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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...
CountryMexico Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi people, I hope you can help me answering this:I'm creating an app using a Python library (Spotipy) to use the Spotify API and I wanna know if I can monetize the app, or releasing it free...
Country Mexico Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue Hi people, I hope you can help me answering this: I'm creating an app using a Python library (Spotipy) to use t...
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I'm doing a project and I want to bring through python information of the top songs of a region, but I noticed that when using a playlist id created by Spotify I get a 404 error, but with any other not, why is this?
I'm doing a project and I want to bring through python information of the top songs of a region, but I noticed that when using a playlist id created by Spotify I get a 404 error, but with any other n...
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PlanPremiumCountryPakistanDeviceN/AOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueCan I use the python's Spotify API for offline music play?If so, how can I do that?I am aware that Spotify supports offline play on the desktop app, which leads me to beli...
Plan Premium Country Pakistan Device N/A Operating System Windows My Question or Issue Can I use the python's Spotify API for offline music play? If so, how can I do that? I am a...
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I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or saved albums), do I need to set a redirect URI in my ap...
I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or s...
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Windows - Python API Running into a frustrating issue. I am being hit with a 429 error when attempting to request Audio features for a specific song. Not a bunch of API calls, but literally just a single one will give me this error. I am able to make...
Windows - Python API Running into a frustrating issue. I am being hit with a 429 error when attempting to request Audio features for a specific song. Not a bunch of API calls, but l...
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Hey, im started yo work with spotify API, but there is some problem i couldnt find solution. After running script below before giving app access, i get redirected to page whigh promted me for permission and spotipy is asking for URL i`ve been redirec...
Hey, im started yo work with spotify API, but there is some problem i couldnt find solution. After running script below before giving app access, i get redirected to page whigh promted me for permiss...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueI am trying to simply retrieve a song from my libary using the API, but I am receiving an error code 500. import spotipy from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth scope = "user-l...
Plan Premium Country Device Desktop Operating System Linux My Question or Issue I am trying to simply retrieve a song from my libary using the API, but I am receiving an error...
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I have made an app in python that needs to update a UI with currently playing song info around every second (I have a progress bar for the songs duration) but my requests are randomly timed out with spotify returning a 401. I use spotipy to interact ...
I have made an app in python that needs to update a UI with currently playing song info around every second (I have a progress bar for the songs duration) but my requests are randomly timed out w...
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Hello,my proplem is if I run the code/call the function I get a 404 error but the structur of the api is correct, bc i can call other things with the token + "url". Can somebody help me or has the same issue ?Code:def get_current_track(token url = "h...
Hello, my proplem is if I run the code/call the function I get a 404 error but the structur of the api is correct, bc i can call other things with the token + "url". Can somebody help me or has the ...
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Running into an issue with my flask application. When not running my app inside of a docker container, I'm able to successfully authorize via Spotify API.1. User navigates to localhost:5000/login2. Spotify authorization agreement is displayed3. User ...
...nvalid client'} Below is my Dockerfile, and app.py file Dockerfile FROM python:3.9-slim-buster WORKDIR /app COPY ./requirements.txt /app RUN pip install -r requirements.txt COPY . ....
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I am writing a simple program using python and library spotipy. How can I iterate over a collection "Liked Songs" in reversed order?
I am writing a simple program using python and library spotipy. How can I iterate over a collection "Liked Songs" in reversed order?
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I have created an application on Spotify Dashboard that converts all my songs from the collection liked songs to a playlist using a programming language Python. Everything was fine untill yesterday, when I encountered the following issue and I do not...
I have created an application on Spotify Dashboard that converts all my songs from the collection liked songs to a playlist using a programming language Python. Everything was fine untill y...
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{'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...
{'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...
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My task is to build a program that first scraps songs from billboard.com, and then uses the Spotify API to search for these songs and create a playlist. The scrapping part and seach parts are working. The problem arises when I try to create a playlis...
My task is to build a program that first scraps songs from billboard.com, and then uses the Spotify API to search for these songs and create a playlist. The scrapping part and seach parts ar...
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The Spotify API sends you back a URL when authenticating. This URL, redirects you to a previously specified redirect URI (in my case http://localhost:5000) with some parameters that I am after. But so far I can only get to this final URL if I copy pa...
...ith python. Obtaining the URL: def authenticate_user(): auth_request = requests.get(ENPOINT_USER_AUTH, { 'client_id': CLIENT_ID, 'response_type': 'c...
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I have tried to use voice control using pycharm and connect it to spotipy api but the problem was this error is shwon HTTP Error for PUT to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play with Params: {} returned 403 due to Player command failed: Premium r...
...arams: {} returned 403 due to Player command failed: Premium required Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\nithi\PycharmProjects\pythonProject1\venv\Lib\site-packages\spotipy\client.py", l...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevice(Dell Latitdue)Operating System(Windows 11.) My Question or IssueMay have hit the rate limit. I am using Python to pull in data for a dataset I am making for educational purposes.I have been saving the results as (so I...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device (Dell Latitdue) Operating System (Windows 11.) My Question or Issue May have hit the rate limit. I am using Python to pull in data for a d...
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PlanFree CountrySweden CodeDjango, Bootstrap, PresSQL IDECode anywhere Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So I am trying to use Spotipy in my school Django project. I´ve read in Django docs that external APIs is not always supported. Bef...
Plan Free Country Sweden Code Django, Bootstrap, PresSQL IDE Code anywhere Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue So I am tr...
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My Question or IssueI'm writing a scritpt to try to retrieve the genre from a track using the metadata of that song. I am not well versed in the spotify API, so i do need some information .btw i am writing it in Python and I'm using spotipy to access...
...btw i am writing it in Python and I'm using spotipy to access the API. My question would be: Is it even possible to retrieven the genre of a certian track? (bc it doesn't seem to work for me l...
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(Windows 10 desktop) My Question or IssueIs there any way to get track genre information with Spotify API (python)?
(Windows 10 desktop) My Question or Issue Is there any way to get track genre information with Spotify API (python)?
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