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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
PlanPremium Currently, the API only provides a https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks call to get all saved tracks, but no proper way to play them all, without calling https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play with the IDs of all tracks, which doesn't ...
Plan Premium Currently, the API only provides a https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks call to get all saved tracks, but no proper way to play them all, without calling https://api.spotify.co...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryFrance Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi everyone,I'm developing a live streaming music app called iDisko, where users connec...
Plan Free/Premium Country France Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue H...
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EnvironmentDevices: iPhone 14 Simulator, iPhone 14 Pro (Real Device)OS Versions: iOS 16.4, iOS 18.3.2Framework: React Native (with Expo)Auth Library: expo-auth-sessionAuthorization Flow: Authorization Code Flow with PKCE enable Problem DescriptionI'm...
Environment Devices: iPhone 14 Simulator, iPhone 14 Pro (Real Device) OS Versions: iOS 16.4, iOS 18.3.2 Framework: React Native (with Expo) Auth Library: expo-auth-session Authorization Flow: A...
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Plan (Free/Premium)Premium (Required for full Web Playback SDK & Spotify Connect functionality)CountryCurrently focusing on Turkey (TR) for initial development, but aiming for a global English version in the future.DeviceDevelopment Device: Dell Lati...
Plan (Free/Premium) Premium (Required for full Web Playback SDK & Spotify Connect functionality) Country Currently focusing on Turkey (TR) for initial development, but aiming for a global E...
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PlanPremium My Question or IssueAuth using PKCE is successful but Spotify is failing when requesting a refreshed access token.Did a POST request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token with (x-www-form-urlencoded),client_id=123redactedgrant_type=re...
Plan Premium My Question or Issue Auth using PKCE is successful but Spotify is failing when requesting a refreshed access token. Did a POST request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/tok...
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Hello Guys!I'm Develop music player my own website used spotify web API working good but facing problem on play albums. Music play only 30 second but I want to play full song.Please help how to fixed it.
Hello Guys! I'm Develop music player my own website used spotify web API working good but facing problem on play albums. Music play only 30 second but I want to play full song. Please help how to f...
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Hello. So, I'm a developer and I was looking to build a Wi-Fi enabled smart speaker that would be able to playback music using Spotify. Something similar to what Sonos, Google, Amazon or Apple are doing with their smart speakers. After reading the de...
Hello. So, I'm a developer and I was looking to build a Wi-Fi enabled smart speaker that would be able to playback music using Spotify. Something similar to what Sonos, Google, Amazon or Apple are do...
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Hi, I'm currently in the midst of a project I'm working on and had a question regarding genres. Is there any way to convert subgenres into their primary genre. I've been struggling, since there is over 6000 genres in spotify, to find an effective way...
Hi, I'm currently in the midst of a project I'm working on and had a question regarding genres. Is there any way to convert subgenres into their primary genre. I've been struggling, since th...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 running Google Chrome My Question or IssueI'm having a hard time fully explaining this issue, but here goes! I'm doing a small hobby project that'll recommend users a random album fro...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 running Google Chrome My Question or Issue I'm having a hard time fully explaining this issue, but here goes...
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Hi, Client ID: 35a4f90c6a3245acaade75de4922beca My app status has been changed without any email to explain why. I hit rate limits while making changes to how I call the API recently, so I'm wondering if this is the reason. I have since made changes ...
Hi, Client ID: 35a4f90c6a3245acaade75de4922beca My app status has been changed without any email to explain why. I hit rate limits while making changes to how I call the API re...
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In the your guide an event metadatachanged has length field described as length of the track, in seconds. My test with the lastest version of Spotify android app shows that the length is milliseconds. So, is the old version of Spotify send the second...
In the your guide an event metadatachanged has length field described as length of the track, in seconds. My test with the lastest version of Spotify android app shows that t...
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I was trying some apps like SPOTIFRIENDS, Friend Activity, and others recently, and a couple days ago this error message just appear. Can't load items right now. You can try logging in againFormatException: Unexpected character (at character 1)upstre...
I was trying some apps like SPOTIFRIENDS, Friend Activity, and others recently, and a couple days ago this error message just appear. Can't load items right now. You can try logging in again...
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I am creating an website that allows users to create a spotify playlist and then hand a link or qr code out to allow others to user their spotify account to search and request songs. All these requests are then displayed on another page for the owner...
I am creating an website that allows users to create a spotify playlist and then hand a link or qr code out to allow others to user their spotify account to search and request songs. All these reques...
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Is there an identifier or something else that I can use to determine if two tracks have the same audio? I believe there used to be something in the audio features or analysis endpoint, but that is now gone. ISRCs are similar, but are subject to human...
Is there an identifier or something else that I can use to determine if two tracks have the same audio? I believe there used to be something in the audio features or analysis endpoint, but that is no...
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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 IssueI'm wondering the best way to use the values given to us from Spotify. Can we use our secrect...
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 I'm won...
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There is no web API for retrieving the section list in the documentation. I captured web data and found that the section information on the webpage can be obtained from https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query, but when I use my own token ...
There is no web API for retrieving the section list in the documentation. I captured web data and found that the section information on the webpage can be obtained from https://api-partner.spotify.co...
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Our ProjectWe're developing a music-themed board game that includes printed cards with artist illustrations and barcodes. We've created a companion app that scans these barcodes and plays corresponding songs on Spotify.Not a Game AppOur app is not a ...
Our Project We're developing a music-themed board game that includes printed cards with artist illustrations and barcodes. We've created a companion app that scans these barcodes and plays correspon...
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I'm currently working with the Spotify Web API, using the Create Playlist endpoint. One of the properties in the body is the "public" property, It's a boolean. I've used curl to hit the Spotify endpoint directly, I've also used the Spotify Developers...
I'm currently working with the Spotify Web API, using the Create Playlist endpoint. One of the properties in the body is the "public" property, It's a boolean. I've used curl to hit the Spotify endpo...
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Hello, I'm making a non-commercial web app using the Spotify Web API and Web Playback SDK and I'm not sure if what I am doing is allowed. I have a list of songs, with the song URI's retrieved from the Spotify Web API. I then use these URI's to play t...
Hello, I'm making a non-commercial web app using the Spotify Web API and Web Playback SDK and I'm not sure if what I am doing is allowed. I have a list of songs, with the song URI's...
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On a desktop app your playlist artwork is to the right however certain tracks have a "canvas" music video that plays with the song. I want to be able to load this in the Miniplayer and make it full screen like you can with the standard artwork.
On a desktop app your playlist artwork is to the right however certain tracks have a "canvas" music video that plays with the song. I want to be able to load this in the Miniplayer and make it full s...
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