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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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  • orchestrate
  • Casual Listener
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Include Information that song is added by Smart-Shuffle in /currently-playing

it would be nice to have a tag in the currently-playing endpoint to indicate that the song has been added by smart-shuffle is not included in the original playlist.

  • Roadie
  • it would be nice to have a tag in the currently-playing endpoint to indicate that the song has been added by smart-shuffle is not included in the original playlist.
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Creating playlist endpoint returning "Missing required filed name: name"

Currently creating an app that uses the spotify web api to create a playlist for the user. The app runs everything server side, auth works well, but the endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists gives me the error: { error: { sta...

  • Newbie
  • Currently creating an app that uses the spotify web api to create a playlist for the user. The app runs everything server side, auth works well, but the endpoint:   https://api.spotify.com/v1/...
  • EPICHICKENSOUP
  • Newbie
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Change avatar with API

Hello,Is it possible to change or create avatar for an account with APİ/Endpoint?

  • Newbie
  • Hello, Is it possible to change or create avatar for an account with APİ/Endpoint?
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Developing new business model

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI would like someone to hear me out for a minute to share my idea. I have no knowledge of cod...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 I would...
  • quintanbarnes
  • Casual Listener
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    New business model
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Why disapear some (good) numbers?

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

  • 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  
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Design Guidelines Help

I am working on a personal app to visualize my extended history and I thought I should review some of the Spotify TOS and design guidelines. One of the main conflicting factors in the design guidelines is the restriction on cropping Spotify artwork. ...

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  • Music Fan
  • I am working on a personal app to visualize my extended history and I thought I should review some of the Spotify TOS and design guidelines. One of the main conflicting factors in the design gui...
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Solved!! Receiving outdated data from the /browse/new-releases endpoint

Hi everyone,I've encoutered a strange issue where the data I retreive from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/new-releases API endpoint is stuck in april. I've made sure that the offset is set to zero. All of this is through direct requests (curl)...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi everyone, I've encoutered a strange issue where the data I retreive from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/new-releases API endpoint is stuck in april.   I've made sure that the offset...
  • UBrainFr
  • Casual Listener
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Can The Same Track Have Different Spotify Ids?

I have requested my extended Spotify history and I have logged their Spotify Ids via the "spotify_track_uri"I am trying to get the album image for the song, so I have setup a script to request an artist's albums and then iterate through each one look...

  • Music Fan
  • I have requested my extended Spotify history and I have logged their Spotify Ids via the "spotify_track_uri" I am trying to get the album image for the song, so I have setup a script to request...
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Audiobook Api

Hello People,we are trying to retrieve audiobooks in our code. The audiobook API only works in USA, Canada and so on. We are from Germany. So the audiobooks here are categorized as albums. Any idea to filter the audiobooks out of the albums?

  • Newbie
  • Hello People, we are trying to retrieve audiobooks in our code. The audiobook API only works in USA, Canada and so on. We are from Germany. So the audiobooks here are categorized as albums. Any idea...
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Getting Error 500 while trying to add items to a playlist.

PlanPremiumCountrySpain (ES)DeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemLinux mint 20.2 My Question or IssueI was trying to add some tracks to one of my playlists, and I keep getting the following error response:{"error": {"status": 500, "message": "com.sc...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country Spain (ES) Device Desktop computer Operating System Linux mint 20.2   My Question or Issue I was trying to add some tracks to one of my playlists, and I keep getti...
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We are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro.

PlanWe are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro. We would like to use Spotify music as background music (currently we use Apple Music as background music) and would like to ask if it is allowed. Our content is paid for on a monthly subscr...

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  • Plan We are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro. We would like to use Spotify music as background music (currently we use Apple Music as background music) and would like to ask if it is...
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I have been waiting for more than six weeks for a response.

Hello spotify team.On 23 February I requested an API extension.It's been more than 6 weeks and I still haven't heard back, no one has reviewed it.I understand you have a lot of work to do, but it's been three months since the application was finished...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello spotify team. On 23 February I requested an API extension. It's been more than 6 weeks and I still haven't heard back, no one has reviewed it. I understand you have a lot of work to do, but ...
  • aleexc
  • Casual Listener
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Get Several Artists endpoint - incorrect maximum number of IDs in docs

The "Get Several Artists" endpoint has an incorrect value for the maximum number of IDs you can submit in a request. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-artists Currently, the docs say "Maximum: 100 IDs." Howeve...

  • Casual Listener
  • The "Get Several Artists" endpoint has an incorrect value for the maximum number of IDs you can submit in a request.   https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multipl...
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All artists IDs

Hi!I'm developing an app, which requires to fetch data about artists: streams and monthly listeners. I can get it using web API, but for every artist i need an ID. How can i get a list of all artists IDs? Or at least top 500 000 mostly listened artis...

  • Visitor
  • Hi! I'm developing an app, which requires to fetch data about artists: streams and monthly listeners. I can get it using web API, but for every artist i need an ID. How can i get a list of all artis...
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  • All artists IDs
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Spotify eSDK License

I had submitted the hardware partner application form without System Integrator for Spotify eSDK access. I am yet to get any response regarding the application. Please let know how long it takes to process the hardware partner application form.

  • Casual Listener
  • I had submitted the hardware partner application form without System Integrator for Spotify eSDK access. I am yet to get any response regarding the application. Please let know how long it takes to p...
  • AnjaliAjay
  • Casual Listener
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Check If User Follows Artists or Users API returns inconsistent results

PlanFreeCountryMultiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location) DeviceWEB/CurlOperating SystemOSX/Linux My Question or IssueAPI to check if current user is following artist returns inconsistent results. If I'm running it from my ...

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  • Plan Free Country Multiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location)   Device WEB/Curl Operating System OSX/Linux   My Question or Issue API to check if curren...
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How to start random playback of favorite tracks filtered by period on Spotify?

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceiPhone 13 ProOperating SystemiOS 15 My Question or Issue Hi everyone,I would like to know how it is possible to start random playback of favorite tracks on Spotify, filtering them by period. For example, I would like to p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device iPhone 13 Pro Operating System iOS 15   My Question or Issue   Hi everyone, I would like to know how it is possible to start random playback...
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Pagination of Playlist Tracks with Fields

When requesting a playlist via GET playlist the value of "next" in the paginated tracks includes the same fields. This link, however, is for the get playlist items endpoint and as such the format for the fields may change. For instance my fields quer...

  • Newbie
  • When requesting a playlist via GET playlist the value of "next" in the paginated tracks includes the same fields. This link, however, is for the get playlist items endpoint and as such the ...
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Is it possible to play a music in the API?

Hello, I'm current doing a project that i need to play a users song in his playlist. but I notice that it's not possible to play a music of spotify out of the own spotify. I want to know if it's possible to play a music in my python aplication using ...

  • Visitor
  • Hello, I'm current doing a project that i need to play a users song in his playlist. but I notice that it's not possible to play a music of spotify out of the own spotify. I want to know if it's poss...
  • Ximzend
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How I can ask to check/unban my server IP from Spotify?

PlanPremiumCountryFrance Operating SystemLinux debian 11.My Question or IssueI think my IP is blocked when I request a data from my server. I've got 403 err. How I can ask to Spotify directly to unban my IP?

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  • Plan Premium Country France   Operating System Linux debian 11. My Question or Issue I think my IP is blocked when I request a data from my server. I've got 403 err. How I can ask to Spo...
  • Ximzend
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