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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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Incomplete Artist Information when fetching songs

Incomplete Artist Information when fetching songs DescriptionThe API is providing incomplete artist information for some entries. Specifically, there are missing fields compared to the expected data structure. Steps to ReproduceQuery the Spotify API ...

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  • Incomplete Artist Information when fetching songs   Description The API is providing incomplete artist information for some entries. Specifically, there are missing fields compared to the exp...
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Saludos, cordiales, ¿Cómo puedo eliminar dos pódcast que yo subí?

Subí dos pódcast cuando era joven y hoy día deseo eliminarlos ya los elimine de mi host Voox! Pero aún no se reflejan en Spotify, ¿qué debo hacer?

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  • Subí dos pódcast cuando era joven y hoy día deseo eliminarlos ya los elimine de mi host Voox! Pero aún no se reflejan en Spotify, ¿qué debo hacer?
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Too Many Requests (429 Error) - blocked for 13 hours

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook Pro M1 2020Operating SystemMacOS 13.3.1 My Question or IssueI am running a Python script I wrote that uses the spotipy library to make Web API requests. My script will make a single request to searc...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country United States Device Macbook Pro M1 2020 Operating System MacOS 13.3.1   My Question or Issue I am running a Python script I wrote that uses the spotipy lib...
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Getting severe 429 Errors (Too Many Requests Error)

I'm the developer of Lyricify, which is an app for displaying scrolling lyrics for Spotify on Windows and Android. It highly relies on Get Playback State, it send the request frequently with an interval around 5-10s. And these days, 429 Rate Limit is...

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  • I'm the developer of Lyricify, which is an app for displaying scrolling lyrics for Spotify on Windows and Android. It highly relies on Get Playback State, it send the request frequently with an ...
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Get Artist's Albums API not returning all results for certain pages

The end point Get Artist's Albums https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums when ID is 0blbVefuxOGltDBa00dspv and include_groups is album,single,compilation, returns a total of 85 albums. On the first page, it properly lists the default limit of...

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  • The end point Get Artist's Albums https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums when ID is 0blbVefuxOGltDBa00dspv and include_groups is album,single,compilation, returns a total of 85 albums. On the...
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Removing card from account

I gave my brother my card to pay for his Spotify account when he had no money and now I want it to be removed. I don’t have permission for his account so I can’t remove it. What can I do?

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  • I gave my brother my card to pay for his Spotify account when he had no money and now I want it to be removed. I don’t have permission for his account so I can’t remove it. What can I do?
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Album search bug or syntax problem

I'm trying to get a list of new releases of specific genres. When I filter only for "tag:new" I get results:https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=tag:new&type=album But as soon as I add one genre I get zero results:https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=t...

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  • I'm trying to get a list of new releases of specific genres. When I filter only for "tag:new" I get results: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=tag:new&type=album   But as soon as I add ...
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Cant edit my playlist, error: Unable to modify playlist - Reached maximum change count

PlanPremiumDeviceany deviceOperating Systemany operating systemPlaylist ID18cUFeM5Q75ViwevsMQM1j I can't update my playlists, when using app (desktop or mobile) nothing happend when im removing song or trying to edit playlist name, and when I'm tryin...

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  • Plan Premium Device any device Operating System any operating system Playlist ID 18cUFeM5Q75ViwevsMQM1j   I can't update my playlists, when using app (desktop or mobile) nothing happend...
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Solved!! How delete one or more elements from playlist?

If you use the API https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks it removes ALL TRACKS from the playlist that match the given URI.But how can I delete one track? Or a certain number of tracks with such a URI?

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  • If you use the API https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks it removes ALL TRACKS from the playlist that match the given URI. But how can I delete one track? Or a certain number of ...
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Artist that decide to reward users

Hello, Can we have an app that don't show any earnings aspect but sometimes artists can decide to reward top users. Thank you

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  • Hello,    Can we have an app that don't show any earnings aspect but sometimes artists can decide to reward top users.   Thank you
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[Desktop][Developer] Hide mouse/curser in full screen video mode

It would be great if the curser would hide automatically in full screen Video mode. When watching a video in full screen, the curser is always there – For me and some others, this is somewhat distracting. Most other video player are hiding the curser...

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  • It would be great if the curser would hide automatically in full screen Video mode.    When watching a video in full screen, the curser is always there – For me and some others, this...
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Extension Request Rejection Mail Not Received

Hi, my extension request got rejected but i didn receive any email that explains why its rejected. What should I do?Client ID0806329d039f45cdb2535f4767d7aa4a

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  • Hi, my extension request got rejected but i didn receive any email that explains why its rejected. What should I do? Client ID 0806329d039f45cdb2535f4767d7aa4a
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Superuser Contribution Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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  • The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. ...
  • mekala02
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Illegal redirect_uri - how to show my own page

Hello there again I am making my web app where user inserts his personal secret data (User ID, Client ID, Client secret etc), after that he confirms loggin in via Spotify web. I want to solve some errors and I cant manage one thing. When user insert ...

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  • Hello there again 🙂    I am making my web app where user inserts his personal secret data (User ID, Client ID, Client secret etc), after that he confirms loggin in via Spotify web. ...
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Api to create a private playlist doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhone 13Operating SystemiOS 15 My Question or IssueI'm hitting the API to create a playlist POST: "/users/\(userId)/playlists" with isPublic=false and isCollaborative=false in the body. The playlist is created successfully...

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  • ...laylists"   with isPublic=false and isCollaborative=false in the body. The playlist is created successfully but is public instead of private. The scopes I have authorized are [p...
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search api not working for episodes

I want to get the id of a podcast episode whose name I know with Python, but when I search with the API, the item parameter returns empty. When I do this for tracks or artists, it works perfectly. Also, yes, I have the access token.

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  • I want to get the id of a podcast episode whose name I know with Python, but when I search with the API, the item parameter returns empty. When I do this for tracks or artists, it works perfectly. Al...
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Where can I find when artist play live?

Hello! Where can i see when artists are going to play live and where? You guys should promote gigs betterPlan Country Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issu...

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  • 🤗Hello!   Where can i see when artists are going to play live and where?   You guys should promote gigs better Plan   Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Mac...
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Feature to get a artist's cover image

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 Currently https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}The endpoint doesn't return us the cover image of the artist. Which desktop app/Spotify's website is able to. Example of a cover image Link

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  • Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   Currently  https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id} The endpoint doesn't return us the cover image of the artist. Which desktop app/Spotify'...
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Get Current User's Playlists returns incorrect data when DJ is present

I'm building an app that gets the current users playlist, I noticed that 'total' seems to differ from the actual amount of playlists returned. Investigating further I noticed that the API returns duplicate playlist entries when the playlist is next t...

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  • I'm building an app that gets the current users playlist, I noticed that 'total' seems to differ from the actual amount of playlists returned. Investigating further I noticed that the API returns dup...
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how to turn off in-app live event notifications?

I need to turn them off so they don't show when I am using the app. PremiumCountryusaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • I need to turn them off so they don't show when I am using the app.     Premium Country usa Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, And...
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