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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
Is there anything wrong with keeping my app in development mode and putting it on the app store? The functionality would simply to be to pull down track info to then link back to spotify.
Is there anything wrong with keeping my app in development mode and putting it on the app store? The functionality would simply to be to pull down track info to then link back to spotify.
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I'm currently building a tool using the Spotify API and have noticed that individual track stream counts aren’t available through the API. However, websites like Kworb.net and Songstats display stream numbers for specific songs. I'm curious — how are...
I'm currently building a tool using the Spotify API and have noticed that individual track stream counts aren’t available through the API. However, websites like Kworb.net and Songstats display strea...
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I’m working on an iOS app and trying to implement Spotify authentication using the native Spotify app (not a webview or browser login). I’ve been looking into the Spotify iOS SDK, but it seems that the authentication flow using the Spotify app requir...
I’m working on an iOS app and trying to implement Spotify authentication using the native Spotify app (not a webview or browser login). I’ve been looking into the Spotify iOS SDK, but it see...
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Hello fellow jammers!I want to ask if it's possible to get control of the JAM function of spotify? As i have a product i would like to make where i put the qr code on some small screens where people can join a jam!But right now it seems like theres n...
Hello fellow jammers! I want to ask if it's possible to get control of the JAM function of spotify? As i have a product i would like to make where i put the qr code on some small screens where peo...
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I'm looking to add a "Follow on Spotify" button to my website, but can't seem to find any info about it in 2025, only old videos that are no longer useful. I mean, I know I could just put a button on my website with the link to my page, but I'd like ...
I'm looking to add a "Follow on Spotify" button to my website, but can't seem to find any info about it in 2025, only old videos that are no longer useful. I mean, I know I could just put a button on...
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Currently, I am debugging some issues with my token refreshing, and having to wait an hour or more before my code can be tested. A simple fix to this would be to simply add an `expires` field to the `https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token` endpoint, ...
Currently, I am debugging some issues with my token refreshing, and having to wait an hour or more before my code can be tested. A simple fix to this would be to simply add an `expires` field to the ...
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The `@spotify/web-api-ts-sdk` package is almost completely undocumented, with basic documentation for a couple of the authorization methods, with the rest of the documentation relying on an understanding of the web API endpoints. Solution: Add jsdoc ...
The `@spotify/web-api-ts-sdk` package is almost completely undocumented, with basic documentation for a couple of the authorization methods, with the rest of the documentation relying on an understan...
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Can we please get an API endpoint that removes a song in the queue by its index or other?Thanks. EDIT:3 and a half years. Wow... And to think that this was going to be added while i was working on my project.
Can we please get an API endpoint that removes a song in the queue by its index or other? Thanks. EDIT: 3 and a half years. Wow... And to think that this was going to be added whi...
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The issue we're talking about here is related to the web, not to the Spotify app. You create a website where you can login using your Spotify account (as described in the Authorization Code Flow docs). When the users clicks to log in with Spotify, th...
The issue we're talking about here is related to the web, not to the Spotify app. You create a website where you can login using your Spotify account (as described in the Authorization Code ...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevice(Macbook Pro late 2020)Operating System(macOS 15.4.1 (Sequoia)) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I’m working on a web-based project where I embed public Spotify playlists using the official embed URL format:https://o...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device (Macbook Pro late 2020) Operating System (macOS 15.4.1 (Sequoia)) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I’m working on a web-ba...
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Hi guys,Now that Spotify has started adding music videos to songs I'm wondering if it will be made public to add this to the JSON object for the track. Maybe like a boolean or even an object to show if the track has a video an the data on it?Thanks,E...
Hi guys, Now that Spotify has started adding music videos to songs I'm wondering if it will be made public to add this to the JSON object for the track. Maybe like a boolean or even an object to s...
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I was looking at Spotify's authorization implementation for the API and I'm not sure it's following the OAuth/OIDC spec which makes it hard to work with.Take a look at the OIDC config:https://accounts.spotify.com/.well-known/openid-configuration{"iss...
I was looking at Spotify's authorization implementation for the API and I'm not sure it's following the OAuth/OIDC spec which makes it hard to work with. Take a look at the OIDC config: https://a...
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Helluuur! I'm working on a personal project that involves analyzing the energy of Spotify tracks and adapting playback accordingly.In many cases, the tracks lack a preview_url, which makes traditional audio analysis impossible. To work around this, I...
Helluuur! I'm working on a personal project that involves analyzing the energy of Spotify tracks and adapting playback accordingly. In many cases, the tracks lack a preview_url, which makes...
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Working on developing an application, and I have to use this endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-queue I need to obtain the full user queue, but what this endpoint returns is only the first 20 song...
Working on developing an application, and I have to use this endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-queue I need to obtain the full...
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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 IssueHere are a few questions we’d like to clarify:Integration via Web Playback SDK:Is it possible...
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 Here ar...
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When embeding episodes on the website (wordpress based) using the embed code with the start at 0:00 tick box selected episodes are still starting in middle. How can I ensure that the episodes as starting at 0:00? Here's the code for embed which spoti...
When embeding episodes on the website (wordpress based) using the embed code with the start at 0:00 tick box selected episodes are still starting in middle. How can I ensure that the e...
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Country USA DeviceOn any device or OS My Question or IssueHi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, tracks all show and play, etc). However, the background color at the top is br...
Country USA Device On any device or OS My Question or Issue Hi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, track...
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Hi Spotify team, We’re a small app development company with hundreds of active users, and we’ve integrated Spotify features to create a more personalized and engaging experience for them. One key part of that is the ability to fetch a user’s top arti...
Hi Spotify team, We’re a small app development company with hundreds of active users, and we’ve integrated Spotify features to create a more personalized and engaging experience for them. On...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWeb APIOperating SystemWeb API My Question or IssueCould you show an example of query for a track in a range of years? From the examples and the query form https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/search ...
Plan Premium Country Device Web API Operating System Web API My Question or Issue Could you show an example of query for a track in a range of years? From the examples and the...
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My Question or IssueIs there any way to retrieve prereleases via the API? They seem to be similar to albums but with a different resource, and the track IDs are not retrievable.
My Question or Issue Is there any way to retrieve prereleases via the API? They seem to be similar to albums but with a different resource, and the track IDs are not retrievable.
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