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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Changes to Web API

Folks, some news on changes to the web API has been posted on the Spotify For Developers blog. We want to reiterate the main message from the blog that we're committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all Spotify stakeholders. As such w...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • Folks, some news on changes to the web API has been posted on the Spotify For Developers blog.   We want to reiterate the main message from the blog that we're committed to providing a ...
  • aerodynamicdog
  • Newbie
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • Tanict
  • Casual Listener
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    PKCE
    Spotify Web API
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Getting 403 while hitting https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/artists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

  • Casual Listener
  • 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  
  • Puja2
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key for official enviroment

We are a smartwatch solution provider, we developed the watch version of the spotify app according to spotify's open platform docs, now we need to go live with the official environment, but we lack the key for the official environment and can't conta...

  • Visitor
  • We are a smartwatch solution provider, we developed the watch version of the spotify app according to spotify's open platform docs, now we need to go live with the official environment, but we lack t...
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Accessing the Spotify For Developers Dashboard

PlanFreeCountryUAEDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm trying to access the Spotify For Developers Dashboard on my PC it gives me an error containing: "Your session has expired, please login again." However, when I'm trying...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free Country UAE Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I'm trying to access the Spotify For Developers Dashboard on my PC it gives me an error containi...
  • Ximzend
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Comment section

My Question or IssueHas there ever been plans to implement a sort of comment section / community into the Spotify app itself, using the user accounts on this forum for example? This way people could discuss the music under all albums / artists / song...

  • Regular
  •   My Question or Issue Has there ever been plans to implement a sort of comment section / community into the Spotify app itself, using the user accounts on this forum for example?  This ...
  • Ximzend
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start/resume and pause player throw FORBIDDEN

I have application that is in extended quota mode. I got 403 FORBIDDEN error when I want to make PUT request to endpoints start/resume or pause on player. The error message isError: Bad OAuth request (wrong consumer key, bad nonce, expired timestamp....

  • Casual Listener
  • I have application that is in extended quota mode. I got 403 FORBIDDEN error when I want to make PUT request to endpoints start/resume or pause on player.  The error message is Error: Bad OA...
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    Pause and Resume
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When embed a track CSS border-radius: is ignored

When embed a track! CSS border-radius: is ignored.When embed an album this feature works as earlier.

  • Regular
  • When embed a track! CSS border-radius: is ignored. When embed an album this feature works as earlier.   <iframe style="border-radius:0px" src="https://open.spotify
  • FleXoft
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  • 1866 Views
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    css
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API feature request: Replace Saved Tracks

My Question or Issue Would like to be able to replace Saved Tracks. It would work exactly like the `URIs` parameter on web-api/reference/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks . Many times a track may get replaced with another version for some reason. i...

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  • My Question or Issue   Would like to be able to replace Saved Tracks. It would work exactly like the `URIs` parameter on web-api/reference/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks .   M...
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Genres from artists have been removed

It seems that many artists have had their genres reworked or removed completely. That means that the /artists={artistIds} endpoint returns very different results than yesterday E.g. Tove Lo, London Grammar and Corinne Bailey Rae return no genres as a...

  • Roadie
  • It seems that many artists have had their genres reworked or removed completely.   That means that the /artists={artistIds} endpoint returns very different results than yesterday   ...
  • jpotw
  • Visitor
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  • Possible Bug
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Incorrect songs in me/top/tracks endpoint

Hello,The results for /me/top/tracks?limit=50&time_range=short_term seem to be very inaccurate, songs that I've listened to only once appear in the top 10 while some songs that I've listened to more than once don't even appear in the top 50.Can someo...

  • Regular
  • Hello, The results for /me/top/tracks?limit=50&time_range=short_term seem to be very inaccurate, songs that I've listened to only once appear in the top 10 while some songs that I've list...
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  • Discussion
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Recommendation Endpoint 404

Im developing a web application that allows users to generate songs based on their prompts. As part of this, I'm using the Spotify Web API to fetch song recommendations based on genre seeds. However, when I make a request to the recommendation endpoi...

  • Casual Listener
  • Im developing a web application that allows users to generate songs based on their prompts. As part of this, I'm using the Spotify Web API to fetch song recommendations based on genre seeds. However,...
  • alfredorm
  • Casual Listener
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  • Discussion
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Request for Interview Participation – Academic Research on Leadership at Spotify Nigeria

Hello, My name is Ovie Otete, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of the West of England. I am currently conducting an academic research project titled: “Leadership Challenges in Implementing and Managing Advanced Information Systems: A...

  • Visitor
  • Hello, My name is Ovie Otete, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of the West of England. I am currently conducting an academic research project titled: “Leadership Challenges in Implem...
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  • Academic research
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Get 404 Resource not found on a playlist

When I use the WebAPI (get playlist items) I get an 404 Resource not found on this playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUW2bvSkjcJ6It's only on this playlist ID. With other (like this 2ix7HSpjdZCTMFG2TMYwL7) it's working.

  • Casual Listener
  • When I use the WebAPI (get playlist items) I get an 404 Resource not found on this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUW2bvSkjcJ6 It's only on this playlist ID. With other (li...
  • Ximzend
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Solved!! Request failed 404

Hello everyone, a question. We are trying to do an analysis on the playlists of different countries (top 50). We really thought of it for a university project and to practice. I don't have a problem with any other public list, but whenever I use one ...

  • Newbie
  •   Hello everyone, a question. We are trying to do an analysis on the playlists of different countries (top 50). We really thought of it for a university project and to practice. I don't have a ...
  • Developeris
  • Music Fan
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    Public Playlists
    Request failed 404
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Solved!! Design & Branding Guidelines question for an app

Hello! I’m using track and playlist artworks in my app and have a question about branding requirements. If I retrieve these artworks from track and playlist links, do I need to apply rounded corners as specified in the branding and design guidelines?...

  • Newbie
  • Hello! I’m using track and playlist artworks in my app and have a question about branding requirements.   If I retrieve these artworks from track and playlist links, do I need to apply rounded...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 237 Views
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  • Question
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How to stream a track?

I'm using the Web API to get the users playlists and playlist songs. I want to stream tracks from the ID I got with the playlist and song requests is there any way to do this? I looked into the Web playback SDK but did not find much. I'm working on a...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm using the Web API to get the users playlists and playlist songs. I want to stream tracks from the ID I got with the playlist and song requests is there any way to do this? I looked into the Web p...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 85 Views
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  • Question
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Spotify API cannot find public playlists from user Spotify

I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify.I can find many public playlists:```import spotipyfrom spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentialsspotify_api = spotipy.Spotify( client_credent...

  • Newbie
  • I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify. I can find many public playlists: ``` import spotipy from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyC...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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Liked Songs URL

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWeb API (N/AOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueIs there a way to find the URL for the 'Liked Songs" playlist? I am trying to call this playlist from another application (home assistant) via the API.

  • Regular
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Web API (N/A Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue Is there a way to find the URL for the 'Liked Songs" playlist? I am trying to call this playlis...
  • thlucas
  • Music Fan
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Request - Get Playlist Basic Info (no tracks) for Spotify Algorithmic Playlists

Prior to the API changes of 2024/11/27, we were able to retrieve basic details (e.g. name, description, image url, etc) along with the tracks for a specified Spotify algorithmic playlist via the "Get Playlist" endpoint. Now it simply returns a "404 R...

  • Music Fan
  • Prior to the API changes of 2024/11/27, we were able to retrieve basic details (e.g. name, description, image url, etc) along with the tracks for a specified Spotify algorithmic playlist via the "Get...
  • thlucas
  • Music Fan
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  • Feature Request
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