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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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  • nathancheshire
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Is there a way to disable the buttons on the Spotify banner?

Hi! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music, and are now migrating to the new SDK. Our app tries to do playlist curation itself, and as such we want people to use the next/previous buttons in our app. However with the new SDK we ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi!   We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music, and are now migrating to the new SDK.   Our app tries to do playlist curation itself, and as such we want people to u...
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    Next Song
    SDK
    SDK issue's
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Is there a way to terminate the player when our app closes.

Hello! We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music. We are now migrating to the new SDK, but we have not been able to find a way to terminate the Spotify player when the app closes. Instead users need to close our app, and then close...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello!   We have an app that used the old Spotify SDK to stream music.   We are now migrating to the new SDK, but we have not been able to find a way to terminate the Spotify player w...
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    Close App
    SDK
    Streaming SDK
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Auth flow stopped working

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDevicen/aOperating SystemLinuxMy Question or IssueSince this week our application stopped working. We're using the spotify SDK and use a client id created in the account I'm also posting with on this forum.When a user in ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device n/a Operating System Linux My Question or Issue Since this week our application stopped working. We're using the spotify SDK and use a client id c...
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    SDK
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30-band EQ apps broken with SDK change: screenshot comparison with Spotify’s own 6-band EQ.

Spotify, Please note how the SDK change has ruined my enjoyment of your service by comparing these screenshots of MyuRa (on iOS) 30-band EQ (with 0.1 db of precision) with Spotify’s integrated 6-band EQ… an EQ that doesn’t even provide numerical feed...

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  • Spotify,    Please note how the SDK change has ruined my enjoyment of your service by comparing these screenshots of MyuRa (on iOS) 30-band EQ (with 0.1 db of precision) with Spotify’s i...
  • daveisthemusic
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    SDK
    streaming
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[iOS SDK] SPTAppRemotePlayerAPI.play regression

I believe that there has been a regression in the way that the SPTAppRemotePlayerAPI.play method is handled. Previously it behaved just like the Web API variant, in that invoking it would clear the queue in addition to playing the requested track.As ...

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  • I believe that there has been a regression in the way that the SPTAppRemotePlayerAPI.play method is handled.  Previously it behaved just like the Web API variant, in that invoking it would clea...
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    regression
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502 when trying to set repeat mode on web sdk

Hey there! I keep getting 502 response status code when trying to set the repeat mode on my web sdk application. Using the Spotify Console to set the repeat option on the sdk, the behaviour is the same, but when I try to set the repeat option on a re...

  • Visitor
  • Hey there!   I keep getting 502 response status code when trying to set the repeat mode on my web sdk application. Using the Spotify Console to set the repeat option on the sdk, the b...
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SDK connection problems

Device(iPhone 13)Operating System(iOS 15) My Question or IssueI am developing an app that uses Spotify SDK to obtain currently playing playlists. I have a button that redirects user to Spotify app, to select music, and when the user returns, SDK prov...

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  • Device (iPhone 13) Operating System (iOS 15)   My Question or Issue I am developing an app that uses Spotify SDK to obtain currently playing playlists.  I have a button that r...
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    SDK
    SPTAppRemote
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WebPlayer SDK API - play song by #ID

Hello, I am looking herehttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/ Is there a way to play song by #ID on our own site? Thank you

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  • Hello,   I am looking here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/   Is there a way to play song by #ID on our own site?   Thank you
  • olegkhorev
  • Music Fan
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    SDK
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Extended quota granted, now what?

My Question or Issue Last year, i submitted my app for written permission before the new policies, i checked my app by curiosity and i have extended quota, that means i can use my app and integrate the SDK? I have in so purchases (no related to Spoti...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...ntegrate the SDK? I have in so purchases (no related to Spotify) is a map/navigation/launcher app, the idea is that the user can play another playlist or recent playlist. I don't want to start the d...
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    SDK
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Spotify SDK issue

I m trying to user embed Spotify App Remote SDK in my app.When Spotify application was not in login in status, App Remote SDK was not able to redirect to Login in page of Spotify application. Does anyone know how to solve this? Thanks!

