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Spotify Soloist: a new terminal based player for headless and DIY setups

Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...

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Gromushka

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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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Guaruja20

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Superuser Contribution Missing title/name Fields in /v1/audiobooks/{id} Response

Hi all– I’m building an app that uses the Spotify Web API to fetch audiobook metadata from the /v1/audiobooks/{id} endpoint. For most audiobooks, the response includes the expected fields like title, name, authors, etc. However, for certain audiobook...

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Hi all–   I’m building an app that uses the Spotify Web API to fetch audiobook metadata from the /v1/audiobooks/{id} endpoint.   For most audiobooks, the response includes the expected ...

LambertSpot

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Solved!! The "recently played songs" endpoint return no update since 17:45UTC

Hello,Title says it all. The endpoint `/me/player/recent-played` does work (returns 200), but its content does not change. The rate of change started to drop at 17:45UTC and reached almost 0% at 19:50UTC. (see image below, green is rate of change, bl...

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Hello, Title says it all. The endpoint `/me/player/recent-played` does work (returns 200), but its content does not change.   The rate of change started to drop at 17:45UTC and reached almo...

gawen

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Solved!! Premium Required" When Attempting to Play Track via API

I'm encountering an issue when trying to play a track using the Spotify API. The response I receive is as follows:{ "error": { "status": 403, "message": "Player command failed: Premium required", "reason": "PREMIUM_REQUIRED"}}My question is: Does the...

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I'm encountering an issue when trying to play a track using the Spotify API. The response I receive is as follows: {     "error": { "status": 403, "message": "Player command failed: Prem...

Erik-RG

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Small app to get the BPM and other audio parameters reserved for big sharks now

PlanFamilyCountryPolandDeviceAPI calls My Question or IssueI was about to create a small Python script that would simply analyze our family playlist (about 300-350 tracks) and build a table with filters where we could search for some happy tracks, sl...

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Plan Family Country Poland Device API calls   My Question or Issue I was about to create a small Python script that would simply analyze our family playlist (about 300-350 tracks) and bu...

icmtf

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Solved!! Feature Suggestion: Voice Command and AI Assistant Integration for Spotify

Dear Spotify Team,I hope this message finds you well.I'm writing to suggest a potential feature enhancement that could significantly elevate the user experience on Spotify. Inspired by the convenience and efficiency of AI-driven voice assistants like...

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Dear Spotify Team, I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to suggest a potential feature enhancement that could significantly elevate the user experience on Spotify. Inspired by th...

ribezaz

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Superuser Contribution Detail reason for rejection

PlanPremiumCountryItalyMy Question or IssueHi everyone, I sent my application review last month and I received a negativa result. I would like to receive details regarding my refusal, but I have not receive nothing on my email. is there a way to get ...

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Plan Premium Country Italy My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I sent my application review last month and I received a negativa result. I would like to receive details regarding my refusal, but I...

mruta

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405 Method Not Allowed on PUT /v1/me/player Despite Correct Scopes

Hello, I am developing a web app using the Web Playback SDK and the Authorization Code with PKCE flow. I am able to successfully complete the entire authentication process. I am requesting the following scopes: `streaming`, `user-read-private`, and `...

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Hello, I am developing a web app using the Web Playback SDK and the Authorization Code with PKCE flow. I am able to successfully complete the entire authentication process. I am requesting the follow...

Ximzend

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Extension request not letting me

After the changes of the criteria of the wep API access in my app it wont let me apply for a quota extension request, even though my app matches the new criteria.

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After the changes of the criteria of the wep API access in my app it wont let me apply for a quota extension request, even though my app matches the new criteria.  

Ximzend

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Solved!! Clarification on Spotify Terms for Curator Review Platforms

Hello!I'm planning to create a website where artists can submit their music to playlist curators for review, in exchange for a small fee paid by the artist. My question is: would this violate Spotify's terms and policies?I've noticed that platforms l...

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Hello! I'm planning to create a website where artists can submit their music to playlist curators for review, in exchange for a small fee paid by the artist. My question is: would this violate Spoti...

Ximzend

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Bug Report: Deep Links broken in Desktop App

It appears deep links (i.e., linking to a specific song on a playlist) isn't working on the Spotify desktop app right now (MacOS). Same link will work on mobile, but return an error "Couldn't find that song" on desktop app.Thanks a lot in advance for...

