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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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Solved!! I can't delete my playlist!

PlanPremium (duo)CountryGermany DevicePC - Firefox 136.0 (64-Bit) Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello, I can't delete my playlist! I created the playlist via an n8n node.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pYNJI62xliUX1pfwnbwyi As you...

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  • Plan Premium (duo) Country Germany   Device PC - Firefox 136.0 (64-Bit)   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello,   I can't delete my playlist! I c...
  • Jose_M
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Solved!! Spotify API /recommendations Endpoint Always Returns 404 — Even With Valid Token and Known Genres

Hi everyone! I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad", "angry"), using Spotify’s /recommendations endpoint. This i...

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  • Hi everyone!  I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad",...
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the /recently-played endpoint is not showing latest tracks as of 2/22/2024

As of 2/22/2024, the `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played` endpoint is no longer returning the latest recently played tracks. This is the full response (screenshot attached too so it's easier to spot):{"items": [{"track": {"album": {...

  • Roadie
  • As of 2/22/2024, the `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played` endpoint is no longer returning the latest recently played tracks.  This is the full response (screenshot at...
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Superuser Contribution User not registered in the developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop web browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was able to log in to spotify successfully through the app, and view my playlists. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device Desktop web browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm building a web app to view a user's playlists. Previously I was abl...
  • gophers
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Web API: Get Track's Audio Features: 403 error

Hello Spotify Team, I am currently working on a project to catalog my vinyl collection along with additional song information. I recently learned that the audio-features/{id} endpoint has been deprecated. Could this be the reason why it is returning ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello Spotify Team,   I am currently working on a project to catalog my vinyl collection along with additional song information.   I recently learned that the audio-features/{id} endpoi...
  • briiking4
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Wip: Save last Played Session as Playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWorking on, pls don’t delete Gona be update within the next 7 days.

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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 Working...
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Album Actual Sample Does Not Align with Response

Web API I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is:albumType: "album"artist: "PARTYNEXTDOOR"id: "6Rl6YoCarF2GHPSQmmFjuR"imageUrl: "https://i...

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  • Web API   I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is: albumType: "album" ar...
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UPDATE: Bug is back with 9.0.32. Was: Incorrect CPath selection with multizone system since v~8.5.15

Premium acctAll sorts of devices and OS versions:- Win10 App, iPhone 6,7,X and iPad mini and Pro- iOS 9, 12, 13, 14Problem summary:Multi-zone systems typically have one playing app =" DeviceID", with audio distributed to several speakers (= "remoteNa...

  • Gig Goer
  • Premium acct All sorts of devices and OS versions: - Win10 App, iPhone 6,7,X  and iPad mini and Pro -  iOS 9, 12, 13, 14 Problem summary: Multi-zone systems typically have one playing ...
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  • Gig Goer
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/v1/audio-features returns a 403/ Access to audio-features to get bpm of a song

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Macbook Pro Intel Chip, iPhone 14 Pro)Operating System(MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, iOS 18.2.1) My Question or IssueHi, I’m building an iOS app using the Authorization Code Flow to authenticate users and access /v1/audi...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device (Macbook Pro Intel Chip, iPhone 14 Pro) Operating System (MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, iOS 18.2.1)   My Question or Issue Hi, I’m building an iOS app...
  • Ximzend
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Monetize Project

CountryMexico Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi people, I hope you can help me answering this:I'm creating an app using a Python library (Spotipy) to use the Spotify API and I wanna know if I can monetize the app, or releasing it free...

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  • Country Mexico   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi people, I hope you can help me answering this: I'm creating an app using a Python library (Spotipy) to use the...
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    Spotify
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Integrating spotify web api

We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application.System Structure:Web Application (ReactJS):A centralized ad...

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  • We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application. System...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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Kind request regarding the Spotify Web API preview_url deprecation

Hello, My name is Sejun Park, and I live in South Korea. I’m currently developing a React Native-based application called “onetrack”, which actively utilizes the Spotify API. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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  • Hello,   My name is Sejun Park, and I live in South Korea.   I’m currently developing a React Native-based application called “onetrack”, which actively utilizes the Spotify API. ...
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Superuser Contribution Web API info for Jams

Hi! I wanted to make a web app that involves a users current jam. Are there any API references that exist for this?

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  • Hi! I wanted to make a web app that involves a users current jam. Are there any API references that exist for this?  
  • LambertSpot
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Superuser Contribution How to Get a Random Song with Preview URL by Genre?

Hi everyone,I'm trying to fetch a random song by genre using the Spotify Web API, but I'm running into some issues. Most of the endpoints I've tried (like recommendations or search) either seem deprecated or they don't consistently return tracks with...

  • Newbie
  • Hi everyone, I'm trying to fetch a random song by genre using the Spotify Web API, but I'm running into some issues. Most of the endpoints I've tried (like recommendations or search) either seem dep...
  • LambertSpot
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AppleScript currentPosition is delayed if user plays autoplay/automix/recommended songs

PlanPremiumCountryIndia DeviceM1 MacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Sonoma. My Question or IssuePreviously I reported an issue where the currentPosition returned by Spotify's AppleSript api is delayed by the number of seconds the user has set crossfade...

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  • Plan Premium Country India  Device M1 MacBook Air Operating System macOS Sonoma.   My Question or Issue Previously I reported an issue where the currentPosition returned by Spotif...
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Management System

Hello,My name is Mary, and I’m a management student from Ukraine (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). I’m currently working on a course paper about adaptive management in modern business.Spotify is a global company, which I believe uses advanced decision-making to...

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  • Hello, My name is Mary, and I’m a management student from Ukraine (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). I’m currently working on a course paper about adaptive management in modern business. Spotify is a global co...
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CreatePlaylist -> Http 500, "message": "com.schibsted.spt.data.jslt.JsltException..."

PlanFreeCountryPoland Operating System( Windows 10) My Question or IssueI found the cause of the error. The issue was in the request body: I passed the `name` field as a number instead of a string.Here’s the problematic payload: curl --location 'http...

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  • Plan Free Country Poland   Operating System ( Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I found the cause of the error. The issue was in the request body: I passed the `name` field as a n...
  • maraby777
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Embedding the latest episode of a podcast

My Question or IssueI'm trying to embed the latest episode of my podcast to my websiteI want it to show the newest episode, not the specific episode itself.This is so don't have to update it every two weeks manually, is there any way to change the co...

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  •   My Question or Issue I'm trying to embed the latest episode of my podcast to my website I want it to show the newest episode, not the specific episode itself. This is so don't have to upda...
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Solved!! Issue with Device Recognition When Using Multiple Accounts in Spotify App Development

Hello,I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I created an app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard with the ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I create...
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API for songs along with mood

I am a master student. For my final semester i am working on project which can recommend music using facial recognition. Wanted to know if there is any API which can give me playlist according to mood.

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  • I am a master student. For my final semester i am working on project which can recommend music using facial recognition. Wanted to know if there is any API which can give me playlist according to moo...
  • Ximzend
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