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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hello. So, I'm a developer and I was looking to build a Wi-Fi enabled smart speaker that would be able to playback music using Spotify. Something similar to what Sonos, Google, Amazon or Apple are doing with their smart speakers. After reading the de...
Hello. So, I'm a developer and I was looking to build a Wi-Fi enabled smart speaker that would be able to playback music using Spotify. Something similar to what Sonos, Google, Amazon or Apple are do...
Casual Listener
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Hi, I'm currently in the midst of a project I'm working on and had a question regarding genres. Is there any way to convert subgenres into their primary genre. I've been struggling, since there is over 6000 genres in spotify, to find an effective way...
Hi, I'm currently in the midst of a project I'm working on and had a question regarding genres. Is there any way to convert subgenres into their primary genre. I've been struggling, since th...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 running Google Chrome My Question or IssueI'm having a hard time fully explaining this issue, but here goes! I'm doing a small hobby project that'll recommend users a random album fro...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 running Google Chrome My Question or Issue I'm having a hard time fully explaining this issue, but here goes...
Spotify Star
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Hi, Client ID: 35a4f90c6a3245acaade75de4922beca My app status has been changed without any email to explain why. I hit rate limits while making changes to how I call the API recently, so I'm wondering if this is the reason. I have since made changes ...
Hi, Client ID: 35a4f90c6a3245acaade75de4922beca My app status has been changed without any email to explain why. I hit rate limits while making changes to how I call the API re...
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In the your guide an event metadatachanged has length field described as length of the track, in seconds. My test with the lastest version of Spotify android app shows that the length is milliseconds. So, is the old version of Spotify send the second...
In the your guide an event metadatachanged has length field described as length of the track, in seconds. My test with the lastest version of Spotify android app shows that t...
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I was trying some apps like SPOTIFRIENDS, Friend Activity, and others recently, and a couple days ago this error message just appear. Can't load items right now. You can try logging in againFormatException: Unexpected character (at character 1)upstre...
I was trying some apps like SPOTIFRIENDS, Friend Activity, and others recently, and a couple days ago this error message just appear. Can't load items right now. You can try logging in again...
Spotify Star
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I am creating an website that allows users to create a spotify playlist and then hand a link or qr code out to allow others to user their spotify account to search and request songs. All these requests are then displayed on another page for the owner...
I am creating an website that allows users to create a spotify playlist and then hand a link or qr code out to allow others to user their spotify account to search and request songs. All these reques...
Spotify Star
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Is there an identifier or something else that I can use to determine if two tracks have the same audio? I believe there used to be something in the audio features or analysis endpoint, but that is now gone. ISRCs are similar, but are subject to human...
Is there an identifier or something else that I can use to determine if two tracks have the same audio? I believe there used to be something in the audio features or analysis endpoint, but that is no...
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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 IssueI'm wondering the best way to use the values given to us from Spotify. Can we use our secrect...
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'm won...
Spotify Star
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There is no web API for retrieving the section list in the documentation. I captured web data and found that the section information on the webpage can be obtained from https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query, but when I use my own token ...
There is no web API for retrieving the section list in the documentation. I captured web data and found that the section information on the webpage can be obtained from https://api-partner.spotify.co...
Spotify Star
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Our ProjectWe're developing a music-themed board game that includes printed cards with artist illustrations and barcodes. We've created a companion app that scans these barcodes and plays corresponding songs on Spotify.Not a Game AppOur app is not a ...
Our Project We're developing a music-themed board game that includes printed cards with artist illustrations and barcodes. We've created a companion app that scans these barcodes and plays correspon...
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Hello, I'm making a non-commercial web app using the Spotify Web API and Web Playback SDK and I'm not sure if what I am doing is allowed. I have a list of songs, with the song URI's retrieved from the Spotify Web API. I then use these URI's to play t...
Hello, I'm making a non-commercial web app using the Spotify Web API and Web Playback SDK and I'm not sure if what I am doing is allowed. I have a list of songs, with the song URI's...
Spotify Star
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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...
Casual Listener
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Neither playlist nor album or song embeds will render in iFrames on iOS devices anymore -- at least in Safari, that is. I can't say for sure whether or not this is an iOS-only bug at this time. Here are my observations: When you scroll down to the se...
Neither playlist nor album or song embeds will render in iFrames on iOS devices anymore -- at least in Safari, that is. I can't say for sure whether or not this is an iOS-only bug at this time....
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Hey there Spotify Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to share an idea that could provide additional flexibility for your diverse user base while potentially boosting revenue.I would like to propose two alternative paid plan option...
Hey there Spotify Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to share an idea that could provide additional flexibility for your diverse user base while potentially boosting reve...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumFr DeviceMacbook Pro mid 2014Operating SystemMacOs Big Sur 11.4 My Question or IssueI'm bulding a PHP/Symfony app which uses the WebAPI.So I perform the first step to initiate the dialog with the API : $state = $session->generateState(); $...
Plan Premium Fr Device Macbook Pro mid 2014 Operating System MacOs Big Sur 11.4 My Question or Issue I'm bulding a PHP/Symfony app which uses the WebAPI. So I perform the fir...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacOperating SystemMAC OS My Question or IssueWe've developed an iOS app that integrates with the Spotify API and have completed our development work. We're now trying to move from Developer Mode to Production Mode f...
Plan Free/Premium Country India Device Mac Operating System MAC OS My Question or Issue We've developed an iOS app that integrates with the Spotify API and have completed our develop...
Spotify Star
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Hi all. I have a question about this requirement for API extension approval. Synchronization: Spotify content is used in the background of visual media, such as advertising, film, TV programs, livestreams, slideshow videos (etc.) In my use case my ap...
Hi all. I have a question about this requirement for API extension approval. Synchronization: Spotify content is used in the background of visual media, such as advertising, film, TV progra...
Music Fan
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I recently made a Minecraft mod, that links your game to Spotify. However, the login process is difficult for people who aren't very good on computer. Therefore, I decided to change auth method that involves PKCE, so that they don't need to make deve...
I recently made a Minecraft mod, that links your game to Spotify. However, the login process is difficult for people who aren't very good on computer. Therefore, I decided to change auth method that ...
Spotify Star
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I submitted my Spotify developer app for verification, but I received a response stating that my Minecraft mod does not comply with Spotify’s terms. The reason given was: ‘The product or service is integrated with streams or content from another serv...
I submitted my Spotify developer app for verification, but I received a response stating that my Minecraft mod does not comply with Spotify’s terms. The reason given was: ‘The product or service is i...
Casual Listener
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