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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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Spotify Authentication Flow

I have a form input box in my HTML template which takes input from the user (their Spotify username). I also have a list of Spotify URIs for tracks ready to populate the playlist with.I followed Spotipy's documentation regarding obtaining a token for...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a form input box in my HTML template which takes input from the user (their Spotify username). I also have a list of Spotify URIs for tracks ready to populate the playlist with. I followed Sp...
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Any way to get streaming history json file/data from API and not requesting it from Spotify?

Is there a way to download the json file for my streaming history instantaneously with the API and Python rather than waiting for Spotify to prepare it and email me that it is ready? Thanks!!

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  • Is there a way to download the json file for my streaming history instantaneously with the API and Python rather than waiting for Spotify to prepare it and email me that it is ready?   Thanks!...
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[Developer] Brand Marketing Project

My name is Gabrielle, I am a student at Ringling College of Art and Design located in Sarasota, Florida. I am pursuing graphic design and marketing throughout my college courses, and currently I am enrolled in a 4D Design class, which has assigned a ...

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  • My name is Gabrielle, I am a student at Ringling College of Art and Design located in Sarasota, Florida. I am pursuing graphic design and marketing throughout my college courses, and currently I am e...
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[Newbie question] Recommended tool for the base64 encoding of ?

My Question or IssueI tried the Client Credentials Flow(which is the 4th authorization flow in the Authorization Guide),Step 1: Have your application request authorizationand I got an error. Step 1 is basically this cURL command: curl -X "POST"-H "Au...

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  • My Question or Issue I tried the Client Credentials Flow (which is the 4th authorization flow in the Authorization Guide), Step 1: Have your application request authorization and I got an err...
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Superuser Contribution Do I need approval for making a commercial app?

The page here seems to state that you do https://developer.spotify.com/support/ But there seems to be no way to do it https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Where-I-can-get-the-written-approval-for-my-app/m-p/4992788#M692 Is this som...

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  • The page here seems to state that you do https://developer.spotify.com/support/   But there seems to be no way to do it https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Where-I-can-get-...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify OAuth works for Localhost but not Live

Hi all, I'm currently testing an integration of Spotify OAuth with my NextJS app. I've found that, after whitelisting the redirect URL under the developer dashboard, the localhost version (i.e. localhost:3000/api/auth/spotify) can successfully redire...

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  • Hi all,    I'm currently testing an integration of Spotify OAuth with my NextJS app. I've found that, after whitelisting the redirect URL under the developer dashboard, the localhost versi...
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Igonre artist using API

Hi, I have a question about API functionality. Is it possible to ignore artist using spotify API?

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  • Hi, I have a question about API functionality. Is it possible to ignore artist using spotify API?
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client id is again different on Spotify and Developer.spotify

PlanFreeCountry Netherlands DeviceMac miniOperating SystemMac Monterey My Question or IssueI get a different Client id every time I go to Developer.spotify.com. I had multiple accounts but deleted all accounts and started over with a new one. I have ...

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  • Plan Free Country  Netherlands   Device Mac mini Operating System Mac Monterey   My Question or Issue I get a different Client id every time I go to Developer.spotify....
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[Android] AuthorizationClient logout

Hi,I'm starting to use the Android SDK and I did the Authentification in Kotlin like this : val request = getAuthenticationRequest(AuthorizationResponse.Type.TOKEN, showDialog) AuthorizationClient.openLoginActivity(this, Constants.AUTH_TOKEN_REQUEST_...

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  • Hi, I'm starting to use the Android SDK and I did the Authentification in Kotlin like this :           val request = getAuthenticationRequest(AuthorizationResponse.Typ...
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Get all track items from a specific genre

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to get all the tracks from a certain genre.For example if I use the endpoint /search with the query:q = "genre:Techno year:2021" I get 10000 total tracks. The Offset parameter is limited to 1000. So how do I g...

