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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...
I am trying to create an Electron+Angular project for development practices. However, the project has come to halt because of the constant nagging of Widevine licenses. I tried Electron's way: Linking with Chrome's shipped Widevine, didn't work.I tri...
I am trying to create an Electron+Angular project for development practices. However, the project has come to halt because of the constant nagging of Widevine licenses. I tried Electron's way:...
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Hi there!So we want to embed a player for our mobile app.The problem with the i frame is, that it will only play random 30 second snippets andsometimes it doesn't take you to the login page on the spotify app.We can't solve the problem via the Spotif...
Hi there! So we want to embed a player for our mobile app. The problem with the i frame is, that it will only play random 30 second snippets and sometimes it doesn't take you to the login page o...
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I recently signed up for a developers account and have been unable to verify my email address as the verification email never arrives. Obviously, I've been checking junk folders and spam lists. I contacted Spotify directly but got redirected to the c...
I recently signed up for a developers account and have been unable to verify my email address as the verification email never arrives. Obviously, I've been checking junk folders and spam lists. &nbs...
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Plan - Premium familyCountry - France Hi dear devs (1st post here ),I'm facing an issue using endpoint users/{user_id}/playlists with my user_id (don't know if i'm allowed to post it here). When used from my app, the API only responds 6 playlists ite...
Plan - Premium family Country - France Hi dear devs (1st post here 👋), I'm facing an issue using endpoint users/{user_id}/playlists with my user_id (don't know if i'm allowed to post...
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On three separate occasions spotify has randomly logged me out and told me my password was incorrect (when it wasn't) - I recently made an app which connects to the spotify API which I think must be something to do with the issues as it didn't happen...
On three separate occasions spotify has randomly logged me out and told me my password was incorrect (when it wasn't) - I recently made an app which connects to the spotify API which I think must be ...
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Hey guys, I'm doing my masters and I doing a report on Spotify Architecture, current and previous. Its a bit hard finding information on the subject, if any one can help would be much appreciated.Thanks.
Hey guys, I'm doing my masters and I doing a report on Spotify Architecture, current and previous. Its a bit hard finding information on the subject, if any one can help would be much appreciate...
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herhangi bir şarkıyı açtığımda "şu anda bu şarkıyı çalamıyoruz" diyor ve bir sonraki şarkıya geçiyor o şarkıdada aynısını diyip tekrar tekrar bu döngü içerisinde dönüp dolanıyorum
herhangi bir şarkıyı açtığımda "şu anda bu şarkıyı çalamıyoruz" diyor ve bir sonraki şarkıya geçiyor o şarkıdada aynısını diyip tekrar tekrar bu döngü içerisinde dönüp dolanıyorum
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Hi all, I am trying to work on some safeguards for api calls where the number of IDs that are requested exceed what Spotify is willing to accept. I understand that they fall into 3 groups of maximums allowed: 20, 50, and 100. Below is the enum I crea...
Hi all, I am trying to work on some safeguards for api calls where the number of IDs that are requested exceed what Spotify is willing to accept. I understand that they fall into 3 groups of maximums...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryNorwayDevicewindowsOperating Systemwindows My Question or IssueI am trying to get the title or id of the podcast i'm listening to on spotify.currently using this endpoint for playback information:response = requests.get("https:...
Plan Free/Premium Country Norway Device windows Operating System windows My Question or Issue I am trying to get the title or id of the podcast i'm listening to on spotify. ...
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Hello Spotify Support Team,I recently submitted a request for an extension of my app’s permissions on the Spotify API, which is currently under review. Since submitting the request, I’ve encountered issues with token refresh, specifically seeing an i...
Hello Spotify Support Team, I recently submitted a request for an extension of my app’s permissions on the Spotify API, which is currently under review. Since submitting the request, I’ve encountere...
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Hello friends At Spotify, branding is very important. Even the forum is on-brand We're working on a small app for our music magazine. It's mainly long-form writing about music. We are interested in making sure our Spotify integration is savory and we...
Hello friends 😃 At Spotify, branding is very important. Even the forum is on-brand 😄 We're working on a small app for our music magazine. It's mainly long-form writing about music.&nb...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermany Operating System(iOS, Android) My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,We represent a board game project that incorporates musical elements, and we would like to use the Spotify platform to allow players to listen to and ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Operating System (iOS, Android) My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, We represent a board game project that incorporates musical ele...
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Hello, I'm working on a web-based application (Vue.js 2 & Laravel backend) that needs to authenticate users through Spotify’s OAuth2 flow on iOS devices ( I managed to do it on Android).My goal is to open the Spotify app directly from the web browser...
Hello, I'm working on a web-based application (Vue.js 2 & Laravel backend) that needs to authenticate users through Spotify’s OAuth2 flow on iOS devices ( I managed to do it on Android)....
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Hi there, Today, when i made a request to a genre's playlist (to the Dance/Electronic genre to be specific), and the description of some of the playlist items had and anchor tag. Checked in the official Spotify app, they are fine. en
Hi there, Today, when i made a request to a genre's playlist (to the Dance/Electronic genre to be specific), and the description of some of the playlist items had and anchor tag. &nbs...
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePixel 6My Question or Issue I love the concerts feature, super fun and it makes me buy more concert tickets. What would be great, is if it showed you 3 friends who also listen to this artist that you could ask if they...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Pixel 6 My Question or Issue I love the concerts feature, super fun and it makes me buy more concert tickets. What would be great, is if it showed...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI want to make an API call to generate a playlist in my account. I have been using implicit grants throughout the whole thing, it has been working for a year. I don't know if th...
Plan Premium Country Canada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I want to make an API call to generate a playlist in my account. I have been using implicit gra...
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PlanPremiumCountryNigeriaDevice Macbook Pro 2019Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI am currently with the spotify currently_playing and recently_played api as fallback if no track is_playing. This works as expected locally - I can see the tr...
Plan Premium Country Nigeria Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System iOS 10 My Question or Issue I am currently with the spotify currently_playing and recently_played ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or IssueI'm able to successfully generate an access token for the following scopes:playlist-read-private streaming app-remote-control user-modify-playback-state user-read-playback-state user-read-recently-played user-...
Plan Premium Country UK My Question or Issue I'm able to successfully generate an access token for the following scopes: playlist-read-private streaming app-remote-contr...
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Hi everyone! I'm looking to showcase my 'Now Playing' track from Spotify directly on my GitHub profile to give it a bit more personality. Since GitHub doesn’t support iframes, I'm wondering if anyone here has found creative ways to display Spotify co...
Hi everyone! I'm looking to showcase my 'Now Playing' track from Spotify directly on my GitHub profile to give it a bit more personality. Since GitHub doesn’t support iframes, I'm wondering if anyone...
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I'm creating a Unity Project for a VR Headset where people are assembling tools and I was hoping to add the Spotify API so people can listen to their Spotify playlists from within the game. Spotify would only be used to stream music and has no mechan...
I'm creating a Unity Project for a VR Headset where people are assembling tools and I was hoping to add the Spotify API so people can listen to their Spotify playlists from within the game. Spoti...
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