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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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Superuser Contribution Developer Dashboard missing features for my account

This is what mine looks like:Specifically, I need to be able to add test users so I can test out my app! But it looks like it's missing the ability to do so. I am using an older account where I'm logging in with my Spotify Username and I'm assuming t...

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  • This is what mine looks like: Specifically, I need to be able to add test users so I can test out my app! But it looks like it's missing the ability to do so.   I am using an older accoun...
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[Web API] Recent pagination problem with 'Get User's Followed Artists'.

Plan[Premium]Country[US]Device[Macbook Pro late 2016]Operating System(MACOS 10.3) My Question or IssueRecent pagination problem with The Web API 'Get User's Followed Artists'.I paginate through pages of thehttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following?type...

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  • Plan [Premium] Country [US] Device [Macbook Pro late 2016] Operating System (MACOS 10.3)   My Question or Issue Recent pagination problem with The Web API 'Get User's Followed Artists'...
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Personalization endpoint returns no results when offset is greater than 49

This can be evidenced via the Web Console or elsewhere. As the title suggests, when the personalization endpoint is sent a request for either artists or tracks with an offset set to 50 or greater:Expected: the items starting at the offset index would...

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  • This can be evidenced via the Web Console or elsewhere.   As the title suggests, when the personalization endpoint is sent a request for either artists or tracks with an offset set to 50 or gr...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 403: User not approved

Hello! I am using the api on an iOS application running the web api and I am running into something rather strange. I have 2 premium accounts, one being mine and one being a "smurf", if you will, for testing. I have added the "smurf" to the applicati...

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  • Hello! I am using the api on an iOS application running the web api and I am running into something rather strange. I have 2 premium accounts, one being mine and one being a "smurf", if you will, for...
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Source code

Hi, I tried to contact the Spotify support about this question and got redirected by them to the developer forum so here I go. I saw you are using a dependency called MobileMediaKitClient inside the iOS Spotify app, which is licensed under Mozilla Pu...

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  • ...obileMediaKitClient inside the iOS Spotify app, which is licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0.   Which, to my understanding, requires you to disclose the source code of it.   I would like to k...
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PKCE Auth Flow does not honor the show_dialog=false option?

I am in the process of switching my app over to use PKCE Auth Flow and ever since I did, each time I try to get an authorization code to use to obtain a token, I am being sent to the Spotify authorization page, whereas with the Basic Auth Flow, I was...

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  • I am in the process of switching my app over to use PKCE Auth Flow and ever since I did, each time I try to get an authorization code to use to obtain a token, I am being sent to the Spotify authoriz...
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Superuser Contribution Web Playback SDK Support for additional browsers

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen can we expect the Web Playback SDK to move out of Beta and be available for Safari for M...

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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 When ca...
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Document 204 on "Get Information About The User's Current Playback"

When calling GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player and the account doesn't have any device active/open, the endpoint returns a 204. However, this isn't documented here. It only lists a 200 status code. It would be nice to have this possible status...

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  • When calling GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player and the account doesn't have any device active/open, the endpoint returns a 204. However, this isn't documented here. It only lists a 200 status ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Incorrect link for "READ THE DOCS" for Search API

My Question or Possible BugThe link for "READ THE DOCS" for the Search feature is incorrect on this Features page. It shows an error - "404 Page not Found".There is an extra 'search' word at the end of the given link reference.Working Link is 'https:...

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  • My Question or Possible Bug The link for "READ THE DOCS" for the Search feature is incorrect on this Features page. It shows an error - "404 Page not Found". There is an extra 'search' word at th...
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/v1/me/player/currently-playing returning 401

Country: Canada DeviceMacbook Pro 15 inch 2019Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.4 My Question or IssueWhen I call the spotify /v1/me/player/currently-playing api I receive a 401 response with message "Permissions missing". When I attempt to use the we...

