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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceMacBook Pro desktop app, Firefox browser app, Iphone app My Question or IssueOn the album "The Essential Johnny Cash," track 5, "There You Go", and track 6, "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" are both playing the wrong song -- "Fo...
Plan Premium Country US Device MacBook Pro desktop app, Firefox browser app, Iphone app My Question or Issue On the album "The Essential Johnny Cash," track 5, "There You Go", ...
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Bloqueo canciones de algún albúm o playlist ajena y cuando reproduzco igual las escucho, NO quiero escuchar esas canciones pero bloqueandolas no soluciona nada
Bloqueo canciones de algún albúm o playlist ajena y cuando reproduzco igual las escucho, NO quiero escuchar esas canciones pero bloqueandolas no soluciona nada
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My Question or Issue:I am doing some discovery on your 'https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/' endpoint and am having issues when searching via 'upc'. I've tried several variations of the following with no luckhttps://api.spotify.com...
My Question or Issue: I am doing some discovery on your 'https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/' endpoint and am having issues when searching via 'upc'. I've tried seve...
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I am using knightlab timeline to create a page-through memoir. (It's a js tool, but most of that is unknown to me. I just put my contents into a google sheet, and they build the pages.)https://timeline.knightlab.com/ Mostly, I use one-off youtube vid...
I am using knightlab timeline to create a page-through memoir. (It's a js tool, but most of that is unknown to me. I just put my contents into a google sheet, and they build the pages.) https://time...
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I need to extract song metadata out of a Spotify playlist, but it needs to include the record label/publisher data that is found in the credits list (normally at the bottom of the credits page that says "Source: Universal Music" etc. Any way this is ...
I need to extract song metadata out of a Spotify playlist, but it needs to include the record label/publisher data that is found in the credits list (normally at the bottom of the credits page that s...
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The Retry-After header, which is provided for 429 (Too many requests) responses is not accessible for browser only applications. The 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Retry-After' is missing (at least for the /recommendations endpoint) which makes it n...
The Retry-After header, which is provided for 429 (Too many requests) responses is not accessible for browser only applications. The 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Retry-After' is missing (at least ...
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PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceRaspberry PiOperating SystemRaspbian My Question or Issue Hello, I am trying to embed a spotify player into a html webapge on my Rpi.The issue I have is that the embed is only playing a preview of the playlist's songs. When...
Plan Free Country France Device Raspberry Pi Operating System Raspbian My Question or Issue Hello, I am trying to embed a spotify player into a html webapge on my Rpi. The i...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSamsung S21 PlusOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueWhy is the discography only available by album? People don't know what album has their favorite songs. Discography should have an option to view a list of all son...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S21 Plus Operating System Android My Question or Issue Why is the discography only available by album? People don't know what albu...
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Hi, it appears that some track previews don't exist, even though the Web API returns a URL. For example, the track with the ID:6OON4kMjTFqARMFrRbmlwyhas the following link to the preview:https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/b004ed71b638a0037a7bb895037179142...
Hi, it appears that some track previews don't exist, even though the Web API returns a URL. For example, the track with the ID: 6OON4kMjTFqARMFrRbmlwy has the following link to the previ...
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I want to be able to automatically start the playback of my "Liked Songs"-playlist. Getting a context_uri for that playlist would be straight-forward and great.
I want to be able to automatically start the playback of my "Liked Songs"-playlist. Getting a context_uri for that playlist would be straight-forward and great.
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export const authEndPoint = "https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize";const clientID = "7799cdc7bf7441ca8b1be906859e0fc8";const redirectUri = "http://localhost:3000/";const scopes = [ "user-read-currently-playing", "user-read-recently-played", "user-r...
export const authEndPoint = "https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize"; const clientID = "7799cdc7bf7441ca8b1be906859e0fc8"; const redirectUri = "http://localhost:3000/"; const scopes = [  ...
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I have been through the authentication process which gives my Spotify app the necessary permissions to, for instance, create a playlist on my own Spotify account. I did so by opening the below URL in my browser, which led me to a Spotify page where I...
I have been through the authentication process which gives my Spotify app the necessary permissions to, for instance, create a playlist on my own Spotify account. I did so by opening the bel...
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i just spent an embarrassing amount of openai assistant tokens to figure out that i have the reading comprehension skills of a goldfish. api, why must you pluralize the object type in your response if the request is singular? request:curl --request G...
i just spent an embarrassing amount of openai assistant tokens to figure out that i have the reading comprehension skills of a goldfish. api, why must you pluralize the object type in your r...
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Hi all! I'm currently working on an app that essentially wants to wipe the contents of a playlist, re-write it with a new set of tracks, and then trigger playout. I'm using the Web API and my original plan was:1. Remove all the songs via the "remove-...
Hi all! I'm currently working on an app that essentially wants to wipe the contents of a playlist, re-write it with a new set of tracks, and then trigger playout. I'm using the Web ...
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Hi from Sweden! I'm a student in computer science and engineering working on a side project which utilise the Spotify Web API. I think I have accidentally manage to brake my developer account by adding an apostrophe into the App name... For my side p...
Hi from Sweden! I'm a student in computer science and engineering working on a side project which utilise the Spotify Web API. I think I have accidentally manage to brake my deve...
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Does Spotify support Android TV?I want to develop an application to control the Spotify app using Spotify SDK on Android TV, Google Chromecast TV and Amazon Firestick TV are the targets
Does Spotify support Android TV? I want to develop an application to control the Spotify app using Spotify SDK on Android TV, Google Chromecast TV and Amazon Firestick TV are the targets
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello everyone,I have a small issue again When I make API requests to perform certain actions (such as adding songs to the queue, pausing/resuming playback, setting volume, ...
Plan Free/Premium Country Germany Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hello everyone, I have a small issue again 🙂 When I make API requests to perform certain actions ...
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When calling the Get Playlist endpoint, according to documentation you're supposed to see an artist's genres (tracks.items.track.artists.genres), however this value is always missing.For any given track's artist you could call the Get Artist endpoint...
When calling the Get Playlist endpoint, according to documentation you're supposed to see an artist's genres (tracks.items.track.artists.genres), however this value is always missing. For any given ...
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I just saw that Spotify removed the option to add an older playlist to my profile after I've made it public. I reached out to customer support and was basically told "Nope. You can't do that anymore." The reason given was that Spotify often changes t...
I just saw that Spotify removed the option to add an older playlist to my profile after I've made it public. I reached out to customer support and was basically told "Nope. You can't do that anymore....
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Plan: Premium, Country: United States, Device: Mac, Operating System, MacOSMy Question or IssueIs there a way to search for a song with metadata about the song (other than title, artist, or album, or recommendations)? For example, if I want to search...
Plan: Premium, Country: United States, Device: Mac, Operating System, MacOS My Question or Issue Is there a way to search for a song with metadata about the song ...
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