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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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Solved!! Game development similar to Hitster.

Hello, I am in the process of developing a music-based interactive game, similar to Hitster, in which players will guess songs based on audio fragments and related clues. The game would utilize music tracks available on the Spotify platform.I would l...

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Hello, I am in the process of developing a music-based interactive game, similar to Hitster, in which players will guess songs based on audio fragments and related clues. The game would utilize music...

wialho

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Can I get an access token without creating an app.I am trying to use it for my project but I dot pla

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

Ximzend

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client credential flow question

Hey all,I just got started with Spotify API and was building a little fun project for me and my friends.Now lets say im using client credential flow.It creates an access token and then uses that to pick up a random song from our favourite artists.Aft...

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Hey all, I just got started with Spotify API and was building a little fun project for me and my friends. Now lets say im using client credential flow. It creates an access token and then uses t...

pentin

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Get Featured Playlists - missing discover weekly

You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives. The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox community alive, told me that you have not given us any option to get thes...

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You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives.   The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox comm...

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Idiotic Deprecated API
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Audio features in spotify API

i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?

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i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?  

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SpotifyR -Create Playlist

My Question or IssueHas anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated. Error in token$sign(req$method, req$url): attempt to apply non-functionRequest fail...

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  My Question or Issue Has anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated.   Error in toke...

todachafa

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Superuser Contribution Apps no longer showing in Developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or IssueI’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode which no longer appear in my Developer dashboard. I’m not sure why this ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser   My Question or Issue I’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode ...

ThePodfather

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Superuser Contribution App architecture to avoid Spotify Web API rate penalizing

We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine.But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major concern is that our users will all be coming from diffe...

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We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine. But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major ...

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How Can I Automate Playlist Customization in Spotify Using the Web API?

Hi Spotify Developer Community,I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API itself offers robust features, I’ve encountered some...

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Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API...

Developeris

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Solved!! Can't retrieve Spotify-based playlists

I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are in my Library, but the "real" SpotMyBackup does. I'...

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I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are ...

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[AAOS]How to use Spotify SDK in Android Automotive App

Dear Spotify: I'm an Android developer, I'm working on an Android Automotive app.I want to integrate the Spotify SDK into my App instead of connecting to the Spotify App via Spotify-app-remote.Is there a Spotify SDK for Android Automotive can use wit...

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Dear Spotify:         I'm an Android developer, I'm working on an Android Automotive app.I want to integrate the Spotify SDK into my App instead of conne...

HabeebAhmed

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Bookmark Manager App for Android

PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi. I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs. It let's you create, edit and remove Bookmarks for an albums (I use it mostly for Audio Books) but works also for podcast e...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hi.    I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs.  It let's you create, edit a...

Tomfried

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Getting sudden 429 errors on my project

My app which uses the '/me' and '/me/tracks' endpoints has suddenly started giving me 429 rate limit errors. My app was working fine until a few hours ago.Did I get rate limited?

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My app which uses the '/me' and '/me/tracks' endpoints has suddenly started giving me 429 rate limit errors. My app was working fine until a few hours ago. Did I get rate limited?

NickXitco

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Playlist cover updated via the API has a delay of hours before updating

Hello, Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API.Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our app. After a couple of hours, he checked and the new cover was upd...

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Hello,   Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API. Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our ap...

NickXitco

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How can I retrieve all playlists containing a specific song for a given user using the Spotify API?

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMicrosoft Windows LaptopOperating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueHere is an example of the output I'm trying to achieve. User A has the following songs and playlists:Songs: A, B, CPlaylists:Playlist 1: Song A, Song B...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device Microsoft Windows Laptop Operating System Win 11   My Question or Issue Here is an example of the output I'm trying to achieve. U...

NickXitco

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Feature Request
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Remote playback SDK and commercial SDA question

So our app is a commercial app that has a free and paid subscription tier, and our use case was to play videos in our app, and if the user selected spotify as a music source, we muted our audio and provided an in-app player to control spotify playbac...

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So our app is a commercial app that has a free and paid subscription tier, and our use case was to play videos in our app, and if the user selected spotify as a music source, we muted our audio and p...

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Install Widget on website

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(iPhone Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or IssueI am working with my developer to install a widget on my website. I have a personal Spotify account. I'd like to know if I can set up playlists and customize the widget f...

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Plan Premium Country US   Device (iPhone 😎 Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue I am working with my developer to install a widget on my website. I have a personal S...

Ximzend

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Widget Install
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Solved!! HTTP API: Missing preview_url in single track GET

Hi all, In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also single track get responses also have this field nulled out. Is that...

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Hi all,   In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also si...

Ximzend

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Deleting duplicate playlisted tracks

A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though. However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a playlist without spotify removing all instances of a track? The ...

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A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though.  However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a play...

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