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Andreas Ehn replied on July 13, 2009 09:53 to the idea "Give aMSN Song+URL support! Help out developers!" in Spotify:

On the Mac, Spotify talks to Growl, so you could probably get the info from there.

Andreas Ehn replied on April 27, 2009 11:09 to the problem "Excessive debug protection?" in Spotify:

@denton29: Are you on Windows or Mac?

A comment on the question "API out soon or do we create our own ugly hacks?" in Spotify:

And it will be. Sorry about the delay, and thanks to everyone who has signed up! I haven't been able to reply personally to all of you, but your names are noted. – Andreas Ehn, on January 09, 2009 19:55

Andreas Ehn replied on October 15, 2008 23:39 to the question "API out soon or do we create our own ugly hacks?" in Spotify:

The APIs are definitely coming, but unfortunately I can't give you a specific time frame. You're stuck with the ugly hacks for now, but on the flip side, it's really impressive what people have been building anyway.

I'm collecting names for a mailing list about the Spotify platform that we'll launch once we're ready to talk about specifics. If you want to be on it, please send an email to ehn+platform@spotify.com about it!

Cheers,
Andreas

Andreas Ehn replied on September 30, 2008 13:04 to the idea "I want to scrobble to last.fm" in Spotify:

That's a frequent request and something we have considered, but not prioritized yet. More importantly, we'll make attention data APIs available for third-party developers who could easily hook us up with Last.fm or build a bunch of other cool stuff.

Andreas Ehn replied on September 15, 2008 22:18 to the idea "Support for OAuth?" in Spotify:

Thanks for following up! I see what you're getting at. In terms of third-party apps accessing Spotify music, all I can say at this stage is that we have some pretty neat things for developers in the pipeline that we're really eager to get out there. :)

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Andreas Ehn replied on September 12, 2008 09:39 to the idea "Support for OAuth?" in Spotify:

Account sharing like in iTunes doesn't really fit the Spotify model. You can share (and collaborate on) playlists by sharing the URI, and there is less of a need for account sharing when everyone has access to the same music library.

OAuth make a lot of sense for authentication for web services, where we're considering it. It's mostly a question of timing and priorities. I'd love to learn more about how to use OAuth in a desktop application, too, and I'd be happy to have a chat with you offline about that.

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Andreas Ehn replied on September 12, 2008 09:38 to the question "Web service support for creating spotify playlists?" in Spotify:

XSPF import is coming, though initially only through the client application. We have some really cool things up our sleeves when it comes to integration with other web apps, but we're not quite ready to go public with that.

As for creating and manipulating playlists through a web service, we need some way to support authentication over the web first. Several options are available, but we haven't made all decisions about that, and we don't have the infrastructure in place. We see the need, though.

Andreas Ehn replied on September 12, 2008 09:36 to the question "When will Spotify read my mind?" in Spotify:

Though Spotify won't be reading your mind anytime soon, you can rest assured that the radio mode will see a lot of improvements. :)