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Spotify Soloist: a new terminal based player for headless and DIY setups

Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...

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AndSer

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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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yu0223

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Scope changes after token refresh, 403

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceIntel NucOperating SystemUbuntu 22.04 My Question or IssueI have an app that is under extended request quota. It's an app that daily gets a new spotify album id from another service for each user. It then creates (or up...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   Device Intel Nuc Operating System Ubuntu 22.04   My Question or Issue I have an app that is under extended request quota. It's an app that daily get...

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Request for Educational Use of Spotify Audio Previews in UCF Student Capstone Project

My Question or IssueWe are a group of senior Computer Engineering students at the University of Central Florida working on a music trivia web app called "SoundByte" for our Senior Design Capstone.The project is 100% educational/demonstrational, non-c...

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My Question or Issue We are a group of senior Computer Engineering students at the University of Central Florida working on a music trivia web app called "SoundByte" for our Senior Design Capstone. ...

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Request - Get Playlist Basic Info (no tracks) for Spotify Algorithmic Playlists

Prior to the API changes of 2024/11/27, we were able to retrieve basic details (e.g. name, description, image url, etc) along with the tracks for a specified Spotify algorithmic playlist via the "Get Playlist" endpoint. Now it simply returns a "404 R...

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Prior to the API changes of 2024/11/27, we were able to retrieve basic details (e.g. name, description, image url, etc) along with the tracks for a specified Spotify algorithmic playlist via the "Get...

thlucas

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submitting a quota extension request - Doesn't work

On Spotify for developers the submitting a quota extension request - Doesn't work. I've tried 3 different computers+incognito, this is not a cache problem.

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On Spotify for developers the submitting a quota extension request - Doesn't work.  I've tried 3 different computers+incognito, this is not a cache problem. 

Ximzend

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I retrieve my phone device ID and a proper token - but there is no error and no song playing.

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceaatt motivate maxOperating SystemAndroid, Windows 10Dev PlatformAndroid Studio (.kts not .js) My Question or IssueI retrieve my phone device ID, a proper token but it is never listed as active .I use kotor for the header Ht...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device aatt motivate max Operating System Android, Windows 10 Dev Platform Android Studio (.kts not .js)       My Question or Issue I ret...

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Presentation for others with Playback SDK integrated

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueSo, kind of a policy/terms question I guess..I am developing a web application that allows presenters to create interactive presentations for family or small groups. The presentation...

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Plan Premium Country   Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue So, kind of a policy/terms question I guess.. I am developing a web application that allows prese...

ribezaz

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Allowed to have <30s playback of any songs for Premium users in my app?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryOpenOperating SystemAndroid and iOS My Question or IssueMy app would involve 30 or less seconds of playback. However, I want to be able to allow Premium users to get that playback (less than 30s) for all tracks, not just the on...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Open Operating System Android and iOS   My Question or Issue My app would involve 30 or less seconds of playback. However, I want to be able to allow Premium us...

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How often I can update the name and tracks in a playlist (without getting banned)?

I am trying to create a website that allows users to generate a playlist based on their desired mood and genre. For now, all playlists are created and shared from my Spotify account. Eventually, I want to create the playlists on the user's account, b...

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I am trying to create a website that allows users to generate a playlist based on their desired mood and genre. For now, all playlists are created and shared from my Spotify account. Eventually, I wa...

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3rd party access

Hi! With the new Spotify conditions restricting 3rd party apps I am seriously considering changing from Spotify to another streaming platform. This because I’m a musician and love to be able to use apps like ASD (Amazing Slow Downer) and other noteap...

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Hi! With the new Spotify conditions restricting 3rd party apps I am seriously considering changing from Spotify to another streaming platform.  This because I’m a musician and love to be able t...

Geewhizpat

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Leaving Spotify
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How to display all episodes of a Spotify podcast in an embedded iframe?

