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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...
PlanFreeCountry Device Operating System(Android Oreo） My Question or IssueHi Team, we have applied for the API Extension Request on Nov 23 but it's still unreviewed. Please kindly check for us. App name: silent angel
Plan Free Country Device Operating System (Android Oreo） My Question or Issue Hi Team, we have applied for the API Extension Request on Nov 23 but it's still unrev...
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Hello Support ,PlanPremiumCountryTRDeviceIphone 13Operating System16.3.1 My Question I am encountering an issue with the Spotify Web API in my application. When I try to restart a song after pausing it, I receive a 401 error. However, if I quickly pa...
Hello Support , Plan Premium Country TR Device Iphone 13 Operating System 16.3.1 My Question I am encountering an issue with the Spotify Web API in my application. When I try ...
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Since today it’s not possible anymore to play the song via the embed controller. It did works before thoughI’ve created a simple codepen example:https://codepen.io/inlet/pen/oNVZvNa/4cbea3abe4d01ad9e2ded39e48dcd179If the Spotify team can have a look ...
Since today it’s not possible anymore to play the song via the embed controller. It did works before though I’ve created a simple codepen example: https://codepen.io/inlet/pen/oNVZvNa/4cbea3abe...
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Feature Request:I would love if we could sort the podcast playlist by date added to the playlist, or oldest to newest or by author, just like we are able to do that with other playlists. Additionally, it would be really cool if the auto downloads had...
Feature Request: I would love if we could sort the podcast playlist by date added to the playlist, or oldest to newest or by author, just like we are able to do that with other playlists. &nb...
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I had to factory reset my phone and I tried downloading a playlist again and it said you cannot download this playlist delete the other downloaded song to free up space
I had to factory reset my phone and I tried downloading a playlist again and it said you cannot download this playlist delete the other downloaded song to free up space
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook ProOperating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.6.3 My Question or IssueThis is my first time building an application. I am writing code in Python. I am aiming to build something to put on resume and for personal bragging right...
Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro Operating System macOS Ventura 13.6.3 My Question or Issue This is my first time building an application. I am writing code in Pytho...
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Hello, I'm writing an app that integrates with spotify on Android and Windows. I'm using the PKCE Auth workflow. Recently, on my windows devices only, i started seeing users getting the "Make Sure You're A Human" prompt after logging in. I'm not seei...
Hello, I'm writing an app that integrates with spotify on Android and Windows. I'm using the PKCE Auth workflow. Recently, on my windows devices only, i started seeing users getting the "Make S...
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If I embed songs on Spotify (not just my own) on my web/app (with proper attribution to Spotify), can I legally allow for the full song to be streamed on the app (rather than directing back to Spotify)? PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsun...
If I embed songs on Spotify (not just my own) on my web/app (with proper attribution to Spotify), can I legally allow for the full song to be streamed on the app (rather than directing back to Spotif...
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I'm using the Spotify Web API to obtain tracks from playlists, and I ran into an issue where the `next` link seems to be incorrectly set when I set the `fields` parameter. Here's an example:First, fetch any arbitrary playlist that includes more than ...
I'm using the Spotify Web API to obtain tracks from playlists, and I ran into an issue where the `next` link seems to be incorrectly set when I set the `fields` parameter. Here's an example: First...
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Plan: FreeCountry: United Arab EmiratesDevice: HP Pavilion X360Operating System: Windows 11My Question or IssueI am trying to get an OAuth token to modify the current user's playlist. It's a portfolio project. When I test it, here's what happens:1. T...
Plan: Free Country: United Arab Emirates Device: HP Pavilion X360 Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue I am trying to get an OAuth token to modify the current user's p...
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When I connect to the Spotify app using the IOS SDK, it automatically starts playing a song. Is there a way to turn this off? Right now, the closest thing I have is pausing playback right after connection.
When I connect to the Spotify app using the IOS SDK, it automatically starts playing a song. Is there a way to turn this off? Right now, the closest thing I have is pausing playback right after conne...
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Hey!I got a development app setup and am using it's id/secret in my local environment.During local development I am regularly rebuilding my DB which will produce the exact same API Calls - my default development data is static (albeit growing).After ...
Hey! I got a development app setup and am using it's id/secret in my local environment. During local development I am regularly rebuilding my DB which will produce the exact same API Calls - my d...
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i had got the above html codes to embed spotify on my website, but why does it still play only a few seconds, i need it to play the full song
<iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/03LqwNthCdumIppHOpeEkl?utm_source=generator&theme=0" width="100%" height="352" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="...
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PlanFreeCountryUK Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi guys, I was wondering whether there is a way of making embed iframe podcast player to start auto...
Plan Free Country UK Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hi guys, &...
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PlanPremium but irrelevant hereCountryIndia DeviceWeb APIs on my browser Operating SystemMacOS ( Latest ) My Question or IssueWhen you look up a track using the search APIs you get an list of object. There are some missing keys in the response. Pleas...
Plan Premium but irrelevant here Country India Device Web APIs on my browser Operating System MacOS ( Latest ) My Question or Issue When you look up a t...
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Hello, I have been developing a website for a small publisher, and it only uses Spotify's Web API for the ability to pre-save upcoming releases. The first quota extension request was denied because"Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accomp...
Hello, I have been developing a website for a small publisher, and it only uses Spotify's Web API for the ability to pre-save upcoming releases. The first quota extension request was denied ...
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Hello,my proplem is if I run the code/call the function I get a 404 error but the structur of the api is correct, bc i can call other things with the token + "url". Can somebody help me or has the same issue ?Code:def get_current_track(token url = "h...
Hello, my proplem is if I run the code/call the function I get a 404 error but the structur of the api is correct, bc i can call other things with the token + "url". Can somebody help me or has the ...
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I'm looking to write a desktop application. I'd rather not require certain ports be open for my app to receive the auth code via the redirect URI. Given this, and given there does not seem to be an option to wild-card ports when registering redirect ...
I'm looking to write a desktop application. I'd rather not require certain ports be open for my app to receive the auth code via the redirect URI. Given this, and given there does not ...
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Hi - Access token exportation is documented at 1 hour, but I cannot see anything indicating that the authorization code (i.e.: what is sent to the redirect URL after you point the user's browser to the 'authorize' endpoint). Does this mean that it's ...
Hi - Access token exportation is documented at 1 hour, but I cannot see anything indicating that the authorization code (i.e.: what is sent to the redirect URL after you point the user's browser to t...
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I've been developing an app that involves artist's genres. When I make the request to get the genres from a specific artist, i got in return an alphabetically sorted array of the genres. My main problem is that, in most of the cases, there's one genr...
I've been developing an app that involves artist's genres. When I make the request to get the genres from a specific artist, i got in return an alphabetically sorted array of the genres. My main prob...
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