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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 ...

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  • malikmohsin
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About the usage of deprecated web APIs

Dear Spotify Developer Support Team,My name is Oğuzhan Dere, and I am the creator of Keddy, a music personalization application designed to provide unique, tailored listening experiences. For the past 4–5 months, I have been diligently developing thi...

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  • Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, My name is Oğuzhan Dere, and I am the creator of Keddy, a music personalization application designed to provide unique, tailored listening experiences. For ...
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v1/me/following getting 403s all of a sudden

Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently. For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following endpoint. This seems to have started yesterday and is practically...

  • Casual Listener
  • Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently.   For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following en...
  • olli408
  • Regular
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  • Possible Bug
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cant access tempo of a track

Key details about the issue:Access Token Retrieval: The access token is retrieved without issues, confirming that the Client Credentials Flow authentication is functioning as expected.Public Endpoint: The audio-features endpoint does not require user...

  • Visitor
  •   Key details about the issue: Access Token Retrieval: The access token is retrieved without issues, confirming that the Client Credentials Flow authentication is functioning as expected. Pu...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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  • audio_description
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spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?

  • Casual Listener
  • the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?
  • lneroni-it
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How to avoid 403 Error with Implicit Grant Flow Auth

Hello everybody, I am currently developing a static webapp with html, js and css. I am using Implicit Grant Flow as authorization and everything worked fine. However, when my friend tried to test the app, nothing worked.I quickly found out that it wa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everybody,   I am currently developing a static webapp with html, js and css. I am using Implicit Grant Flow as authorization and everything worked fine. However, when my friend tried to...
  • Ximzend
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Solved!! The Web Playback SDK seems to no longer work on Android.

I am a Spotify Premium user. I developed a web app in Angular that was working perfectly until now. This web app uses the Web Playback SDK, which also worked flawlessly. It had been some time since I last tested my web app, and upon logging in today,...

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  • I am a Spotify Premium user.   I developed a web app in Angular that was working perfectly until now. This web app uses the Web Playback SDK, which also worked flawlessly. It had been some tim...
  • Blindtune
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Get Recently Played Tracks and Get Track are missing UPC, Popularity, and other info from Get Album

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-track When using the get-re...

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  • https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album  https://developer.spotify.co...
  • ShadowMonkey105
  • Casual Listener
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Imagine vinyl stimulation in the app

Hi developers and spotify team,Just had this amazing idea this morning when I woke up and thought... What if you put a smile (came on auto correct) I meant what if you put a simple button in the app that can switch on vinyl noise in the background so...

  • Visitor
  • Hi developers and spotify team, Just had this amazing idea this morning when I woke up and thought...    What if you put a smile (came on auto correct) I meant what if you put a simple b...
  • deeyuh
  • Newbie
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  • Audio Features
    Detail-Oriented Developers
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Open Source Software on the Car Thing

Hi! I was wondering if there was a place to download the source code for the software that is running on the Car Thing. Specifically Free and Open Source Software like u-boot and Linux, but also other pieces of code that fall under the same sort of l...

  • Newbie
  • Hi!   I was wondering if there was a place to download the source code for the software that is running on the Car Thing. Specifically Free and Open Source Software like u-boot and Linux, but ...
  • appusers505
  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution Issues with Third-Party Tool Integration and Spotify API

Hi everyone,I’ve been working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to manage playlists and analyze data, but I’ve run into a few challenges. Specifically, I’m noticing some delays and occasional errors when trying to sync real-time change...

  • Visitor
  • Hi everyone, I’ve been working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to manage playlists and analyze data, but I’ve run into a few challenges. Specifically, I’m noticing some delays and o...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
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Superuser Contribution 30s Preview_Url Depriciated

My Question or Issue Hi I currently have an application that uses 30s preivew_urls in the app when making in multi-get responses. They released a blog post (https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2024-11-27-changes-to-the-web-api) talking about how this ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue   Hi I currently have an application that uses 30s preivew_urls in the app when making in multi-get responses. They released a blog post (https://developer.spotify.co...
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What scopes require an compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

We didn't get our product integrated with spotify due to a lack of an US infringement agent, a "note & take down" policy and a infringement policy. Is this required for all scopes or just the ones regarding privacy? We simply want people to share wha...

  • Visitor
  • We didn't get our product integrated with spotify due to a lack of an US infringement agent, a "note & take down" policy and a infringement policy. Is this required for all scopes or just the one...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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Does my project fall under the category of "game"?

I'm looking at creating an app that allows users to create and join "contests", where each user submits a selection of songs and then the participants listen to each song and vote on how much they like/dislike a given song. Each contest would have it...

  • Newbie
  • I'm looking at creating an app that allows users to create and join "contests", where each user submits a selection of songs and then the participants listen to each song and vote on how much they li...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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deprecated Key and tempo

Now that the audio features and audio analysis are removed..same with preview url too, is it possible to get any of them as a paid service?

  • Newbie
  • Now that the audio features and audio analysis are removed..same with preview url too, is it possible to get any of them as a paid service?
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top-tracks endpoint returns incorrect popularity for songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe ./top-tracks endpoint returns an incorrect popularity for songs that are released both as...

  • Visitor
  • 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 The ./t...
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Total search results differ from actually retrieved results

As the title says, I search with Spotipy for X band and I get e.g. 1000 results from the search query, but when I try to iterate over those I get only 700.Seems to be a known bug for a while. Is there a work around for that or should I make peace wit...

  • Visitor
  • As the title says, I search with Spotipy for X band and I get e.g. 1000 results from the search query, but when I try to iterate over those I get only 700. Seems to be a known bug for a while. Is ...
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Superuser Contribution User not registered in the developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop web browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was able to log in to spotify successfully through the app, and view my playlists. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop web browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was abl...
  • 31syjy5zmcd2u5qjtpt5
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Cover art and Profile picture resizing

Looking for some clarification on the rules for resizing album covers and profile pictures from the web API. I want to resize them but keep the aspect ratio and everything else the same. I see that images are often returned in 2 or 3 sizes such as 64...

  • Newbie
  • Looking for some clarification on the rules for resizing album covers and profile pictures from the web API. I want to resize them but keep the aspect ratio and everything else the same. I see that i...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 355 Views
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[Android] SpotifyAppRemote doesn't call onConnected

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceOneplus 8TOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueHi, I am trying to make a simple app that can scan a qr code and use the qr code info to start playing a song on Spotify in the background.(I am a total andro...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Oneplus 8T Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Hi, I am trying to make a simple app that can scan a qr code and use the qr code i...
  • artibarti
  • Casual Listener
  • 311 Views
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  • Android
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me/tracks consistently returns 502 for user with many liked songs

Hi, I have a user using my app who has about 48000 liked songs. When I try to make a call to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks?offset=0&limit=1 on behalf of the user, i.e., retrieving the latest liked song for the user, I consistently get 502 retu...

  • Roadie
  • Hi, I have a user using my app who has about 48000 liked songs. When I try to make a call to  https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks?offset=0&limit=1 on behalf of the user, i.e., retrieving th...
  • Lethalpaintball
  • Casual Listener
  • 4446 Views
  • 20 replies
  • 13 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 4446 Views
  • 20 replies
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