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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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  • Spotify
  • stevewestpalm
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Discover Weekly has been abyssmal

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhoneOperating SystemiOS My Question or IssueI've had weeks where my Discover Weekly was not the greatest - but it was at least good enough to listen to. But for over the last two months, every Discover Weekly ha...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue I've had weeks where my Discover Weekly was not the greatest - but it was at least good eno...
  • MarcRudolph
  • Newbie
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  • 10 replies
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  • Discover Weekly
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Embedded Player Color

Country USA DeviceOn any device or OS My Question or IssueHi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, tracks all show and play, etc). However, the background color at the top is br...

  • Visitor
  • Country USA   Device On any device or OS   My Question or Issue Hi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, track...
  • fasic
  • Casual Listener
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Remote playback SDK and commercial SDA question

So our app is a commercial app that has a free and paid subscription tier, and our use case was to play videos in our app, and if the user selected spotify as a music source, we muted our audio and provided an in-app player to control spotify playbac...

  • Music Fan
  • So our app is a commercial app that has a free and paid subscription tier, and our use case was to play videos in our app, and if the user selected spotify as a music source, we muted our audio and p...
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Install Widget on website

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(iPhone Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or IssueI am working with my developer to install a widget on my website. I have a personal Spotify account. I'd like to know if I can set up playlists and customize the widget f...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Premium Country US   Device (iPhone 😎 Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue I am working with my developer to install a widget on my website. I have a personal S...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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  • Widget Install
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Solved!! Discover Weekly Playlist Missing

Hello, A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within my app. However, it now seems that the Discover Weekly playli...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within m...
  • christoph_blüm
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  • 5 replies
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  • Possible Bug
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Solved!! HTTP API: Missing preview_url in single track GET

Hi all, In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also single track get responses also have this field nulled out. Is that...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all,   In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also si...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 324 Views
  • 3 replies
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  • Possible Bug
  • 324 Views
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The repeat-one/loop button

My Question or Issue:Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song shows a small 1 (meaning repeat-one is enabled), it plays the mus...

  • Visitor
  • My Question or Issue: Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up.   When the button for looping a song sho...
  • SupaCC1234
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Deleting duplicate playlisted tracks

A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though. However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a playlist without spotify removing all instances of a track? The ...

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  • A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though.  However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a play...
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  • Possible Bug
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Spotify SDK does not work for the AAOS version of spotify

I'm currently attempting to use the com.spotify.sdk.android.auth sdk on AAOS (Android Automotive OS) to get an authentication code from the Spotify app installed on the device for my own app. I'm logged into my allowlisted account on the spotify app ...

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  • Casual Listener
  • I'm currently attempting to use the com.spotify.sdk.android.auth sdk on AAOS (Android Automotive OS) to get an authentication code from the Spotify app installed on the device for my own app.&nb...
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Solved!! [AAOS] Missing functionality in spotify app for Android Automotive OS

Hello Spotify I work on media application for ANDROID AUTOMOTIVE OS (AAOS). And following requirements I should add features to take data from spotify Web Api(based on current song) then try to play something and handle spotify playback via remote me...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello Spotify 👋 I work on media application for ANDROID AUTOMOTIVE OS (AAOS). And following requirements I should add features to take data from spotify Web Api(based on current song) then try...
  • HabeebAhmed
  • Casual Listener
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spotfiy yazılıma ekleme

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  • Music Fan
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution API - v1/shows/{id}/episodes - resume_point returns incorrect data

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceConsistent across MacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and reproducible at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-shows-episodes Operating SystemMacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and the API My Question or IssueI...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Consistent across MacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and reproducible at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-shows...
  • DHermit05
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  • 11 replies
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Spotify SDK player not play on Android 11 Embedded in React Native

I implemented Spotify SDK player in a web app and embedded it in the React Native webview. It works fine on Android 14 and Android 15. But when I try to play it in Android 11 it plays for a few seconds and then stops. Meanwhile I also receive a playb...

  • Newbie
  • I implemented Spotify SDK player in a web app and embedded it in the React Native webview.  It works fine on Android 14 and Android 15. But when I try to play it in Android 11 it plays for a few...
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Solved!! Programmatical retrieval of playlists without email addition to the app

Hello, I would like to ask if there is a way to programmatically access someone’s playlists without adding their account to my app registered in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. The idea is that the person would authenticate, and I would retrieve the...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I would like to ask if there is a way to programmatically access someone’s playlists without adding their account to my app registered in the Spotify Developer Dashboard.   The idea is ...
  • Ximzend
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  • Question
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Web API - Get New Releases API Returning Old Items

PlanPremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueThe Get New Releases API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-new-releases) is only returning items over a month old.

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  • Plan Premium Country US   My Question or Issue The Get New Releases API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-new-releases) is only returning items over a mont...
  • noahrough
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  • 9 replies
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Authentication Flow not working for RedirectUri created with expo-auth-session

Hey, I am developing an app that uses spotify web api with react-native expo. In particular, for the authentication flow, I am using the `makeRedirectUri` from the 'expo-auth-session' package. On local development, this redirect_uri looks something l...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey,   I am developing an app that uses spotify web api with react-native expo. In particular, for the authentication flow, I am using the `makeRedirectUri` from the ' expo-auth-session' pack...
  • SakshamLol
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Questions regarding quota extension rejection: Not analyze the Spotify Content for any purpose

Hi everyone,We’re developing VUK, a platform that empowers fans to shape concerts by voting on event proposals from their favorite artists. We integrate with Spotify to store users’ top 50 artists in Airtable and notify them about tailored event prop...

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  • Hi everyone, We’re developing VUK, a platform that empowers fans to shape concerts by voting on event proposals from their favorite artists. We integrate with Spotify to store users’ top 50 artists ...
  • Ximzend
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    Questions
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Extension Request Help

My Question or Issue Hi, I just got denied from my extension request because of this reason:You need to provide us with a fully working application that demonstrates all the core functionality This makes sense, but I am confused about how to proceed ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue   Hi, I just got denied from my extension request because of this reason: You need to provide us with a fully working application that demonstrates all the core function...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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    Feature Request
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"Top 50 - (Country)"

I am creating a web application. I was able to pull playlists from the user "Spotify" like "2012" or "1990". However, I need playlists like "Top 50 - India" and so on. Can anyone help me with this?

  • Newbie
  • I am creating a web application. I was able to pull playlists from the user "Spotify" like "2012" or "1990". However, I need playlists like "Top 50 - India" and so on. Can anyone help me with this? ...
  • greedymau5
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  • Feature Request
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How to see through shortened https://spotify.link/ links

Recently Spotify changed share links from the classic "https://open.spotify.com/track..album..user..etc/id" to a shortened URL "https://spotify.link/randomString".There's no way to see through this link, and you can't use fetch on the URL to see wher...

  • Newbie
  • Recently Spotify changed share links from the classic "https://open.spotify.com/track..album..user..etc/id" to a shortened URL "https://spotify.link/randomString". There's no way to see through th...
  • kyedo
  • Casual Listener
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  • 5 replies
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  • Discussion
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