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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...

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Frandresko

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Superuser Contribution How to get full track object

My Question or IssueBecause of the recent API changes and the lack of preview_url fields in SimpleTrack Objects I was wondering how to get a full track objectThe way the API changes were phrased it made it seem like it would only affect multi-get req...

Casual Listener

My Question or Issue Because of the recent API changes and the lack of preview_url fields in SimpleTrack Objects I was wondering how to get a full track object The way the API changes were phrase...

LambertSpot

Spotify

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web-api
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Web API Add Custom Playlist Cover Image

EDIT: I got it working. Used some work arounds and fought the APItooth and nail but finally got it. Reply if you need help! Making a Playlist manager with the Spotipy API and no matter what I do I cannot get the endpoint to accept what I give it.What...

Newbie

EDIT: I got it working. Used some work arounds and fought the APItooth and nail but finally got it. Reply if you need help!     Making a Playlist manager with the Spotipy API and no matt...

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Leverage Spotify API's to get music and play complete songs in a custom app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device(iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc) My Question or IssueHi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of spotify's web-api and enables user to add songs. Others can listen to those songs...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country United States   Device (iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc)   My Question or Issue Hi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of sp...

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Superuser Contribution [WEB API] Follow playlist vs Add to Library

Hello,The Web API still offers endpoint to follow / unfollow a playlist and to check if a user follows a playlist, but I don't see this action in Spotify anymore, it seems to have been replaced with "Add to Library", which doesn't seem to be the same...

Visitor

Hello, The Web API still offers endpoint to follow / unfollow a playlist and to check if a user follows a playlist, but I don't see this action in Spotify anymore, it seems to have been replaced wit...

LambertSpot

Spotify

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Constantly getting rate limit even after a few requests

I'm having very aggressively rate limiting issues with the Spotify Web API for my project, Even after creating a new application and implementing caching for most requests I'm still facing problems - After only 2-3 requests, I get rate limited for al...

Newbie

I'm having very aggressively rate limiting issues with the Spotify Web API for my project, Even after creating a new application and implementing caching for most requests I'm still facing probl...

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Enable play-back of the "Liked Songs"-playlist through the web-api

I want to be able to automatically start the playback of my "Liked Songs"-playlist. Getting a context_uri for that playlist would be straight-forward and great.

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I want to be able to automatically start the playback of my "Liked Songs"-playlist. Getting a context_uri for that playlist would be straight-forward and great.

fabiomanuelb1

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Web API Recently Played Tracks Latency

I'm trying to interface with the api to get recently played tracks and in my testing I'm having a strange issue where I get a valid response but am missing the most recently played tracked.I know they are being tracked because I can see them in the m...

Newbie

I'm trying to interface with the api to get recently played tracks and in my testing I'm having a strange issue where I get a valid response but am missing the most recently played tracked. I know t...

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latency
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Dynamic Redirecturi?

Is it possible to send a dynamic redirecturi to spotify' api with the Authorization Code Flow? I'v tried and it was working but then it stopped one day. Thanks very much, Drew

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Is it possible to send a dynamic redirecturi to spotify' api with the Authorization Code Flow?   I'v tried and it was working but then it stopped one day.    Thanks very much, Drew...

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Do streams via Web API count?

Hello, We are currently planning a fan portal for a client, and one feature that the client has requested is the ability for fans to listen to his songs through the portal. We plan to use https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api for this p...

Newbie

Hello,   We are currently planning a fan portal for a client, and one feature that the client has requested is the ability for fans to listen to his songs through the portal. We plan to use ht...

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Streams
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Web API - preview_url for track is null

CountryItalyDeviceWeb APIOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am using the Web-API for a project. I found multiple tracks, where the field "preview_url" is null in the response (nearly half of those I tested). Tried with client credential...

Newbie

Country Italy Device Web API Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am using the Web-API for a project. I found multiple tracks, where the field "preview_url" is null in th...

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web-api
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Find most played track of a playlist

Is there any way to find out what the most played track within a playlist is?Can it be done using the web API?

Visitor

Is there any way to find out what the most played track within a playlist is? Can it be done using the web API?

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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400 bad requests error every time user atuh is provided

My Question or IssueI'm getting Bad Request errors every time I try to make a call with the code generated by giving clientID and clientSecret.I do get a new code every time I log in with Spotify and authorize access and get redirected to the new pag...

Casual Listener

My Question or Issue I'm getting Bad Request errors every time I try to make a call with the code generated by giving clientID and clientSecret. I do get a new code every time I log in with Spotify...

Peter_Schorn

Roadie

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Status 429 without retry-after header

Hi, I'm trying to use the Web-API for a project.Everything was working fine, on load my app makes 2 requests to 1) endpoint /me2) endpoint /me/playlistsSuddenly the 2nd endpoint is now giving me a 429 status code WITHOUT a Retry After header, the fir...

Newbie

  Hi, I'm trying to use the Web-API for a project. Everything was working fine, on load my app makes 2 requests to  1) endpoint /me 2) endpoint /me/playlists Suddenly the 2nd endpoint ...

Marius_Ne

Casual Listener

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 403: User not approved

Hello! I am using the api on an iOS application running the web api and I am running into something rather strange. I have 2 premium accounts, one being mine and one being a "smurf", if you will, for testing. I have added the "smurf" to the applicati...

Casual Listener

Hello! I am using the api on an iOS application running the web api and I am running into something rather strange. I have 2 premium accounts, one being mine and one being a "smurf", if you will, for...

Smithimitron

Casual Listener

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Help
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Snapshot Retention for Playlists

Hi There! I'm trying to re-order the tracks inside some playlists (by date). To have an easier concurrency handling, I'm using the snapshot_id (before re-ordering) for all api requests I'm doing. Unfortunately, this causes an HTTP Error with a 502 Ba...

Newbie

Hi There!    I'm trying to re-order the tracks inside some playlists (by date). To have an easier concurrency handling, I'm using the snapshot_id (before re-ordering) for all api requests...

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