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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...
We want to upload our song on spotify and this is our new song I don't know anything about it please help me how to upload it spotify I like it very much.
We want to upload our song on spotify and this is our new song I don't know anything about it please help me how to upload it spotify I like it very much.
Spotify Star
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueCan I use Spotify's Web API for accessing User's recent tracks and generating A recommended p...
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 Can I u...
Spotify Star
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HeyI'm investigating a faked song. For that, I'd like to find out, on which distributor it was uploaded. Is there any possibility to do this? Are the distributor's feeds public?
Hey I'm investigating a faked song. For that, I'd like to find out, on which distributor it was uploaded. Is there any possibility to do this? Are the distributor's feeds public?
Roadie
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I intend to create an app that integrates Spotify. I would like to put my app in the IOS store. I want to start working on a license agreement with Spotify. Because Spotify states, "III. Some prohibited applicationsThis section of the Developer Polic...
I intend to create an app that integrates Spotify. I would like to put my app in the IOS store. I want to start working on a license agreement with Spotify. Because Spotify states, " III. S...
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Hey guys, been working with the API a little bit and so far so good but I'm going through authentication. I get successful token and get the object for user and everything but when I push to production I get the above error. After some research I hav...
Hey guys, been working with the API a little bit and so far so good but I'm going through authentication. I get successful token and get the object for user and everything but when I push to producti...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI've followed the guide and tried initializing the player in a simple Electron app, but it doesn't seem to work and it seems like it's an issue with others (I'd love to be...
Plan Premium Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I've followed the guide and tried initializing the player in a simple Electron app, but it doesn't ...
Music Fan
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Every day this week, I've been listening to Spotify podcasts on my Roku TV and, several times a day, the app just switches to a different podcast when I'm in the middle of listening to an episode. No warning or reason at all. Not even sure how it dec...
Every day this week, I've been listening to Spotify podcasts on my Roku TV and, several times a day, the app just switches to a different podcast when I'm in the middle of listening to an episode. No...
Newbie
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceXiaomi 12TOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueIn the past it was much better when listening to several podcasts. You opened a podcast you listened, lets say, a couple of weeks ago, and the you landed on the last ep...
Plan Free Country Germany Device Xiaomi 12T Operating System Android My Question or Issue In the past it was much better when listening to several podcasts. You opened a podcast you ...
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My Question or IssueNeed help on how I can receive a license agreement for integrating Spotify in my app!Step by Step... Thanks.
My Question or Issue Need help on how I can receive a license agreement for integrating Spotify in my app! Step by Step... Thanks.
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWeb My Question or IssueI’m trying to create a new app for integration with Home Assistant (following this guide: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/spotify/). I’ve created the app, but when I go into the settings t...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Web My Question or Issue I’m trying to create a new app for integration with Home Assistant (following this guide: https://www.home-assistant.io/integra...
Newbie
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Okay. I am trying to embed music into a digital program platform we use for performance programs at large arts organization. When I view the embedded item on my desktop computer (MAC OS 12.2.1, Chrome browser), I can hear the FULL songs. When I view ...
Okay. I am trying to embed music into a digital program platform we use for performance programs at large arts organization. When I view the embedded item on my desktop computer (MAC OS 12.2.1, Chrom...
Visitor
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Artist field on saved tracks does not actually return gerne I understand that Spotify only has genres for artists, not for individual tracks. However, in the documentation and example of the Get User's Saved Tracks endpoint it states that the generes...
Artist field on saved tracks does not actually return gerne I understand that Spotify only has genres for artists, not for individual tracks. However, in the documentation and example of t...
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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 responses. Is this no longer supported within the API?
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...
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just wondering
just wondering
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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...
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...
Spotify Star
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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....
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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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 ...
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...
Newbie
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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...
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. ...
Casual Listener
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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 flag, so I looked into it a bit further. After pulli...
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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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 ...
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...
Regular
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