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Spotify Soloist: a new terminal based player for headless and DIY setups

Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...

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palchrb

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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

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 ...

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yu0223

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Superuser Contribution User not registered in the developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop web browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was able to log in to spotify successfully through the app, and view my playlists. ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop web browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was abl...

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Wip: Save last Played Session as Playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWorking on, pls don’t delete Gona be update within the next 7 days.

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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 Working...

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Album Actual Sample Does Not Align with Response

Web API I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is:albumType: "album"artist: "PARTYNEXTDOOR"id: "6Rl6YoCarF2GHPSQmmFjuR"imageUrl: "https://i...

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Web API   I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is: albumType: "album" ar...

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UPDATE: Bug is back with 9.0.32. Was: Incorrect CPath selection with multizone system since v~8.5.15

Premium acctAll sorts of devices and OS versions:- Win10 App, iPhone 6,7,X and iPad mini and Pro- iOS 9, 12, 13, 14Problem summary:Multi-zone systems typically have one playing app =" DeviceID", with audio distributed to several speakers (= "remoteNa...

Gig Goer

Premium acct All sorts of devices and OS versions: - Win10 App, iPhone 6,7,X  and iPad mini and Pro -  iOS 9, 12, 13, 14 Problem summary: Multi-zone systems typically have one playing ...

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/v1/audio-features returns a 403/ Access to audio-features to get bpm of a song

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Macbook Pro Intel Chip, iPhone 14 Pro)Operating System(MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, iOS 18.2.1) My Question or IssueHi, I’m building an iOS app using the Authorization Code Flow to authenticate users and access /v1/audi...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device (Macbook Pro Intel Chip, iPhone 14 Pro) Operating System (MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, iOS 18.2.1)   My Question or Issue Hi, I’m building an iOS app...

Ximzend

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Monetize Project

CountryMexico Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi people, I hope you can help me answering this:I'm creating an app using a Python library (Spotipy) to use the Spotify API and I wanna know if I can monetize the app, or releasing it free...

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Country Mexico   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi people, I hope you can help me answering this: I'm creating an app using a Python library (Spotipy) to use the...

Raul30

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Integrating spotify web api

We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application.System Structure:Web Application (ReactJS):A centralized ad...

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We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application. System...

Ximzend

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Superuser Contribution How to Get a Random Song with Preview URL by Genre?

Hi everyone,I'm trying to fetch a random song by genre using the Spotify Web API, but I'm running into some issues. Most of the endpoints I've tried (like recommendations or search) either seem deprecated or they don't consistently return tracks with...

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Hi everyone, I'm trying to fetch a random song by genre using the Spotify Web API, but I'm running into some issues. Most of the endpoints I've tried (like recommendations or search) either seem dep...

LambertSpot

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AppleScript currentPosition is delayed if user plays autoplay/automix/recommended songs

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceM1 MacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Sonoma. My Question or IssuePreviously I reported an issue where the currentPosition returned by Spotify's AppleSript api is delayed by the number of seconds the user has set crossfade...

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Plan Premium Country India  Device M1 MacBook Air Operating System macOS Sonoma.   My Question or Issue Previously I reported an issue where the currentPosition returned by Spotif...

aviwad2

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Solved!! CreatePlaylist -> Http 500, "message": "com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.JsltException..."

PlanFreeCountryPoland Operating System( Windows 10) My Question or IssueI found the cause of the error. The issue was in the request body: I passed the `name` field as a number instead of a string.Here’s the problematic payload: curl --location 'http...

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Plan Free Country Poland   Operating System ( Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I found the cause of the error. The issue was in the request body: I passed the `name` field as a n...

maraby777

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Embedding the latest episode of a podcast

My Question or IssueI'm trying to embed the latest episode of my podcast to my websiteI want it to show the newest episode, not the specific episode itself.This is so don't have to update it every two weeks manually, is there any way to change the co...

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  My Question or Issue I'm trying to embed the latest episode of my podcast to my website I want it to show the newest episode, not the specific episode itself. This is so don't have to upda...

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Solved!! Issue with Device Recognition When Using Multiple Accounts in Spotify App Development

Hello,I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I created an app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard with the ...

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Hello, I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I create...

Rene25

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API for songs along with mood

I am a master student. For my final semester i am working on project which can recommend music using facial recognition. Wanted to know if there is any API which can give me playlist according to mood.

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I am a master student. For my final semester i am working on project which can recommend music using facial recognition. Wanted to know if there is any API which can give me playlist according to moo...

Ximzend

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App Not Working: 'Something Went Wrong' Message

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello,I use an app that schedules playlists for specific times, and everything was working fine until today. Now, when I try to launch the app, nothing happens — no connectio...

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Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello, I use an app that schedules playlists for specific times, and everything was working fine ...

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Superuser Contribution Cookie banner showing over embedded podcasts

PlanAllCountryAllDeviceAllOperating SystemAll My Question or Issue We're embedding podcast episodes into our Wordpress website, using the embed code found on our Creators page.eg. This has always worked well, but we've now suddenly started to get a c...

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Plan All Country All Device All Operating System All   My Question or Issue   We're embedding podcast episodes into our Wordpress website, using the embed code found on our Creat...

balvason

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Android SDK with spotify Lite

Hello, Does anyone know whether the android SDK works with spotify lite? My system can not run spotify app itself.

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Hello,   Does anyone know whether the android SDK works with spotify lite? My system can not run spotify app itself.   

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Superuser Contribution 👩💻 Calling All Swedish Developers & Freelancers! 👨💻

Hey fellow developers! I’m a student conducting research for my thesis on AI-powered coding tools (like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) and their adoption among Swedish developers. Your insights as freelancers and tech professionals are critical to understa...

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Hey fellow developers! 🚀   I’m a student conducting research for my thesis on AI-powered coding tools (like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) and their adoption among Swedish developers. Your insight...

ThePodfather

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Auto Logout from Custom App Using Spotify OAuth2

Hi everyone, I have a Django application that uses Spotify OAuth2 for user login. The token refresh mechanism is implemented, and I’m generally able to stay logged in for extended periods. However, occasionally, Spotify logs me out and prompts me to ...

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Hi everyone,   I have a Django application that uses Spotify OAuth2 for user login. The token refresh mechanism is implemented, and I’m generally able to stay logged in for extended periods. ...

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I would like to get the music I am listening to in real time, similar to Discord's Spotify integrati

I would like to get the music I am listening to in real time, similar to Discord's Spotify integration.Discord uses Websocket to retrieve music information, but I can't find an official Websocket API.Where do I contact to use Spotify's Websocket API?...

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I would like to get the music I am listening to in real time, similar to Discord's Spotify integration. Discord uses Websocket to retrieve music information, but I can't find an official Websocket A...

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Feature Request
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Extension request denial reasons

I submitted an extension request a few weeks ago and I just saw that it was denied. I was told an email was sent to me explaining why it was denied, but I never received anything. Did those of you who were in the same case receive this email? I would...

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I submitted an extension request a few weeks ago and I just saw that it was denied. I was told an email was sent to me explaining why it was denied, but I never received anything. Did those of you wh...

spgalex

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