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  • I m trying to user embed Spotify App Remote SDK in my app. When Spotify application was not in login in status, App Remote SDK was not able to redirect to Login in page of Spotify application....
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Can I write a bot that streams my Spotify playlist in a Discord channel?

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceWebOperating SystemSDKMy Question or Issue Hi there! I'd like to write a Discord bot that can join a voice channel and stream music using my Spotify Premium account. Am I legally allowed to do this? If not am I legally ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Hungary Device Web Operating System SDK My Question or Issue   Hi there!   I'd like to write a Discord bot that can join a voice channel and stream music u...
  • Hubo
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    SDK
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[NPM][Wrapper] Web Playback

Hi All, I'v been lurking on the forums for a while and saw that many people had issues setting their up their player (event hooks etc). To help speed up developing for inexperienced (experienced as well) users, I built an wrapper that does authentica...

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  • Hi All, I'v been lurking on the forums for a while and saw that many people had issues setting their up their player (event hooks etc). To help speed up developing for inexperienced (experienced as w...
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    playback
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    web
    wrapper
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Add features and plugins

Hi, In my daily use, I feel like the functionality really doesn't match the way I hear and approach music. I have some features that I really would want to have in Spotify. When I search for them in the community, I always meet a bunch of people who ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   In my daily use, I feel like the functionality really doesn't match the way I hear and approach music. I have some features that I really would want to have in Spotify. When I searc...
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    costumize
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    features
    plugins
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In app play

Some applications (Vertigo, SoundHound, etc) can play music from Spotify.How do they do it?iOS SDK does not provide such opportunities.

  • Visitor
  • Some applications (Vertigo, SoundHound, etc) can play music from Spotify. How do they do it? iOS SDK does not provide such opportunities.
  • Hubo
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    iOS
    Play
    SDK
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Spotify SDK connecting but not ready

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: 2020 Macbook ProOperating System: MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1 My Question or IssueI have successfully connected the Spotify SDK and am getting a confirmation that the player has connected. The issue is the listener 'ready' c...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: 2020 Macbook Pro Operating System: MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1    My Question or Issue I have successfully connected the Spotify SDK and am getting a c...
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SpotifyApi.NetCore - Spotify Web API Wrapper for .NET Core

Hi there, Just letting you know that there is a new .NET Core wrapper library for Spotify Web API: SpotifyApi.NetCore. The library is open source and licensed under MIT. If you are writing C# or .NET or Blazor apps you should check it out: https://gi...

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  • Hi there, Just letting you know that there is a new .NET Core wrapper library for Spotify Web API: SpotifyApi.NetCore. The library is open source and licensed under MIT. If you are writing C# or...
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  • Roadie
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    SDK
    Web API
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API limit exceeded : ERROR

CountryUSADevice(Iphone)Operating System(iOS) My Question or IssueWe have been using the Spotify SDK go lang wrapper for Spotify web api. https://github.com/zmb3/spotify We have recently hit an error API limit exceeded : ERROR We believe there was a ...

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  • Country USA Device (Iphone) Operating System (iOS)   My Question or Issue We have been using the Spotify SDK go lang wrapper for Spotify web api. https://github.com/zmb3/s...
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Getting an odd refresh token when authenticating via App Remote's SPTSession

When I authenticate with iOS App Remote (using SPTSession), the refresh token string I get back from sessionManager(manager: SPTSessionManager, didInitiate session: SPTSession) is very odd; it contains lots of slashes (/s and \s) and always ends with...

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  • When I authenticate with iOS App Remote (using SPTSession), the refresh token string I get back from  sessionManager(manager: SPTSessionManager, didInitiate session: SPTSession) is very odd; it...
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    Authentication Token
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    refresh
    refresh token
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    session
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Error login using SDK spotify

I am using the Spotify SDK to login but it throws the error Optional(SpotifyLogin.LoginError.noSession) when throwing this error in console, the application does not follow the flow and it remains in the login screen. My code is the following, I do n...

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  • I am using the Spotify SDK to login but it throws the error Optional(SpotifyLogin.LoginError.noSession) when throwing this error in console, the application does not follow the flow and i...
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