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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...
As a recommendation for the next API version - please avoid using GET as a method for submitting the report and instead please revert back to a POST request. First, for the GET request the parameters for arrays do not follow HTTP standards in the cur...
As a recommendation for the next API version - please avoid using GET as a method for submitting the report and instead please revert back to a POST request. First, for the GET request the parameters...
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Hi there! I'm a developer who wants to start toying around with Spotify Web API. However, when heading to my Dashboard to create an app with which I could play around, I was surprised to notice I couldn't create any more apps because I reached the li...
Hi there! I'm a developer who wants to start toying around with Spotify Web API. However, when heading to my Dashboard to create an app with which I could play around, I was surprised to notice I cou...
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Hi, I was working on an app using the spotify web api. I accidentally send way too many requests and received a bunch of 429 responses. I realize I sent way too many and I've fixed the issue, but my application is blocked without any way of appealing...
Hi, I was working on an app using the spotify web api. I accidentally send way too many requests and received a bunch of 429 responses. I realize I sent way too many and I've fixed the issue...
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I’m a developer using your paid service and have subscribed for my app development. However, I’m consistently facing an issue with the following error:Request failed with status code 429. Rate limit exceeded. Retry after 762 seconds.I’m encountering ...
I’m a developer using your paid service and have subscribed for my app development. However, I’m consistently facing an issue with the following error: Request failed with status code 429. Rate limi...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceWindows laptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am really struggling to get the example of the playback to load on my little html website when running a flask application on my local server. When I go to inspect ...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Windows laptop Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I am really struggling to get the example of the playback to load on my little html websit...
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PlanFreeCountryNLDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I'd like to clarify something in the API usage policy. It specifically prohibits trivia games, while these do seem to exist out there. So I wonder if I am just misundersta...
Plan Free Country NL Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello, I'd like to clarify something in the API usage policy. It specifically prohibits trivia...
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Hey there, Does anyone have any personal experiences with Postman or ReadyAPI? I really need a platform to start working with Spotify's API. I have also seen Apidog, Hoppscotch, and Bruno commonly advocated on different sites.Please do feel free to p...
Hey there, Does anyone have any personal experiences with Postman or ReadyAPI? I really need a platform to start working with Spotify's API. I have also seen Apidog, Hoppscotch, and Bruno co...
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I'm looking to use the Spotify API to GET an artist(s) upcoming live show info. Does anyone know how to do that or if that's possible, because I can't find it on the API documentation?I know Spotify pulls the show info from sites such as Bandsintown,...
I'm looking to use the Spotify API to GET an artist(s) upcoming live show info. Does anyone know how to do that or if that's possible, because I can't find it on the API documentation? I know Spot...
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I have the sdk somewhat working. Im able to play songs on it however, I want it to keep playing after a complete page refresh. Currently when the page refreshes it causes the player to re initialize again and produce a new device id, which is fine bu...
I have the sdk somewhat working. Im able to play songs on it however, I want it to keep playing after a complete page refresh. Currently when the page refreshes it causes the player to re initialize ...
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Hi, I recently contacted web support twice and the support email once and they all redirected me here. I will paste the email I sent to the support email below and hopefully, a dev can help me. My name is Ian and I am a CS student at Stevens Institut...
Hi, I recently contacted web support twice and the support email once and they all redirected me here. I will paste the email I sent to the support email below and hopefu...
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Hi, Can anyone please provide some advice on which tool would be better for dealing with Spotify's API? I read that Postman and cURL are popular technologies for other APIs, but I have also seen other platforms such as Apidog, Bruno, and Hoppscotch.T...
Hi, Can anyone please provide some advice on which tool would be better for dealing with Spotify's API? I read that Postman and cURL are popular technologies for other APIs, but I have also ...
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My inquiry is about the Spotify API Commercial Use. I am a developer, and I am developing a Laptop Script that will have 20+ Apps. And I have developed a Spotify App that uses the Spotify API and the Spotify SDK, I made it clear in the app it is powe...
My inquiry is about the Spotify API Commercial Use. I am a developer, and I am developing a Laptop Script that will have 20+ Apps. And I have developed a Spotify App that uses the Spotify API and the...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS Devicepixel 7 proOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI am trying to create an API using either Autoweb, or an https put, to change the state to Repeat All. I have been unable to get it to work and I am hoping someone c...
Plan Premium Country US Device pixel 7 pro Operating System Android 14 My Question or Issue I am trying to create an API using either Autoweb, or an https put, to change the ...
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PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueI have an app that has a spotify player inside it. In apk format spotify works, no problem. But when i build an app into aab format and publish it to Google Play Store it doesent wor...
Plan Premium Country Croatia Operating System Android My Question or Issue I have an app that has a spotify player inside it. In apk format spotify works, no problem. But when i build an app i...
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Hello, currently I am facing an issue to this podcast. The issue is I want to remove Spotify podcast link to my site, because this Spotify link is incorrect and my audience face error of 404. Please any anyone can help me for this. If you can do it s...
Hello, currently I am facing an issue to this podcast. The issue is I want to remove Spotify podcast link to my site, because this Spotify link is incorrect and my audience face error of 404.  ...
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Hi all, What API platform do you use aside from Postman? I have received a couple of recommendations like Apidog, Insomnia, Bruno, and Hoppscotch. Did I miss any great alternatives? Would love to know if I did!
Hi all, What API platform do you use aside from Postman? I have received a couple of recommendations like Apidog, Insomnia, Bruno, and Hoppscotch. Did I miss any great alternatives?...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevice(IOS/Android)Operating System(IOS/Android) My Question or IssueHello,I am developing an application which controls a remote Bluetooth device. The application can open files (ex. MP3, internet radio) and process audio F...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device (IOS/Android) Operating System (IOS/Android) My Question or Issue Hello, I am developing an application which controls a remote Bluetooth device...
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Let me explain my idea a bit. As you know spotify have a cool feature called jam, in which people can create and join a jam session. But only premium users can listen music simultaneously on each device, free users can only change the music. I want t...
Let me explain my idea a bit. As you know spotify have a cool feature called jam, in which people can create and join a jam session. But only premium users can listen music simultaneously on each dev...
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Both Add Item to Playback Queue (POST me/player/queue) and Skip To Next (POST me/player/next) are advertised to return a 204 if everything went okay, however they currently return a 200 including some undocumented response.
Both Add Item to Playback Queue (POST me/player/queue) and Skip To Next (POST me/player/next) are advertised to return a 204 if everything went okay, however they currently return a 200 including som...
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My Question or IssueI deployed an app on Heroku that works perfectly fine for me (https://bowies-canvas-a86775402ce2.herokuapp.com/). However, I've sent the link to others for testing but they can't make it past typically the same page. They login to...
My Question or Issue I deployed an app on Heroku that works perfectly fine for me (https://bowies-canvas-a86775402ce2.herokuapp.com/). However, I've sent the link to others for testing but t...
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