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Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...
Aside from the issue I've described below, a small feature would be nice to add: The option to sort the artist list under "Your Library" on the left could be added to sort by date of liking or alphabetically.PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceASUSPRO P254...
Aside from the issue I've described below, a small feature would be nice to add: The option to sort the artist list under "Your Library" on the left could be added to sort by date of liking or alphab...
Spotify Star
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Hello. Question and maybe an idea for you guys. I’ve recently downloaded Spotify. I’m slow I know! However I love how you have the lyrics in your app. And I’m a keen learner of the piano. Have you thought about adding the sheet music to the app too? ...
Hello. Question and maybe an idea for you guys. I’ve recently downloaded Spotify. I’m slow I know! However I love how you have the lyrics in your app. And I’m a keen learner of the piano. Have you th...
Newbie
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The API is reporting, for multiple users, that they listened to the new Ed Sheeran single (18FN1Kz7KMF0ujN6ID4ans) ~50 times each within a 15 minute window. The issue started around 2025-08-09 21:12:14 for one user and 2025-08-11 13:52:24 for another...
The API is reporting, for multiple users, that they listened to the new Ed Sheeran single (18FN1Kz7KMF0ujN6ID4ans) ~50 times each within a 15 minute window. The issue started around 2025-08-09 2...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI see in your terms and conditions that using the Spotify API for quizzes and trivia is not a...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I see i...
Newbie
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Hello Spotify Team, I am currently working on a project to catalog my vinyl collection along with additional song information. I recently learned that the audio-features/{id} endpoint has been deprecated. Could this be the reason why it is returning ...
Hello Spotify Team, I am currently working on a project to catalog my vinyl collection along with additional song information. I recently learned that the audio-features/{id} endpoi...
Visitor
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PlanFreeCountryFROperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI'm creatin an application using the web API spotify. Everything was working well but since this morning. The route get /albums/{id}/tracks doesn''t work anymore (even on your website) a...
Plan Free Country FR Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I'm creatin an application using the web API spotify. Everything was working well but since this morning. The rout...
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Hi Spotify Developer Community,I’m facing a significant data limitation when trying to analyze podcast episode performance comprehensively. There’s a frustrating gap between what’s available through different Spotify data sources: Current Situation: ...
Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m facing a significant data limitation when trying to analyze podcast episode performance comprehensively. There’s a frustrating gap between what’s available throug...
Casual Listener
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Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
Visitor
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Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...
Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thought...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumDeviceWebbrowser (Chrome / Firefox / Safari) My Question or IssueI recently had the idea to develop a browser-based game that would use the Spotify Web Playback SDK to play music from the user’s own account via OAuth login.All playback wou...
Plan Premium Device Webbrowser (Chrome / Firefox / Safari) My Question or Issue I recently had the idea to develop a browser-based game that would use the Spotify Web Playback SDK to pla...
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When I use OAuth and Client Credentials to query the Spotify API, I get different search results. Specifically, with OAuth, I can't find certain tracks. For instance, when I search for "concorde lady machine," it should return a track with the ID 23Z...
When I use OAuth and Client Credentials to query the Spotify API, I get different search results. Specifically, with OAuth, I can't find certain tracks. For instance, when I search for "concorde lady...
Visitor
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 11BrowserHave tried Chrome, Firefox, and Edge in various configurations (private, disable all extensions, etc)My Question or IssueI keep getting the message popup:"Search ErrorAn error occurred during...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 11 Browser Have tried Chrome, Firefox, and Edge in various configurations (private, disable all extensions, etc) My Question or Issue I...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuehttps://x.com/menemgxR4mN2KQc/status/1925732135811391708This is an app I have been developing...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue https:/...
Casual Listener
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I'd be absolutely fenomenal if Spotify could add a theme that will make it look like Winamp. I think it's a great idea to bring some fun for the 30+ y.o. users as a April Fool's update or something similar.
I'd be absolutely fenomenal if Spotify could add a theme that will make it look like Winamp. I think it's a great idea to bring some fun for the 30+ y.o. users as a April Fool's update or something s...
Spotify Star
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Hello,I have been requesting a quota increase for my application for the past year, and it has been rejected ten times. The latest rejection reasons are not only irrelevant to my app’s actual functionality but also highlight a deeply flawed approval ...
Hello, I have been requesting a quota increase for my application for the past year, and it has been rejected ten times. The latest rejection reasons are not only irrelevant to my app’s actual funct...
Music Fan
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Hi, is there a way to get out of development mode (-> not having to manually set people into the allowlist so they can use accesstokens) without being an organisation? Im working on a small site that gets a users recently listened songs and puts them...
Hi, is there a way to get out of development mode (-> not having to manually set people into the allowlist so they can use accesstokens) without being an organisation? Im working on a small site t...
Casual Listener
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Plan: Free / PremiumCountry: United StatesMy Question or Issue:I’m developing a paid music bingo app for macOS (Apple App Store). The app is a utility for event hosts — it does not stream or play music from Spotify. Instead, users provide their own M...
Plan: Free / Premium Country: United States My Question or Issue: I’m developing a paid music bingo app for macOS (Apple App Store). The app is a utility for event hosts — it does not stream or pl...
Regular
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Is the Spotify Status page no longer available or is the API down? I had this link saved in my browser but it is no longer available:https://status.spotify.dev/Apologies in advance if this has already been answered. I didn't see any mention of it whe...
Is the Spotify Status page no longer available or is the API down? I had this link saved in my browser but it is no longer available: https://status.spotify.dev/ Apologies in advance if ...
Casual Listener
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I am exploring n8n for AI workflows and I am using "self-hosted-ai-starter-kit" and I want to use the Spotify tool in my workflow. When configuring the credentials I get this Redirect URI: http://localhost:5678/rest/oauth2-credential/callback Since t...
I am exploring n8n for AI workflows and I am using "self-hosted-ai-starter-kit" and I want to use the Spotify tool in my workflow. When configuring the credentials I get this Redirect URI: &nbs...
Casual Listener
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When playing the song Golden, the artist names displayed on the App are: HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, etc. However, the artist name obtained through the Spotify API method: - (void)playerStateDidChange:(id)playerState; is only: HUNTR/X. The version of...
When playing the song Golden, the artist names displayed on the App are: HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, etc. However, the artist name obtained through the Spotify API method: - (void)playerS...
Spotify Star
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