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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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Spatial Audio-based Navigation.

Hey, I'm currently developing a new audio-based navigation technology for my Master's project at Imperial College London. The main aim of it is to take away the need for an annoying voice based prompt to interrupt your music ("Turn left in 300 yards"...

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  • Hey, I'm currently developing a new audio-based navigation technology for my Master's project at Imperial College London. The main aim of it is to take away the need for an annoying voice based promp...
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spotipy API base-62 error for adding track to playlist

Hi, I'm running into an error using the `spotipy` package. It seems to say that the playlist ID or track ID isn't valid, but I can visit the link to both and they work. Unsure what I'm doing wrong. import requests import os import spotipy from spotip...

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  • ...Y_CLIENT_SECRET' os.environ['SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI'] = 'http://localhost' scope = "playlist-modify-public playlist-modify-private user-library-modify" sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(s...
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Solved!! active a playback device with API

Is there a way to activate a playback device using the api and why can't I see my ethernet speakers using the get playback devices api?

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  • Is there a way to activate a playback device using the api and why can't I see my ethernet speakers using the get playback devices api?  
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"Non-interactive webcasting service" - what does this cover?

The Spotify API documentation says the following is prohibited: "Do not create any product or service which includes any non-interactive internet webcasting service. For example, you can’t create an application which plays content from a single sourc...

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  • ...or 1 hour), starting and ending at an exact time - Music will be played to all users who've signed up and logged into my app (not available to entire public)   Thanks
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403 only on /v1/playlists/

PlanPremiumCountryServer in RU DeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueA few days ago endpoint /v1/playlists/ started returning 403 with the error "Spotify is unavailable in this country" on my home server. This error occurs only on this end...

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  • Plan Premium Country Server in RU   Device Any Operating System Any   My Question or Issue A few days ago endpoint /v1/playlists/ started returning 403 with the error "Spotify is...
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Can't create playlist for own user.

Hi, I can't create a playlist for my own userhttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/getting-started#request-artist-data I always get “status”: 403, “message”: “You cannot create a playlist for another user” I can do other thing...

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  • ...hp /* GET AUTHORIZATION */ $post = [ 'grant_type' => 'client_credentials', 'scope' => 'playlist-modify-public playlist-modify-private', ]; $ch = curl_init('https://accounts.spotify.com...
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I want to develop an extension program that translates lyrics for Spotify.

Hello! I want to develop an extension program that translates lyrics for Spotify.What kind of API should I use?How can I launch this service?Thank you for your responses.

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  • Hello! I want to develop an extension program that translates lyrics for Spotify. What kind of API should I use? How can I launch this service? Thank you for your responses.
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i got error 401 token not provided and this is occur on my function

this error occur on my function, while i request POST and PUT axios method the follow is my function // change next and previous const changeNextTrack = async (type) => { await axios.post( `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/${type}`, {}, { headers...

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  • this error occur on my function, while i request POST and PUT axios method the follow is my function   // change next and previous  const changeNextTrack = async (type) => {  ...
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Playlist Embed Error on Subsplash Website

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemVentura 13.6.6 My Question or IssueWhen embedding a playlist on my website using the subsplash platform the playlist disappears when I scroll down (https://bethanyefree.org/worship)...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System Ventura 13.6.6   My Question or Issue When embedding a playlist on my website using the subsplash platform t...
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Integrating Spotify Music Library - Legal Considerations for Social Media Platform

We are building a social media platform and are interested in integrating the Spotify music library to allow users to enhance their posts with music. We are seeking information on the legal agreements necessary to establish this integration.Specifica...

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  • We are building a social media platform and are interested in integrating the Spotify music library to allow users to enhance their posts with music. We are seeking information on the legal agreement...
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Get Current User's Playlists returns incorrect data when DJ is present

I'm building an app that gets the current users playlist, I noticed that 'total' seems to differ from the actual amount of playlists returned. Investigating further I noticed that the API returns duplicate playlist entries when the playlist is next t...

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  • I'm building an app that gets the current users playlist, I noticed that 'total' seems to differ from the actual amount of playlists returned. Investigating further I noticed that the API returns dup...
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Singular duplicate in paginated current user playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDELL G5 5500Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 11 Home My Question or IssueI'm using the TypeScript SDK (@spotify/**bleep**) to write a simple application. I wrote a function to get all of the current user's playli...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device DELL G5 5500 Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Home   My Question or Issue I'm using the TypeScript SDK (@spotify/**bleep**) to write a si...
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Clarification on using Spotify data with AI/ML models

Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states:"Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Content into a machine learning or AI model."[1] I am looking to build an app...

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  • Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states: "Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Content into a machine l...
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Superuser Contribution [API] Delete / Remove songs from queue

Can we please get an API endpoint that removes a song in the queue by its index or other?Thanks. EDIT:3 and a half years. Wow... And to think that this was going to be added while i was working on my project.

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  • Can we please get an API endpoint that removes a song in the queue by its index or other? Thanks.   EDIT: 3 and a half years. Wow...  And to think that this was going to be added whi...
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Invite collaborators

I’m trying to invite and share a playlist with others and the link doesn’t work. People are able to see but not add to the playlist. Our group is larger than 10 so starting a blended playlist is not an option. I’ve tried to generate the link in vario...

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  • I’m trying to invite and share a playlist with others and the link doesn’t work. People are able to see but not add to the playlist. Our group is larger than 10 so starting a blended playlist is not ...
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Clause 14 - Developer policy

Hi Spotify Developer Relations Team, Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states:"Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Content into a machine learning or AI mo...

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  • Hi Spotify Developer Relations Team,   Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states: "Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or ot...
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Computer Science II group project

I am a student at Rockland Community College. My group in my Computer Science II class is creating a Sound media player, using Java. I am not a professional. I am still learning. So if anyone can help point me in the right direction, I need to learn ...

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  • ...mplementing API Calls in Your Application Step 6: Testing and Iteration Step 7: UI/UX Integration   Example code for API Authorization: // Example method to get an access token from Spotify public...
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Can we block skipnext button of the player ?

Hi,I'm a French software engineer, and I'm working on an application using the Spotify SDK, and Spotify API. For some functionality of my application, I would like to be able to block previous and next button of player on an Android mobile. I know Sp...

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  • Hi, I'm a French software engineer, and I'm working on an application using the Spotify SDK, and Spotify API. For some functionality of my application, I would like to be able to block  previou...
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Websites/Apps using stats from API are inaccurate

PlanStudentCountryUSDeviceiPhone 12Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueThis is something I’ve been noticing within the past couple of days from the user end, along with all of the dozen other spotify and third-party website users that I’ve asked....

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  • Plan Student Country US Device iPhone 12 Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue This is something I’ve been noticing within the past couple of days from the user end, along with a...
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auth fails with my internal test.

hey guys, currently im developing an application and i have problems with spotify auth. In debugging mode, everything runs perfectly but during my test the response error is AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE. its my first app. I hope you can help me...

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  • hey guys, currently im developing an application and i have problems with spotify auth. In debugging mode, everything runs perfectly but during my test the response error is AUTHENTICATION_SERVIC...
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