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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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Basketball_66

Roadie

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Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App all songs have a preview URL. It's not just random...

Regular

Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App...

djmtype

Gig Goer

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API Bug
API request
API search
Spotify Web API
Web API
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iFrame API not working on iPhone

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevice(Windows 11, iPhone 14 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 17, Windows 11) My Question or IssueI developed an HTML web on my PC however while on PC it works perfect the iframe on my phone only shows a small preliminary sample I ...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device (Windows 11, iPhone 14 Pro Max) Operating System (iOS 17, Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I developed an HTML web on my PC however while on PC it w...

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Solved!! Can't search specific track by Search API

PlanFree/Premium CountryITDeviceAPI SEARCH Operating SystemOnline api test. My Question or Issue Hello, when i try to use the search API from my server or by online spotify website, i can't find some Track. For example: Artist: ColdplayTrack: feelsli...

Regular

Plan Free/Premium   Country IT Device API SEARCH   Operating System Online api test.   My Question or Issue   Hello, when i try to use the search API from my server o...

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Regular

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Possible Bug
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Solved!! Deployed App (Netlify) - Authentification issues

Hi out there, I created an App that uses the PKCE-Auth-flow. Recently, I deployed it with Netlify, and I encountert a strange behavior.On my devices and on those of some friends it works fine: there is no problem with logging in and using the App. Bu...

Casual Listener

Hi out there,   I created an App that uses the PKCE-Auth-flow. Recently, I deployed it with Netlify, and I encountert a strange behavior. On my devices and on those of some friends it works f...

ilah2

Casual Listener

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Deployment
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SpotifyiOS Authentication Trouble

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 15, Macbook M2 ProOperating SystemiOS 17.5 My Question or IssueHi,When I try authorize Spotify in my app using the SPTSessionManager method in the SpotifyiOS SDK, a call is not being made to my server for the ...

Newbie

Plan Free Country United States Device iPhone 15, Macbook M2 Pro Operating System iOS 17.5   My Question or Issue Hi, When I try authorize Spotify in my app using the SPTSessionManage...

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Get Artist's Albums Offset not working as expected

PlanFreeCountryGBDeviceLenovo ThinkpadOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueTrying to get the second page of albums using limit and offset on the endpoint:https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{artist_id}/albumsresults in an invalid response wi...

Music Fan

Plan Free Country GB Device Lenovo Thinkpad Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Trying to get the second page of albums using limit and offset on the endpoint: https://...

Koyamie

Newbie

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Possible Bug
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Web API --How to get Venue locations

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceBrowser -- PCOperating SystemWindows 10/11 , MacOS, Linux My Question or IssueIs there a way to access Venue Locations through the Spotify API? My team and I are trying to build a program that utilizes that information...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Browser -- PC Operating System Windows 10/11 , MacOS, Linux   My Question or Issue Is there a way to access Venue Locations through the Spotify API...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Follow me link

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hi, this is my first mail here. O troef pooling for an answer, as it seems rather basic to m...

Gig Goer

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   ...

zekebrewer

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Recommendations endpoint produces 400 status for limit over 50

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueRecommendations endpoint 400 status for limit over 50, as title explains, i am saving song recommendations to a database which can have 100 items, however changing the par...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country Canada Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Recommendations endpoint 400 status for limit over 50, as title explains, i am saving song reco...

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Altering Spotify embedding

My Question or IssueHello, I have a question regarding the spotify iframe on my website, I've read the widget terms and conditions . And from the terms: Spotify Content Restrictions. In addition to the foregoing, you must comply with the following re...

Newbie

My Question or Issue Hello, I have a question regarding the spotify iframe on my website, I've read the widget terms and conditions . And from the terms:   Spotify Content Restrictions. In ad...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Missing Song

Unable to find Kaattukuyilu song from  Thalapathi mocie in tamil 

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Unable to find Kaattukuyilu song from  Thalapathi mocie in tamil  

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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missing song
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GEMA fee to be paid in German Market when using Spotify Widget in Apps?

Hello everyone,I have a rather organizational question for the German market.I would like to integrate the Spotify widget into my app. However, there is the 30 second song preview. We don't want to earn any money with this Spotify widget feature, but...

Newbie

Hello everyone, I have a rather organizational question for the German market. I would like to integrate the Spotify widget into my app. However, there is the 30 second song preview. We don't w...

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API Legalities
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Solved!! Flutter search song by name

I need to create a Flutter app for college, and I've decided to make a Spotify app using the Spotify API. Initially, I was able to play songs with the Spotify API, but I had hardcoded the track ID. Now, I'm attempting to search for a song by name so ...

Casual Listener

I need to create a Flutter app for college, and I've decided to make a Spotify app using the Spotify API. Initially, I was able to play songs with the Spotify API, but I had hardcoded the track ID. N...

dawyyy

Visitor

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Spotify Machine Learning Model

Hi! I was reading the terms and I know I can't use Spotify content to train a machine learning model, but I was hoping to train the model based on Spotify's Million Playlist Dataset and then use the output of my model to add songs to a playlist using...

Visitor

Hi!  I was reading the terms and I know I can't use Spotify content to train a machine learning model, but I was hoping to train the model based on Spotify's Million Playlist Dataset and then u...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Question
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Generate playlists based on the artists I follow

Hi Together,this is just a random suggestion from a Spotify listener. Every now and then it happens that I discover new artists because I particularly like a song. If I then listen to 2-3 songs and find that I like the artist in principle, then I usu...

Visitor

Hi Together, this is just a random suggestion from a Spotify listener. Every now and then it happens that I discover new artists because I particularly like a song. If I then listen to 2-3 songs and...

ozofriendly

Casual Listener

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DRM might not be available from unsecure contexts

PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I try to implement SDK environment to play music on my app, I get some errors in console:DRM might not be available from unsecure contextsindex.js:3 Uncaug...

Casual Listener

Plan Free Country Poland Device Desktop computer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I try to implement SDK environment to play music on my app, I get some errors i...

ViswaKothapalli

Casual Listener

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Developer question
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api,Get Recently Played Tracks

Device(iPhone 13)Operating SystemiOS Hello,I am using the Authorization Code Flow to obtain a token and trying to make a request to get recently played tracks (Get Recently Played Tracks). However, I am encountering a 403 error.The first time I made ...

Music Fan

  Device (iPhone 13) Operating System iOS     Hello, I am using the Authorization Code Flow to obtain a token and trying to make a request to get recently played tracks (Get Re...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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api
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Verify Spotify Extended Streaming History

I am working on an app to process Spotify extended streaming history and given that the streams are in a basic JSON file, when unzipped, it would make it quite easy for a user to manipulate the streaming history, so how can I verify the integrity of ...

Music Fan

I am working on an app to process Spotify extended streaming history and given that the streams are in a basic JSON file, when unzipped, it would make it quite easy for a user to manipulate the strea...

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"error": "invalid_client"

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I got this error from Postman : "error": "invalid_client"which is the problem: curl --locati...

Visitor

  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 ...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Question
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How can I allow users to test my App without having to add them to user management?

Our App has been released. However, we wish to integrate a free music feature and therefore we are looking to incorporate Spotify. For the convenience of our customers during testing, we cannot always add them to the dashboard, as this would create m...

Casual Listener

Our App has been released. However, we wish to integrate a free music feature and therefore we are looking to incorporate Spotify.   For the convenience of our customers during testing, we ca...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Feature Request
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