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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...
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...
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...
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Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
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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...
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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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...
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...
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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...
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 ...
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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...
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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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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": { ...
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...
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As a daily Spotify user who enjoys exploring a wide range of music genres, I have identified an opportunity for an additional feature that I believe could significantly enhance the user experience. This feature, which I call the 'Trim Feature', could...
As a daily Spotify user who enjoys exploring a wide range of music genres, I have identified an opportunity for an additional feature that I believe could significantly enhance the user experience. T...
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I am trying to pull the tracks data from Top 100 playlist.Below is the error I am getting while calling spotify api requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='accounts.spotify.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/token (C...
I am trying to pull the tracks data from Top 100 playlist. Below is the error I am getting while calling spotify api requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='accounts.spotify...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry All DeviceiPhone and AndroidOperating SystemiOS and Android My Question or IssueAfter the update release on Nov 18th, it looks like the clients broke the reporting of the streams and don't include the context anymore. As a con...
Plan Free/Premium Country All Device iPhone and Android Operating System iOS and Android My Question or Issue After the update release on Nov 18th, it looks like the cl...
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Hi. I try to execute request WITH PREMIUM account, and get the same error. Can you check where am i wrong? I send request with Postman and get the same response error like sshuvoo.**bleep**
Hi. I try to execute request WITH PREMIUM account, and get the same error. Can you check where am i wrong? I send request with Postman and get the same response error like sshuvoo.**bleep**
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My Question or IssueI've noticed that certain artist IDs (ex 2uW79XE0HEkPb56HqZJnNx) exhibit a weird behavior when using the Get Artist endpoint. The request succeeds, but the returned artist has a different ID than requested. This is quite difficult...
My Question or Issue I've noticed that certain artist IDs (ex 2uW79XE0HEkPb56HqZJnNx) exhibit a weird behavior when using the Get Artist endpoint. The request succeeds, but the returned artist has...
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I'm working on the alarm clock with Spotify playlists and albums. I wrote a client (https://github.com/ciembor/spotify-cmd) based on a Spotify Web API and it works well, but when I Connect using oauth it opens browser and then uses my callback. The p...
I'm working on the alarm clock with Spotify playlists and albums. I wrote a client (https://github.com/ciembor/spotify-cmd) based on a Spotify Web API and it works well, but when I Connect using oaut...
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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 Issuein Android Remote-connect SDK，I want to play specified song by uri(spotify:track:xxxxxxx)，But...
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 in Andr...
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I'm creating a tool that integrates with the Spotify Web API and I noticed that active device (being my smartphone) gets disconnected when Spotify is running in the background. Is there a way to ensure that the app is still "active"? Especially if it...
I'm creating a tool that integrates with the Spotify Web API and I noticed that active device (being my smartphone) gets disconnected when Spotify is running in the background. Is there a way to ensu...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited status My Question or IssueHey Spotify team! My company submitted an app through the developer dashboardhttps://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/417a800558554aaab2254897799e7052I reached out to customer support some time ago a...
Plan Premium Country United status My Question or Issue Hey Spotify team! My company submitted an app through the developer dashboard https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/417a800...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndiaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAn artist regularly checks the "discovered on" section to check organic traction. I'd lik...
Plan Free/Premium Country India Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue An artis...
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Hello, I want to use the Spotify API specifically the metadata of tracks and playlists like release date, popularity...) to train a recommender system for my bachelor thesis which is about the impact of human feedback on recommender system in field o...
Hello, I want to use the Spotify API specifically the metadata of tracks and playlists like release date, popularity...) to train a recommender system for my bachelor thesis which is about t...
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