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Pause Playback

PUT
/me/player/pause

Pause playback on the user's account. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The order of execution is not guaranteed when you use this API with other Player API endpoints.

Authorization

oauth_2_0 user-modify-playback-state
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Spotify supports OAuth 2.0 for authenticating all API requests.

In: header

Scope: user-modify-playback-state

Query Parameters

device_id?Device ID

The id of the device this command is targeting. If not supplied, the user's currently active device is the target.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X PUT "https://example.com/me/player/pause"
Empty

Start/Resume Playback PUT

Start a new context or resume current playback on the user's active device. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The order of execution is not guaranteed when you use this API with other Player API endpoints.

Skip To Next POST

Skips to next track in the user’s queue. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The order of execution is not guaranteed when you use this API with other Player API endpoints.