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Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board!

Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board! This forum is the place for conversations about Spotify's Web API, Web Playback SDK, Widgets, and other developer tools. Here you can ask questions about the Spotify platform, chat with other developers, a...

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Reverse lookup a playlist.

I would like to search for a playlist that contains a specific song.Can I reverse lookup from a song to get a list of playlists that contain that song?

  • Newbie
  • I would like to search for a playlist that contains a specific song. Can I reverse lookup from a song to get a list of playlists that contain that song?
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Use api to search for specific songs that are mixed into longer sets/recordings

Hi there, I was wondering if it's possible to use the Spotify api to search for specific songs that are mixed into longer sets/recordings? Hope you can help with this. Kind regards, Olaf

  • Newbie
  • Hi there,   I was wondering if it's possible to use the Spotify api to search for specific songs that are mixed into longer sets/recordings?   Hope you can help with this.   Kind...
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I wanna change cover image of playlist by API

PlanPremiumCountryJapan Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I wanna change cover image of playlist by API of URL below.https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/upload-custom-playlist-cover But this doc...

  • Newbie
  •   Plan Premium Country Japan   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I wanna change cover image of playlist by API of URL below. https://developer.spotify.c...
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Active Documentation Missing Info

My Question or IssueCurrently I am using the Web-API refrence Docs to help understand waht requests need to be made for what data. My issues is that it appears as thoguh some sections of the docs are not up to date and/or not completed. For example u...

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  • My Question or Issue Currently I am using the Web-API refrence Docs to help understand waht requests need to be made for what data. My issues is that it appears as thoguh some sections of the d...
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What's the amount of requests I can make?

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil Device(Macbook Air)Operating System(iOS 12) My Question or IssueHey guys, I'm Victor.I'm doing an MBA in Data Science and I have a project to design a music recommendation model. I was going to use your API to create a big da...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device (Macbook Air) Operating System (iOS 12)   My Question or Issue Hey guys, I'm Victor. I'm doing an MBA in Data Science and I have a project...
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Upload Custom Playlist Cover with Python

My Question or IssueHi! I'm having trouble with uploading custom image to playlist cover. Here's my code: def add_playlist_cover(playlist_id, token): with open('cover.jpg', 'rb') as f: data = base64.b64encode(f.read()) auth_header = {"Authorization":...

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  • My Question or Issue Hi! I'm having trouble with uploading custom image to playlist cover. Here's my code:    def add_playlist_cover (playlist_id , token): with open ( 'cover...
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Solved!! Use of include_groups

I noted that the PHP SDK for the Spotify API uses include_groups to list what album types should be included (all if omitted). https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-multiple-albums doesn't mention it (there's ...

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  • I noted that the PHP SDK for the Spotify API uses include_groups to list what album types should be included (all if omitted).   https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#...
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**bleep**

Currently developing an application integrating with spotify API, wanting to synch all data etc and it relates to use in commercial spaces. Just wondering if anyone knows of any issues when using spotify's data in this manner. Not sure to what extent...

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  • Currently developing an application integrating with spotify API, wanting to synch all data etc and it relates to use in commercial spaces. Just wondering if anyone knows of any issues when using spo...
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Any way to get streaming history json file/data from API and not requesting it from Spotify?

Is there a way to download the json file for my streaming history instantaneously with the API and Python rather than waiting for Spotify to prepare it and email me that it is ready? Thanks!!

  • Music Fan
  • Is there a way to download the json file for my streaming history instantaneously with the API and Python rather than waiting for Spotify to prepare it and email me that it is ready?   Thanks!...
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