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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...
Have used premium account credential in spotify web api and used "Authorization code" flow to get access token. I can able to access profile detail by using the token but when trying to play the song by episode uri in this link "https://api.spotify.c...
Have used premium account credential in spotify web api and used "Authorization code" flow to get access token. I can able to access profile detail by using the token but when trying to play the song...
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I would like to have access to a filter so that I can have data on artists who are female or LGBTQIA from a certain genre of music.
I would like to have access to a filter so that I can have data on artists who are female or LGBTQIA from a certain genre of music.
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PlanPremium CountryBelgium DeviceChrome/Edge and Firefox Operating SystemWindows 11/Android My Question or IssueWhen embedding a Spotify podcast episode it will only show the first 30 seconds on android/chrome/edge. In firefox I can listen to the ful...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Chrome/Edge and Firefox Operating System Windows 11/Android My Question or Issue When embedding a Spotify podcast episode ...
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PlanFreeCountryIndia DeviceWeb APIOperating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueUsing the Spotify Java API (https://github.com/spotify-web-api-java/spotify-web-api-java/), I am not able to get the list of devices. Its showing the following exception: se....
Plan Free Country India Device Web API Operating System MacOS My Question or Issue Using the Spotify Java API (https://github.com/spotify-web-api-java/spotify-web-api-j...
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PlanFreeCountryGreeceOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. When I try to make a request using the parameter "include_groups" either...
Plan Free Country Greece Operating System (Windows 10) My Question or Issue I try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. ...
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I am building an mobile app that will allow users to search for songs on Spotify. Since I won't require the user to have a Spotify account, I'll need to use Client Credentials on a server. Is it appropriate to return the generated access token to the...
I am building an mobile app that will allow users to search for songs on Spotify. Since I won't require the user to have a Spotify account, I'll need to use Client Credentials on a server. I...
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Hello everyone, I hope this email finds you well. I have thoroughly reviewed the guidelines and would like to seek direct feedback on a specific concern. As a web development student with a passion for Spotify, I have undertaken a project to "reprodu...
Hello everyone, I hope this email finds you well. I have thoroughly reviewed the guidelines and would like to seek direct feedback on a specific concern. As a web developmen...
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My Question or IssueHey people, i am currently developing a react native app using supabase. I am able to sign in using the pkce flow, but i am now stuck at refreshing the spotify token. I am receiving an error response but sadly without any further ...
My Question or Issue Hey people, i am currently developing a react native app using supabase. I am able to sign in using the pkce flow, but i am now stuck at refreshing the spotify to...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe new video function is really cool, but I have to enable the video for each new song that I play. It would be great if I could enable it once and have it stay act...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue The new video function is really cool, but I have to enable the video for each ne...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryAnyDeviceiPhone, Android phoneOperating SystemiOS, Android My Question or IssueHi Spotify,Our team is interested in developing an application that would enable users to speak through a Bluetooth microphone to play specified son...
Plan Free/Premium Country Any Device iPhone, Android phone Operating System iOS, Android My Question or Issue Hi Spotify, Our team is interested in developing an application that wo...
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PlanNot relevant, happens in both free/premium DeviceNot relevant; not device related. Operating SystemNot relevant; not OS related. My Question or IssueCurrently the Get Playlists and Get Current User's Playlists endpoints are not working properly w...
Plan Not relevant, happens in both free/premium Device Not relevant; not device related. Operating System Not relevant; not OS related. My Question or Issue Currently t...
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When I search "Pour les hommes" which is the french name of "You're welcome" of Moana, I get different results depending of the scenaria.If I search when logged in the application, I get different results than if I do the request anonymously of with ...
When I search "Pour les hommes" which is the french name of "You're welcome" of Moana, I get different results depending of the scenaria. If I search when logged in the application, I get different ...
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If I turn off “show listening activity” for myself, can I still see others’ listening activities? Thanks
If I turn off “show listening activity” for myself, can I still see others’ listening activities? Thanks
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My patience has officially run out. I share a lot of my playlists so a lot of people use them and follow them but the thing is every SINGLE day 1-4 of my playlists are deleted to the point no one can access them anymore except me.I contacted Spotify ...
My patience has officially run out. I share a lot of my playlists so a lot of people use them and follow them but the thing is every SINGLE day 1-4 of my playlists are deleted to the point no one can...
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Hey, does usage of the API also inlcude the legal rights to use the music or is it merely the technical solution of providing the music?
Hey, does usage of the API also inlcude the legal rights to use the music or is it merely the technical solution of providing the music?
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Hi all, I am developing a custom player mobile app, it will play songs from Spotify, but I can only get preview_url which provide 30s of the song.Is it possible to get full song of Spotify using Web API or iOS SDK? Thank you so much.
Hi all, I am developing a custom player mobile app, it will play songs from Spotify, but I can only get preview_url which provide 30s of the song. Is it possible to get full song of Spotify using We...
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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. Even for the same request sent multiple times, sometimes works just fin...
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. ...
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I received a notification that my quota extension request was not approved for my website using data received from Spotify API. The message contains general reasons why, of course. But the website has a lot of features, and I don't know which ones I ...
I received a notification that my quota extension request was not approved for my website using data received from Spotify API. The message contains general reasons why, of course. But the websi...
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Hello, I am having trouble getting approval for an extension quota as I have been rejected twice. I have received the following feedback: - Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing ...
Hello, I am having trouble getting approval for an extension quota as I have been rejected twice. I have received the following feedback: - Modifies any Spotify visual content,...
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I get a 400 (Bad Request) response when I query the search API for this particular query. The error is likely to be because the query is too long as it works when I shorten it, no matter whether I delete some at the beginning or some at the end or so...
I get a 400 (Bad Request) response when I query the search API for this particular query. The error is likely to be because the query is too long as it works when I shorten it, no matter whether I de...
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