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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...
Hello, My API key is in the Development quota mode (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/quota-modes). I've followed the directions to add testers under the User Management tab. Most of my testers are able to login without any...
Hello, My API key is in the Development quota mode (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/quota-modes). I've followed the directions to add testers under the User Mana...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiMac Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.5 My Question or IssueI call the following command in a loop. it should stop when response['next'] is NULL: response = sp.current_user_recently_played(limit=50, after=int(cutoff_time.tim...
Plan Premium Country USA Device iMac Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.5 My Question or Issue I call the following command in a loop. it should stop when response['next'] ...
Casual Listener
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Hi everyone, I'm running into a strange issue with a music guessing game we’ve developed that uses Spotify URLs. We format the links like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/{{trackid}} These links are embedded in QR codes. When scanned with a mobil...
Hi everyone, I'm running into a strange issue with a music guessing game we’ve developed that uses Spotify URLs. We format the links like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/{{trackid}...
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I have the Microsoft Store installation of Spotify for Windows installed.I would like to know the location of the settings files. When I search for information I see a lot of references to `%APPDATA%\Spotify` but I do not have that on my system. I gu...
I have the Microsoft Store installation of Spotify for Windows installed. I would like to know the location of the settings files. When I search for information I see a lot of references to ...
Regular
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Is there any way I can control the queue, add the song at the index I want or be able to undo the queue and redo it quickly while the current song still plays until the end?
Is there any way I can control the queue, add the song at the index I want or be able to undo the queue and redo it quickly while the current song still plays until the end?
Music Fan
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Hi, I'm creating an app and I wanted to know if it's legal to use the Spotify API to play a 30 second preview of the song.Basically I would insert a button with the words "Listen to song preview", and then I would have to insert something else?Can th...
Hi, I'm creating an app and I wanted to know if it's legal to use the Spotify API to play a 30 second preview of the song. Basically I would insert a button with the words "Listen to song preview", ...
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I just wanted to find out if its possible to fetch a whole bunch of songs based on the specified market and /or genre Like say for instance i wanted to fetch every Dance song released in Portugal in the past year,would this be posible ?
I just wanted to find out if its possible to fetch a whole bunch of songs based on the specified market and /or genre Like say for instance i wanted to fetch every Dance song released ...
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Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently. For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following endpoint. This seems to have started yesterday and is practically...
Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently. For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following en...
Visitor
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Plan:PremiumDevice:PCOperating System:Windows 10My Question or Issue:I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API while managing my account, where I follow over 2,400 artists. My project involves running a weekly script to check all these artists f...
Plan: Premium Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API while managing my account, where I follow over 2,400 artists. My proj...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceIphone 13Operating System(iOS 18)My Question or IssueI hate how Spotify is becoming a tool to use Audiobook/Podcast. Like why am I being suggested podcast or audiobooks when I never listen to them. Where is my music.... ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Iphone 13 Operating System (iOS 18) My Question or Issue I hate how Spotify is becoming a tool to use Audiobook/Podcast. Like why am I being suggested podc...
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Hi Spotify!I am a newbie developer, trying to tackle my first application. I wish to implement the Spotify API into my app, but I am not sure which API testing tool I should commit to. I have asked and looked around, and here are a few notable tools ...
Hi Spotify! I am a newbie developer, trying to tackle my first application. I wish to implement the Spotify API into my app, but I am not sure which API testing tool I should commit to. I have ask...
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So finally got an answer for my submission and it was rejected but it doesn't make sense. I use the audio analysis to turn it into sound waves and sell it as wall art. Based on the TOS is this not considered a non-streaming SDA and can be used for co...
So finally got an answer for my submission and it was rejected but it doesn't make sense. I use the audio analysis to turn it into sound waves and sell it as wall art. Based on the TOS is this not co...
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Developing my first Spotify app (a parental control app),Got an email finally stating that my app is denied because it "Targets children".It clearly targets parents of children...I'm not sure how to get this re-reviewed or reversed but I have this th...
Developing my first Spotify app (a parental control app), Got an email finally stating that my app is denied because it "Targets children". It clearly targets parents of children... I'm not sure h...
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We are developing a mobile application but since Web API is much easier to use and has many examples, we plan to proceed via Web API.Everything is going great, granting permission to the application, getting tokens, using tokens etc. However, when we...
We are developing a mobile application but since Web API is much easier to use and has many examples, we plan to proceed via Web API. Everything is going great, granting permission to the applicatio...
Music Fan
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I get a 401 error. I don't share the code because the code works properly in local. When I make a request to the API, it gives a 401 error. Server is running on edge. What can cause this problem?
I get a 401 error. I don't share the code because the code works properly in local. When I make a request to the API, it gives a 401 error. Server is running on edge. What can cause this problem?
Spotify Star
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I'm developing an application with the aim to integrate Spotify music playback directly within it. This integration would allow users to browse, select, and play Spotify tracks seamlessly without leaving the app.I understand that direct access to Spo...
I'm developing an application with the aim to integrate Spotify music playback directly within it. This integration would allow users to browse, select, and play Spotify tracks seamlessly without lea...
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Hi all, I'm trying to find a tool that would use spotify's api in order to identify more precisely the playlists my music is being added to. I have had the pleasure of being added to users' playlists in the past few weeks and got a lot of new followe...
Hi all, I'm trying to find a tool that would use spotify's api in order to identify more precisely the playlists my music is being added to. I have had the pleasure of being added to users' playlists...
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Hello,The Web API still offers endpoint to follow / unfollow a playlist and to check if a user follows a playlist, but I don't see this action in Spotify anymore, it seems to have been replaced with "Add to Library", which doesn't seem to be the same...
Hello, The Web API still offers endpoint to follow / unfollow a playlist and to check if a user follows a playlist, but I don't see this action in Spotify anymore, it seems to have been replaced wit...
Spotify
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uploading my band onto spotifyu
uploading my band onto spotifyu
Spotify Star
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I'm not sure if it's in the right place - I'd like to search by number of streams. For example, I would like to have tracks of a certain genre that have less than 50000 streams, but more than 2000.Is that somehow possible?
I'm not sure if it's in the right place - I'd like to search by number of streams. For example, I would like to have tracks of a certain genre that have less than 50000 streams, but more than 2000. ...
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