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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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Best Desktop Framework for Spotify Web Playback API

PlanPremiumDeviceWindows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI've followed the guide and tried initializing the player in a simple Electron app, but it doesn't seem to work and it seems like it's an issue with others (I'd love to be...

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  • Plan Premium Device Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I've followed the guide and tried initializing the player in a simple Electron app, but it doesn't ...
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Music Game - User Authentication & Song Playback

PlanPremiumCountryUS (primary)Operates globallyDeviceiPhone 12 Operating SystemiOS 16.2My Question or IssueHi, I recently developed an application (2019) that leveraged Spotify premium user authentication and song playback APIs to play music within t...

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  • Plan Premium Country US (primary) Operates globally Device iPhone 12  Operating System iOS 16.2 My Question or Issue Hi,    I recently developed an application (201...
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Solved!! Web Playback SDK Playing song directly in browser issues (IOS/Safary)

Hey guys, I am developing an app that integrates the Web Playback SDK, but I am having severe issues with IOS/Safari, all other browsers work well but when I test it in IOS/Safari, I can't hear anything.Some people said that it is due to a Safari lim...

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  • Hey guys, I am developing an app that integrates the Web Playback SDK, but I am having severe issues with IOS/Safari, all other browsers work well but when I test it in IOS/Safari, I can't hear anyth...
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Web Playback SDK doesn't work in Safari

I am developing an app that integrates the Web Playback SDK, but I am having severe issues with Safari, all other browsers work well but when I test it in Safari, I can't hear anything.Looks like player.activateElement() is not accomplishing well the...

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  • I am developing an app that integrates the Web Playback SDK, but I am having severe issues with Safari, all other browsers work well but when I test it in Safari, I can't hear anything. Looks like...
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Superuser Contribution Web Playback

Is Web Playback usable anymore?I mean, does/can anyone use it and can it be used by anyone else than Spotify's own in-browser player? There were showcases earlier...I can't find them anymore so I interpret it like the SDK is no longer "friendly" and ...

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  • Is Web Playback usable anymore? I mean, does/can anyone use it and can it be used by anyone else than Spotify's own in-browser player? There were showcases earlier...I can't find them anymore so I i...
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Solved!! Web Playback SDK Playing song directly in browser issues (Safari)

I am developing an app that integrates the Web Playback SDK, but I am having severe issues with Safari, all other browsers work well but when I test it in Safari, I can't hear anything.Looks like player.activateElement() is no accomplishing well the ...

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  • I am developing an app that integrates the Web Playback SDK, but I am having severe issues with Safari, all other browsers work well but when I test it in Safari, I can't hear anything. Looks like...
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Solved!! Currently playing episode

Hey there, This post is requesting access to "currently playing episode" through the Spotify Web API, either through the "Get Playback State" endpoint (/me/player) or the "Get Currently Playing Track" endpoint (ideally both). It seems that podcasts a...

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  • Hey there,   This post is requesting access to "currently playing episode" through the Spotify Web API, either through the "Get Playback State" endpoint (/me/player) or the "Get Currently Play...
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Spotify web api : event/item_ready or resume queries error 400

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicewindows browserOperating Systemwindows 10My Question or IssueThis problem made me crazy, I have to present my app in 2 days, today morning everything was working well, then after lunch, without touching anything I have t...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device windows browser Operating System windows 10 My Question or Issue This problem made me crazy, I have to present my app in 2 days, today morning everything w...
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WEB Playback SDK Demo app doesn't work in build version

PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceAcer Nitro 5 AN515-57Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI was trying to build an Fake UI for Spotify. First i created the ui and added interactivity using React.js. In production version, started using "npm r...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I was trying to build an Fake UI for Spotify. First i created the ui and add...
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Web Playback SDK not working in Chrome but works in Firefox

Hi all, I’ve been using the web playback SDK for a while with no issues. Now I’m not getting any sound on chrome even though the playback and app seems to be working. I’ve just tested it on Firefox and it works perfectly. Any ideas what’s causing thi...

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  • Hi all, I’ve been using the web playback SDK for a while with no issues. Now I’m not getting any sound on chrome even though the playback and app seems to be working.  I’ve just tested it o...
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Spotify Web API - Force token expiry?

Hi! Is it possible to force a token to expire? I want to test how my application handles expired tokens without having to create a bunch of test logic. I'm using both Web API and Spotify Playback SDK

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  •   Hi!   Is it possible to force a token to expire? I want to test how my application handles expired tokens without having to create a bunch of test logic.    I'm using both ...
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Determining if Spotify Playback SDK is streaming regardless of User's toggling

When the network connection is poor, the playback pauses. With Spotify Webplayback SDK's 'player_state_changed' event, you can't determine if this happened. In this event, it only fires and returns state.paused = false when user intentionally paused ...

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  • When the network connection is poor, the playback pauses. With Spotify Webplayback SDK's 'player_state_changed' event, you can't determine if this happened. In this event, it only fires and returns s...
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WebPlayback SDK Initialization Error

I use WebPlayback SDK to play songs in my web app. It works correctly on my local machine. I can play songs. But when I deploy my app to AWS Beanstalk, the Player fails to initialize. I use fresh WebApiToken using my AWS url as redirect_url. WebApiTo...

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  • I use WebPlayback SDK to play songs in my web app. It works correctly on my local machine. I can play songs. But when I deploy my app to AWS Beanstalk, the Player fails to initialize. I use fresh Web...
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Spotify API can play a playlist but not a track

Hello, so I have some code to play a spotify playlist on my device.The Problem is if I copy the Spotify URI of a playlist, everything works fine. But if I copy the spotify URI of a track, I get an error saying Could not find this Context URI.(In case...

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  • Hello, so I have some code to play a spotify playlist on my device. The Problem is if I copy the Spotify URI of a playlist, everything works fine. But if I copy the spotify URI of a track, I get an ...
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