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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 7 Pro / Wingtech REVVL V+ 5GOperating SystemAndroid 12 My Question or IssueMy Android app is able to authorize users without any problem if the Spotify app is installed using this redirect URI: vibecast://callback but...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 7 Pro / Wingtech REVVL V+ 5G Operating System Android 12 My Question or Issue My Android app is able to authorize users without any prob...
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The current state of Spotify's review backlog is awful and has been since June of last year apparently. It seems most people (who aren't working for big companies) are waiting upwards of 2-3 months.) If Spotify care about their developer community, t...
The current state of Spotify's review backlog is awful and has been since June of last year apparently. It seems most people (who aren't working for big companies) are waiting upwards of 2-3 months.)...
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I successfully set up authentication and the process to obtain an access_token, but I'm facing an issue while configuring the token refresh process. According to the documentation, the response from the API when requesting a token refresh should cont...
I successfully set up authentication and the process to obtain an access_token, but I'm facing an issue while configuring the token refresh process. According to the documentation, the response from ...
Music Fan
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Why are the Lyrics for premium plan.Explanation please.
Why are the Lyrics for premium plan. Explanation please.
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Check User's Saved Tracks is returning the wrong value. Sometimes it was all false, while part or all of the tracks in the request are saved(Liked songs) tracks. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/check-users-saved-tracks
Check User's Saved Tracks is returning the wrong value. Sometimes it was all false, while part or all of the tracks in the request are saved(Liked songs) tracks. https://developer.spotify.co...
Music Fan
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Operating System(Windows 11) Hi, i'm having an issue while creating a playlist, I've searched for documentation and nothing seems to result The token was recently generatedThe response is: { "error": { "status": 401, "message": "Valid user authentica...
Operating System (Windows 11) Hi, i'm having an issue while creating a playlist, I've searched for documentation and nothing seems to result The token was recently generated The...
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The playlist reordering API which I've been using for years stopped working around 30 hours ago no matter how many times I retry. Attached screenshot that illustrates the issue using spotipy v2.23.0. Could you please let me know how to reorder items ...
The playlist reordering API which I've been using for years stopped working around 30 hours ago no matter how many times I retry. Attached screenshot that illustrates the issue using spotipy v2.23.0....
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I am trying to develop an iOS app that identifies a public playlist that is currently playing from someone else’s phone. To do this, I would need to identify the song that is currently playing (similar to Shazam), identify a user in the area of my ip...
I am trying to develop an iOS app that identifies a public playlist that is currently playing from someone else’s phone. To do this, I would need to identify the song that is currently playing (simil...
Spotify Star
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Hey, I'm currently developing a new audio-based navigation technology for my Master's project at Imperial College London. The main aim of it is to take away the need for an annoying voice based prompt to interrupt your music ("Turn left in 300 yards"...
Hey, I'm currently developing a new audio-based navigation technology for my Master's project at Imperial College London. The main aim of it is to take away the need for an annoying voice based promp...
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Hello! I want to develop an extension program that translates lyrics for Spotify.What kind of API should I use?How can I launch this service?Thank you for your responses.
Hello! I want to develop an extension program that translates lyrics for Spotify. What kind of API should I use? How can I launch this service? Thank you for your responses.
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Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
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Hi, I'm running into an error using the `spotipy` package. It seems to say that the playlist ID or track ID isn't valid, but I can visit the link to both and they work. Unsure what I'm doing wrong. import requests import os import spotipy from spotip...
Hi, I'm running into an error using the `spotipy` package. It seems to say that the playlist ID or track ID isn't valid, but I can visit the link to both and they work. Unsure what I'm doing wrong. ...
Spotify Star
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The Remove Playlist Items endpoint on https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/remove-tracks-playlist has dropped its support for the positions parameter, which was supported previously and let tools like Spotify Dedup (https://s...
The Remove Playlist Items endpoint on https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/remove-tracks-playlist has dropped its support for the positions parameter, which was sup...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemVentura 13.6.6 My Question or IssueWhen embedding a playlist on my website using the subsplash platform the playlist disappears when I scroll down (https://bethanyefree.org/worship)...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System Ventura 13.6.6 My Question or Issue When embedding a playlist on my website using the subsplash platform t...
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The Update Playlist Items endpoint all of a sudden started returning the wrong values when reordering items. As per the documentation it is supposed to return the checkpoint ID as a string:AAACi5JU+kMmH1WlpKKp8PeBdfLNw0BJ Now it instead returns a bas...
The Update Playlist Items endpoint all of a sudden started returning the wrong values when reordering items. As per the documentation it is supposed to return the checkpoint ID as a string: AAACi5JU...
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this error occur on my function, while i request POST and PUT axios method the follow is my function // change next and previous const changeNextTrack = async (type) => { await axios.post( `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/${type}`, {}, { headers...
this error occur on my function, while i request POST and PUT axios method the follow is my function // change next and previous const changeNextTrack = async (type) => { ...
Spotify Star
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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 IssueHello, my name is Alperen. I like to listen to classical music and last week I decided to set...
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 Hello, ...
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We are building a social media platform and are interested in integrating the Spotify music library to allow users to enhance their posts with music. We are seeking information on the legal agreements necessary to establish this integration.Specifica...
We are building a social media platform and are interested in integrating the Spotify music library to allow users to enhance their posts with music. We are seeking information on the legal agreement...
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I've been using Spotify's Web API for my university project for a month. I hadn't experienced any problems with it until a week ago when the API suddenly stopped responding to requests. It was fixed about 12 hours later and functioned well until toda...
I've been using Spotify's Web API for my university project for a month. I hadn't experienced any problems with it until a week ago when the API suddenly stopped responding to requests. It was fixed ...
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Hi Spotify Developer Relations Team, Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states:"Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Content into a machine learning or AI mo...
Hi Spotify Developer Relations Team, Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states: "Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or ot...
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