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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...
PlanPremiumCountryUSAThe endpoint is returning an empty list despite having played and currently playing songs on Spotify.https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-playedTest it out here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/refere...
Plan Premium Country USA The endpoint is returning an empty list despite having played and currently playing songs on Spotify. https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played Test it...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry DevicepcOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issuei need to extend the number of users that can login with spotify on my web app, am building a "guess the song" game for me to play with my friends and i even bought spoti...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device pc Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue i need to extend the number of users that can login with spotify on my web app, am b...
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There is currently no endpoint to pin a playlist. This feature would be nice because I want my app to be able to pin a 'current playlist' for the user. This is something I do manually all of the time. The playlist creation endpoint and the https://de...
There is currently no endpoint to pin a playlist. This feature would be nice because I want my app to be able to pin a 'current playlist' for the user. This is something I do manually all of...
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The devicelist returned from Spotify is again and again malformed, messing up the name of the device. Other times the names are completely correct. I have not yet found the trigger for this. { "devices": [ { "id": "44be6fd55*****5c5d6e72ecb2acace96bd...
The devicelist returned from Spotify is again and again malformed, messing up the name of the device. Other times the names are completely correct. I have not yet found the trigger for this. ...
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Hello everyone!I’m the co-founder of MusicMatch, a physical music-themed board game with a companion web app (https://app.musicmatch.games).Before starting development, we would like to confirm whether our concept could be compatible with the Spotify...
Hello everyone! I’m the co-founder of MusicMatch, a physical music-themed board game with a companion web app (https://app.musicmatch.games). Before starting development, we would like to confirm w...
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Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, community, I am the developer of an App, a band management SaaS application for iOS built with Flutter. The App helps musicians manage gigs, setlists, finances, and band logistics. I am writing to request an exten...
Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, community, ...
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Hi, I'm getting an invalid_client / "Failed to get client" error on the client credentials token endpoint with a brand new app. Here's what I've tried:Created a fresh app in the developer dashboardVerified Client ID and Client Secret are correct — bo...
Hi, I'm getting an invalid_client / "Failed to get client" error on the client credentials token endpoint with a brand new app. Here's what I've tried: Created a fresh app in the developer dashbo...
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"Hello, I need help with Spotify Open Access allow-listing and Partner ID. My Client ID is: 54b25bdc3de148d2921f4e6dfa927a4f
"Hello, I need help with Spotify Open Access allow-listing and Partner ID. My Client ID is: 54b25bdc3de148d2921f4e6dfa927a4f
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Hello,I have built a full analytics website similar to artist.tools. The features were working very well until the new API regulations were introduced.We would now like to make our data tool publicly available. We have already received interest from ...
Hello, I have built a full analytics website similar to artist.tools. The features were working very well until the new API regulations were introduced. We would now like to make our data tool publ...
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I'm building a personal project using the Web Playback SDK. Since the February/March 2026 changes, player.connect() returns a promise that permanently stays pending. getOAuthToken is never called by the SDK. No error events fire — not authentication_...
I'm building a personal project using the Web Playback SDK. Since the February/March 2026 changes, player.connect() returns a promise that permanently stays pending. getOAuthToken is never called...
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I am trying to retrieve the tracks from a playlist Using the example here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlist I just get the response {} for thishttps://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlistId}?market=GB&fields...
I am trying to retrieve the tracks from a playlist Using the example here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlist I just get the response {} for this ...
Music Fan
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Hi Spotify Developer Team,I'm an independent developer building SoundSwipe, a mobile app (React Native / Expo, targeting iOS App Store) that helps Spotify users clean and curate their playlists through a swipe-based interface — swipe right to keep a ...
Hi Spotify Developer Team, I'm an independent developer building SoundSwipe, a mobile app (React Native / Expo, targeting iOS App Store) that helps Spotify users clean and curate their playlists thr...
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Hi, I'm developing an app and I'm stuck with a 403 Forbidden error when trying to fetch tracks from a playlist using GET /playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks.Here is the context:Plan: PremiumCountry: ItalyOS: Windows 10Environment: Development Mode.The pr...
Hi, I'm developing an app and I'm stuck with a 403 Forbidden error when trying to fetch tracks from a playlist using GET /playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks. Here is the context: Plan: Premium Cou...
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalOperating SystemWindows 11 I had a Developer App created that I use to interact with stream deck, streamer.bot and a now playing overlay for obs created by me. It's all used localy on my pc. Since yesterday everything stoppe...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Operating System Windows 11 I had a Developer App created that I use to interact with stream deck, streamer.bot and a now playing overlay for obs created b...
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I want to create a small website for a community of dance artists, we all enjoy creating dance video and the best platform for videos is youtube, but the biggest problem is the music we want to use in our video is copyrighted.I want to create a websi...
I want to create a small website for a community of dance artists, we all enjoy creating dance video and the best platform for videos is youtube, but the biggest problem is the music we want to use i...
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Hi,I'm an individual developer working on a small personal project: a Python script that monitors what I'm listening to on Spotify and automatically saves tracks I listen to for more than 30 seconds to my library (liked songs) or a playlist. It's str...
Hi, I'm an individual developer working on a small personal project: a Python script that monitors what I'm listening to on Spotify and automatically saves tracks I listen to for more than 30 second...
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PlanFamily (not owner, but invited)CountryUK My Question or Issue I'm a member of a Spotify Family plan and I'm unable to use Spotify Connect on third-party devices (Raspberry Pi running moOde and Raspotify). The device appears in the Spotify app and...
Plan Family (not owner, but invited) Country UK My Question or Issue I'm a member of a Spotify Family plan and I'm unable to use Spotify Connect on third-party devices (Raspberry...
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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 Issue
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
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Dear Hiring Team,I hope you are doing well.I wanted to follow up regarding my previous email where I shared a Business Requirements Document (BRD) based on my analysis of a potential revenue-impacting issue in Spotify’s ad-supported model.I understan...
Dear Hiring Team, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to follow up regarding my previous email where I shared a Business Requirements Document (BRD) based on my analysis of a potential revenue-impa...
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Hi,I’ve been building a small app called TrackList that maps Strava runs to a user’s listening history (songs mapped to route segments to generate a visual poster).I recently started letting a few people try it and have ~25 users actively using it no...
Hi, I’ve been building a small app called TrackList that maps Strava runs to a user’s listening history (songs mapped to route segments to generate a visual poster). I recently started letting a fe...
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