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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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How can I get an id for embedding in a spotify.link url?

When I click Share -> Copy link from the mobile app (iPhone), I get a link that starts with spotify.link. However, this doesn't seem to translate well for links to be used for embeddings, and I can't find anything in the API docs that might help with...

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  • When I click Share -> Copy link from the mobile app (iPhone), I get a link that starts with spotify.link. However, this doesn't seem to translate well for links to be used for embeddings, and I ca...
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Add Custom Playlist Cover Image not working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceMacBook Pro M1 Pro 14-inch 2021Operating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.3 I've been trying for several days now to unearth how in the world the Add Custom Playlist Cover Image endpoint works. The documentation is horribl...

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  • ...laylists. I've tried with public ones and private ones to boot. 'Content-Type' header is always 'image/jpeg' Auth scopes for the Authorization token include all mandatory scopes for this endpoint: u...
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Users profile image is returned with url, but height and width null

When there is no profile image we get an empty body, as there is nothing to get, but when when there is a profile image we get:"images" : [ { "height" : null, "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6775700000ee85d7e1f22d1962d5c86cc5bc4b", "width" : null ...

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  • When there is no profile image we get an empty body, as there is nothing to get, but when when there is a profile image we get: "images" : [ { "height" : null, "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/i...
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API returns queue that loops around even when repeat is disabled

When playing an album, requesting the queue through the API returns more songs than will actually be played. For example, if you play an album with tracks One, Two, Three, Four, the API will return "Two, Three, Four, One, Two, Three, Four, ..." (not ...

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  • When playing an album, requesting the queue through the API returns more songs than will actually be played.  For example, if you play an album with tracks One, Two, Three, Four, the API will re...
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The order of songs in the playlist obtained through the API is incorrect.

PlanFreeCountryJAPANDevicedell laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 I want to retrieve music data from the playlist "Showa Pop" with the playlist ID "37i9dQZF1DX2QCBqV8Ylrq" and playlist URL "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2QCBqV8Ylrq?si=39...

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  • Plan Free Country JAPAN Device dell laptop Operating System Windows 11     I want to retrieve music data from the playlist "Showa Pop" with the playlist ID "37i9dQZF1DX2QCBqV8Ylrq...
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Superuser Contribution Rename this board

Some people think that this is a board to reach out to the developers of Spotify. This is not the case.To prevent this misunderstanding, I recommend to rename this board to: Spotify for Third-Party Developers.

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  • Some people think that this is a board to reach out to the developers of Spotify. This is not the case. To prevent this misunderstanding, I recommend to rename this board to: Spotify for Third-Party...
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Superuser Contribution App disabled and email has not been shown

My application that uses the Spotify API has been "Disabled and Blocked." When I tried to investigate the cause, a message appeared stating "Spotify has disabled your app. You can contact us at this email address if you wish to appeal this decision"....

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  • My application that uses the Spotify API has been "Disabled and Blocked." When I tried to investigate the cause, a message appeared stating "Spotify has disabled your app. You can contact us at this ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution API blocked

Hi my name is Joe, I am a software engineering student, and for the final project of my course I have been developing a songSharing app using Spotify’s web API, my project is due in a weeks time and the worst has happened my account has been ‘blocked...

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  • Hi my name is Joe,   I am a software engineering student, and for the final project of my course I have been developing a songSharing app using Spotify’s web API, my project is due in a weeks ...
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iOS SDK missing the user-read-playback-position scope

I have been attempting to authorize the user-read-playback-position scope using the iOS SDK, but this scope was never included in the framework (you can see the included scopes here). Are there any known workarounds to use the above scope, or is poss...

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  • I have been attempting to authorize the user-read-playback-position scope using the iOS SDK, but this scope was never included in the framework (you can see the included scopes here). &nbs...
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Get Artist's Albums not returning all albums

I should be able to get all albums by Get Artist's Albums if I don't fill the market param, but it's not working anymore.This is working in 2021, and I found it not working last year, I really hope it can be brought back, since it's the only way to g...

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  • I should be able to get all albums by Get Artist's Albums if I don't fill the market param, but it's not working anymore. This is working in 2021, and I found it not working last year, I really...
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Spotify Embed Causes Page to jump back to player

I built a website/EPK on Wix for a music artist (https://www.lisarameymusic.com/), and I've embedded the Spotify player into the site. But we noticed that when you start to play the music, whether logged in to Spotify or not, that the player only pla...

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  • I built a website/EPK on Wix for a music artist (https://www.lisarameymusic.com/), and I've embedded the Spotify player into the site. But we noticed that when you start to play the music, whether lo...
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Unable to get access token using authorization code flow

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro late 2017Operating SystemMacOS My Question or Issue I am trying to do the authorization code flow using Spotify's API to ultimately add songs to a playlist. I am building this from scratch, and not using any librar...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Macbook Pro late 2017 Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue  I am trying to do the authorization code flow using Spotify's API to ultimat...
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Issue with embeds downloading random files in Safari.

Hi everyone, I'm building a site in Webflow for a client and have a page that is loaded with Spotify Player embeds. I've been having an issue where upon page load (Only in Safari) it downloads a ton of files with names like "10YFj2pOqUUjsqAPX5ZMeh" w...

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  • Hi everyone,   I'm building a site in Webflow for a client and have a page that is loaded with Spotify Player embeds. I've been having an issue where upon page load (Only in Safari) it downloa...
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Spotify on Facebook Page-About-Websites and social links only links Users not Artists or else.

My Question or IssueWe have a problem. On Facebook page editing the about -Websites and social links- you select the Spotify and its asks you for the username. When you put the username and you click it ( only is you put an Artist username ) it doesn...

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  •   My Question or Issue We have a problem.  On Facebook page editing the about -Websites and social links- you select the Spotify and its asks you for the username.  When you p...
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  • Spotify on Facebook Page-About-Websites and social links only links Users not Artists or else.
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Blocked from API

Hi my name is Joe, I am a software engineering student, and for the final project of my course I have been developing a songSharing app using Spotify’s web API, my project is due in a weeks time and the worst has happened my account has been ‘blocked...

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  • Hi my name is Joe,   I am a software engineering student, and for the final project of my course I have been developing a songSharing app using Spotify’s web API, my project is due in a weeks ...
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Quota Extension Submission for Third Time

PlanPremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueMy team and I have submitted our quota extension for the third time a couple weeks ago and I was hoping to get an update on an answer. We were surprised by our last denial but we have re-worked our app to the...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   My Question or Issue My team and I have submitted our quota extension for the third time a couple weeks ago and I was hoping to get an update on an answe...
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Home Screen

Guys, it’s horrible, pls go back to old one

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  • Guys, it’s horrible, pls go back to old one
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I have a problem with SDK

I´m testing the code in the Getting Started page of Web Playback SDK, and when I try to implement the page throws me the error that I need a Spotify Premium account, but I am already premium with a student accountI'm copying the token the page throws...

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  • I´m testing the code in the Getting Started page of Web Playback SDK, and when I try to implement the page throws me the error that I need a Spotify Premium account, but I am already premium with a s...
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