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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
PlanPremium DeviceIPhone 12Operating SystemiOS 18 My Question or IssueI'm trying to have my Player skip to the next track and seek to the 20 second mark, but the audio keeps playing at the beginning of the song and then seek to the 20 second mark and...
Plan Premium Device IPhone 12 Operating System iOS 18 My Question or Issue I'm trying to have my Player skip to the next track and seek to the 20 second mark, but the audio kee...
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The rules forbid making games like "guess the name of the song" and so on.Can you explain what this is about?I wanted to use preview songs, show the artist and a link to his spotify.All such posts on the forum remained unanswered.So I'll try my luck ...
The rules forbid making games like "guess the name of the song" and so on. Can you explain what this is about? I wanted to use preview songs, show the artist and a link to his spotify. All such po...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermany Operating System(iOS, Android) My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,We represent a board game project that incorporates musical elements, and we would like to use the Spotify platform to allow players to listen to and ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Operating System (iOS, Android) My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, We represent a board game project that incorporates musical ele...
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My Question or Issue When obtaining episode information from the API, the returned resume_point is sometimes inconsistent. When running repeatedly against the same endpoint, fully_played is sometime set to false without playing the episode or doing a...
My Question or Issue When obtaining episode information from the API, the returned resume_point is sometimes inconsistent. When running repeatedly against the same endpoint, fully_played is ...
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When going to the developer dashboard I get: "Your session has expired, please login again."I tried it in Brave and Chromium web browser, cleaned cookies and Incognito mod too, didn't help same scree/issue.Plan: PremiumOS: Win 10
When going to the developer dashboard I get: "Your session has expired, please login again." I tried it in Brave and Chromium web browser, cleaned cookies and Incognito mod too, didn't help s...
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My Question or IssueHi! I'm creating this post because I am wondering if anyone has ever created a pre-save on an artists website (or a website at all actually). I work with digital marketing and it's very important that I am able to track everything...
My Question or Issue Hi! I'm creating this post because I am wondering if anyone has ever created a pre-save on an artists website (or a website at all actually). I work wi...
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Hello fellow developers Since my app recently launched, I wanted to share my quota approval process for those who are still in the process.I started working on the app concept about a year ago, we worked with the basic quota and it was enough for dev...
Hello fellow developers 🙂 Since my app recently launched, I wanted to share my quota approval process for those who are still in the process. I started working on the app concep...
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Y at-il des interdictions spécifiques sur la monétisation de l'interaction avec la musique ?
Y at-il des interdictions spécifiques sur la monétisation de l'interaction avec la musique ?
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Hello Spotify Developer Community,Incorporating historical data into algorithmic recommendations has proven to be an effective way to enhance personalization. Recently, I came across an article detailing the evolution of FESCO (Faisalabad Electric Su...
Hello Spotify Developer Community, Incorporating historical data into algorithmic recommendations has proven to be an effective way to enhance personalization. Recently, I came across an article det...
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Is it possible to transfer playback to a null device with the Spotify API? Aka clear the active device?I did this but it's not working:static async clearDevicePlayback(): Promise {try {// Simply clear the active device by setting empty device_idsawai...
Is it possible to transfer playback to a null device with the Spotify API? Aka clear the active device? I did this but it's not working: static async clearDevicePlayback(): Promise<void&g...
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We have been using those SDKs since they became available. Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify. The "ios-streaming-sdk" is a beautifully designed framework...
We have been using those SDKs since they became available. Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify....
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This started happening yesterday 2025-02-19. Obviously a small but very critical bug. The issue I see is that for some reason, the API no longer allows us to send an empty array of URIs, which we use to clear out playlists.Request: Request URL: https...
This started happening yesterday 2025-02-19. Obviously a small but very critical bug. The issue I see is that for some reason, the API no longer allows us to send an empty array of URIs, which we use...
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I just received a denial for my extension request after waiting a month. I did some research and apparently resubmitting means I have to wait another month or longer. Since this is a guess and check process I need some help before this turns into a 6...
I just received a denial for my extension request after waiting a month. I did some research and apparently resubmitting means I have to wait another month or longer. Since this is a guess a...
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Hi there, We are about to embed audiobooks to our website but we are not sure if it is possible to also show the transcript. So our users can read along whilst listening.Does anyone know how to show the transcript as well? Thank you, Bob PlanFree
Hi there, We are about to embed audiobooks to our website but we are not sure if it is possible to also show the transcript. So our users can read along whilst listening. Does anyone know...
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It would be useful to have an option in /v1/search endpoint to have exact matches (for instance concerning artists). Searching "artist:mad" would than NOT return "Madonna".Or allow the search to search for ID's, like "q=artist:2wPOgnQ6eW3X73uIJZ4YFE"
It would be useful to have an option in /v1/search endpoint to have exact matches (for instance concerning artists). Searching "artist:mad" would than NOT return "Madonna". Or allow the search to se...
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I made a web app with the JavaScript SDK and it’s coming along nicely. I didn’t expect to have Lock Screen support but to my surprise I get album artwork and artist/title when I lock my phone or when connected to CarPlay. Bonus! One small glitch thou...
I made a web app with the JavaScript SDK and it’s coming along nicely. I didn’t expect to have Lock Screen support but to my surprise I get album artwork and artist/title when I lock my phone or when...
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I used the spotify api to list everything and i have multiple (2) of the following entries: ,,,https://open.spotify.com/track/,spotify:track: it should be something like 4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC,"Never Gonna Give You Up","Rick Astley",https://open.spot...
I used the spotify api to list everything and i have multiple (2) of the following entries: ,,,https://open.spotify.com/track/,spotify:track: it should be something like ...
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Dear Spotify Team,I'm Luca Scarfò, I developed a unique idea that could revolutionize the daily use experience. My proposal involves the introduction of an innovative feature within Spotify that allows users to access an Alarm Clock and/or Timer. At ...
Dear Spotify Team, I'm Luca Scarfò, I developed a unique idea that could revolutionize the daily use experience. My proposal involves the introduction of an innovative feature within Spotify that al...
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Hello This is an Api question,I want to retrive (get) a tracks/albums metadata via upc or isrc in what type of that possible direct or indirect is there an api function that ables me to get any part of metadata with isrc or upc
Hello This is an Api question,I want to retrive (get) a tracks/albums metadata via upc or isrc in what type of that possible direct or indirect is there an api function that ables me to get any part ...
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I noticed that when pressing and holding the bar on the Meta glasses, it can trigger Spotify and play recommended music, even if Meta is not running (or has been deleted). How is this achieved?
I noticed that when pressing and holding the bar on the Meta glasses, it can trigger Spotify and play recommended music, even if Meta is not running (or has been deleted). How is this achieved?
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