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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

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...

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How would I go about making a now playing using the API?

Sorry for this kinda beginner question, but for my personal website I thought it would be a cool feature if I could add a part where it would show what song I am currently listening to for people to see. I thought the Spotify API could work for this,...

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Sorry for this kinda beginner question, but for my personal website I thought it would be a cool feature if I could add a part where it would show what song I am currently listening to for people to ...

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i can't login to my account in spotify for developer

PlanFreeCountryMoroccoOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei cant login to my account, it keeps redirect me to same pagepoc: https://imgur.com/a/yF9kKaY

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Plan Free Country Morocco Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue i cant login to my account, it keeps redirect me to same page poc: https://imgur.com/a/yF9kKaY 

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Ticketmaster integration allowed?

Hey! I was wondering (since in the guidelines is stated that no content from other services could be presented along with Spotify content) if it is allowed to use the ticketmaster API along with the Spotify one. Thanks in advance!

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Hey!   I was wondering (since in the guidelines is stated that no content from other services could be presented along with Spotify content) if it is allowed to use the ticketmaster API along ...

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Spotify widget

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceIPhone XR Max Operating SystemIOS 17 My Question or Issuehello, I love Spotify, but with the new update of iOS 17, Apple has introduced interactive widgets. Apple has already introduced this into their Music app, and would love...

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Plan Free Country US Device IPhone XR Max   Operating System IOS 17   My Question or Issue hello, I love Spotify, but with the new update of iOS 17, Apple has introduced interacti...

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Follow Playlist requires too much scope?

If I checked it correctly, currently `Follow Playlist` API requires BOTH `playlist-modify-public` and `playlist-modify-private` regardless of the request's "public" field. But I think it should require only one of those two scopes corresponding to th...

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If I checked it correctly, currently `Follow Playlist` API requires BOTH `playlist-modify-public` and `playlist-modify-private` regardless of the request's "public" field. But I think it should requi...

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Error 500 on /me/tracks

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceFirefox using Spotify APIOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I was trying to access my liked songs on my account but recently got stuck with a 500 error. It happened first two days ago (I had not tested...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Firefox using Spotify API Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello,   I was trying to access my liked songs on my account but ...

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Developer Quota Mode User Authentication – Endpoints Not Returning 403 for Unauthenticated Users

I'm running into an issue with my Spotify-enabled web app where some users are able to enter the Spotify OAuth 2.0 flow without being authenticated on my developer dashboard. After the callback function and getting a user's access token, I currently ...

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I'm running into an issue with my Spotify-enabled web app where some users are able to enter the Spotify OAuth 2.0 flow without being authenticated on my developer dashboard. After the callback funct...

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Error 429 only on https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryUSAMy Question or Issue I'm trying to build a Spotify client using the Web API and the web playback sdk, but when I make an http request to the https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists I get a 429 error despite only making one reques...

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Plan Premium Country USA My Question or Issue   I'm trying to build a Spotify client using the Web API and the web playback sdk, but when I make an http request to the https://api.spotify....

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How to get spotify source for linux

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAllOperating SystemUbuntu 22.10 My Question or IssueHow to get spotify source for linux?

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device All Operating System Ubuntu 22.10   My Question or Issue How to get spotify source for linux?

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Increasing the amount of songs offline

Hello everyone, I'm sure that the limit of 10,000 songs is frustrating, so I have an idea - after you finish to download 10,000, only than you'll be allowed to download the other 10,000 songs that you want, and all over again. For an example - if you...

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Hello everyone, I'm sure that the limit of 10,000 songs is frustrating, so I have an idea - after you finish to download 10,000, only than you'll be allowed to download the other 10,000 songs that yo...

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After signup as a new user I'm not allow to get access token using Next Auth

I'm working on new project as developer for educational purpose I had signup as a new user, I want get access to the API to fetch some information but I not allow to do so. After following all the guide of next Auth.PlanFreeCountry Device(HP laptop)O...

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I'm working on new project as developer for educational purpose I had signup as a new user, I want get access to the API to fetch some information but I not allow to do so. After following all the gu...

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How to make is possible for anyone to fetch my spotify data without auth flows

My goal is to display the song I'm currently listening to using the player endpoint on the api. The issue is that I would need to use one of the authorization flows to get this data, which shouldn't be necessary for anyone visiting the website (becau...

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My goal is to display the song I'm currently listening to using the player endpoint on the api. The issue is that I would need to use one of the authorization flows to get this data, which shouldn't ...

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OAuth completely broken in Firefox

As the subject says, OAuth is totally broken in Firefox on Windows. This happens for the Community login, the Dev Dashboard, and PKCE flows that pop up a user login window. I'm not sure whether it's relevant, but the F12 browser dev console is full o...

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As the subject says, OAuth is totally broken in Firefox on Windows. This happens for the Community login, the Dev Dashboard, and PKCE flows that pop up a user login window.   I'm not sure whet...

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How does the API prioritize factors in a recommendation?

For example, in the example args below, I've chosen several factors that don't align with the artist. The AP response may be empty. What should I do if I am more strict on the criteria than the artist? How do you recommend that the seed_artist/track/...

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For example, in the example args below, I've chosen several factors that don't align  with the artist. The AP response may be empty.    What should I do if I am more strict on the cr...

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API retrieving my data not user data

My Question or Issue I created a small app. A part of it displays a list of a user's playlists for them to select from. First I had issues with users being able to log in again as I had a cache folder in my git repository that was pushing old tokens....

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My Question or Issue   I created a small app. A part of it displays a list of a user's playlists for them to select from. First I had issues with users being able to log in again as I had a ca...

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Solved!! Auth-Scope Redirect to App because users don't remember login.

Hi people, Some user feedback on my app is that they don't remember Spotify login to grant auth scope permissions. Is there a way to route users to the Spotify app, kinda like logging in with Facebook?

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Hi people,   Some user feedback on my app is that they don't remember Spotify login to grant auth scope permissions.   Is there a way to route users to the Spotify app, kinda like loggi...

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Superuser Contribution 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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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. ...

musicdev

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Why spotify API do not accept games ?

I developed a spotify music guessing game, but i cant make it public, because of the terms of service ("Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.")Why ? Can i make it public somehow ?

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  I developed a spotify music guessing game, but i cant make it public, because of the terms of service ("Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.") Why ? Can i make it public somehow ?

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"https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player" returning 500

"https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player" just returning 500i have another implemented exect same and it did work. the endpoint is down

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"https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player" just returning 500 i have another implemented exect same and it did work. the endpoint is down

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Anyone else notice a change in album sorting with v1 artists albums?

Am I just imaging that the sort order has changed on https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums? I think a few weeks ago it started sorting by album type first instead of release date. So now if include_groups=single,album it gives me all of the ...

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Am I just imaging that the sort order has changed on  https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums?    I think a few weeks ago it started sorting by album type first instead of re...

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