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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...
PlanPremium My Question or IssueI was working with the API and trying to get all of the songs on a playlist when I noticed that the number of songs I got was off by 1. The missing song was called Sometimes by alex_g_offline which is only on the newes...
Plan Premium My Question or Issue I was working with the API and trying to get all of the songs on a playlist when I noticed that the number of songs I got was off by 1. The missing song w...
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Hi there, I am dealing with the shuffle function of Spotify. As Spotify cannot differentiate between music and audiobook by itself I built an automation in Home Assistant with the Spotify API to turn on/off the shuffle state depending on whats playin...
Hi there, I am dealing with the shuffle function of Spotify. As Spotify cannot differentiate between music and audiobook by itself I built an automation in Home Assistant with the S...
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I am testing out the Search for Item end point to search for artists. I am getting back the wrong artist consistently. For example: curl --request GET \--url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=radiohead&type=artist&limit=1&offset=0' \--header 'Auth...
I am testing out the Search for Item end point to search for artists. I am getting back the wrong artist consistently. For example: curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/se...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryPakistanDeviceN/AOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueCan I use the python's Spotify API for offline music play?If so, how can I do that?I am aware that Spotify supports offline play on the desktop app, which leads me to beli...
Plan Premium Country Pakistan Device N/A Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Can I use the python's Spotify API for offline music play? If so, how can I do that? I am awa...
Spotify Star
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Hello,I have developed an application and have reached the point of publishing it. Now I would like to fill out the application form so that my application can be verified. However, I am unclear how to provide access to test my app."Credentials to a ...
Hello, I have developed an application and have reached the point of publishing it. Now I would like to fill out the application form so that my application can be verified. However, I am unclear ho...
Spotify Star
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I cannot login to the Spotify developer dashboard. I have signed up with Spotify through Facebook. I have created multiple apps using the dashboard before. Now, when I try to sign in through Facebook by clicking the "login" button, I see a new windo...
I cannot login to the Spotify developer dashboard. I have signed up with Spotify through Facebook. I have created multiple apps using the dashboard before. Now, when I try to sign in t...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueBlocked artist is showing on desktop.I blocked the an artist to not be recommended in Release Radar/Discover Weekly on mobile (not possible on desktop).The artist was...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Blocked artist is showing on desktop. I blocked the an artist to not be recommended in Re...
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Im currently working on an app using the spotify web API. To precisely calculate the current song progress i was planning on calculating it by getting the timestamp and progress_ms from the current playback state endpoint. The issue is that the times...
Im currently working on an app using the spotify web API. To precisely calculate the current song progress i was planning on calculating it by getting the timestamp and progress_ms from the current p...
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CountrySpainDeviceRealme 8 proOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or IssueThe 15 second forward and back buttons have inverse actions in the widget when the device is locked. If I push back, it goes forward and so. If I unlock the device and try i...
Country Spain Device Realme 8 pro Operating System Android 11 My Question or Issue The 15 second forward and back buttons have inverse actions in the widget when the device is locked. ...
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I am trying to allow users to login to their Spotify account on my flutter app. I am following the flow given in the Spotify docs (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-pkce-flow).When the user has to accept the terms and...
I am trying to allow users to login to their Spotify account on my flutter app. I am following the flow given in the Spotify docs (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-p...
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It seems the embed player is not working for some podcast episodes, at the moment.Digging more, it seems this issue is afflicting only the audio episodes with video directly uploaded from S4P (by the new feature Spotify released a few days ago).Examp...
It seems the embed player is not working for some podcast episodes, at the moment. Digging more, it seems this issue is afflicting only the audio episodes with video directly uploaded from S...
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In the Web API is it at all possible to get accurate current playback timing? Progress_ms is always randomly delayed by 0.5-1.5s and timestamp in that response is not working. Assuming both my app and a player are on the same local machine. This was ...
In the Web API is it at all possible to get accurate current playback timing? Progress_ms is always randomly delayed by 0.5-1.5s and timestamp in that response is not working. Assuming both my app an...
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Hi everyone.I'm a music producer and sound engineer and I am building myself a new website. I wondered what the legalities are for embedded music from spotify in my site? I would really like to offer people the chance to play some of the music direct...
Hi everyone. I'm a music producer and sound engineer and I am building myself a new website. I wondered what the legalities are for embedded music from spotify in my site? I would really like to off...
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I need to turn them off so they don't show when I am using the app. PremiumCountryusaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
I need to turn them off so they don't show when I am using the app. Premium Country usa Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, And...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceChrome Web BrowserOperating SystemWindows, MacOS My Question or Issue We have setup a Web App that connects with Spotify and allows music playback in the web browser, and everything works properly. However, we're encounter...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Chrome Web Browser Operating System Windows, MacOS My Question or Issue We have setup a Web App that connects with Spotify and...
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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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Hello, good evening, day or afternoon, today I come to report an error in the application that allows you to listen to music without internet without having to be premium to inform you that I use the Official application From Google play and I am not...
Hello, good evening, day or afternoon, today I come to report an error in the application that allows you to listen to music without internet without having to be premium to inform you that I use the...
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I want to add track to a queue and remove track from the queue
I want to add track to a queue and remove track from the queue
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Hi:How can you check which artists have Santiago (CL) as the city with the most listeners. For example, Michael Jackson, Isao Tomita, The Alan Parsons Project have Santiago (Chile) as the city with the most listeners. Is there a way to make a query t...
Hi: How can you check which artists have Santiago (CL) as the city with the most listeners. For example, Michael Jackson, Isao Tomita, The Alan Parsons Project have Santiago (Chile) as the city with...
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Dear Support,there's an ongoing issue for a really long time, people keep reporting this and you guys close those as fixed every time (I saw many archive topics about this), but this is still a huge bug and issue. Take a look at the attached screensh...
Dear Support, there's an ongoing issue for a really long time, people keep reporting this and you guys close those as fixed every time (I saw many archive topics about this), but this is still a hug...
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