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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changi...
Newbie
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Hi Spotify Developer team, I’m building The Hot Take, an app for in-person social gatherings (camping trips, birthdays, house parties). I want to confirm compliance with the Developer Policy before continuing development, particularly Section III.2 (...
Hi Spotify Developer team, I’m building The Hot Take, an app for in-person social gatherings (camping trips, birthdays, house parties). I want to confirm compliance with the Developer Policy...
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PlanPremiumCountryPoland My Question or IssueI’m running into a really weird issue with the GET artist-albums endpoint. My app hasn't made any requests for about 14 hours. Today, I fired it up and my very first request immediately got blocked with a ...
Plan Premium Country Poland My Question or Issue I’m running into a really weird issue with the GET artist-albums endpoint. My app hasn't made any requests for about 14 hours. Today, I f...
Newbie
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Hello Team, I am building a personal Spotify analytics project using the Spotify Web API and Snowflake. I am currently in Development Mode and I am trying to enrich my listening history data with additional metadata. Use case I have around 40,000 uni...
Hello Team, I am building a personal Spotify analytics project using the Spotify Web API and Snowflake. I am currently in Development Mode and I am trying to enrich my listening history data with add...
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Hi everyone,I'm currently building an AI-powered music discovery platform and wanted to ask whether the Spotify Web API can support this use case, or if there are any additional APIs or partner solutions available.The goal is to use AI agents to anal...
Hi everyone, I'm currently building an AI-powered music discovery platform and wanted to ask whether the Spotify Web API can support this use case, or if there are any additional APIs or partner sol...
Casual Listener
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My Question or Issue:Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song shows a small 1 (meaning repeat-one is enabled), it plays the mus...
My Question or Issue: Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song sho...
Visitor
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Plan: Premium (Individual)Country: PolandDevice: PC / WindowsMy Question or IssueMy app cannot create playlists. Every POST /v1/users/{id}/playlists returns 403 Forbidden, while read endpoints work fine with the same token.Details:Individual Premium ...
Plan: Premium (Individual) Country: Poland Device: PC / Windows My Question or Issue My app cannot create playlists. Every POST /v1/users/{id}/playlists returns 403 Forbidden, while read endpoint...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremium (personal Development Mode project)CountrySouth KoreaDeviceDesktop application (macOS development, Windows target)Operating SystemmacOS and WindowsMy Question or IssueHello,I'm developing Roadwave, a non-commercial desktop companion for p...
Plan Premium (personal Development Mode project) Country South Korea Device Desktop application (macOS development, Windows target) Operating System macOS and Windows My Question or Issue He...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 17 pro max, XBOX one, Samsung TV)Operating System(iOS 26) My Question or Issue:More of a suggestion.. I’d love to see Spotify add an Ambient Visual Mode for TVs and game consoles.When listening on a TV, many of u...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 17 pro max, XBOX one, Samsung TV) Operating System (iOS 26) My Question or Issue: More of a suggestion.. I’d love to see Spotify...
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I'm trying to create a new app, but I have reached my limit. So, I tried to go into my dashboard and delete the one I have, but the delete button is not showing up. Through some research, I saw that my app is disabled and blocked? I'm not sure if tha...
I'm trying to create a new app, but I have reached my limit. So, I tried to go into my dashboard and delete the one I have, but the delete button is not showing up. Through some research, I saw that ...
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Recently, quite a few Spotify developer applications seem to have surfaced that skirt the new developer API rules and circumvent the regular approval process. Does Spotify approve these on a case by case bases?
Recently, quite a few Spotify developer applications seem to have surfaced that skirt the new developer API rules and circumvent the regular approval process. Does Spotify approve these on a case by ...
Spotify Star
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I know you need Premium to use the API. But if the Premium subscription is stopped while you have an active Dev Mode API key: 1) Is the API key cancelled forever (i.e. have to reapply again for a new one)? 2) Is it maybe just disabled until Premium i...
I know you need Premium to use the API. But if the Premium subscription is stopped while you have an active Dev Mode API key: 1) Is the API key cancelled forever (i.e. have to reapply again ...
Spotify Star
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I've been building a personal project on the web api for a couple months now and have run into the wall that caps your users to 25 or 5 for newer devs like me. I've decided to treat the 250k MAU limit as a push to get creative: to make sure the app I...
I've been building a personal project on the web api for a couple months now and have run into the wall that caps your users to 25 or 5 for newer devs like me. I've decided to treat the 250k...
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Hi all, We're building an app, and want a genuinely simple Spotify integration: let a user connect their account and play a song or playlist while inside our app. No data scraping, no recommendations, no analytics on listening habits, just basic play...
Hi all, We're building an app, and want a genuinely simple Spotify integration: let a user connect their account and play a song or playlist while inside our app. No data scraping, no recommendations...
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hello,I'm getting ready to submit this form but wasn't clear on the following The partner application form says:User Base ThresholdYour application must have a minimum of 250,000 Monthly Active Users. You must be able to upload data from the App Stor...
hello, I'm getting ready to submit this form but wasn't clear on the following The partner application form says: User Base Threshold Your application must have a minimum of 250,00...
Casual Listener
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Hi,I am currently building a new application that depends on user authorization via Spotify. I understand the difference between Development Mode and Extended Quota Mode, and I also understand the intention behind preventing abuse. What I don’t under...
Hi, I am currently building a new application that depends on user authorization via Spotify. I understand the difference between Development Mode and Extended Quota Mode, and I also unders...
Casual Listener
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Hey,I’m building an app called SyncMyPlays. It lets users sync playlists both ways between Spotify and Apple Music using their own accounts.Right now it’s a desktop app, and I’m also planning to make it available as a web app. All the details are on ...
Hey, I’m building an app called SyncMyPlays. It lets users sync playlists both ways between Spotify and Apple Music using their own accounts. Right now it’s a desktop app, and I’m also planning to ...
Casual Listener
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Hello Spotify Developer Team, My name is Sternberg Cherkesian, Founder & CEO of Wellmexh International Limited, a technology company incorporated in the United Kingdom.We have already created our official Spotify Developer application and are current...
Hello Spotify Developer Team, My name is Sternberg Cherkesian, Founder & CEO of Wellmexh International Limited, a technology company incorporated in the United Kingdom. We have already ...
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Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post...
Regular
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Following the most recent update demanding 250K MAU while concurrently limiting development to 5 active users, is the option to try and launch a new web application with Spotify API integrations effectively dead? From my understanding, there is liter...
Following the most recent update demanding 250K MAU while concurrently limiting development to 5 active users, is the option to try and launch a new web application with Spotify API integrations effe...
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