Comment on Let's make some noise! (Embedding Media at the Archive of Our Own)

  1. AmateurDreamMaker Wed 09 Nov 2016 07:27PM UTC

    I saw that you mentioned spotify on the sites supported by the site, but do you have any tutorial on sharing a spotify playlist in AO3? is there a way to do it?

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    1. Sam of Support (AO3_Support) (Official) Sat 12 Nov 2016 02:00PM UTC

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      Hi, AmateurDreamMaker:

      Great question - it took me 30 minutes to figure out where Spotify hid the embed code, because it varies between devices! There's an easy way and the hard way, it seems.

      If you have the desktop player:

      1. Navigate to the album, artist, or playlist you'd like to embed.
      2. Look for the [...] in a circle next to the Play button. (If you're just sharing a track, it's in the track list just before the time.) Select it.
      3. Select "Copy Embed Code".
      4. In the Post New page, paste it into the HTML editor. (Pasting it into the Rich Text editor won't work. If you want to easily add additional formatted text, paste the embed code into the HTML, then click on the Rich Text button for easier formatting.)

      If you are using the web player, Spotify has buried the instructions in the Developer Toolssection. Two things to note: The link in step 1 now says "Copy Spotify URL"; the link you paste in step 2 will look like a proper link. You can then use the code in step 3 in the HTML editor, as above.

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      Best,
      CJ

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