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Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board!

Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board! This forum is the place for conversations about Spotify's Web API, Web Playback SDK, Widgets, and other developer tools. Here you can ask questions about the Spotify platform, chat with other developers, a...

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iframe get spotify list

PlanFreeCountry DevicepcOperating Systemubuntu My Question or Issuetried to get the list of my spotify list with iframe and it won't let me

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  • Plan Free Country   Device pc Operating System ubuntu   My Question or Issue tried to get the list of my spotify list with iframe and it won't let me  
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Embed spotify for website but with different styling.

My Question or IssueHello, I need to create a popup web player for spotify in our website, but unfortunately the requirements need some unique design for the spotify embed player. The

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  • My Question or Issue Hello, I need to create a popup web player for spotify in our website, but unfortunately the requirements need some unique design for the spotify embed player. The <iframe&gt...
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Get Current User's Playlists returning incorrect "collaborative" value

When using the following endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlistsvia https://developer.spotify.com/console/with a token that includes the scopes:["playlist-read-collaborative", "playlist-read-private"]The boolean value for "collaborative" co...

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  • When using the following endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists via https://developer.spotify.com/console/ with a token that includes the scopes: ["playlist-read-collaborative", "p...
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spotify on another service

I'm a design student, I just wanted to ask if it would be okay to use music from spotify for another business? it is not a real company, but if it were, how would the process be like, legally speaking? it's a hypothetical product which connects to sp...

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  • I'm a design student, I just wanted to ask if it would be okay to use music from spotify for another business? it is not a real company, but if it were, how would the process be like, legally speakin...
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Problem with get recently played tracks

PlanFreeCountrySpainDevice(PC)Operating System(Ubuntu 20.04) My Question or IssueI'm triyng to get the last played song using this code: $ch3 = curl_init(); //Indicas el endpoint de la peticion $endpoint = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recent...

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  • Plan Free Country Spain Device (PC) Operating System (Ubuntu 20.04)   My Question or Issue I'm triyng to get the last played song using this code:     $ch3 = curl_init(); ...
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Playlist Update Endpoint limited to 100 tracks: How do I update an entire playlist?

The Spotify API Playlist Update endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks) allows the client to specify 100 track URIs. The documentation says that the playlist will be up...

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  • The Spotify API Playlist Update endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks) allows the client to specify 100 track URIs.&...
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Web API `Search` Endpoint Misinterprets `q` Parameters For `track`, `album` And `artist`

Here's an interesting possible bug and sorry if I didn't find where it was already reported. It makes the Web API search endpoint unusable except with some "magic" accounts that receive the expected behavior, which had been present for almost two yea...

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  • Here's an interesting possible bug and sorry if I didn't find where it was already reported.  It makes the Web API search endpoint unusable except with some "magic" accounts that receive the exp...
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v1/player/me returning 204 incorrectly

PlanBothCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 11, DesktopOperating SystemiOS 15, Windows 10, Windows 11 My Question or IssueThe v1/me/player APIs are returning 204s when trying to get currently playing data incorrectly. There should be content and there is somet...

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  • Plan Both Country Canada Device iPhone 11, Desktop Operating System iOS 15, Windows 10, Windows 11   My Question or Issue The v1/me/player APIs are returning 204s when trying to get cu...
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Genre of a Podcast is not available in API Data

My Question or Issue The tags/genres attached to a podcast (For example: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vaEao0SXlarPUUBSdvb4T. This contains the tags/genres 'Finance' and 'Technology') are not present while fetching data through the API. Is there any...

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  • My Question or Issue    The tags/genres attached to a podcast (For example: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vaEao0SXlarPUUBSdvb4T. This contains the tags/genres 'Finance' and 'Technology')...
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Mighty Vibe - Spotify MP3 Player

Hi, I was looking for an MP3 player that could connect to Spotify and play these songs offline without the need for a smartphone. I found the Mighty Vibe where the user can connect to Spotify via an app and then sync their playlist to the small MP3 p...

