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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hi everyone, I’m building a small indie Spotify web app where users connect Spotify, load their playlists, and play a music guessing game based on their playlist tracks. The app works fine for allowlisted users, but I just realized Development Mode i...
Hi everyone, I’m building a small indie Spotify web app where users connect Spotify, load their playlists, and play a music guessing game based on their playlist tracks. The app wor...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice2023 Macbook ProOperating SystemMacOS 26.3.1 My Question or Issue We use the Spotify Embed to play podcasts alongside synchronized, timestamped transcripts. Our sync data has millisecond precision (e.g., a lyric l...
Plan Premium Country United States Device 2023 Macbook Pro Operating System MacOS 26.3.1 My Question or Issue We use the Spotify Embed to play podcasts alongside synchronized...
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PlanPremiumCountrySpain DeviceWindows computerOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueAll calls to GET /v1/audio-features return 403 Forbidden even with valid Authorization Code Flow tokens.
Plan Premium Country Spain Device Windows computer Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue All calls to GET /v1/audio-features return 403 Forbidden even with valid A...
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I am seeing different behavior between playback started through the Spotify iframe API and playback started through the embedded player’s own controls. Environment:- Spotify Premium account- Logged into Spotify in the same browser- Desktop browser- S...
I am seeing different behavior between playback started through the Spotify iframe API and playback started through the embedded player’s own controls. Environment: - Spotify Premium accoun...
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How do we access a podcast's ratings spread through the API? Not just the total number of ratings and the average of them all, but the full spread, like in an array that shows how many 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star ratings there are for ...
How do we access a podcast's ratings spread through the API? Not just the total number of ratings and the average of them all, but the full spread, like in an array that shows how many 1-star, 2-star...
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There used to be a way to apply for production access instead of development access for the API, but I can't find how to do that. I even signed up as a paying user, but that didn't change anything about my dashboard UI.
There used to be a way to apply for production access instead of development access for the API, but I can't find how to do that. I even signed up as a paying user, but that didn't change anything ab...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: Windows PCOperating System: Windows 11My Question or Issue:I'm trying to migrate my own followed playlists into playlists I own, purely for personal library organisation. I have around 450 followed playlists I want to ...
Plan: Premium Country: UK Device: Windows PC Operating System: Windows 11 My Question or Issue: I'm trying to migrate my own followed playlists into playlists I own, purely f...
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I'm building ShortSync, a tool that lets creators distribute short-form vertical videos across multiple platforms from a single upload. A few of our podcaster users have asked about adding Spotify Clips support. I've looked through the Web API docs a...
I'm building ShortSync, a tool that lets creators distribute short-form vertical videos across multiple platforms from a single upload. A few of our podcaster users have asked about adding S...
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PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or IssueI've set up Spotify authentication with my NextJS app via Supabase. When I authenticate I keep getting errors relating to the email address not being verified. Here's the callback URL I receive: http://localho...
Plan Premium Country UK My Question or Issue I've set up Spotify authentication with my NextJS app via Supabase. When I authenticate I keep getting errors relating to the email address n...
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Hi everyone,My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and each apple reveals a piece of the album artwork. Every f...
Hi everyone, My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and eac...
Gig Goer
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I'm building a running app that uses the Spotify App Remote SDK to control playback during a run (pause, resume, volume ducking for audio cues) but makes zero calls to the Web API during the actual app session. The only potential Web API touchpoint I...
I'm building a running app that uses the Spotify App Remote SDK to control playback during a run (pause, resume, volume ducking for audio cues) but makes zero calls to the Web API during the actual a...
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Hello everyone! I have a little problem because the support advised me to write a topic here and hopefully some moderator will help me with that. Usually you can create 3 widgets in the Dashboard, I had 3 but I delete accidentally one of my widgets c...
Hello everyone! I have a little problem because the support advised me to write a topic here and hopefully some moderator will help me with that. Usually you can create 3 widgets in t...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhones and Android DevicesOperating SystemIOS 17 >My Question or IssueHi all! I was wondering how I could get access to more people on my development team, and if it's possible to programmatically add people to t...
Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhones and Android Devices Operating System IOS 17 > My Question or Issue Hi all! I was wondering how I could get access to more people ...
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Body:Hi Spotify Developer Team,I'm requesting extended quota mode for my app Tuned (Client ID: b588ef7221db40cfa148638ac3191c41).What Tuned doesTuned is a location-based music discovery app that automatically tunes into the right station for wherever...
Body: Hi Spotify Developer Team, I'm requesting extended quota mode for my app Tuned (Client ID: b588ef7221db40cfa148638ac3191c41). What Tuned does Tuned is a location-based music disco...
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Hi everyone,My Web API app was recently downgraded after producing an abnormal volume of requests. I've identified and fixed the root cause, and I'm sharing here in case it helps others — and to ask if anyone has gone through the reinstatement proces...
Hi everyone, My Web API app was recently downgraded after producing an abnormal volume of requests. I've identified and fixed the root cause, and I'm sharing here in case it helps others — a...
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Dear Spotify Developer Relations Team,I'm writing to request extended quota mode for our app "Profiles.fit" (Client ID: 3fc948b6932f435aa030f8501bb8f14a).I understand the standard requirement is 250K MAU. We're a young platform and don't meet that th...
Dear Spotify Developer Relations Team, I'm writing to request extended quota mode for our app "Profiles.fit" (Client ID: 3fc948b6932f435aa030f8501bb8f14a). I understand the standard requirement is ...
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Petition Description https://c.org/fcrvHwKdCtSpotify, please create a fair and transparent access path for indie developers, students, and small teams.The recent Web API quota policy changes have effectively shut out individual developers and small p...
📝Petition Description https://c.org/fcrvHwKdCt Spotify, please create a fair and transparent access path for indie developers, students, and small teams. The recent Web API quota polic...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am working with an n8n agent and you no longer allow "local host" addresses but your 0Auth redirect uri on n8n is unchangeable as http://localhost:5678/rest/oauth...
Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I am working with an n8n agent and you no longer allow "local host" addresses but your 0...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDevicePCOperating SystemWin11 My Question or IssueThe basic program is in Python 3.It works well except that if the album or playlist is over 3600 secs. iT stops playing. I can refresh the token, but then when the player is refres...
Plan Premium Country UK Device PC Operating System Win11 My Question or Issue The basic program is in Python 3. It works well except that if the album or playlist is over 3600 secs....
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I went to fix it by deleting it and trying to create it again and its saying I reached my limit mind you I only have one app now
I went to fix it by deleting it and trying to create it again and its saying I reached my limit mind you I only have one app now
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