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Increasing security requirements for integration with Spotify Web API

Hey all, we’re making some changes to the Spotify Web API. To improve security, we are planning to remove support for two ways of integrating with Spotify that have been replaced with more secure alternatives. Please check the Spotify for Developers ...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • SemajOG
  • Visitor
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  • Discussion
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Superuser Contribution artist releases sort order

Original note: I feel like /artists/{id}/albums was (and should be) returning releases in popularity order, to match the Popular Releases section of the artist page in the app. This seems to have broken recently, and the releases are currently coming...

  • Spotify Legend
  • Original note: I feel like /artists/{id}/albums was (and should be) returning releases in popularity order, to match the Popular Releases section of the artist page in the app. This seems to have bro...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
  • 797 Views
  • 6 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Feature Request
    Web API
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  • 6 replies
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illegal scope

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceminisforum N40Operating SystemLinux My Question or Issuei get always illegal scope as http answer when i put in scope:scope="playlist-read-private playlist-read-public playlist-read-collaborative user-read-playback-stat...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Austria Device minisforum N40 Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue i get always illegal scope as http answer when i put in scope: scope="playlist-read-pr...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 252 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Scope
  • 252 Views
  • 1 replies
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Access tracks audio features using third party data library

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceHP SpectreOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy question is this: Can I get access and play around with Spotify tracks audio features data using a third party data library such as Kaggle after the re...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device HP Spectre Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue My question is this:   Can I get access and play around with Spotify tr...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 489 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Data Request
    Data usage.
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AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_ERROR for some users

Hello,We integrated the Spotify Authorization API in our app. Some users get AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_ERROR when they try to log in.After investigating this issue it seems that users that did not verified their Spotify login email - will get th...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, We integrated the Spotify Authorization API in our app. Some users get AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_ERROR when they try to log in. After investigating this issue it seems that us...
  • 199 Views
  • 0 replies
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    auth
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About the latest changes to current Web APIs (Deprecations)

Hi, I wanted to know if the deprecation of APIs such as recommendations and track audio features temporary? If not, is there going to be replacement with similar functionalities? As many developers, I've also spent a lot of time building an applicati...

  • Regular
  • Hi, I wanted to know if the deprecation of APIs such as recommendations and track audio features temporary? If not, is there going to be replacement with similar functionalities? As many developers, ...
  • 0waify
  • Casual Listener
  • 1301 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 5 likes
  • audio_features
    MusicRecommendations
    Question
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Solved!! 404 Resource not found for Playlists by Spotify

When using Spotify Web API's "Get Playlist" endpoint on a Playlist made by Spotify, it returns a 404 Resource Not Found Error even though the playlist exists. Tested with several playlists made by Spotify. Playlists made by users works fine. Recreate...

  • Casual Listener
  • When using Spotify Web API's "Get Playlist" endpoint on a Playlist made by Spotify, it  returns a 404 Resource Not Found Error even though the playlist exists. Tested with several playlists made...
  • amooo-ooo
  • Casual Listener
  • 1694 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Discussion
    Possible Bug
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How to start developing a feature for hardware

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDevicePrivate HardwareOperating SystemNo OS My Question or IssueHello.I´d like to develope some functions/features for private hardware so they can be implmented in Spotify APP. I´d like to know the steps I must follow or ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Private Hardware Operating System No OS   My Question or Issue Hello. I´d like to develope some functions/features for private hardware so they ...
  • NicolasEnergy
  • Casual Listener
  • 342 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Assistance
    Startguide
    support
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Degree project severely impacted by recent changes

Have been working on a Spotify for developers app for a degree module assignment that requires a web application integrating an API, it leaned heavily on track features and recommendations so the majority of its functionality has been lost and I don'...

  • Casual Listener
  • Have been working on a Spotify for developers app for a degree module assignment that requires a web application integrating an API, it leaned heavily on track features and recommendations so the maj...
  • DisappointedUser1
  • Gig Goer
  • 439 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 2 likes
  • api
  • 439 Views
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Discover Weekly playlist appears as null when using Get User Playlists API

I have a simple script that looks through a user's playlists (in this case I use to browse through my own) and I then search for a playlist named "Discover Weekly" which should be my Discover Weekly playlist. Ever since last week, my script no longer...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have a simple script that looks through a user's playlists (in this case I use to browse through my own) and I then search for a playlist named "Discover Weekly" which should be my Discover Weekly ...
  • DisappointedUser1
  • Gig Goer
  • 439 Views
  • 3 replies
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Superuser Contribution Issue creating playlist when using Spotify web Api

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone XS)Operating System(iOS 17) My Question or Issuemy account is authenticated. as a matter of fact, I have been able to perform some GET request with the Spotify Api like fetching my playlists, my most played songs, and...