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  • Hi,   I was looking for an MP3 player that could connect to Spotify and play these songs offline without the need for a smartphone.   I found the Mighty Vibe where the user can connect ...
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download song from API and use it as background music in video

PlanFree My question is, Is it possible to download song From Spotify API and after converting it in mp3 we can set it as background music of a video same like ticktock videos, in which user can set any background music for video and post the video w...

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  •   Plan Free     My question is, Is it possible to download song From Spotify API and after converting it in mp3 we can set it as background music of a video same like ticktock vid...
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A440 vs A432

Dear Spotify,I’m contacting you as, perhaps another, faithful and loyal Spotify customer with a huge wish, allowing integration of the 432Player app with Spotify.There’s an app, called 432Player, that successfully integrated the Spotify SDK with thei...

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  • Dear Spotify, I’m contacting you as, perhaps another, faithful and loyal Spotify customer with a huge wish, allowing integration of the 432Player app with Spotify. There’s an app, called 432Pla...
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Cover image analysis

PlanPremiumCountryGermany My Question or IssueHelloIm planning to program a neuronal network for a project in UNI that can find Songs based of the genre and the cover image. For that i would need the cover images of songs in Spotify so the network ca...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   My Question or Issue Hello Im planning to program a neuronal network for a project in UNI that can find Songs based of the genre and the cover image. For th...
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Small omission on code flow auth guide

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/ In the section about requesting an access token, the guide does not make it clear that the "Authorization" header is not required if implementing the PKCE extension. ...

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  • https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/code-flow/   In the section about requesting an access token, the guide does not make it clear that the " Authorization...
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Is it possible to to view either (A) who a user follows or (B) who follows a user?

As of 2020, I don't think either (A) or (B) were possible. But I am wondering if this changed? Essentially, given a Spotify ID, X , I want to be able to extract either:- A list of Spotify IDs that X follows OR- A list of Spotify IDs that follow X Are...

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  • As of 2020, I don't think either (A) or (B) were possible. But I am wondering if this changed?    Essentially, given a Spotify ID, X , I want to be able to extract either: - A ...
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Get User's Top Tracks time_range parameter does not seem to work

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceN/AOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueWhen I try to hit this endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks?offset=0&limit=50&time_range=long_term , the time_range parameter appears to not function as expected. Regardle...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device N/A Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue When I try to hit this endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks?offset=0&limit=50&t...
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Spotify App quota extension request keeps getting rejected

Plan: PremiumCountry: USI am calling the /artists/?ids= API to get artist info.I display the artist image and a link to their Spotify profile using the following img tag on my site with the data referenced below directly coming from the API response ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US I am calling the /artists/?ids= API to get artist info. I display the artist image and a link to their Spotify profile using the following img tag on my site with ...
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Spotify errors

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceiPhone XROperating SystemSoftware 15.4.1 (latest update) My Question or IssueWhen I switch back to Spotify from any other app, it either stops playing or starts my podcast from the start again.

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device iPhone XR Operating System Software 15.4.1 (latest update)   My Question or Issue When I switch back to Spotify from any other app, it either stop...
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Spotipy: current_user_top_songs() function returns 403

PlanFreeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceMacbook Pro (2019)Operating System MacOS Monterey (12.4) My Question or IssueHi, Unfortunately I am running in to an issue with the top tracks endpoint on the Spotify API. I am using the Spotify library to build a w...

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  • Plan Free Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro (2019) Operating System  MacOS Monterey (12.4)   My Question or Issue Hi,   Unfortunately I am running in to an issue wi...
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SpotifyAppRemote media notification on lockscreen

Hi! Is there anyway to customize the Spotify media notification on lockscreen to return to my Android native app when the user clicks on it as opposed to opening Spotify? My app uses SpotifyAppRemote playerApi to play full Spotify songs. If not, is t...

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  • Hi!   Is there anyway to customize the Spotify media notification on lockscreen to return to my Android native app when the user clicks on it as opposed to opening Spotify? My app uses Spotify...
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