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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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Rate limit unreasonably high after one single 429 response.

Im currently developing a web application utilizing the spotify web api. At first I didnt completely read through the documentation and soon encountered 429 errors. As I didn't have any mechanisms implemented to prevent my application from requesting...

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Im currently developing a web application utilizing the spotify web api. At first I didnt completely read through the documentation and soon encountered 429 errors. As I didn't have any mechanisms im...

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Spotify embed only playin preview on webserver

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceRaspberry PiOperating SystemRaspbian My Question or Issue Hello, I am trying to embed a spotify player into a html webapge on my Rpi.The issue I have is that the embed is only playing a preview of the playlist's songs. When...

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Plan Free Country France Device Raspberry Pi Operating System Raspbian   My Question or Issue   Hello, I am trying to embed a spotify player into a html webapge on my Rpi. The i...

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Some track previews do not exist

Hi, it appears that some track previews don't exist, even though the Web API returns a URL. For example, the track with the ID:6OON4kMjTFqARMFrRbmlwyhas the following link to the preview:https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/b004ed71b638a0037a7bb895037179142...

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Hi, it appears that some track previews don't exist, even though the Web API returns a URL.   For example, the track with the ID: 6OON4kMjTFqARMFrRbmlwy has the following link to the previ...

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Make visual equalizers and screensavers great again

I use Spotify on the PC, phone and tvI loved old school Winamp application or even ancient Windows Music player from 2000s.They all had a screensaver and full screen mode with all sorts of visual loop to musicPerhaps with reach of Spotify it would be...

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I use Spotify on the PC, phone and tv I loved old school Winamp application or even ancient Windows Music player from 2000s.They all had a screensaver and full screen mode with all sorts of visual l...

imposterfromamongus

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INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid client

export const authEndPoint = "https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize";const clientID = "7799cdc7bf7441ca8b1be906859e0fc8";const redirectUri = "http://localhost:3000/";const scopes = [ "user-read-currently-playing", "user-read-recently-played", "user-r...

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export const authEndPoint = "https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize"; const clientID = "7799cdc7bf7441ca8b1be906859e0fc8"; const redirectUri = "http://localhost:3000/"; const scopes = [ &nbsp...

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Is authentication required for each API request?

I have been through the authentication process which gives my Spotify app the necessary permissions to, for instance, create a playlist on my own Spotify account. I did so by opening the below URL in my browser, which led me to a Spotify page where I...

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I have been through the authentication process which gives my Spotify app the necessary permissions to, for instance, create a playlist on my own Spotify account.   I did so by opening the bel...

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App authorization
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Web Playback SDK lifecycle

Hi, I'm building a web application using the Web Playback SDK. First of all, I am absolutely thrilled how easy it was to get going with this and the features that it provides. I'm struggling to find information on the following: My web application is...

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Hi,   I'm building a web application using the Web Playback SDK. First of all, I am absolutely thrilled how easy it was to get going with this and the features that it provides. I'm struggling...

TheDDtMM

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Web Playback SDK 502 Bad Gateway
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whyyy api. just why

i just spent an embarrassing amount of openai assistant tokens to figure out that i have the reading comprehension skills of a goldfish. api, why must you pluralize the object type in your response if the request is singular? request:curl --request G...

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i just spent an embarrassing amount of openai assistant tokens to figure out that i have the reading comprehension skills of a goldfish.   api, why must you pluralize the object type in your r...

daydream-nation

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Behaviour of "Unfollow Playlist" with respect to playlist limit

Hi all! I'm currently working on an app that essentially wants to wipe the contents of a playlist, re-write it with a new set of tracks, and then trigger playout. I'm using the Web API and my original plan was:1. Remove all the songs via the "remove-...

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Hi all!   I'm currently working on an app that essentially wants to wipe the contents of a playlist, re-write it with a new set of tracks, and then trigger playout.   I'm using the Web ...

