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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...
PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicePC / PycharmOperating SystemLinuxMy Question or Issuei have a python script that uses spotipy to pull my saved tracks so i can delete all duplicates.its 17k songs deep so it already takes a long time but for some re...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device PC / Pycharm Operating System Linux My Question or Issue i have a python script that uses spotipy to pull my saved tracks so i can delete all duplicat...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemiOS and Android My Question or IssueI am looking forward to integrate spotify api inside my mobile application . Does spotify offer that feature where ...
Plan Free/Premium Country US Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System iOS and Android My Question or Issue I am looking forward to integr...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryPolandDeviceLenovo Yoga C940-14IILOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhe trying to get audio features of a certain spotify track I always get the 429 error response, no matter how many tracks are accessed. The error...
Plan Free/Premium Country Poland Device Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Whe trying to get audio features of a certain spotify track I always g...
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So I know this has been discussed before and devices like the Mightyvibe allow users to control Spotify playback without a smartphone. The device I am trying to make is a little different than the vibe. I want it to output the audio as well as contro...
So I know this has been discussed before and devices like the Mightyvibe allow users to control Spotify playback without a smartphone. The device I am trying to make is a little different than the vi...
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Hi, I would like to suggest to the design team to update the Spotify icon to macOS Sonoma standard. It looks very strange to have all square icons and just the round Spotify icon in the dock. Please, I ask you to do this. I have a certain level of co...
Hi, I would like to suggest to the design team to update the Spotify icon to macOS Sonoma standard. It looks very strange to have all square icons and just the round Spotify icon in the dock. Please,...
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PlanFreeCountrySpainDevicePCOperating SystemUbuntuMy Question or IssueHello!The code below returns 403 Forbbiden status and then getTopTracks() obviously returns undefined.As you can see, it get a token but something happens when getTopTracks() do a ...
Plan Free Country Spain Device PC Operating System Ubuntu My Question or Issue Hello! The code below returns 403 Forbbiden status and then getTopTracks() obviously returns undefined. A...
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I'm thinking about submitting a Microsoft Store (UWP) remote client. Meanwhile I deployed a "Developer version" the app on the Store asking the user to create their own Cliend ID. https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9N3662CGZW97 The application hav...
I'm thinking about submitting a Microsoft Store (UWP) remote client. Meanwhile I deployed a "Developer version" the app on the Store asking the user to create their own Cliend ID. htt...
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Hey, I run a Wedding DJ company and am looking to create an automation tool that will automatically convert a text file into a Spotify Playlist once the client clicks the 'Submit' button. I don't have any coding/developer experience and would gladly ...
Hey, I run a Wedding DJ company and am looking to create an automation tool that will automatically convert a text file into a Spotify Playlist once the client clicks the 'Submit' button. I don...
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PlanPremium CountryUSA/CANADA DeviceAndroid TV Operating SystemAndroid 11 My Question :Dear Spotify Team,I hope this message finds you well. My name is Viral, representing Nento Corporation (https://nento.com/), a provider of digital signage solution...
Plan Premium Country USA/CANADA Device Android TV Operating System Android 11 My Question : Dear Spotify Team, I hope this message finds you well. My name is...
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Im following the sample very closely but Im facing a loading error for authorisation token. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-pkce-flow const generateRandomString = (length) => { const possible = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST...
Im following the sample very closely but Im facing a loading error for authorisation token. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-pkce-flow const generateRa...
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PlanPremiumCountrycanadaDeviceiphone 15 pro maxOperating Systemios 17 My Question or Issuesince i paired my spotify with the swipify app (kinda like a tinder for discovering new songs) one of my playlists has been displaying the wrong length and amou...
Plan Premium Country canada Device iphone 15 pro max Operating System ios 17 My Question or Issue since i paired my spotify with the swipify app (kinda like a tinder for disc...
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Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the Spotify API approval process. We get it, the approval team's...
Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the ...
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Hello all, I hope someone can give me some insight into this issue. I have 2 different apps on the developer dashboard currently. Both of these use the playlist-modify-private scope. App 1 has been working great for months until I also authorized App...
Hello all, I hope someone can give me some insight into this issue. I have 2 different apps on the developer dashboard currently. Both of these use the playlist-modify-private scope. App ...
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This is my PlayerControls.jsx and I can't get next, previous songs or play/resume current-playing song:import React from "react"; import styled from "styled-components"; import { BsFillPlayCircleFill,BsFillPauseCircleFill,BsShuffle, } from "react-ico...
This is my PlayerControls.jsx and I can't get next, previous songs or play/resume current-playing song: import React from "react"; import styled from "styled-components"; import { BsFillPlayCircle...
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For artists, it is possible to see how much a song got streamed within a specific playlist. Is it also possible as a playlist owner to see which song got streamed how often? If so, which API code is needed to get this information? I would appreciate ...
For artists, it is possible to see how much a song got streamed within a specific playlist. Is it also possible as a playlist owner to see which song got streamed how often? If so, which API...
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Last 3 days I can’t play my downloads offline. When I press a downloaded album I get a pop up that says I’m offline go to settings. Only way I can play is to go online. What the **bleep** is the purpose of downloading to an app that won’t play them? ...
Last 3 days I can’t play my downloads offline. When I press a downloaded album I get a pop up that says I’m offline go to settings. Only way I can play is to go online. What the **bleep** is the purp...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryU.S.DeviceAPIOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueCurrently hitting the search endpoint defined here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/searchAs mentioned, an array of images should provided alo...
Plan Free/Premium Country U.S. Device API Operating System Linux My Question or Issue Currently hitting the search endpoint defined here: https://developer.spotify.com/documenta...
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The playlist creation endpoint (docs) is frequently returning HTTP error code 502 and a response body that looks like: {"error": {"status": 502, "message": "Error while loading resource" } } This has completely broken the app that I develop, and is t...
The playlist creation endpoint (docs) is frequently returning HTTP error code 502 and a response body that looks like: {"error": {"status": 502, "message": "Error while loading resource" } }...
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I'm looking to get a list of all collaborators invited to a playlist through the API. So far, the only way I've found to do this is to iterate through every track in the playlist and check who added to it. This is incredibly resource intensive and do...
I'm looking to get a list of all collaborators invited to a playlist through the API. So far, the only way I've found to do this is to iterate through every track in the playlist and check who added ...
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i have been working on this app using the WEB-API and prior to a week ago both tracks and artist fetch requests worked just fine but now the artist fetch request returns an empty array but the tracks works perfectly fine.
i have been working on this app using the WEB-API and prior to a week ago both tracks and artist fetch requests worked just fine but now the artist fetch request returns an empty array but the tracks...
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