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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
  • 2218 Views
  • 9 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 2218 Views
  • 9 replies
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Solved!! iFrame API script not working

Since yesterday the iFrame API widget stopped working. https://open.spotify.com/embed/iframe-api/v1 includes the script https://embed-cdn.spotifycdn.com/embed/_next/static/iframe_api.e0ba1237fa40e188feef.jswhich can no longer be found (404). Either t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Since yesterday the iFrame API widget stopped working.   https://open.spotify.com/embed/iframe-api/v1 includes the script https://embed-cdn.spotifycdn.com/embed/_next/static/iframe_api.e0...
  • sushants
  • Spotify
  • 635 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 635 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes

BUG | DELETE 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' not working

I'm trying to Remove Playlist Item with the below request:DELETE https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks I'm getting the Response Status: 200 OKAnd in the response body, I can see:{ "snapshot_id": "SnapshotIdText"} But when I make a...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm trying to Remove Playlist Item with the below request: DELETE https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks   I'm getting the Response Status: 200 OK And in the response...
  • Jaspal
  • Casual Listener
  • 241 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 241 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

Trouble with displaying public artist info on NextJS/Typescript App

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm trying to display a list of artist albums by artist ID - with this code snippet & a clien...

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  • Newbie
  •   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 or Issue ...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 292 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • "Artists page"
    React
    webapi
  • 292 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

change DJ voice

I like the DJ function but would you please offer an option to CHANGE the DJ voice?

  • Visitor
  • I like the DJ function but would you please offer an option to CHANGE the DJ voice?
  • jpslyrix
  • Newbie
  • 1262 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 2 likes
  • 1262 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 2 likes

Embed to site only allows for preview

Hello - I am trying to embed a track on to our website but every time we try spotify gives us a preview file and not the whole track. Video attached: https://a.cl.ly/Jrum1bDe PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA

  • Visitor
  • Hello - I am trying to embed a track on to our website but every time we try spotify gives us a preview file and not the whole track. Video attached: https://a.cl.ly/Jrum1bDe  Plan Free/Premiu...
  • 241 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes
  • embedding
    Feature Request
    Possible Bug
  • 241 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes

Superuser Contribution Dashboard issue update

Hey folks, this is Alvaro from the Spotify DevRel team. Thank you for reporting the issues with the Dashboard. We’re aware of the problem and we are working to get it fixed as I type.We’ll update you as soon as we have more news on the fix. Thanks fo...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • Hey folks, this is Alvaro from the Spotify DevRel team. Thank you for reporting the issues with the Dashboard. We’re aware of the problem and we are working to get it fixed as I type. We’ll up...
  • Crumbzui
  • Newbie
  • 4939 Views
  • 46 replies
  • 3 likes
  • Update
  • 4939 Views
  • 46 replies
  • 3 likes

Discover Weekly Within API

Hello - I know that if your Discover Weekly playlist is refreshed, it's not simple (and maybe impossible) to recover the songs from the previous week.I am aware of the myriad of ways to backup the Discover Weekly playlist both manually and programmat...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello -  I know that if your Discover Weekly playlist is refreshed, it's not simple (and maybe impossible) to recover the songs from the previous week. I am aware of the myriad of ways to ...
  • c-seruby
  • Casual Listener
  • 352 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes
  • API Help
    Discover Weekly
  • 352 Views
  • 2 replies
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Superuser Contribution Scope extension request

Hi,We asked for a scope extension ('app-remote-control') for our app few days ago. Since then we are not able to see the status of the request, and now the link to send another request seems to be missing in the developer dashboard.How can we know wh...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, We asked for a scope extension ('app-remote-control') for our app few days ago.   Since then we are not able to see the status of the request, and now the link to send another request...
  • charlize977
  • Casual Listener
  • 720 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Scope Extension
  • 720 Views
  • 4 replies
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401 error

{'error': {'status': 401, 'message': 'Invalid access token'}}What i need to do in this sutiation ?import jsonfrom dotenv import load_dotenvimport osimport base64from requests import post, getload_dotenv()client_id = os.getenv('CLIENT_ID')client_secre...

  • Visitor
  • {'error': {'status': 401, 'message': 'Invalid access token'}} What i need to do in this sutiation ? import json from dotenv import load_dotenv import os import base64 from requests import pos...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 375 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • error401
    Possible Bug
    Python
  • 375 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Group Session code information

I'm currently looking into doing some development involving the new group session feature added to mobile devices. Is this feature exposed on the web API in anyway which would allow information such as the session code/link to be retrieved? Thanks, A...

  • Visitor
  • I'm currently looking into doing some development involving the new group session feature added to mobile devices. Is this feature exposed on the web API in anyway which would allow information such ...
  • LaitEau
  • Regular
  • 996 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 6 likes
  • 996 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 6 likes

Superuser Contribution [ANGULAR][iFrameApi] Stuck in preview mode after authenticating

UPDATE: I guess auth has been working fine this whole time, its just the issue of the iFrame going into preview mode whenever I display the webpage in a mobile format using Chrome Inspector. Hi to you,I'm trying to integrate an iFrame into my web app...

