topic Re: Amount of API uses in Spotify for Developers

Amount of API uses

Mauritsb — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:39:33 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Netherlands

Device

(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)

Operating System

(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)

My Question or Issue

How many times can i use the spotify API every day? I want to make an application that scans users (my friends) and when someone plays a certain song it will send a discord message. But I don't know how many times I can us the API on a daily bases. I want to prevent that i get blocked from the API.

Re: Amount of API uses

Hubo — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:03:03 GMT

Hallo @Mauritsb, thanks for posting on the Spotify for Developers board!

Rate limiting is applied as per application based on Client ID, and regardless of the number of users who use the application simultaneously. Right now, there's no information to share about the specific amount of requests you can do.

To reduce the amount of requests, use endpoints that fetch multiple entities in one request. For example: If you often request single tracks, albums, or artists, use endpoints such as Get Several Tracks, Get Several Albums or Get Several Artists, instead. Let me know if you have any questions!

Have a great day and happy coding!

Hubo

Re: Amount of API uses

Mauritsb — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:41:05 GMT

Hi Hugo

Does this also apply for the Get information about the user's current playback

Because I want to scan multiple users at the same time. I just need to know 1 song.

Re: Amount of API uses

Hubo — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:15:23 GMT

Hey @Mauritsb,

This rate-limiting applies to all endpoints. You could try to choose for a larger interval to check the current progress in the song. Let me know if you have any other questions!

Have a good one,

Hubo