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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Web API: Get Playlist Items formats Podcast Episodes incorrectly

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...

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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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Get access to Spotify Connect eSDK and Hardware Partner Application

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...

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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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Adding Marquee and Showcase to Spotify Ads API and Reporting API

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-...

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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...

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Search api

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...

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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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Spotify Connect Zeroconf addUser Sonos

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...

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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 C...

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Getting Artist ID base on Artist Name

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...

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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 Georg...

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Is there a way to stop recommendations from being added to my playlist?

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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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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Android app remote SDK doesn't work?

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...

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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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iFrame shows only Preview on Safari

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Enhanced Song Recommendations Based on Sound features

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...

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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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Album Art Usage

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...

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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 ...

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Change aspect of cover image!

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...

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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 comm...

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client credentials not refreshing token

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...

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  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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Web Api Docs should list all device types

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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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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coalition for app fairness

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...

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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 eac...

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I'm running the win10 desktop app and the web app and both songs aren't changing at the same time

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...

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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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Superuser Contribution Understanding Long Term Authorization

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...

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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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Country RO - Romania displayed incorrectly

PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceIssue reproduced on both Android and iPhone devices. IssueWhen accessing ‘Find Tickets’ or ‘See all events’ for an artist, my location is displayed as ‘Romani’ instead of ‘Romania’. The devices are configured to Englis...

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Plan Premium Country Romania  Device Issue reproduced on both Android and iPhone devices.  Issue When accessing ‘Find Tickets’ or ‘See all events’ for an artist, my location is d...

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Solved!! Understanding the usage of the web api

Hi, I want to use the web api from spotify for developers but I want to make sure of some things about it. I read the docs, but I want to be sure that I understood them clearly. If I go with authorization code with PKCE that means I won't need the cl...

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Hi, I want to use the web api from spotify for developers but I want to make sure of some things about it. I read the docs, but I want to be sure that I understood them clearly.   If I go with...

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