access token without user having to enter credentials

Is there a possibility to get the access token to a users account through the Spotify SDK without the user having to log in in a web view? It's very tedious for users because they often don't know their Spotify credentials. They are already logged in...

  • Newbie
  • Is there a possibility to get the access token to a users account through the Spotify SDK without the user having to log in in a web view? It's very tedious for users because they often don't know th...
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  • question
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Solved!! How to generate a spotify code using web api?

Hi guys so I saw this https://www.spotifycodes.com/ and notice that it uses a URI to generate a spotify code, I'm using the Spotify WEB API an can get the URI using fetch but is it possible to generate a spotify code using WEB API?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi guys so I saw this https://www.spotifycodes.com/ and notice that it uses a URI to generate a spotify code, I'm using the Spotify WEB API an can get the URI using fetch but is it possible...
  • nakunaru
  • Casual Listener
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  • 4 replies
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  • question
  • 339 Views
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Can a track's artists be different than the artists of the album?

PlanFree Web API My Question or IssueGoing trough the web API. It can be seen that an album can be created by many artists, like in a colab between them. And when getting tracks from the API. The also have associated with them, apart from the album t...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free   Web API   My Question or Issue Going trough the web API. It can be seen that an album can be created by many artists, like in a colab between them. And when getting tracks...
  • Ximzend
  • Roadie
  • 119 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • question
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[Android] cant connect when integration

I had integration with Spotify SDK like quickstart document.But I get the ACCOUNTS_INVALID_APP_ID:INVALID_REQUEST error when connect call SpotifyAppRemote.connect()So, how can to fix it?Client ID:978be86fb04440f3ba88e946045c0bccDevice(iPhone 8, Samsu...

  • Casual Listener
  • I had integration with Spotify SDK like quickstart document.But I get the ACCOUNTS_INVALID_APP_ID:INVALID_REQUEST error when connect call SpotifyAppRemote. connect () So, how can to fix it? Cl...
  • ndthong1994
  • Casual Listener
  • 116 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Connect
  • 116 Views
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Get API response JSON-Schemas?

Hello, can somebody maybe tell me where I can find the response schemas for the recently-listened and song-attributes GET Request of the Api request. If somebody has these saved, it would be very appreciated if you could send it to me. Best regards a...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, can somebody maybe tell me where I can find the response schemas for the recently-listened and song-attributes GET Request of the Api request.    If somebody has these saved, it wo...
  • 124 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes
  • api
    Json
    Schemas
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I have played the track using play URI, song play succeed and after 2-3 seconds automatic song stop.

I am facing an issue when using rn-Spotify-SDK, I’ve been trying to debug this issue for the past couple of days but didn't get any appropriate solution. Spotify authenticates and initializes succeeds and also playlists API response getting successfu...

  • Newbie
  • I am facing an issue when using rn-Spotify-SDK, I’ve been trying to debug this issue for the past couple of days but didn't get any appropriate solution.   Spotify authenticates and initialize...
  • Sikky99
  • Casual Listener
  • 244 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Feature Request
    Possible Bug
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Solved!! Login API error

https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token returns error:"upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection termination"

  • Newbie
  • https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token returns error: "upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection termination"
  • MattSuda
  • Spotify Star
  • 47477 Views
  • 16 replies
  • 12 likes
  • Possible Bug
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authorization scope for current-playing-track

I want to have user's current playing track on my web-app after doing the authorization. But going through the documentation I found out that there is no authorization scope for such data through the API. So if someone can help me with this I'll be v...

  • Newbie
  • I want to have user's current playing track on my web-app after doing the authorization. But going through the documentation I found out that there is no authorization scope for such data through the...
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    current-playing-track
    question
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Short version of a playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueIt will be great that a playlist could have an option to chosse some songs and play them as a...

  • Visitor
  • 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 It will...
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  • Playlist
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Need More Clarification on Quota Rejection

We've received a rejection mail from Spotify stating that we're requesting excessive data points and we're using scopes that don't correspond with the use case. Following this, we sent an email clarifying a few points so we can be sure how exactly to...

  • Casual Listener
  • We've received a rejection mail from Spotify stating that we're requesting excessive data points and we're using scopes that don't correspond with the use case. Following this, we sent an email clari...
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  • Extension Rejection
    extension request
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Error Generate Report (ADS)

I run this curl command: curl --request POST \--url https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v1/report \--header 'Authorization: Bearer BQBqLCYU3205qb2Vk6RrsQBNlwKDeFO1ZH2YRqC454Os7lfN6As1rUFXryG7WVe8Sdf0xbKDc0UO9DZw5HNsd0FsEgibLpNXhF7mQ28f146NlCoi2pFzegG...

  • Newbie
  • I run this curl command:   curl --request POST \ --url https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v1/report \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer BQBqLCYU3205qb2Vk6RrsQBNlwKDeFO1ZH2YRqC454Os7lfN6As1rUF...
  • 113 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes
  • errorreportsads
  • 113 Views
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Using a Spotify API project for a portfolio

Hi all, I've recently built a small app using the Spotify API to teach myself API integration and the like. However, it's difficult to use that in my portfolio since I have to add users manually for them to use it. Does anyone have any ideas for how ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all,    I've recently built a small app using the Spotify API to teach myself API integration and the like.    However, it's difficult to use that in my portfolio since I h...
  • GJMS
  • Casual Listener
  • 276 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 likes
  • question
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Authorization in React(NodeJS)

Is it possible to generate Access Token using a Client ID and Client Secret in NodeJS?

  • Visitor
  • Is it possible to generate Access Token using a Client ID and Client Secret in NodeJS? 
  • Peter_Schorn
  • Roadie
  • 173 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • authorization
  • 173 Views
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