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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...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • Reemface
  • Casual Listener
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  • 81 replies
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  • Discussion
  • 12513 Views
  • 81 replies
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WebAPI Authorization Code with PKCE 400 Error

Hello all, I am working on a small project to request player information from the WebAPI, however I am having a lot of issues with authentication. My Question or IssueI have been following https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials...

  • Newbie
  • Hello all,   I am working on a small project to request player information from the WebAPI, however I am having a lot of issues with authentication.    My Question or Issue I h...
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  • webapi
  • 350 Views
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WebApi Get Currently Playing Track fails with 404 Error

hey, I've tried to use https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-track but I receive the following content:{ "error" : { "status" : 404, "message" : "Invalid username" } }instead of{ "context": { "t...

  • Regular
  • hey, I've tried to use https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-track but I receive the following content: { "error" : { "status" : 404, ...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 748 Views
  • 10 replies
  • 0 likes
  • webapi
  • 748 Views
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Integrating spotify web api

We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application.System Structure:Web Application (ReactJS):A centralized ad...

  • Visitor
  • We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application. System...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 323 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • webapi
  • 323 Views
  • 1 replies
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Playwright Login Automation Loads Forever

My Question or IssueHello, my team and I are working on developing an app that connects with the spotify api. We follow the traditional oauth flow (being redirected to spotify then redirected back to the app.) We are currently in a phase where e2e te...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue Hello, my team and I are working on developing an app that connects with the spotify api. We follow the traditional oauth flow (being redirected to spotify then redirected back ...
  • 628 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • automation
    playwright
    testing
    webapi
  • 628 Views
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Get User's Top Items , get additional data

Improve the API for /me/top/{type}I would like to be able to specify satart and end date for time_rangeIn rhe response i would like to get back additional valuse:under items/TrackObject/1. number of streams, the number of times the track has been str...

  • Newbie
  • Improve the API for  /me/top/{type} I would like to be able to specify satart and end date for time_range In rhe response i would like to get back additional valuse: under items/TrackObject/...
  • 303 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • get users top items
    webapi
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GEMA fee to be paid in German Market when using Spotify Widget in Apps?

Hello everyone,I have a rather organizational question for the German market.I would like to integrate the Spotify widget into my app. However, there is the 30 second song preview. We don't want to earn any money with this Spotify widget feature, but...

  • Newbie
  • Hello everyone, I have a rather organizational question for the German market. I would like to integrate the Spotify widget into my app. However, there is the 30 second song preview. We don't w...
  • 306 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • API Legalities
    legal
    webapi
    Widget
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Check If User Follows Artists or Users API returns inconsistent results

PlanFreeCountryMultiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location) DeviceWEB/CurlOperating SystemOSX/Linux My Question or IssueAPI to check if current user is following artist returns inconsistent results. If I'm running it from my ...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free Country Multiple: Poland (testing from), US (backend infrastructure location)   Device WEB/Curl Operating System OSX/Linux   My Question or Issue API to check if curren...
  • 210 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • webapi
  • 210 Views
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Error code 500 when trying to retrieve a song from library

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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • 282 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Python
    Spotipy
    webapi
  • 282 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 1 likes

Spotify CDN

Hello, I am creating a app for my website showing what I am currently playing on Spotify using Spotify's Web API. In Next.js I am required to clarify the link's root to display images via a external link. Is i.scdn.co the correct link for CDN?

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I am creating a app for my website showing what I am currently playing on Spotify using Spotify's Web API. In Next.js I am required to clarify the link's root to display images via a external ...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 1030 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • cdn
    Developer
    webapi
  • 1030 Views
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How can I play tracks while phone is locked without queuing?

i am trying to make a ‘skin’ atop Spotify, where users can play a song through my app, and itll play through Spotify. Due to how Spotify handles activity, I can’t keep my phone locked to play tracks in the background, and the queuing system doesn’t w...

  • Regular
  • i am trying to make a ‘skin’ atop Spotify, where users can play a song through my app, and itll play through Spotify.   Due to how Spotify handles activity, I can’t keep my phone locked to pla...
  • 237 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • iOS
    sda
    webapi
  • 237 Views
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Trouble with displaying public artist info on NextJS/Typescript App

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI'm trying to display a list of artist albums by artist ID - with this code snippet & a clien...

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  • Newbie
  •   Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue ...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 332 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • "Artists page"
    React
    webapi
  • 332 Views
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Episode playback with me/player/play

The Spotify Web API currently cannot play episodes with the /me/player/play endpoint! You would usually pass in a context object which itself contains a uri for the resource you want to play back, but the API hasn't implemented the functionality for ...

  • Casual Listener
  • The Spotify Web API currently cannot play episodes with the /me/player/play endpoint!   You would usually pass in a context object which itself contains a uri for the resource you want to play...
  • 594 Views
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  • webapi
  • 594 Views
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Insert song into running playlist without restarting it

I'm using the Web API to insert a song into the currently running playlist right after the currently playing track. So at first my playlist looks like this: Song A Song B <-- Currently playing Song C Then after my API call, it looks like this: Song A...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm using the Web API to insert a song into the currently running playlist right after the currently playing track.   So at first my playlist looks like this:   Song A Song B <-- Cur...
  • forivin
  • Casual Listener
  • 549 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Playlists
    webapi
  • 549 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes

Superuser Contribution Help with Request failed with status code 403 on read-recently-played

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceSmartphone and Desktop Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue I created an application to gather the recently played songs between my colleagues in University but Im having trouble with ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Smartphone and Desktop   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   I created an applicati...
  • spotifyjosh
  • Spotify
  • 476 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • OAuth
    webapi
  • 476 Views
  • 1 replies
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[WEBAPI] group sessions

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue Are there any plans to add group session endpoints to webapi? I'm looking to build an integration between discord (bot) and spotify that functions as a control mechanism f...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop PC Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue   Are there any plans to add group session endpoints to webapi? I'm looking to build a...
  • BSnowman
  • Newbie
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  • 2 replies
  • 16 likes
  • Desktop
    webapi
  • 2680 Views
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API only working when I use sample data

Hi there,I am using reactjs and trying get track using the web API but it only works when I use the track id from sample id that I got from https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-track/which is - 11dFghVXANMlKmJXsNCbNlWhenever I try different IDs ...

  • Newbie
  • Hi there, I am using reactjs and trying get track using the web API but it only works when I use the track id from sample id that I got from  https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-track/ ...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1447 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • React
    webapi
  • 1447 Views
  • 1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Community (for Developers) is a regress

Sorry for say that, but I have to. Since you guys archived the WebAPI repository from Github and all the issues are moved to here, this created a huge problem. I understand that this new platform took a lot of work, and I think it's great to Spotify'...

  • Regular
  • Sorry for say that, but I have to. Since you guys archived the WebAPI repository from Github and all the issues are moved to here, this created a huge problem. I understand that this new platform t...
  • waveshift
  • Casual Listener
  • 1504 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 10 likes
  • api
    webapi
  • 1504 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 10 likes

Search for users

PlanPremiumMy Question or IssueHi, im a developer and i would like to know if i can search users via Web API in my app. I've looked for docs but couldn't find it. There is /me/following endpoint to follow a user. And /users/{user_id} for fetching use...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium My Question or Issue Hi, im a developer and i would like to know if i can search users via Web API in my app. I've looked for docs but couldn't find it. There is /me/following endpoin...
  • Hubo
  • Community Legend
  • 1821 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes
  • api
    Search
    webapi
  • 1821 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 1 likes