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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, everyone.I was thinking of a custom Spotify station on the Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite. I'd like it set up so that I can control playback through the Spotify API and then easily share with my friends. In particular, I w...
Hello, everyone. I was thinking of a custom Spotify station on the Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite. I'd like it set up so that I can control playback through the Spotify API and ...
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Hello.Suddenly I realised that queries like "genre:metal AND year:1982" (this one is from official example of advanced search queries at https://support.spotify.com/us/article/search/) stopped to work correctly. It used to bring exactly what was requ...
Hello. Suddenly I realised that queries like "genre:metal AND year:1982" (this one is from official example of advanced search queries at https://support.spotify.com/us/article/search/) stopp...
Music Fan
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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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I've discovered that although the documentation says albums should have genre info https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-albums#genres, it is always returned as an empty list. Looks like others have had a similar ...
I've discovered that although the documentation says albums should have genre info https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-albums#genres, it is always returned as a...
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PlanPremiumCountryPoland My Question or IssueHi all, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get information about some albums and I've found that the response of Get Album endpoint contains empty list of Genres (`genres` field), so no genres for any al...
Plan Premium Country Poland My Question or Issue Hi all, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get information about some albums and I've found that the response of Get Album endpoi...
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PUBLIQUE DOS EPISODIOS MAS DE LOS QUE YA ANTERIORMENTE HE PUBLICADO PERO NO SE QUEDAN EN LA PLATAFORMA SE BORRAN
PUBLIQUE DOS EPISODIOS MAS DE LOS QUE YA ANTERIORMENTE HE PUBLICADO PERO NO SE QUEDAN EN LA PLATAFORMA SE BORRAN
Spotify Star
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Free/Premium: FreeCountry: United StatesUse Case: Music integration for a Social RobotOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:Is there any way to get in contact with Spotify regarding the status of a Hardware Partner Application? My company subm...
Free/Premium: Free Country: United States Use Case: Music integration for a Social Robot Operating System: Linux My Question or Issue: Is there any way to get in contact with S...
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CountryUnited States My Question or IssueMy company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some way to get a status update? We would like to integrate Spotify in...
Country United States My Question or Issue My company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some w...
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Hi there! I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API. Unfortunately I still have not heard back, and am curious about the best way to get this resolv...
Hi there! I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API. Unfortunately I still have...
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Country： HongKongDevice: Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakersOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our device. We have diligently followed the instructions provided on your website an...
Country： HongKong Device: Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakers Operating System: Linux My Question or Issue: We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our devi...
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Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a link to the app on the App Store. Is it possible to...
Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a ...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device(iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc) My Question or IssueHi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of spotify's web-api and enables user to add songs. Others can listen to those songs...
Plan Premium Country United States Device (iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc) My Question or Issue Hi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of sp...
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Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an extension request. I've been a spotify developer for ...
Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an ex...
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When I enter a E-Mail & Name and click "Add User" this Error shows:the string did not match the expected pattern
When I enter a E-Mail & Name and click "Add User" this Error shows: the string did not match the expected pattern
Newbie
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Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.
Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.
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Hi, The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs. Thanks!
Hi, The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs. Thanks! ...
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Hi!Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not the others:/playlists/XXXX/users/XXXX/playlists/play...
Hi! Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not...
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Hi! I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the playlist. I found that the website isitagoodplaylist.com offers ...
Hi! I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the play...
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My app allows spotify artist to sign up and we use spotify to verify their identity, is there a way to know that an account belongs to a spotify artist and get the spotify artist id ?
My app allows spotify artist to sign up and we use spotify to verify their identity, is there a way to know that an account belongs to a spotify artist and get the spotify artist id ?
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My API app has been basically unable to get Liked Tracks for the last day or two. The console is full of 500 errors, and the same call to me/tracks will often fail 2-4 times but then succeed, and then the same thing with the next page. This was worki...
My API app has been basically unable to get Liked Tracks for the last day or two. The console is full of 500 errors, and the same call to me/tracks will often fail 2-4 times but then succeed, and the...
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