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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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  • Reemface
  • Casual Listener
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Artist Genres not being returned from /tracks route

Hey all! I'm making requests to the GET /tracks, and whereas the documentation here states that genres will be returned within the artists field, I'm seeing that's not the case in my responses. Is this no longer supported within the API?

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  • Hey all!   I'm making requests to the GET /tracks, and whereas the documentation here states that genres will be returned within the artists field, I'm seeing that's not the case in my respons...
  • tintin10q
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Can We Use Spotify Name and Logo for FaucetSounds Application Marketing

Hello Spotify Team, I hope this email finds you well. My name is Hamza Mahmood(Senior Software Engineer), and I am the developer behind the FaucetSounds Application. We are excited to inform you that we are utilizing the Spotify SDK and Public API to...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello Spotify Team,   I hope this email finds you well. My name is Hamza Mahmood(Senior Software Engineer), and I am the developer behind the FaucetSounds Application. We are excited to inform...
  • Ximzend
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  • Spotify Name and Logo for FaucetSounds Application Marketing
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Wordpress elementor spotify

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My questionHello,I've just integrated spotify playlists on my kliversmedia.com/k2m page but I'm having a problem....

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My question Hello, I'v...
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Design Guidelines Clarification

I recently submitted a quota increase request and it was rejected for the following reason:Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a Spotify logo and a link back to the applicable artist, album, track, or playlist on the Spotify ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I recently submitted a quota increase request and it was rejected for the following reason: Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a Spotify logo and a link back to the appli...
  • vladllen1054
  • Newbie
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Search query for type:artist not working

I've been struggling for consistent results using the search API. I've posted a couple times before sharing inconsistencies from results. As of today, any search with type:artist returns no results. This is also true in the search documentation (so i...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been struggling for consistent results using the search API. I've posted a couple times before sharing inconsistencies from results. As of today, any search with type:artist returns no results. ...
  • ammonha
  • Casual Listener
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  • Possible Bug
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Multiple related albums exists, but API only returns one

I've written an app which lets me to flag certain albums as 'featured' within my app, which has been working fine, but I noticed today that some albums which I was sure I had flagged had lost their flag, so I looked into it a bit further. After pulli...

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  • I've written an app which lets me to flag certain albums as 'featured' within my app, which has been working fine, but I noticed today that some albums which I was sure I had flagged had lost their f...
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  • Possible Bug
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Solved!! Issues with /artists/albums

I'm having issues getting an artist's albums from the API. Using the form at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-artists-albums I use the following values:id = 7n2Ycct7Beij7Dj7meI4X0limit = 50 The response says total ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm having issues getting an artist's albums from the API.   Using the form at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-artists-albums  I use the followi...
  • rsouthward
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  • Possible Bug
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get-artist-albums: market parameter

Hi, i was looking a little into the api, especifically to the endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums In this example https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-artist-albums/?id=02kJSzxNuaWGqwubyUba0Z&include_groups=single&limit=2&offs...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, i was looking a little into the api, especifically to the endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums   In this example  https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-...
  • rsouthward
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Jam Carplay integration

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceiPhone 13 proOperating SystemiOS 17.2.1 My Question or IssueI've been searching for a way to quickly and easily start a jam and share the link/qr code with car passengers. My first thought was to create a siri shortcut to c...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device iPhone 13 pro Operating System iOS 17.2.1   My Question or Issue I've been searching for a way to quickly and easily start a jam and share the link/qr c...
  • Ximzend
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Iframe embedcontroller.play() broken

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 ...

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  • 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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Spotify Artist stats in API

Can we get the Spotify artists stats in the API, eg. play count, plays per playlist etc etc. this would be amazing information for labels and agencies, especially if we could have this in our own dashboards/tools

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  • Can we get the Spotify artists stats in the API, eg. play count, plays per playlist etc etc. this would be amazing information for labels and agencies, especially if we could have this in our own das...
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  • Feature Request
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iframe API player autoplay

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...

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  • 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, &...
  • algoflows
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  • Can't autoplay
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Using Spotify api's with react native

I am developing for android; I am trying to call spotify's api, I'm not really getting the kotlin and Java stuffs for react native

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  • I am developing for android; I am trying to call spotify's api, I'm not really getting the kotlin and Java stuffs for react native
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stuck need help

when i call api to get authorization code to get access token , it directly gives me access token instead of authorization code .but the point is the access token will be expired in 1 hr so i have to use api of refresh token which required the author...

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  • when i call api to get authorization code to get access token , it directly gives me access token instead of authorization code . but the point is the access token will be expired in 1 hr so i have ...
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Advertising

PlanPremiumCountryAustralia Device My Question or IssueWhy is Spotify putting loads of ads in when I am listening to podcasts? I am Premium member & though that ads should be removed?

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  •   Plan Premium Country Australia  Device   My Question or Issue Why is Spotify putting loads of ads in when I am listening to podcasts?  I am Premium member & though t...
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Embedded playlist to website not working

I've built-in several embedded playlists to different websites with different Spotify-accounts, but they're all not working at the moment. "Sorry, that's not currently available. This content is not available in your country." is the error-message po...

  • Visitor
  • I've built-in several embedded playlists to different websites with different Spotify-accounts, but they're all not working at the moment. "Sorry, that's not currently available. This content is not ...
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401 Permissions missing. When Attempting to Play Track.

I am trying to play a track on my app using spotify-web-api-node: https://github.com/caseysiebel/spotify-clone/blob/main/components/Song.tsx#L19 When I fire off this call to spotifyApi.play(), I am getting this error back WebapiRegularError: An error...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am trying to play a track on my app using spotify-web-api-node:  https://github.com/caseysiebel/spotify-clone/blob/main/components/Song.tsx#L19   When I fire off this call to&nbsp...
  • vuchint
  • Newbie
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    Permission
    Play
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How to identify the real name of a track

PlanPremiumMy Question or IssueDear all, I am experiencing difficulty figuring out information about a track, such as the name and corresponding artist.The track_id in my dataset is lost, but I do have other audio features through Spotify API such as...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium My Question or Issue Dear all,  I am experiencing difficulty figuring out information about a track, such as the name and corresponding artist. The track_id in my dataset is los...
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Multiple Web Playback SDK instances

When developing my app I initially had no cleanup function to remove my listeners and to disconnect the player. Due to this I have 4 instances of the Web Playback Sdk that are available when selecting a playback device. Is there a way of cleaning tho...

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  • When developing my app I initially had no cleanup function to remove my listeners and to disconnect the player. Due to this I have 4 instances of the Web Playback Sdk that are available when selectin...
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