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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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Solved!! [API] Get tracks based on popularity index

Is there a way to get tracks based on popularity index? For example, get tracks with 90 popularity index.

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  • Is there a way to get tracks based on popularity index? For example, get tracks with 90 popularity index.
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AI DJ X

CountryCanada DeviceiPhone 11pro Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssuePlease never take away the personalized AI “DJ X” I use it all the time. It’s in beta and I’m scared it’ll disappear someday

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  •     Country Canada  Device iPhone 11pro  Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue Please never take away the personalized AI “DJ X” I use it all the time. It’...
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Solved!! Wrong token generated

Hello I have a problem setting up a simple aplication.The goal of this application is to enable anyone who has an url to my web app to adjust volume of my music playing ( mainly for neighbors , but the project goal is to educate mysef in spotify API ...

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  • Hello I have a problem setting up a simple aplication. The goal of this application is to enable anyone who has an url to my web app to adjust volume of my music playing ( mainly for neighbors , but...
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New feature

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 think it would be amazing to add a pitch feature changing the speed of a

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  •     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 o...
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Spotify Developer Dashboard stuck on 'Loading.....'

Hey all, My Spotify Dev Dashboard is stuck 'loading...'. It has been that way for about a week. Tried 3 diff browsers. Anyone having this issue?

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  • Hey all,   My Spotify Dev Dashboard is stuck 'loading...'. It has been that way for about a week. Tried 3 diff browsers. Anyone having this issue?
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[API] Adding to currently playing playlist via api doesn't also add to queue

If, using the spotify desktop client, I create a playlist, add a track and start playing, the second time I add a track, my playlist looks like this:And my queue looks like this: However, if I create a new player with the WebPlayback SDK, transfer pl...

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  • If, using the spotify desktop client, I create a playlist, add a track and start playing, the second time I add a track, my playlist looks like this: And my queue looks like this:   H...
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mein spotify verbindet sich mit irgendwelche geräte die ich nicht kenne

wenn ich Music höre verbindet sich irgendein gäret mit mein spotify acc und spielt irgendwelche music die ich nicht kenne

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  • wenn ich Music höre verbindet sich irgendein gäret mit mein spotify acc und spielt irgendwelche music die ich nicht kenne
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Unable to view Quota Extension Request

I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted. How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Request and confirm that it was properly submitted? One of our t...

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  • I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted.   How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Requ...
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Recommendations Endpoint Returns Null Lists

I've been working on an application that requires gathering a large dataset of tracks for model training. For this, I've been using the recommendations endpoint via Spotipy. Over the last month, I have had no issues; but just recently the endpoint st...

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  • I've been working on an application that requires gathering a large dataset of tracks for model training. For this, I've been using the recommendations endpoint via Spotipy. Over the last month, I ha...
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Superuser Contribution [Web API] recommendations not returned for genre seeds

As of the last couple of hours the recommendations endpoint isn't returning tracks related to genre seeds.example request: https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations?seed_artists=&seed_genres=rock&seed_tracks=&limit=20&market=GBexample response: {"tr...

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  • As of the last couple of hours the recommendations endpoint isn't returning tracks related to genre seeds. example request: https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations?seed_artists=&seed_gen...
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How can i get the spotify app bundle id and ea session string?

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 want to open spotify app with app launch message of iap2, but i don't know the bundle id, h...

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  • 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 want ...
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Reducing the Spotify API usage and avoiding rate limiting

Hello, i'm currently creating a browser extension that needs to know the current track the user is listening to.I'm currently using the nowPlaying endpoint but the extension needs to send a request every ~5seconds.The user logs in using the Oauth flo...

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  • Hello, i'm currently creating a browser extension that needs to know the current track the user is listening to. I'm currently using the nowPlaying endpoint but the extension needs to send a request...
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What are the 6 mood categories from Spotify Wrapped 2021's Audio Aura feature?

https://engineering.atspotify.com/2021/12/the-audio-aura-story-mystical-to-mathematical/ In this article, the author stated that the Spotify Wrapped team defined six broad mood categories (happy, calm, hopeful...), which then corresponds to the six c...

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  • ...hen be narrowed down to two to create the audio aura." ----> Is this track mood descriptor dataset publicly available?   
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How can I get Spotify live api credentials ?

I just completed my web app in which we introduces the spotify so our audience would able to listent their spotify playlist directly in our newly introduces dating platforms, and the problem is that in sandbox we mode we've to manually insert each sp...

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  • I just completed my web app in which we introduces the spotify so our audience would able to listent their spotify playlist directly in our newly introduces dating platforms, and the problem is that ...
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Lyrics

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBrazilDeviceSamsung S22+Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueWhy don't you make it a feature such as Wikipedia where users can contribute with the lyrics, maybe even with the system with likes and dislikes, where users could...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Brazil Device Samsung S22+ Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue Why don't you make it a feature such as Wikipedia where users can contribute with the l...
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New API Bug 12/13 March: Recommendation Endpoint returns empty list if seed is only genre.

Hey! I have been using the recommendation API endpoint GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations with a genre seed for several months, and it was working fine.As of last weekend (12th / 13th) March 2023, it returns an empty list: {"tracks": [],"...

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  • Hey!   I have been using the recommendation API endpoint GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations with a genre seed for several months, and it was working fine. As of last weekend (12th...
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Dashboard TOS not working

I try to open the dashboard, then I have to accept the TOS but if I click the button, noting happens

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  • I try to open the dashboard, then I have to accept the TOS but if I click the button, noting happens
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Inconsistency in audio analysis for tracks with same ISRC

Hi,I'm new to the spotify API. As far as I understand, the ISRC code should uniquely identifying any sound.I noticed, that there can be more than one track for a isrc at spotify. This happens for example when the same song is published multiple times...

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  • Hi, I'm new to the spotify API.   As far as I understand, the ISRC code should uniquely identifying any sound. I noticed, that there can be more than one track for a isrc at spotify. This ...
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Is it allowed to use the API to update a playlist?

hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from playlists? I was in doubt and would not want to do an...

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  • hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from pl...
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