  • Visitor
  •   Plan Premium Country   Device (iPhone XS) Operating System (iOS 17)   My Question or Issue my account is authenticated. as a matter of fact, I have been able to pe...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
  • 191 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Possible Bug
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Superuser Contribution Monitor Playlist updates with web API?

I'm using the web api to provide updates to a chat when songs are added or removed to a specific playlist. Today, I am polling every few minutes to look for any changes in the playlist. Is there any api to get a delta either by polling or by a hook?I...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm using the web api to provide updates to a chat when songs are added or removed to a specific playlist. Today, I am polling every few minutes to look for any changes in the playlist. Is there any ...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
  • 310 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Activity Log
    api
    hook
    monitor
    playlist
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Superuser Contribution Intermittent 404s Getting Playlist Tracks via API

Starting about two days ago, I began to see intermittent 404s when getting playlist tracks via the Spotify API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/*/tracks). I have seen this when iterating over large playlists via the offset and limit parameters, ...

  • Regular
  • Starting about two days ago, I began to see intermittent 404s when getting playlist tracks via the Spotify API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/*/tracks).  I have seen this when iterating o...
  • DisappointedUser1
  • Gig Goer
  • 3418 Views
  • 15 replies
  • 10 likes
  • 3418 Views
  • 15 replies
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[API] /playlists/id returns 404s

I'm getting 404 at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlist when testing the playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdCc7Q1hwtuvThis seems not normal? Its also not one of the deprecated endpoints so I d...

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  • Regular
  • I'm getting 404 at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlist when testing the playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdCc7Q1hwtuv This...
  • DisappointedUser1
  • Gig Goer
  • 368 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 3 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 368 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 3 likes

Academic Use of Spotify API for Mood-Based Music Analysis Research

Hello Spotify Community,I am a master’s student and researcher, conducting academic research on analyzing the characteristics of music corresponding to different moods. My study requires metadata such as artist names and song titles, making the Spoti...

  • Regular
  • Hello Spotify Community, I am a master’s student and researcher, conducting academic research on analyzing the characteristics of music corresponding to different moods. My study requires metadata s...
  • kimun
  • Regular
  • 436 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Developer API
    research
  • 436 Views
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License for academic research use

I'm using the Spotify Web API to extract audio features of several tracks for a corpus-based analysis I'm running for my PhD research. I don't make use of user data at any point throughout the process. I have two questions: 1) Is there a recommended ...

  • Visitor
  • I'm using the Spotify Web API to extract audio features of several tracks for a corpus-based analysis I'm running for my PhD research. I don't make use of user data at any point throughout the proces...
  • kimun
  • Regular
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  • 3 replies
  • 6 likes
  • license
    research
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Superuser Contribution [Developer][API Limit] Playlist Change limit exception

DeviceAPI My Question or IssueI've a playlist which I manage via API, many changes are applied to this item.Lately, I've started getting the following exception: { "error": { "status": 400, "message": "Unable to modify playlist - Reached maximum chan...

  • Casual Listener
  • Device API   My Question or Issue I've a playlist which I manage via API, many changes are applied to this item. Lately, I've started getting the following exception:   {   &nb...
  • gdkid
  • Visitor
  • 1864 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Other
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API Call Blocked?

I'd believed I'd been rate limited originally, however, I am still unable to make API requests. I know my requests had been working as I am using code that had previously been working. For context, I am working on an application that scrapes for all ...

  • Visitor
  • I'd believed I'd been rate limited originally, however, I am still unable to make API requests. I know my requests had been working as I am using code that had previously been working. For context, I...
  • Hunter__
  • Music Fan
  • 339 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • DeveloperAPI
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Error Code 411 even after Content-Length: 0

Hello,so I have been experiencing an issue with the /pause request. I can do GET /currently-playing. But when I do /pause I first get 411. Trying to solve this issue with pauseConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length": "0");. Doesnt work. Then l...

  • Visitor
  • Hello, so I have been experiencing an issue with the /pause request. I can do GET /currently-playing. But when I do /pause I first get 411. Trying to solve this issue with pauseConnection.setRequest...
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  • Possible Bug
    Question
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Manage Queue

Is there any way I can control the queue, add the song at the index I want or be able to undo the queue and redo it quickly while the current song still plays until the end?

  • Casual Listener
  • Is there any way I can control the queue, add the song at the index I want or be able to undo the queue and redo it quickly while the current song still plays until the end?
  • kyds3k
  • Music Fan
  • 610 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Discussion
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Getting 403 error when using sp.audio_features

New to spotipy & trying out some simple examples to get tracks on a playlist and the audio_features for those tracks. Using my client id and client secret, I can get a playlist, get the tracks but once I try to get the audio_features I keep getting a...

  • Visitor
  • New to spotipy & trying out some simple examples to get tracks on a playlist and the audio_features for those tracks. Using my client id and client secret, I can get a playlist, get the tracks bu...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 903 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Question
  • 903 Views
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