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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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unique problem with spotify phone app on android

unique problem with spotify phone app on androidso im disabled and i control my phone with screen sharing ( smart life, ac, ect ).they all work fine, but when i try to open spotify, it doesn't work. screen goes black.when i open the app, i can see it...

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unique problem with spotify phone app on android so im disabled and i control my phone with screen sharing ( smart life, ac, ect ). they all work fine, but when i try to open spotify, it doesn't wo...

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Will the sleep timer ever be brought back?

As of today 09.28.2024 the sleep timer is missing not only from Android but also the web browser and IOS. There have been suggestions about uninstalling and reinstalling the app which I have done but the timer is still missing. It was an amazing and ...

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As of today 09.28.2024 the sleep timer is missing not only from Android but also the web browser and IOS. There have been suggestions about uninstalling and reinstalling the app which I have done but...

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Ability to retrieve track language

The Track Web API provides a lot of useful information and more can even be retrieved from the Get Audio Analysis endpoint. A track additionally has a lot of metadata flags such as the explicit flag but there is no language attribute on the track obj...

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The Track Web API provides a lot of useful information and more can even be retrieved from the Get Audio Analysis endpoint. A track additionally has a lot of metadata flags such as the explicit flag ...

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Spotify Local Files got deleted (IOS)

PlanFreeCountryHungaryDeviceiPhone 15 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 17.6.1 My Question or IssueSo I had all my mp3 files in the Spotify Local Files Folder (which was really a lot of files), there was a bug that annoyed me thinking by re-downloading the ...

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Plan Free Country Hungary Device iPhone 15 Pro Max Operating System iOS 17.6.1   My Question or Issue So I had all my mp3 files in the Spotify Local Files Folder (which was really a lo...

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Why is my Spotify playlist rearranging itself randomly?

Has anyone else noticed their Spotify playlists reshuffling themselves? I've organized my songs in a specific order, but lately, it seems like Spotify is randomly changing the sequence. It's really frustrating when I want to listen to my tracks in th...

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Has anyone else noticed their Spotify playlists reshuffling themselves? I've organized my songs in a specific order, but lately, it seems like Spotify is randomly changing the sequence. It's really f...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Commercial use of Track Features and Analysis data

PlanFreeCountryJapanMy Question or IssueHi, I have a legal question and Spotify support told me to ask here.I am a staff working at a TV station. I want to use the Track Features and Analysis data I GET from the Spotify Web API as a reference for cas...

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Plan Free Country Japan My Question or Issue Hi, I have a legal question and Spotify support told me to ask here. I am a staff working at a TV station. I want to use the Track Features and Anal...

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Solved!! Ban on using audio features of a song for ML or algorithms

Can someone shed some light on why and when the audio features from the API were banned from being used for Machine Learning or any algorithms in general? I'm curious because there are a lot of papers that have used them for that, but maybe the ban i...

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Can someone shed some light on why and when the audio features from the API were banned from being used for Machine Learning or any algorithms in general? I'm curious because there are a lot of paper...

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AI discussion questions

PlanPremiumCountryUS I have a few interview questions I'd like to ask for an essay I am writing in school about how Spotify's AI is providing our generation a more personalized connection to music than ever before, and if a developer could please ans...

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Plan Premium Country US     I have a few interview questions I'd like to ask for an essay I am writing in school about how Spotify's AI is providing our generation a more personalized...

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When I try to listen to Spotify on my TV’s Music plays, but no sound and songs skip after 10 seconds

Free/Premium: PremiumCountry: USA DeviceFireTv and all of my other tv’s are also operating through Firesticks Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueDoes not happen when I listen connect my iphone or laptop to my ...

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Free/Premium: Premium Country: USA   Device FireTv and all of my other tv’s are also operating through Firesticks    Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc....

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Superuser Contribution Recommendations webapi endpoint includes hidden artists

The endpointhttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recommendationsincludes results of "hidden" artists of user that token was used to make API callis there way through API to filtter this out or get rid of?

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The endpoint https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recommendations includes results of "hidden" artists of user that token was used to make API call is there way throug...

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Web Vitals CLS

Hello there,I see that your iframe causes a CLS, which counts on CLS for the domain where is embedded. Details are in the attachment. url: https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4AXYDG2kzQS2tocSYHlVRlPlease try to prevent CLS, it's bad for the user exp...

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Hello there, I see that your iframe causes a CLS, which counts on CLS for the domain where is embedded. Details are in the attachment.   url: https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4AXYDG2kzQ...

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GET /me/player/currently-playing Returning incorrect track_number for local files

Im querying my currently playing song and if it is a local file, the track_number being returned is always 0. Is this a bug?? Response: { "timestamp": 1727773331051, "context": null, "progress_ms": 26363, "item": { "album": { "album_type": null, "art...

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Im querying my currently playing song and if it is a local file, the track_number being returned is always 0. Is this a bug??     Response:         { "timestam...

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Solved!! spotify data cant be reached when deployed but works in local

Hi everyone. I thought it would be a fun project to make a website for my friends birthday and a feature I added in is artist/genre/track evaluation from spotify. Everything works locally but when I deployed to Render.com (https://robify.onrender.com...

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Hi everyone. I thought it would be a fun project to make a website for my friends birthday and a feature I added in is artist/genre/track evaluation from spotify. Everything works locally but when I...

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Track features - Which models are used to extract track features?

Hi,Could you please provide information on the models Spotify uses to extract track features? I'm aware of similar models like Essentia (https://essentia.upf.edu/models.html). Are the models used by Spotify for track feature extraction publicly avail...

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Hi, Could you please provide information on the models Spotify uses to extract track features? I'm aware of similar models like Essentia (https://essentia.upf.edu/models.html). Are the models used b...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Different resume_point values from GetShowEpisodes and GetEpisode endpoints

TL;DRGetShowEpisodes is often returning the wrong Episode.resume_point.fully_played value; GetEpisode is working as expected. My Question or IssueI use Spotify API to generate an specifically ordered list of Podcast episodes each day. I noticed as of...

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TL;DR GetShowEpisodes is often returning the wrong Episode.resume_point.fully_played value; GetEpisode is working as expected.   My Question or Issue I use Spotify API to...

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Time for an update on API Approval times?

Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the Spotify API approval process. We get it, the approval team's...

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Hey everyone,   I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the ...

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Clarification on AI/ML violation clause, using my use case as an example

Hi there, To expand on my subject line, I'm wondering if my particular use case may be seen as a violation of the AI/ML clause, with respect to the ingestion of data. As such, my process flow involves generating a list of recommendations using parame...

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Hi there,     To expand on my subject line, I'm wondering if my particular use case may be seen as a violation of the AI/ML clause, with respect to the ingestion of data.    &...

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GET playback state and rate limits

Hi! I am looking to build a player as a hobby project that would not be too different from the actual Spotify's web player, but for real-time knowledge about the playback state I would need to poll the GET Playback State endpoint quite often. Will my...

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Hi! I am looking to build a player as a hobby project that would not be too different from the actual Spotify's web player, but for real-time knowledge about the playback state I would need to poll t...

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Spotify Web API taking forever to respond

Hi everyone,I just recently started using Spotify API for a personal project in Python, and I've run into an issue that I think might be related to rate limiting. The API has suddenly stopped responding, and the requests are taking forever to complet...

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Hi everyone, I just recently started using Spotify API for a personal project in Python, and I've run into an issue that I think might be related to rate limiting.   The API has suddenly stop...

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