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Adding apostrophe to app name broke my developer account

Hi from Sweden! I'm a student in computer science and engineering working on a side project which utilise the Spotify Web API. I think I have accidentally manage to brake my developer account by adding an apostrophe into the App name... For my side p...

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Hi from Sweden!     I'm a student in computer science and engineering working on a side project which utilise the Spotify Web API. I think I have accidentally manage to brake my deve...

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Bad Gateway error but not constantly

Hi there, We are using the Spotify API for publishing & updating playlists and we noticed sometimes we get the "Bad Gateway" error. What is weird is it doesn't happen constantly. Even for the same request sent multiple times, sometimes works just fin...

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Hi there,   We are using the Spotify API for publishing & updating playlists and we noticed sometimes we get the "Bad Gateway" error.  What is weird is it doesn't happen constantly. ...

ReubenF

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Pulling top songs data from playlist

I am trying to pull the tracks data from Top 100 playlist.Below is the error I am getting while calling spotify api requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='accounts.spotify.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/token (C...

Newbie

I am trying to pull the tracks data from Top 100 playlist. Below is the error I am getting while calling spotify api   requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='accounts.spotify...

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Spotify SDK on Android TV

Does Spotify support Android TV?I want to develop an application to control the Spotify app using Spotify SDK on Android TV, Google Chromecast TV and Amazon Firestick TV are the targets

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Does Spotify support Android TV? I want to develop an application to control the Spotify app using Spotify SDK on Android TV, Google Chromecast TV and Amazon Firestick TV are the targets

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Playlist API: Genres not shown

When calling the Get Playlist endpoint, according to documentation you're supposed to see an artist's genres (tracks.items.track.artists.genres), however this value is always missing.For any given track's artist you could call the Get Artist endpoint...

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When calling the Get Playlist endpoint, according to documentation you're supposed to see an artist's genres (tracks.items.track.artists.genres), however this value is always missing. For any given ...

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Awful Update

I just saw that Spotify removed the option to add an older playlist to my profile after I've made it public. I reached out to customer support and was basically told "Nope. You can't do that anymore." The reason given was that Spotify often changes t...

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I just saw that Spotify removed the option to add an older playlist to my profile after I've made it public. I reached out to customer support and was basically told "Nope. You can't do that anymore....

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Search by Metadata?

Plan: Premium, Country: United States, Device: Mac, Operating System, MacOSMy Question or IssueIs there a way to search for a song with metadata about the song (other than title, artist, or album, or recommendations)? For example, if I want to search...

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Plan: Premium, Country: United States, Device: Mac, Operating System, MacOS My Question or Issue Is there a way to search for a song with metadata about the song ...

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App review for quote too long

Since 22 November 2023 my app with client id f6283e89e22843deb2d46304fa7c6b98 in review status

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Since 22 November 2023 my app with client id f6283e89e22843deb2d46304fa7c6b98 in review status

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Categories by market?!

My Question or Issue What happened to the markets parameter in the categories API? Without this the feature is basically crippled. See https://everynoise.com/worldbrowser.cgi which now inanely returns the same generic results instead of regional ones...

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My Question or Issue   What happened to the markets parameter in the categories API? Without this the feature is basically crippled. See   https://everynoise.com/worldbrowser.cgi ...

glenn_mcdonald

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Solved!! Am I understanding the client options available to us correctly?

Hi all - after going through the Web API & playback SDK documentation I think I get what is & is not allowed, but before I start shooting myself in the face due to ignorance: can anyone tell me if the below understandings are incorrect?Web API:- I ca...

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Hi all - after going through the Web API & playback SDK documentation I think I get what is & is not allowed, but before I start shooting myself in the face due to ignorance: can anyone tell ...

Ximzend

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Question about banned uses of API

Hello everyone! The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product". I have a question about what this means in practical terms. Let's say I'm...

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Hello everyone!   The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product".   I ha...

Prague

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