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It appears deep links (i.e., linking to a specific song on a playlist) isn't working on the Spotify desktop app right now (MacOS).    Same link will work on mobile, but return an error "C...

Nibor2

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adding spotifyauthverified:// as a redirect URL, not letting me save

My Question or IssueI am trying to integrate spotify into an app im building, I can log in and use playback, next track, recall current artwork etc, using expo go. But, when i try to launch in test pilot (after configuring the Auth code change) i'm p...

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My Question or Issue I am trying to integrate spotify into an app im building, I can log in and use playback, next track, recall current artwork etc, using expo go.  But, when i try to launch...

AliBlackburn

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Songs Play count

Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue :Is there's a way we can get the information from developers API regarding how many times a particular track has been played. Basically play count information of a track. Kindly reply if anyone has any...

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Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue : Is there's a way we can get the information from developers API regarding how many times a particular track has been played. Basica...

Kazymandias

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Spotify API redirect issue on Safari

Hi all, I’ve built an app using the Spotify API’s Authorization Code Flow. The app works on Firefox, Chrome, and Brave. However, I’m encountering an issue on Safari. After I have successfully logged in to Spotify, instead of being redirected back to ...

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Hi all,   I’ve built an app using the Spotify API’s Authorization Code Flow. The app works on Firefox, Chrome, and Brave. However, I’m encountering an issue on Safari.   After I have su...

luis6674

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Spotify API delayed

Hello i have an application using Spotify's API and since 11 / 6 / 25 around 3 PM the history of played songs of a user is delayed for more than 90 Minutes. If i try to view the data of recently played songs in the Web App it is fine but when i try t...

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Hello i have an application using Spotify's API and since 11 / 6 / 25 around 3 PM the history of played songs of a user is delayed for more than 90 Minutes. If i try to view the data of recently play...

Substitut

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Spotify doesn't provide Exo-player compatible playable Stream URI (direct playable Spotify uri) ?

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAndroid DevicesOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issuewe are trying to integrate Spotify Web APIs (Rest APIs) into our Android application. we are using Exo-player in our app for playback. we are using "client-credentia...

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Plan Free Country India Device Android Devices Operating System Android   My Question or Issue we are trying to integrate Spotify Web APIs (Rest APIs) into our Android application. we ...

Ximzend

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API Access
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Web API 502 error on /me/player/play for a short period after track end

I am currently building a web application that uses the spotify web API and the web playback SDK. Part of this application is a frontend-side playlist (not spotify playlists). For this I react on 'player_state_changed' events to play the next track i...

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I am currently building a web application that uses the spotify web API and the web playback SDK. Part of this application is a frontend-side playlist (not spotify playlists). For this I react on 'pl...

gwenolechenouard

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Web API "played_at" field is incorrect

Hello - we have an application that uses your Web API, and we started seeing an issue with the /v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint a few days ago.Specifically, the "played_at" field is now incorrect for listening activity, which also affects query...

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Hello - we have an application that uses your Web API, and we started seeing an issue with the /v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint a few days ago. Specifically, the "played_at" field is now inc...

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Solved!! Integrate spotify preview embed player

Hello!I want to build a social media app where people can the songs they listen to with their friends. At the moment the user would have to copy the song link from spotify and then insert it into my app. Then i would load the spotify embed preview pl...

Music Fan

Hello! I want to build a social media app where people can the songs they listen to with their friends. At the moment the user would have to copy the song link from spotify and then insert it into...

Elias29

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Developer Terms of Service
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Get User's Top Tracks (short_term) returning empty results

Hey all — wondering if anyone else is seeing issues with the Get User's Top Artists endpoint when using the short_term time range? For context, we're using the /me/top/tracks endpoint with time_range=short_term, and while it was previously returning ...

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 Hey all — wondering if anyone else is seeing issues with the Get User's Top Artists endpoint when using the short_term time range?   For context, we're using the /me/top/tracks endpoint ...

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Help Needed: Spotify Device Not Available When App or Tab Is Closed

Hi everyone,We are a home and hotel automation company. We’ve recently introduced a feature where users can control their room ambiance using predefined scenes such as "Party Scene", "Morning Scene", and so on. When a user activates a scene like "Par...

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Hi everyone, We are a home and hotel automation company. We’ve recently introduced a feature where users can control their room ambiance using predefined scenes such as "Party Scene", "Morning Scene...

Ximzend

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