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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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Spotify eSDK License

I had submitted the hardware partner application form without System Integrator for Spotify eSDK access. I am yet to get any response regarding the application. Please let know how long it takes to process the hardware partner application form.

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I had submitted the hardware partner application form without System Integrator for Spotify eSDK access. I am yet to get any response regarding the application. Please let know how long it takes to p...

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Check If User Follows Artists or Users API returns inconsistent results

PlanFreeCountryMultiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location) DeviceWEB/CurlOperating SystemOSX/Linux My Question or IssueAPI to check if current user is following artist returns inconsistent results. If I'm running it from my ...

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Plan Free Country Multiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location)   Device WEB/Curl Operating System OSX/Linux   My Question or Issue API to check if curren...

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How to start random playback of favorite tracks filtered by period on Spotify?

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceiPhone 13 ProOperating SystemiOS 15 My Question or Issue Hi everyone,I would like to know how it is possible to start random playback of favorite tracks on Spotify, filtering them by period. For example, I would like to p...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device iPhone 13 Pro Operating System iOS 15   My Question or Issue   Hi everyone, I would like to know how it is possible to start random playback...

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Pagination of Playlist Tracks with Fields

When requesting a playlist via GET playlist the value of "next" in the paginated tracks includes the same fields. This link, however, is for the get playlist items endpoint and as such the format for the fields may change. For instance my fields quer...

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When requesting a playlist via GET playlist the value of "next" in the paginated tracks includes the same fields. This link, however, is for the get playlist items endpoint and as such the ...

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Is it possible to play a music in the API?

Hello, I'm current doing a project that i need to play a users song in his playlist. but I notice that it's not possible to play a music of spotify out of the own spotify. I want to know if it's possible to play a music in my python aplication using ...

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Hello, I'm current doing a project that i need to play a users song in his playlist. but I notice that it's not possible to play a music of spotify out of the own spotify. I want to know if it's poss...

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How I can ask to check/unban my server IP from Spotify?

PlanPremiumCountryFrance Operating SystemLinux debian 11.My Question or IssueI think my IP is blocked when I request a data from my server. I've got 403 err. How I can ask to Spotify directly to unban my IP?

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Plan Premium Country France   Operating System Linux debian 11. My Question or Issue I think my IP is blocked when I request a data from my server. I've got 403 err. How I can ask to Spo...

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Get Playlist Items endpoint does not return artist images

The Get Playlist Items endpoint specifies that, for each artists array for each track item, an array of artist images are returned. For example: { "items": [{ "track": { "artists": [{ "images": [{ "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca...

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The Get Playlist Items endpoint specifies that, for each artists array for each track item, an array of artist images are returned. For example:   { "items": [{ "track": { "artists": [{ ...

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Solved!! Get Recommendations by seed_genres not working (empty list)

PlanPremiumCountryPTDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemMacOSX Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres is provided. This is new, it was working yesterday.What did change and how can I make it work a...

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Plan Premium Country PT Device Macbook Pro Operating System MacOSX   Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres  is provide...

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How to play music with endpoint me/player/play in jetpackcompose

@Headers("Authorization: Bearer ${Constants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER}")@PUT("v1/me/player/play")fun play( @Header("Content-Type") contentType: String, @Body body: PlayRequestBody) : CallViewModelfun playMusic(contextUri: String) { val requestBody = PlayR...

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@Headers("Authorization: Bearer ${Constants.AUTHORIZATION_HEADER}") @PUT("v1/me/player/play") fun play( @Header("Content-Type") contentType: String, @Body body: PlayRequestBody ) : Call&...

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Solved!! Is there a way to play a song or playlist using the web api or sdk?

Hi,As stated in the subject, is there a way I can play a specific song or set of songs in a playlist via the Web API or Web SDK? I've far as I've found, the closest I can get to playing a song or playlist is via adding to queue or skipping to the nex...

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Hi, As stated in the subject, is there a way I can play a specific song or set of songs in a playlist via the Web API or Web SDK?  I've far as I've found, the closest I can get to playing a s...