I have recently embedded a Spotify podcast iframe into my website, but I am only able to see and play the current episode. I would like to display a list of all episodes in the iframe so that my users can access them directly from my site.Has anyone ...

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I have recently embedded a Spotify podcast iframe into my website, but I am only able to see and play the current episode. I would like to display a list of all episodes in the iframe so that my user...

barbaragraver

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Spotify playback from my app

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 16/Galaxy S23 My Question or IssueHello, I'm interested in playing 30 second previews in my app from Spotify. I can use preview links just fine but am wondering if this is the right way to go copyright wise. They ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 16/Galaxy S23   My Question or Issue Hello, I'm interested in playing 30 second previews in my app from Spotify. I can use preview links just fi...

Ximzend

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Innovative AI Feature Proposal

My name is Rachit Joshi I'm from Bangalore, india i am an engineer student of 1st year , and I’m passionate about enhancing the music listening experience through technology. I would like to share an idea that could add significant value to your plat...

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  My name is Rachit Joshi I'm from Bangalore, india i am an engineer student of 1st year , and I’m passionate about enhancing the music listening experience through technology. I would like to...

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spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices.

i have created an app which uses spotify connection then i add spotify iframe to play songs at my app. but spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices. how can i solve this issue? is there any possible way to p...

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i have created an app which uses spotify connection then i add spotify iframe to play songs at my app. but spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices. how can...

Ximzend

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"iframe"
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"Spotify Policies"
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Spotify API/Oauth -- "Login with Spotify For Artists"?

Hi there -- I'm working on a project using the Spotify API (among others), and a big piece of it is verifying that a user signing up as a Spotify Artist is who they say they are. Spotify's API absolutely offers the ability to log in via Oauth, but ne...

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Hi there -- I'm working on a project using the Spotify API (among others), and a big piece of it is verifying that a user signing up as a Spotify Artist is who they say they are. Spotify's ...

ssdev

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How to Retrieve Artist ID for Authorized Spotify OAuth Users

Hello Spotify Developer Community,I hope this message finds you well. I have been working on implementing the Spotify OAuth web API and have successfully authorized users on my platform. However, I'm currently facing a challenge when it comes to retr...

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Hello Spotify Developer Community, I hope this message finds you well. I have been working on implementing the Spotify OAuth web API and have successfully authorized users on my platform. However, I...

ssdev

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"Artist verification"
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Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux Client

# Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux ClientSearch git repo: CuB3y0nd/spotify-core-dumps## EnvironmentCheck `environment_info` file in my repo. ## SummarySpotify reproducibly crashes with a segmentation fault on Arch Linux. The c...

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# Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux Client Search git repo: CuB3y0nd/spotify-core-dumps ## Environment Check `environment_info` file in my repo.   ## Summary S...

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Denial of Service
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Spotify API Bug?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceMultiple desktop and mobile devices.My Question or IssueI have a webpage created to pull directly from my Spotify API. Currently, the whole is failing to pull anything. My team is spread across the US and we've confirm...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Multiple desktop and mobile devices. My Question or Issue I have a webpage created to pull directly from my Spotify API. Currently, the whole is failing to...

Ximzend

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Real-time identification of section data for songs (Intro, verse, chorus etc)

Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to obtain section data (intro, verse, chorus) and bar changes for songs via the current Spotify developer API. I would like to be able to flag prompts in my web app in real time for section changes and bar chan...

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Hello,   I am wondering if it is possible to obtain section data (intro, verse, chorus) and bar changes for songs via the current Spotify developer API. I would like to be able to flag prompts...

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API - Custom User List Upload

I was going through the Spotify API documentation regarding audience creation. I understand that the user list needs to be uploaded as a CSV file to a Signed GCS (Google Cloud Storage) URL. However, I couldn’t find any details about the required CSV ...

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I was going through the Spotify API documentation regarding audience creation. I understand that the user list needs to be uploaded as a CSV file to a Signed GCS (Google Cloud Storage) URL. However, ...

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