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  • Hello,    I was wondering if there is a way to get all the tracks from a certain genre. For example if I use the endpoint /search with the query: q = "genre:Techno year:2021"   I...
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Fetching metrics of a campaign only returns the metrics of the first adset

I'm trying to make a request to get the metrics of a campaign, where the metrics of the ad sets are aggregated. However, the response is only returning the metrics of the first ad set. The campaign has 2 ad sets, 1 is ACTIVE and the 2nd one is COMPLE...

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  • I'm trying to make a request to get the metrics of a campaign, where the metrics of the ad sets are aggregated. However, the response is only returning the metrics of the first ad set.   The c...
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"We’d love to hear from you" - how is that done?

On this page named "Spotify for Developers :https://developer.spotify.com/one can read:"We’d love to hear from you.You’re a big part of why Spotify is the best audio platform for developers. So please get in touch with your thoughts about how we can ...

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  •   On this page named "Spotify for Developers : https://developer.spotify.com/ one can read: "We’d love to hear from you. You’re a big part of why Spotify is the best audio platform for deve...
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Potential Business Partnership

Dear Spotify Official Staff, We, as developers, want to develop a social Karaoke app similar to Smule or Starmaker. After searching the "Spotify for Developers" Website (Home | Spotify for Developers), we found Spotify is open to some business corpor...

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  • Dear Spotify Official Staff,               We, as developers, want to develop a social Karaoke app similar to Smule or Starmaker. After searching the "Sp...
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Tidak bisa melanjutkan pembayaran

Haloo kak, aku bingung gimana caranya buat lanjutin payment yaaa? Soalnya aku pas mau payment gagal trs disuruh coba terus. Pas udah aku coba malah tetep gak bisaa tulisannya disuruh cek pengaturan, udah aku check juga masih tetep gak bisaa min tolon...

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  • Haloo kak, aku bingung gimana caranya buat lanjutin payment yaaa? Soalnya aku pas mau payment gagal trs disuruh coba terus. Pas udah aku coba malah tetep gak bisaa tulisannya disuruh cek pengaturan, ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Devices WEB API

Hi there I recently started using the spotify Web API. I would like to play music on my sonos. But it seems like spotify connect devices are not listed under /me/player/devicesThis endpoint does not show my sonos as a device https://developer.spotify...

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  • Hi there   I recently started using the spotify Web API. I would like to play music on my sonos.  But it seems like spotify connect devices are not listed under /me/player/devices Thi...
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Question How to index website on google quickly and effectively?

Hello everyone, I have 1 website: https://fancytexttool.net/However, it has not ranked high on google because the index rate is still low. I look forward to receiving advice and guidance from everyone. Thank you !PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone...

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  • Hello everyone, I have 1 website: https://fancytexttool.net/ However, it has not ranked high on google because the index rate is still low. I look forward to receiving advice and guidance from every...
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Web Api: Get a artist's cover image.

HI, I am trying to find way to get with Web API artist's cover image (for example Billie Eilish cover image: https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761860000660e9dfab1cdba3d588674fd8bcd) not artist song image. - It can be done with scraping the web page, but thi...

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  • HI, I am trying to find way to get with Web API artist's cover image (for example Billie Eilish cover image: https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761860000660e9dfab1cdba3d588674fd8bcd) not artist song image....
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track streams

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicehpOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi, I want to find out if there is a Spotify API that allows devs to build withspecifically, one that allows tracking activities like when someone streams a song or watche...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device hp Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi, I want to find out if there is a Spotify API that allows devs to build with specifica...
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Superuser Contribution How to know if an artist has a distributor or no?

Hi,I am doing a research on data from Spotify API. Is there any possibility to find out if an artist has a music distributor or he is on Spotify on his own? If yes, how? Thank you

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  • Hi, I am doing a research on data from Spotify API.  Is there any possibility to find out if an artist has a music distributor or he is on Spotify on his own? If yes, how?  Thank you
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Solved!! Web API search with a query > 144 characters returns 404

Plan: PremiumHello, third party app developer here.I hit a strange issue in development while searching for a very long track title.It appears that there is a hard limit of 144 characters for the `q` query parameter in the Web API /search endpoint.Se...

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  • Plan: Premium Hello, third party app developer here. I hit a strange issue in development while searching for a very long track title. It appears that there is a hard limit of 144 chara...
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