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  • Country: Canada   Device Macbook Pro 15 inch 2019 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.4   My Question or Issue When I call the spotify /v1/me/player/currently-playing api I receive a ...
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Using Spotify Web Api for Discord Bot

PlanFree/PremiumCountryTurkeyDevice(iPhone 6, Windows PC, etc)Operating System(Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHi, I am writing a bot for Discord with music capabilities. I create a play command to play music. I want to get track or pla...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Turkey Device (iPhone 6, Windows PC, etc) Operating System (Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hi, I am writing a bot for Discord with music cap...
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me/episodes is buggy! -> "total": 339 -> "items": []

Hi!who can explain this to me? + check the attachment picture....https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes {"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes?offset=0&limit=20","items": [],"limit": 20,"next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes?offset...

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  • Hi! who can explain this to me? + check the attachment picture.... https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes   { "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/episodes?offset=0&limit=20", "items...
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Use of spotify platform to build an app that offer apple shareplay experience

Planpremium CountryallDeviceiPhone iPad and macOSOperating SystemIos15 My Question or IssueCan we use the Spotify SDK to build an application letting the user sharing music in a FaceTime call with the new feature of apple shareplay. Regarding the use...

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  • Plan premium   Country all Device iPhone iPad and macOS Operating System Ios15   My Question or Issue Can we use the Spotify SDK to build an application letting the user sharing ...
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iOS SDK enqueueTrackUri Incorrect call back results for adding a track to queue

When I add a track to the queue using following method:- (void) enqueueTrackUri: (NSString *) trackUri callback: (nullable SPTAppRemoteCallback) callback;The call back contains incorrect results, because in either case (song was added or not), the re...

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  • When I add a track to the queue using following method: - (void) enqueueTrackUri: (NSString *) trackUri callback: (nullable SPTAppRemoteCallback) callback; The call back contains incorrect resu...
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Android Device as "ANDROID" in player list

Suddenly a few weeks ago my mobile started to appear as "ANDROID" in my player list instead of the devicename. Anyone else having this issue? Running Android11 on OnePlus 8 Pro

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  • Suddenly a few weeks ago my mobile started to appear as "ANDROID" in my player list instead of the devicename. Anyone else having this issue? Running Android11 on OnePlus 8 Pro
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error 500 on create playlist

using the endpoint https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-create-playlist sometimes (50:50 chance since few days) throws a error Post "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/userxyz/playlists": http: ContentLength=78 with B...

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  • using the endpoint                  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-create-playlist     &nbs...
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Superuser Contribution Lost access to Spotify account that owns our app

PlanPremium CountryUSA We have lost access to the account that owns our developer app (client ID 9d6fd5c2bb744b3f875a480c16fabda4). The account was originally named "toneden", but we get a 429 error when we try to reset the password on the account an...

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  • Plan Premium   Country USA   We have lost access to the account that owns our developer app (client ID 9d6fd5c2bb744b3f875a480c16fabda4). The account was originally named "tonede...
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Superuser Contribution Do I have to wait for commercial app approval?

Hello all developers, As a person who started learning how to code 3 months ago, I built an awesome app for Desktop which is working with Spotify Web API. The app is complete and ready to release. It has no advertising etc. right now and follows bran...

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  • Hello all developers,   As a person who started learning how to code 3 months ago, I built an awesome app for Desktop which is working with Spotify Web API.   The app is complete and re...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 403 User not approved for app,

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 and Mac OS My Question or IssueWhen I'm using the Web Playback SDK I'm getting a 403 User not approved for app error everytime i try to call the API, And yes I did add the user into the Users...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 and Mac OS   My Question or Issue When I'm using the Web Playback SDK I'm getting a 403 User not approved for app...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 403 Forbidden (User not approved)

PlanMyself: Premium StudentGroup members: Premium Family (Also tried premium trial, 3 months)CountryBelgiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI use the "react-spotify-web-playback" library to generate a spotify webplayer for ...

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  • Plan Myself: Premium Student Group members: Premium Family (Also tried premium trial, 3 months) Country Belgium Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I use...
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