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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...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • Choheron
  • Newbie
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  • Discussion
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Player for whole song (with login) and volume control

Hi there!So we want to embed a player for our mobile app.The problem with the i frame is, that it will only play random 30 second snippets andsometimes it doesn't take you to the login page on the spotify app.We can't solve the problem via the Spotif...

  • Visitor
  • Hi there! So we want to embed a player for our mobile app. The problem with the i frame is, that it will only play random 30 second snippets and sometimes it doesn't take you to the login page o...
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  • Desktop Player Customise spotiamp
    iframe
    player
    Spotify Connect Volume Control
    volume
    Web API
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Embed play is not working?

It seems the embed player is not working for some podcast episodes, at the moment.Digging more, it seems this issue is afflicting only the audio episodes with video directly uploaded from S4P (by the new feature Spotify released a few days ago).Examp...

  • Newbie
  •   It seems the embed player is not working for some podcast episodes, at the moment. Digging more, it seems this issue is afflicting only the audio episodes with video directly uploaded from S...
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  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes
  • embed
    Play
    player
    podcast
  • 331 Views
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Embedding Spotify player into website

Hi guys,I'm new to Spotify, so I need your help.I saw Spotify player embedded on this website (it's a fashion brand) and was like WOW I NEED this on my website (small business with e-shop): https://www.driesvannoten.com/pages/glasserI need your help ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi guys, I'm new to Spotify, so I need your help. I saw Spotify player embedded on this website (it's a fashion brand) and was like WOW I NEED this on my website (small business with e-s...
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    player
    website
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Need Spotify to be running while playing from a client?

Understand there is 'Spotify Connect' and allows to switch between playback devices. I'm building a Java client using Spotify Web API and noticed that when I tried to play any tracks, it needs Spotify desktop client to be running and the song plays t...

  • Regular
  • Understand there is 'Spotify Connect' and allows to switch between playback devices. I'm building a Java client using Spotify Web API and noticed that when I tried to play any tracks, it needs Spotif...
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  • player
    Web API
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Unsure how to get the Currently Playing json to work

Hi, I'm currently trying to figure out why my code isn't getting this json file properly: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-track I'm following the beginner guide.The "Get User's Profile" wo...

  • Newbie
  • .../v1/me/player/currently-playing)   Here's my code:  const clientId = "[My Client ID Is Here]"; const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); const code = params.get("c...
  • areyoush
  • Visitor
  • 546 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • api
    fetch
    Help
    player
    Spotify
  • 546 Views
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Get Player State 404

PlanFreeCountrySpainDeviceHp LaptopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to request data from this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playerI am using the method "get" and the next header:Authorization: Bearer my_access_toke...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free Country Spain Device Hp Laptop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to request data from this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player I...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 362 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 404
    invalid username
    player
    player state
    Question
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Embedded player with podcasts working on Chrome, MS Edge and Opera browsers

PlanFree/Spotify for Podcasters Device/Operating System + app- Android 10 + Chrome browser- Windows 11 + MS Edge browser- Ubuntu 23.04 + Chrome / Gnome Web / Firefox browsers- LineageOS 15 + Opera browser My Question or IssueWhen embedding a podcast ...

  • Music Fan
  • ...personal website, the Spotify player does not work on most browsers. Only on Firefox the player works. On all other browsers that I tested, it only says "Preview" and provides links to the original p...
  • RavanH
  • Music Fan
  • 758 Views
  • 5 replies
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  • Embed Player
    player
    podcast
  • 758 Views
  • 5 replies
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502 Bad Gateway

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevicePC NotebookOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI've started developing an app with the Web Playback SDK. For a couple of days, making the request for the PUT method "me/player", I have had no problems... bu...

  • Newbie
  • ...aking the request for the PUT method "me/player", I have had no problems... but today I suddenly started getting "502 Bad Gateway" permanently and I'm sure it has nothing to do with my code. I need h...
  • Ay_dot
  • Visitor
  • 489 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • 502 gateway
    api
    Playback SDK
    player
  • 489 Views
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player problem

I found that the player provided by the current sdk does not monitor the playback status of the current song. How do I know when the current song is finished playing? Is there any other way to monitor it?

  • Casual Listener
  • I found that the player provided by the current sdk does not monitor the playback status of the current song. How do I know when the current song is finished playing? Is there any other way to m...
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Standardizing Completion of API calls to player/play

Dear Spotify: I’m developing an app that creates a series of asynchronous calls to Spotify’s player/play endpoint. The code I wrote is working correctly in that it sends PUT requests to the endpoint near simultaneously. However, each PUT request take...

  • Visitor
  • Dear Spotify:   I’m developing an app that creates a series of asynchronous calls to Spotify’s player/play endpoint. The code I wrote is working correctly in that it sends PUT requests to t...
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  • api
    javascript
    player
    PUT
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[Personal Project] What kind of authorization to use?

Hey, I have been working on a voice-command assistant (here's the github: https://github.com/JonasRSV/friday-voice-assistant) and I'd like to enable starting Spotify songs with it. When reading up on authentication flows for the web-api it seems as a...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...pplication that has no UI? How do I give my assistant access to my own player?   E.g working with philips-hue I can 'create' a user and use my 'user' token to control my lights, is something s...
  • PMental
  • Regular
  • 935 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • authorization
    personal project
    player
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Player

Can you access where the current track is playing from?i.e. playing from an album/liked songs/playlist. If not could this feature be added?

  • Casual Listener
  • Can you access where the current track is playing from? i.e. playing from an album/liked songs/playlist.  If not could this feature be added?
  • ssad18
  • Casual Listener
  • 597 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • api
    player
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  • 1 replies
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Play Song

Plan- Free/Premium - BothCountry - India Device- iPhone XROperating System- iOS 13.1.3 HiCan you please confirm to play song is it required to navigate to Spotify app then authorise the token and back to my own native application where I have integra...

  • Visitor
  • Plan- Free/Premium - Both Country - India   Device- iPhone XR Operating System- iOS 13.1.3   Hi Can you please confirm to play song is it required to navigate to Spoti...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 740 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Play
    player
  • 740 Views
  • 1 replies
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