  • Regular
  • UPDATE: I guess auth has been working fine this whole time, its just the issue of the iFrame going into preview mode whenever I display the webpage in a mobile format using Chrome Inspector.   ...
  • Alfred111
  • Newbie
  • 764 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 1 likes
  • 764 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 1 likes

How to see through shortened https://spotify.link/ links

Recently Spotify changed share links from the classic "https://open.spotify.com/track..album..user..etc/id" to a shortened URL "https://spotify.link/randomString".There's no way to see through this link, and you can't use fetch on the URL to see wher...

  • Newbie
  • Recently Spotify changed share links from the classic "https://open.spotify.com/track..album..user..etc/id" to a shortened URL "https://spotify.link/randomString". There's no way to see through th...
  • kyedo
  • Casual Listener
  • 2742 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 5 likes
  • Discussion
  • 2742 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 5 likes

Problems with Android App Bundle release

Plan: PremiumCountry: Device: And AndroidOperating System: Android My Question or IssueHello. I'm trying to create an Android App using SpotifyAppRemote API following the instructions in the quick start guide. But there is a problem when I run the re...

  • Newbie
  • Plan: Premium Country:  Device: And Android Operating System: Android   My Question or Issue Hello.   I'm trying to create an Android App using SpotifyAppRemote API f...
  • 260 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Rerelease
  • 260 Views
  • 0 replies
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Having issues with accessing Client ID and Client secret

This is the first time I've worked with Spotify's API so bare with me on this one. I've already created my application on Spotify and when I try to access my Client ID and Client secret under my applications settings im prompted with "Something went ...

  • Newbie
  • This is the first time I've worked with Spotify's API so bare with me on this one. I've already created my application on Spotify and when I try to access my Client ID and Client secret under my appl...
  • SakinaMosavi
  • Visitor
  • 1266 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 6 likes
  • 1266 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 6 likes

401 No token provided

I want to get as a JSON file the contents of my Spotify library, mainly liked songs and playlists. Spotify's web API provides that, but I am not experienced with web applications.However I am experienced with Python, and I try to implement what the S...

  • Casual Listener
  • I want to get as a JSON file the contents of my Spotify library, mainly liked songs and playlists. Spotify's web API provides that, but I am not experienced with web applications. However I am exper...
  • christian-kaku
  • Visitor
  • 7315 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes
  • 401 Unauthorized
  • 7315 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! "Insufficient client scope" error with almost all the requests

Hiii. I'm trying to test the app's endpoints in Postman but I get 403 forbidden with the "Insufficient client scope" message in the body. I got my OAuth Token from the spotify console and all the permissions are set to yes. I'm really not sure what t...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hiii. I'm trying to test the app's endpoints in Postman but I get 403 forbidden with the "Insufficient client scope" message in the body. I got my OAuth Token from the spotify console and all th...
  • victorernan
  • Newbie
  • 1849 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
  • 1849 Views
  • 4 replies
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Forever pre-save

Hi there, I've seen companies provide a forever pre-save functionality as a feature. I was wondering if someone could guide me (& my developer) to build a similar feature. So, I'm an artist and have my own website and would like my audience to presav...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there,   I've seen companies provide a forever pre-save functionality as a feature. I was wondering if someone could guide me (& my developer) to build a similar feature.   So, I...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 1620 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes
  • 1620 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes

504 "Service didn't reply before timeout" in recommendation flow

I am getting the following error: {"error": {"status": 504,"message": "Service didn't reply before timeout"}} for "/recommendations" and "/recommendations/available-genre-seeds". Client ID: 1e419b2959804564872d55dcc4770965. It worked yesterday though...

  • Newbie
  • I am getting the following error:  { "error": { "status": 504, "message": "Service didn't reply before timeout" } }   for "/recommendations" and "/recommendations/available-genre-se...
  • jinuo
  • Casual Listener
  • 677 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 7 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 677 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 7 likes

Spotify developer dashboard not allowing me to log in

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop pcOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am unable to log into the developer dashboard on my desktop. I am able to on my laptop however on my desktop any time I try to it just refreshes the page....

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop pc Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am unable to log into the developer dashboard on my desktop. I am able to on m...
  • 317 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 317 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Autoplay when clicking on a shared link

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemmacOS14 My Question or IssueWhen I copy a link to a song I want the the player to start playing the song without having to do a second click on the play button.I was hoping appending a "?play"...

  • Regular
  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Macbook Pro Operating System macOS14   My Question or Issue When I copy a link to a song I want the the player to start playing the song wit...
  • tcurdt
  • Regular
  • 3933 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Feature Request
    Possible Bug
    Question
  • 3933 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 0 likes