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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...
There are platforms where you can buy subscription podcasts and listen to them in almost any app via RSS. Spotify does not allow RSS but still support paid content. Supercast is for example a platform you can use. I have a big subscription platform w...
There are platforms where you can buy subscription podcasts and listen to them in almost any app via RSS. Spotify does not allow RSS but still support paid content. Supercast is for example a platfor...
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ProblemWhen building a web app using the Spotify API, it’s currently not possible to “back off” appropriately when hitting a 429 rate-limit response as suggested by the official docs. This makes it close to impossible to build browser-only web apps u...
Problem When building a web app using the Spotify API, it’s currently not possible to “back off” appropriately when hitting a 429 rate-limit response as suggested by the official docs. This makes it...
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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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Overnight the entire web API reference has changed, and every page has been overhauled... to show the exact same thing... but aesthetically pleasing... so where is the "Get Token" button that manually generates an OAuth token for you to use to test t...
Overnight the entire web API reference has changed, and every page has been overhauled... to show the exact same thing... but aesthetically pleasing... so where is the "Get Token" button that manuall...
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Requesting a web API endpoint for disliked tracks. Currently the user has the ability to "Hide track" on a album, but to my knowledge, there is no way to create, read, update or delete (CRUD) a users disliked tracks via the web API. The use case I ha...
Requesting a web API endpoint for disliked tracks. Currently the user has the ability to "Hide track" on a album, but to my knowledge, there is no way to create, read, update or delete (CRUD) a users...
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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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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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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone XROperating SystemiOS 17.4.1 My Question or IssueI'm trying to authenticate using non-PKCE between Spotify iOS SDK and Web API. Every time I try to exchange the auth code for tokens, I get a 400 error and the b...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 17.4.1 My Question or Issue I'm trying to authenticate using non-PKCE between Spotify iOS SDK and Web API....
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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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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 have a script for adding songs to a playlist but the problem is that songs are duplicated i...
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 have ...
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When my user give emotion like sad and happy my ai givesrelated songs listPlanFreeCountryINDIADeviceAll MobilesOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 11,etc.) My Question or Issue
When my user give emotion like sad and happy my ai givesrelated songs list Plan Free Country INDIA Device All Mobiles Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 11,etc.) My...
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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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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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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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PlanPremiumCountryDE DeviceWindows 11/MS EdgeOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have an HTML page that is supposed to show me the currently playing song on my Spotify account. I have gotten as far as getting an access token and working ...
Plan Premium Country DE Device Windows 11/MS Edge Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I have an HTML page that is supposed to show me the currently playing song ...
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Sayın Bayan/Bay,Dijital müzik dağıtım şirketi kurma sürecindeyim ve müşterilerimin şarkılarını doğrudan web sitemiz üzerinden Spotify'a yüklemelerini sağlamak için gerekli API'ye erişmem gerekiyor. Lütfen bu API'ye nasıl erişileceğine dair teknik ayr...
Sayın Bayan/Bay, Dijital müzik dağıtım şirketi kurma sürecindeyim ve müşterilerimin şarkılarını doğrudan web sitemiz üzerinden Spotify'a yüklemelerini sağlamak için gerekli API'ye erişmem ge...
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Hi, Our quota extension request was recently rejected and we didn't get a clear explanation and we didn't get a response from our replied email. Very confused as what we're doing is no different to several other apps we've seen implement it the exact...
Hi, Our quota extension request was recently rejected and we didn't get a clear explanation and we didn't get a response from our replied email. Very confused as what we're doing is no diffe...
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I'm currently working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to create a music recommendation system based on user feedback and audio characteristics. Specifically, I want to explore the following approach: Use the Spotify API to retrieve s...
I'm currently working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to create a music recommendation system based on user feedback and audio characteristics. Specifically, I want to explore the fo...
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Viral charts, on country level, are updated daily. I am tired of checking new entries every day per country. I want to create a playlist which adds new entries in various charts, so I can listen the new entries in one playlist rather than checking ch...
Viral charts, on country level, are updated daily. I am tired of checking new entries every day per country. I want to create a playlist which adds new entries in various charts, so I can listen the ...
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