Ximzend

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Search Endpoint returning the same result for the majority of calls when using ISRC

PlanPremiumCountryGBDeviceMacbook Pro M1 My Question or IssueCalling the search endpoint with a valid isrc search value appears to be returning the same false song in the majority of cases. This is functionality that was working until today.e.g.Searc...

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Plan Premium Country GB Device Macbook Pro M1   My Question or Issue Calling the search endpoint with a valid isrc search value appears to be returning the same false song in the majorit...

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Solved!! Web API Search Endpoint returns wrong track, Market[US]

I tried requesting a couple songs but the API returns the wrong track.Here's an example for me trying to get Kendrick Lamar's euphoria: Here was the response:It goes on like this for some songs in the US market. 

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I tried requesting a couple songs but the API returns the wrong track. Here's an example for me trying to get Kendrick Lamar's euphoria:   Here was the response: It goes on like this...

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`Get Artist` API endpoint responds with result in inconsistent format

Hi all, I've found the following inconsistency in API endpoint response format: when I request the endpoint Get Track, I get the response formatted pretty and all integer values are presented like the should be (without any floating points):$ curl -s...

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Hi all, I've found the following inconsistency in API endpoint response format:   when I request the endpoint Get Track, I get the response formatted pretty and all integer values are pre...

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Documentation mismatch maximum number of track IDs in API Get Several Tracks

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceDesktopOperating SystemDoes not matter My Question or IssueAPI call Get Several Tracks describes in the documentation:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-tracks Argument ids string Maxim...

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Plan Premium Country NL Device Desktop Operating System Does not matter   My Question or Issue API call Get Several Tracks describes in the documentation: https://developer.spotify.co...

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Get Artist's Albums no longer accepts "album_type"

On today's episode of Spotify API breaking for no reason, the Web API used to accept album_type param when getting artists albums, even though the docs say the name of the param is include_groups. Today they have updated the API to align with the doc...

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On today's episode of Spotify API breaking for no reason, the Web API used to accept album_type param when getting artists albums, even though the docs say the name of the param is include_group...

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Is there a way to paste album URLs into a playlist?

DeviceMackbook Pro My Question or IssueI've written a script which copies all the Spotify URLs from a Twitter thread so you can paste them into a playlist and listen to them all. The problem is that only tracks get added. In the attached example.txt ...

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Device Mackbook Pro   My Question or Issue I've written a script which copies all the Spotify URLs from a Twitter thread so you can paste them into a playlist and listen to them all. The pro...

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Solved!! Storing Data

I'm building an app to help analyze your Spotify data and at first I wanted to rank possibly thousands of artists on all sorts of metrics. However, the API calls to get all the data for each artist even using the many "get several" endpoints would st...

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I'm building an app to help analyze your Spotify data and at first I wanted to rank possibly thousands of artists on all sorts of metrics. However, the API calls to get all the data for each artist e...

Ximzend

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Get Artist's Albums API not returning all results for certain pages

The end point Get Artist's Albums https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums when ID is 0blbVefuxOGltDBa00dspv and include_groups is album,single,compilation, returns a total of 85 albums. On the first page, it properly lists the default limit of...

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The end point Get Artist's Albums https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums when ID is 0blbVefuxOGltDBa00dspv and include_groups is album,single,compilation, returns a total of 85 albums. On the...

ackmanx

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Scope Extension 3 months?

I am at the 3-month mark of waiting for my second scope extension request to be reviewed/approved.My first scope extension was granted in about 30 days; I am wondering if there is something I should be doing to get this request reviewed? Is Spotify w...

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I am at the 3-month mark of waiting for my second scope extension request to be reviewed/approved. My first scope extension was granted in about 30 days; I am wondering if there is something I sho...

Naianasha

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Create Playlist Response contains Null instead of the owner.display_name

Create Playlist Resposne contains Null instead of the owner.display_name test request via Developers Documentation sectionand the same issue for direct api calls

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Create Playlist Resposne contains Null instead of the owner.display_name   test request via Developers Documentation section and the same issue for direct api calls

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