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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Hi everyone,I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata.Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playlist I get this error:{ "error": "Could not fetch playli...
Hi everyone, I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata. Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playl...
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Would be great to have search criteria for Lossless and bit depth to make playlists in example for high-res (24-bit) tracks.
Would be great to have search criteria for Lossless and bit depth to make playlists in example for high-res (24-bit) tracks.
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Problem: If support/admins create a block on behalf of a user while the other user already blocked them, the result is an unrecoverable mutual block — neither user can see the other or undo the block. This creates a “limbo” state.Proposal: Allow mutu...
Problem: If support/admins create a block on behalf of a user while the other user already blocked them, the result is an unrecoverable mutual block — neither user can see the other or undo the block...
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PlanPremium Country US I am unable to submit my quota extension request, even though all fields are filled out. I just get an error that says "An error happened while submitting the Extension Request." and it remains a draft. How can I fix this?
Plan Premium Country US I am unable to submit my quota extension request, even though all fields are filled out. I just get an error that says "An error happened while submi...
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I have a website for a wedding. We are looking to have a place for the people viewing the website to submit songs which automatically get added to a playlist (this makes it easier for the people who don't have a Spotify account or don't know how to a...
I have a website for a wedding. We are looking to have a place for the people viewing the website to submit songs which automatically get added to a playlist (this makes it easier for the people who ...
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PlanPremiumMy Question or IssueI have a website where I include the Web Playback SDK, and I recently got lossless on my account. But it seems that the JS-SDK only supports up to 320kbs. It would be great if it could get lossless support.
Plan Premium My Question or Issue I have a website where I include the Web Playback SDK, and I recently got lossless on my account. But it seems that the JS-SDK only supports up to 320kbs. It woul...
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Hi, Can we use the API as a basic music player in a game? Our game is not about music,music trivia or dance. We just want to have it as a car radio, mp3 player etc in the game. Section 3-Prohibited application details games as not allowed but we need...
Hi, Can we use the API as a basic music player in a game? Our game is not about music,music trivia or dance. We just want to have it as a car radio, mp3 player etc in the game. Section 3-Prohib...
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Plan Premium Country Global / Netherlands
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PlanPremium My Question or IssueAs an independend software developer, I am working on a music player / music organizer app. It is not finished yet, but I intend to sell the app on Google Play Store (and maybe iOS as well at some point), so it is goin...
Plan Premium My Question or Issue As an independend software developer, I am working on a music player / music organizer app. It is not finished yet, but I intend to sell the app on Google...
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PlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI’ve had several private apps in my Developer Dashboard “Disabled and blocked” for quite some time. When I originally built them, I had very limited knowledge of the Spot...
Plan Premium Country Croatia Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I’ve had several private apps in my Developer Dashboard “Disabled and blocked” for quite some ...
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PlanFreeCountryAustraliaDevice(ROG strix g17)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I’m currently experiencing an issue while using the Spotify Web API, specifically with the Get Recommendations endpoint. When I make a requestI receive the f...
Plan Free Country Australia Device (ROG strix g17) Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I’m currently experiencing an issue while using the Spotify Web API, speci...
Spotify Star
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Eu estou tentando extrair as informações de audio das musicas do spotify, quando rodo o seguinte codigo utilizando a biblioteca spotipy do Python, aparece o seguinte erro:client_id = userdata.get('SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID')client_secret = userdata.get('SPOT...
Eu estou tentando extrair as informações de audio das musicas do spotify, quando rodo o seguinte codigo utilizando a biblioteca spotipy do Python, aparece o seguinte erro: client_id = userdata....
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I am following the Quick Start tutorial, which instructs: To try the app, replace these credentials with the values that you received when you registered your app. In this demonstration app we use http://localhost:8888/callback as the redirect URI. I...
I am following the Quick Start tutorial, which instructs: To try the app, replace these credentials with the values that you received when you registered your app. In this demonstration app ...
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Ref: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-tracks-to-playlist It is stated that omitting "position" makes this API append, but using the playground/"try it", it is impossible to omit this argument, always defaulting to 0/p...
Ref: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-tracks-to-playlist It is stated that omitting "position" makes this API append, but using the playground/"try it",...
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Hi team, We are developing an app that allows users to create and share playlists using the Spotify API. We have followed the documentation, implemented OAuth 2.0, and included the necessary scopes, but we are encountering [describe the specific issu...
Hi team, We are developing an app that allows users to create and share playlists using the Spotify API. We have followed the documentation, implemented OAuth 2.0, and included the necessary scopes, ...
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My Question or IssueHi team,We submitted our app for review on Aug 26, 2025 — Noda Prime (Client ID above).Use case: a streamer widget that displays and syncs the track currently playing on the streamer’s own Spotify account, using official Web Playb...
My Question or Issue Hi team, We submitted our app for review on Aug 26, 2025 — Noda Prime (Client ID above). Use case: a streamer widget that displays and syncs the track currently playing on the...
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With Spotify recently rolling out an in-app Messages feature, I’m trying to find out if there are any Managed App Configuration (AppConfig PLIST) keys available for MDMs like Mosyle to disable or restrict this functionality.From what I can see on the...
With Spotify recently rolling out an in-app Messages feature, I’m trying to find out if there are any Managed App Configuration (AppConfig PLIST) keys available for MDMs like Mosyle to disable or res...
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trying to use a third party app which displays the current song along with pause and other controls etc in the windows taskbar, I've used this app before and it does work, but now i am trying to set it up on a new windows install, so i create a spoti...
trying to use a third party app which displays the current song along with pause and other controls etc in the windows taskbar, I've used this app before and it does work, but now i am trying to set ...
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We really need a variable to tell you if a playlist is in a folder or not / what the folder's name as well with the ability to add playlists into the folder. Spotify is too radio/ track focused and has neglected a lot of basic functionality with thei...
We really need a variable to tell you if a playlist is in a folder or not / what the folder's name as well with the ability to add playlists into the folder. Spotify is too radio/ track focused and h...
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I've configured the Spotify integration perfectly with my own account as the developer, but am hitting a 403 forbidden error "Authentication failed: failed to fetch user info" when trying to sign in as another Premium user who's been added to my allo...
I've configured the Spotify integration perfectly with my own account as the developer, but am hitting a 403 forbidden error "Authentication failed: failed to fetch user info" when trying to sign in ...
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