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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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Refresh token expiration: discussion 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...

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tuftii

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Spotify album streams not updating to match my songs

I posted an album on Friday and it's a week later. I paid $200 for Facebook meta ads and the album got 10,000 streams and that was real-time streams. They updated everything up until that point on my individual tracks and it added up to 10,000. After...

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I posted an album on Friday and it's a week later. I paid $200 for Facebook meta ads and the album got 10,000 streams and that was real-time streams. They updated everything up until that point on my...

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Recently Played tracks don't seem to show plays of downloaded songs

Hi! When using the API to pull my recently played tracks, I've noticed that songs played while offline consistently don't seem to show in the results. Is this intended behavior? If so, is there a way to get the offline play data too, somehow? Thanks ...

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Hi! When using the API to pull my recently played tracks, I've noticed that songs played while offline consistently don't seem to show in the results. Is this intended behavior? If so, is there a way...

Ximzend

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Solved!! Receiving 403 Forbidden when deleting a song from a my own playlist

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueWhen calling the API with the right scope, I get a 403 Forbidden (Not a missing scope error to be clear) when deleting a song from my own playlist. It's worked f...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Computer Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue When calling the API with the right scope, I get a 403 Forbidden (Not a missing scope error ...

Deyvit31

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403 Forbidden Response
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New app idea - playlist identification

I am trying to develop an iOS app that identifies a public playlist that is currently playing from someone else’s phone. To do this, I would need to identify the song that is currently playing (similar to Shazam), identify a user in the area of my ip...

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I am trying to develop an iOS app that identifies a public playlist that is currently playing from someone else’s phone. To do this, I would need to identify the song that is currently playing (simil...

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Incorrect pagination https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceREST APIMy Question or Issue Hi everyone!I ran into a weird issue with paginating over users playlists. Steps to reproduce are:Request some number of users playlists with no offset: ?limit=5&offset=0Request same amount o...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device REST API My Question or Issue   Hi everyone! I ran into a weird issue with paginating over users playlists. Steps to reproduce are: Request some num...

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403 User not registered in the Developer Dashboard error after user has been added

My Question or IssueI have a spotify app in development mode that is using the WebAPI and it works correctly with the app's account owner spotify account, but when trying to use another account, i get this 403 error. I've followed the steps to add us...

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My Question or Issue I have a spotify app in development mode that is using the WebAPI and it works correctly with the app's account owner spotify account, but when trying to use another account, i ...

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API usage terms question

I am creating a website to recommend books and wanted to add a spotify link to an audio book if its available on spotify. Every time I add a book to my site it will be querying the API to find out if the audobook is available. I will not be using any...

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I am creating a website to recommend books and wanted to add a spotify link to an audio book if its available on spotify.  Every time I add a book to my site it will be querying the API to find ...

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Solved!! https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/albums returns 500 - Internal Server Error

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Air M1 (via curl and Postman)Operating SystemMacOs My Question or IssueI am attempting to get a list of my saved albums and their respective URLs. To begin, I set up a Postman collection to get the authorization to...

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  Plan Premium Country USA   Device Macbook Air M1 (via curl and Postman) Operating System MacOs   My Question or Issue I am attempting to get a list of my saved albums and...

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How to update track play count from spotify web api

First, is it even possible to update the count on spotify player from web api. If yes how to do so

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First, is it even possible to update the count on spotify player from web api.   If yes how to do so  

Ximzend

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will stream count increase with spotify sdk?

If we integrate spotify SDK in android or iOS and play song using spotify play will it increase the stream count in spotify app?

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If we integrate spotify SDK in android or iOS and play song using spotify play will it increase the stream count in spotify app?

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API - Expose song genre

Hey hey,I've built myself a pretty neat little program that will scan through all of my liked songs, and sort them into playlists based on which genre it thinks they are. I've got a lot of songs, so this kind of automation is needed. My actual reques...

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Hey hey, I've built myself a pretty neat little program that will scan through all of my liked songs, and sort them into playlists based on which genre it thinks they are. I've got a lot of songs, s...

joeyboli

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Feature Request
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Is it possible to fetch offline spotify track list in my custom android app?

Hi, everyone!I hope you are doing well. Nowadays I built a customized Android app which plays spotify tracks.Now I'm gonna collect the offline spotify track list in my customized Android app and store the list in a custom DB.How can I collect the off...

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Hi, everyone! I hope you are doing well.   Nowadays I built a customized Android app which plays spotify tracks. Now I'm gonna collect the offline spotify track list in my customized Android...

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Spotify lost my place in an audiobook. how do I bookmark my spot?

I have been listening to an audiobook for several days now. but today when I looked for my book it was gone from my queue. I found the book again, but spotify wants to start from the beginning. I didn't take note of the chapter I was listening to bec...

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I have been listening to an audiobook for several days now. but today when I looked for my book it was gone from my queue. I found the book again, but spotify wants to start from the beginning. I ...

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Spotify allow that tool?

i create tool for create playlist in web and android. i want it publish on github. spotify allow that?

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i create tool for create playlist in web and android. i want it publish on github. spotify allow that?

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Weird unknown notification in the developer console

Hello there!it's been 9 weeks since I've submitted a quota extension request for my app. I have received no response, but since about a week ago there's a notification icon next to the name of my app in the developer console. However, I've went throu...

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Hello there! it's been 9 weeks since I've submitted a quota extension request for my app. I have received no response, but since about a week ago there's a notification icon next to the name of my a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Issue with Reordering Tracks in Playlist via API - Action Not Performed

Plan: Both (Free & Premium) Platform:WebAPI. Country: Pakistan / USA / NetherlandHello Spotify Developer Community,I am encountering an issue with the Spotify Web API where I attempt to reorder tracks within a playlist but the action doesn't seem to ...

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      Plan:  Both (Free & Premium)  Platform: WebAPI.  Country:  Pakistan / USA / Netherland Hello Spotify Developer Community, I am encountering an...

LambertSpot

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Iframe api unsafe-eval

PlanFree/PremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceWebsites on chromeMy Question or IssueWhen using the iframeapi it will not work unless you allow unsafe-eval in your CSP which is a no-go for most websites.from the console: Uncaught EvalError: Refused to evaluate ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Denmark Device Websites on chrome My Question or Issue When using the iframeapi it will not work unless you allow unsafe-eval in your CSP which is a no-go for most we...

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Redirect URI needed?

I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or saved albums), do I need to set a redirect URI in my ap...

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I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or save...

Ximzend

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Lyrics are not loading on any music I am listening, it's not that lyrics aren't available

PlanFree/Premium FreeCountry India Device Realme 8s 5g(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Android 13(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Plan Free/Premium Free Country India   Device Realme 8s 5g (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Android 13 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) ...

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Lyrics are not loading
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