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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...
Hi! I wanted to make a web app that involves a users current jam. Are there any API references that exist for this?
Hi! I wanted to make a web app that involves a users current jam. Are there any API references that exist for this?
Casual Listener
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Hi everyone,My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and each apple reveals a piece of the album artwork. Every f...
Hi everyone, My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and eac...
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Hi! With the new Spotify conditions restricting 3rd party apps I am seriously considering changing from Spotify to another streaming platform. This because I’m a musician and love to be able to use apps like ASD (Amazing Slow Downer) and other noteap...
Hi! With the new Spotify conditions restricting 3rd party apps I am seriously considering changing from Spotify to another streaming platform. This because I’m a musician and love to be able t...
Newbie
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I have recently embedded a Spotify podcast iframe into my website, but I am only able to see and play the current episode. I would like to display a list of all episodes in the iframe so that my users can access them directly from my site.Has anyone ...
I have recently embedded a Spotify podcast iframe into my website, but I am only able to see and play the current episode. I would like to display a list of all episodes in the iframe so that my user...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiPhone 16/Galaxy S23 My Question or IssueHello, I'm interested in playing 30 second previews in my app from Spotify. I can use preview links just fine but am wondering if this is the right way to go copyright wise. They ...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone 16/Galaxy S23 My Question or Issue Hello, I'm interested in playing 30 second previews in my app from Spotify. I can use preview links just fi...
Spotify Star
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PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAsus F15,Dell ComputerOperating System(Windows 11, ubuntu) My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,I hope you are doing well. I'm reaching out as a longtime Spotify fan and an aspiring backend developer who deeply appreciates ...
Plan Free Country India Device Asus F15,Dell Computer Operating System (Windows 11, ubuntu) My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, I hope you are doing well. I'm reaching out as a ...
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My name is Rachit Joshi I'm from Bangalore, india i am an engineer student of 1st year , and I’m passionate about enhancing the music listening experience through technology. I would like to share an idea that could add significant value to your plat...
My name is Rachit Joshi I'm from Bangalore, india i am an engineer student of 1st year , and I’m passionate about enhancing the music listening experience through technology. I would like to...
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i have created an app which uses spotify connection then i add spotify iframe to play songs at my app. but spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices. how can i solve this issue? is there any possible way to p...
i have created an app which uses spotify connection then i add spotify iframe to play songs at my app. but spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices. how can...
Spotify Star
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Hi there -- I'm working on a project using the Spotify API (among others), and a big piece of it is verifying that a user signing up as a Spotify Artist is who they say they are. Spotify's API absolutely offers the ability to log in via Oauth, but ne...
Hi there -- I'm working on a project using the Spotify API (among others), and a big piece of it is verifying that a user signing up as a Spotify Artist is who they say they are. Spotify's ...
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Hello Spotify Developer Community,I hope this message finds you well. I have been working on implementing the Spotify OAuth web API and have successfully authorized users on my platform. However, I'm currently facing a challenge when it comes to retr...
Hello Spotify Developer Community, I hope this message finds you well. I have been working on implementing the Spotify OAuth web API and have successfully authorized users on my platform. However, I...
Casual Listener
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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...
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 thought...
Newbie
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# Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux ClientSearch git repo: CuB3y0nd/spotify-core-dumps## EnvironmentCheck `environment_info` file in my repo. ## SummarySpotify reproducibly crashes with a segmentation fault on Arch Linux. The c...
# Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux Client Search git repo: CuB3y0nd/spotify-core-dumps ## Environment Check `environment_info` file in my repo. ## Summary S...
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I am now getting the 'Illegal scope' message. Please advise?
I am now getting the 'Illegal scope' message. Please advise?
Casual Listener
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Hello Spotify Support Team,I’m developing a non-commercial educational project called MyMusicMind that analyzes user listening behavior and provides insights and recommendations. This project relies on the Spotify API for accessing detailed music dat...
Hello Spotify Support Team, I’m developing a non-commercial educational project called MyMusicMind that analyzes user listening behavior and provides insights and recommendations. This project relie...
Newbie
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceMultiple desktop and mobile devices.My Question or IssueI have a webpage created to pull directly from my Spotify API. Currently, the whole is failing to pull anything. My team is spread across the US and we've confirm...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Multiple desktop and mobile devices. My Question or Issue I have a webpage created to pull directly from my Spotify API. Currently, the whole is failing to...
Spotify Star
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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...
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 ...
Casual Listener
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Hello, I'm using a filtering DNS to block some domain on my child's phone.I want to block also video on Spotify and I try to identify domain of CDN linked to video streaming.Where can I find a list of domains used by purpose?Like image-cdn-ak.spotify...
Hello, I'm using a filtering DNS to block some domain on my child's phone. I want to block also video on Spotify and I try to identify domain of CDN linked to video streaming. Where can I fi...
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Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to obtain section data (intro, verse, chorus) and bar changes for songs via the current Spotify developer API. I would like to be able to flag prompts in my web app in real time for section changes and bar chan...
Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to obtain section data (intro, verse, chorus) and bar changes for songs via the current Spotify developer API. I would like to be able to flag prompts...
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I was going through the Spotify API documentation regarding audience creation. I understand that the user list needs to be uploaded as a CSV file to a Signed GCS (Google Cloud Storage) URL. However, I couldn’t find any details about the required CSV ...
I was going through the Spotify API documentation regarding audience creation. I understand that the user list needs to be uploaded as a CSV file to a Signed GCS (Google Cloud Storage) URL. However, ...
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PlanAny - Use of the API only (Manly the audio-feature endpoint)CountryBrazilDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,My name is Mateus, and I am currently developing an academic project. The focus of my research is to explo...
Plan Any - Use of the API only (Manly the audio-feature endpoint) Country Brazil Device Any Operating System Any My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, My name is Mateus, and I am ...
Spotify Star
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