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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...
PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevice Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello I added a player with onSpotifyIframeApiReady inside my html content. This part works well , but even if I'm logged in into spotify web or application the content app...
Plan Premium Country France Device Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Hello I added a player with onSpotifyIframeApiReady inside my html content. T...
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On a desktop app your playlist artwork is to the right however certain tracks have a "canvas" music video that plays with the song. I want to be able to load this in the Miniplayer and make it full screen like you can with the standard artwork.
On a desktop app your playlist artwork is to the right however certain tracks have a "canvas" music video that plays with the song. I want to be able to load this in the Miniplayer and make it full s...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I use the Get Playlist Items route on a playlist that contains Podcast episodes, the artist attributes are incorrectly formatted. In particular, the 'name' att...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I use the Get Playlist Items route on a playlist that contains Podcast episodes, th...
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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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Hi All, Would it be possible to add ad units like Maquee and Showcase to the Ads API and the Reporting API? https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/promoting-music-on-spotify/https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/getting-started-with-...
Hi All, Would it be possible to add ad units like Maquee and Showcase to the Ads API and the Reporting API? https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/promoting-music-on-spotify...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia DeviceWindowOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am using the Spotify search api , I am passing the type audiobook, show , episodebut it always return only these type {artists , albums ,tracks , playlists} not au...
Plan Free/Premium Country India Device Window Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I am using the Spotify search api , I am passing the type audiobook, show , ep...
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Is there some documentation somewhere on how the Spotify Desktop player connects to a Sonos device via Spotify Connect Zeroconf interface? The Sonos device is responding to all of the Spotify Connect Zeroconf commands (e.g. resetUsers, getInfo, addUs...
Is there some documentation somewhere on how the Spotify Desktop player connects to a Sonos device via Spotify Connect Zeroconf interface? The Sonos device is responding to all of the Spotify C...
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const response = await fetch(`https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=${artistName}&type=artist&limit=1`to get artist ID. But it is getting the wrong artist... for example artistName is George Benson and it return wes Montgomery. artistName is Thelonious...
const response = await fetch(`https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=${artistName}&type=artist&limit=1` to get artist ID. But it is getting the wrong artist... for example artistName is Georg...
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I spend day, weeks, and months putting together my own playlists, and I don't want recommendations added to my playlist. How do I turn them off?
I spend day, weeks, and months putting together my own playlists, and I don't want recommendations added to my playlist. How do I turn them off?
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceXiaomi Mi A3, Google Pixel 6a, EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid 13, 14 My Question or IssueI want to create an app for personal use that can control playback in Spotify. So I tried to use the app remote SDK (https://github...
Plan Premium Country India Device Xiaomi Mi A3, Google Pixel 6a, Emulator Operating System Android 13, 14 My Question or Issue I want to create an app for personal use that can contr...
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PlanPremium CountryTurkey Device(M1 Macbook Air ) My Question or Issue Hi all,I am developing a web app using the Spotify IFrame API and have encountered a peculiar issue. When accessing the app using Chrome or Firefox, the embedded player works perf...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device (M1 Macbook Air ) My Question or Issue Hi all, I am developing a web app using the Spotify IFrame API and have encountered a...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook m1 2020, XiaomiOperating SystemMacOS, Android 11 My Question or IssueHey team,I have a feature request. Often, when we like a song, we search for similar ones to add to our playlists. The current recommendations a...
Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook m1 2020, Xiaomi Operating System MacOS, Android 11 My Question or Issue Hey team, I have a feature request. Often, when we like a song, we ...
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I am developing a Spotify App right now and was wondering what breaks TOS and what doesn't (I know it's complicated). I know I cannot overlay, crop, or modify the album art in any way but what about putting albums next to each other. I.E. putting the...
I am developing a Spotify App right now and was wondering what breaks TOS and what doesn't (I know it's complicated). I know I cannot overlay, crop, or modify the album art in any way but what about ...
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Hi, I'm making a web app and I want to know if it is legal to round un the cover image of the music that is currently being played. I want to inform that this app will not be used for any commercial reasons, it will be just a simple project app for m...
Hi, I'm making a web app and I want to know if it is legal to round un the cover image of the music that is currently being played. I want to inform that this app will not be used for any comm...
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Device Operating SystemMac My Question or IssueI am attempting to use the web-api-ts-sdk inside a Nextjs server action. I am using the withClientCredentials(), which I would assume I would not need to refresh the access token. But I get the following...
Device Operating System Mac My Question or Issue I am attempting to use the web-api-ts-sdk inside a Nextjs server action. I am using the withClientCredentials(), which I w...
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The docs only mention Device type, such as "computer", "smartphone" or "speaker".I found this list on GH , which lists all the devices.IMO, this should be in the official docs.
The docs only mention Device type, such as "computer", "smartphone" or "speaker". I found this list on GH , which lists all the devices. IMO, this should be in the official docs.
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I’m scratching my head trying to work out Spotifys stance on App fairness? Is this only pertain to Apple? we have been denied extension of Quota by Spotify twice. After taking 12 weeks each time to come to that decision. Now I’m happy to be denied th...
I’m scratching my head trying to work out Spotifys stance on App fairness? Is this only pertain to Apple? we have been denied extension of Quota by Spotify twice. After taking 12 weeks eac...
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PlanPremium DuoCountryUSADeviceWin10My Question or Issuemy desktop app will not update on the dev portal but the web app works fine how do I fixhttps://chatgpt.com/share/b826d815-5fd2-4175-a230-eb79040cf5fbI've been talking to chat support already an...
Plan Premium Duo Country USA Device Win10 My Question or Issue my desktop app will not update on the dev portal but the web app works fine how do I fix https://chatgpt.com/share/b826d815-5fd2...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi, I'm developing a front end React Application where the only things I want from the API ar...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hi, I'm...
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