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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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Academic Use of Spotify Data for PhD Research

Hello, I’m a PhD student researching popularity in music and have used Spotify Web API in the past for my work.Currently, the developer T&C prohibit the training of ML and AI models on Spotify content, including audio features & metadata. Could anyon...

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  • Hello,  I’m a PhD student researching popularity in music and have used Spotify Web API in the past for my work. Currently, the developer T&C prohibit the training of ML and AI models on S...
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Issue with pagination in "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint

PlanFreeCountryGreeceOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. When I try to make a request using the parameter "include_groups" either...

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  • Plan Free Country Greece Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. ...
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Adding apostrophe to app name broke my developer account

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...

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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 deve...
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[Spotify Web API] Can't read private playlists

I'm attempting to create my own project with just the Python requests module, and I'm pretty sure I put the scope thing in the right place... response = requests.post( url='https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token', data={ 'grant_type':'client_credenti...

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  • ...laylist-read-private' }, headers={ 'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, ).json()   However, I'm only able to access my public playlists. What am I doing w...
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[Spotify Web API Request] GET user's Spotify-generated playlists

Getting Spotify-generated playlists as in the Daily Mixes, genre mixes, etc. without having to add them to your library.

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  • Getting Spotify-generated playlists as in the Daily Mixes, genre mixes, etc. without having to add them to your library.
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How to find Spotify-generated playlists with the API

How can I find a user's Spotify-generated playlists with the API? Playlists like the Daily Mixes, Genre Mixes, etc.

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  • How can I find a user's Spotify-generated playlists with the API? Playlists like the Daily Mixes, Genre Mixes, etc.
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Does Spotify API provide an on-demand playback field for playlists?

For users without Premium, some Spotify-generated personalized playlists (like genre mixes and the Weekly Discovery) have on-demand playback on mobile and others don't. And what I mean by on-demand playback is that songs are displayed like they would...

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  • For users without Premium, some Spotify-generated personalized playlists (like genre mixes and the Weekly Discovery) have on-demand playback on mobile and others don't. And what I mean by on-demand p...
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Oauth sign in to web api without web browser / graphical interface

I'm working on the alarm clock with Spotify playlists and albums. I wrote a client (https://github.com/ciembor/spotify-cmd) based on a Spotify Web API and it works well, but when I Connect using oauth it opens browser and then uses my callback. The p...

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  • I'm working on the alarm clock with Spotify playlists and albums. I wrote a client (https://github.com/ciembor/spotify-cmd) based on a Spotify Web API and it works well, but when I Connect using oaut...
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[Web API] Search not returning certain album

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Thinkpad T490Operating SystemLinux Manjaro My Question or IssueFor prototyping I am using my laptop to emulate a bluetooth speaker and have my phone connected to the laptop over bluetooth. My plan is to use the s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Thinkpad T490 Operating System Linux Manjaro   My Question or Issue For prototyping I am using my laptop to emulate a bluetooth speaker and h...
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Spotify Web API returns an error

Hi!We are using Spotify Web SDK in our system, with the intention of playing the music within our web application. The player itself is opened in a different browser tab, and we need to control it through the API. We create a playback device in the b...

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  • Hi! We are using Spotify Web SDK in our system, with the intention of playing the music within our web application. The player itself is opened in a different browser tab, and we need to control it ...
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Can the API be updated with more variables?

How easy is it to update the api with a new variable? Im requesting this below, becuase I built an app, but it would be great if I could add the "added by" field for updating a playlist. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Add-quot-Adde...

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  • How easy is it to update the api with a new variable?  Im requesting this below, becuase I built an app, but it would be great if I could add the "added by" field for updating a playlist. &nbsp...
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Adding vanilla JS examples

Hi, I tried using the Spotify Web API and it was a great experience.On the main page I started with, I saw that some of examples(https://github.com/spotify/web-api-examples) use the express framework to trigger the authorization request.I think this ...

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  • Hi, I tried using the Spotify Web API and it was a great experience. On the main page I started with, I saw that some of examples(https://github.com/spotify/web-api-examples) use the express framewo...
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Why does https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player get 502 error?

I'm receiving a 502 error when calling https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player while the player is in the 'ready' state. However, when I create a new player and call it while a song is playing on the Spotify app, it works fine. Do you have any idea why ...

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  • I'm receiving a 502 error when calling https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player while the player is in the 'ready' state.   However, when I create a new player and call it while a song is pl...
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Issues in the Spotify Web API reference documentation

I have found out that the reference documentation for the Spotify Web API is sourced by the OpenAPI specification file from https://developer.spotify.com/_data/documentation/web-api/reference/open-api-schema.yml. While using the Spotify Web API for t...

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  • I have found out that the reference documentation for the Spotify Web API is sourced by the OpenAPI specification file from https://developer.spotify.com/_data/documentation/web-api/referen...
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Web API PKCE Authorize Not Working: INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 3a EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI am developing a mobile app with flutter/dart that uses Spotify's Web API. I am able to authenticate users without PKCE but when I use PKCE I get the error "I...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3a Emulator Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I am developing a mobile app with flutter/dart that uses Spotify's Web API. I am ab...
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Looking for guidance on hosting my app

Hi there! For the past several months, I've been developing an app using Spotify Web API and Node. As it's nearing completion, I'm wondering how to host my app on a domain for others to use. So far, I've been running my authentication server on local...

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  • Hi there!   For the past several months, I've been developing an app using Spotify Web API and Node. As it's nearing completion, I'm wondering how to host my app on a domain for others to use....
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Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App all songs have a preview URL. It's not just random...

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  • Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App...
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Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of them are pretty popular ones) do not have a previe...

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  • I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of...
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Does anybody know what this number in the api call means?

In the link: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=u%25&type=track&limit=1&offset=420what does the "25" mean? I bolded it

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  • In the link:  https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=u%25&type=track&limit=1&offset=420 what does the "25" mean? I bolded it 
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Getting a random or filtered song from the entire Spotify library

My Question or IssueI'm working on a an app that integrates the Spotify Web API. was wondering if anybody knew how to or had any ideas on how to get a random song from the entire Spotify library using the API. Or instead of a totally random song, a s...

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  • My Question or Issue I'm working on a an app that integrates the Spotify Web API.  was wondering if anybody knew how to or had any ideas on how to get a random song from the entire Spotify libr...
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