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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...
Plan: PremiumCountry: Brazil-Hi everyone, I’m building a Spotify-integrated app where users must connect their own accounts to use the core features.We’re currently stuck in dev mode (limited to ~5 users), but the approval process seems to require re...
Plan: Premium Country: Brazil - Hi everyone, I’m building a Spotify-integrated app where users must connect their own accounts to use the core features. We’re currently stuck in dev mod...
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We are building a podcast hosting platform where creators can create and manage their shows directly within our system.Our goal is to enable a one-click distribution experience to Spotify, similar to what some hosting providers appear to offer from a...
We are building a podcast hosting platform where creators can create and manage their shows directly within our system. Our goal is to enable a one-click distribution experience to Spotify, similar ...
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Hello everyone,I’m currently experiencing an issue with the Spotify API where the “recently played” endpoint does not seem to return any data. I’ve verified my authentication and scopes, and everything appears to be configured correctly, but the resp...
Hello everyone, I’m currently experiencing an issue with the Spotify API where the “recently played” endpoint does not seem to return any data. I’ve verified my authentication and scopes, and everyt...
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Hello, I am the developer of Apollo, a music-driven social discovery application that integrates with the Spotify Web API. Apollo uses Spotify-authorized data such as top artists, top tracks, and recently played content to personalize recommendations...
Hello, I am the developer of Apollo, a music-driven social discovery application that integrates with the Spotify Web API. Apollo uses Spotify-authorized data such as top artists, t...
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Hello everyone, I’m Héctor Pérez Ledesma, and I’ve watched in disbelief as Spotify’s latest Web API changes rolled out on May 15th—changes that feel less like responsible stewardship and more like a bulldozer running over the very community that made...
Hello everyone, I’m Héctor Pérez Ledesma, and I’ve watched in disbelief as Spotify’s latest Web API changes rolled out on May 15th—changes that feel less like responsible stewardship and mor...
Newbie
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I’m thinking of building a board game (inspired by Hitster, but with a different gameplay concept), and I’m trying to understand what is allowed under Spotify’s policies regarding games and quizzes. From what I understand, the policy states that Spot...
I’m thinking of building a board game (inspired by Hitster, but with a different gameplay concept), and I’m trying to understand what is allowed under Spotify’s policies regarding games and quizzes. ...
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Hi Spotify Web API team, I am developing an application that utilizes the "Add Items to Playlist" endpoint:POST /v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/itemsOne recurring problem is that the endpoint provides no way to prevent duplicate tracks from being inserte...
Hi Spotify Web API team, I am developing an application that utilizes the "Add Items to Playlist" endpoint: POST /v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/items One recurring problem is that the endpoin...
Roadie
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Dear Spotify Team, My name is Tim, I run GroupTube (https://group.tube), a website/app that allows users to spend time together, watch videos, listen to music, play games. Because it's more fun together with friends. We have received well over 100+ i...
Dear Spotify Team, My name is Tim, I run GroupTube (https://group.tube), a website/app that allows users to spend time together, watch videos, listen to music, play games. Because it's more ...
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PlanPremiumCountryBelgium Operating SystemDebian My Question or IssueOne of my apps received the status "Disabled and blocked".It's a script that runs at night to find and remove duplicate tracks from my playlists.Altough I useally do just 1 request ...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Operating System Debian My Question or Issue One of my apps received the status "Disabled and blocked". It's a script that runs at night to find a...
Music Fan
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Hi, I’m building a hardware prototype that acts as a physical controller for Spotify playback. The device reads NFC tags embedded in physical media (e.g. vinyl records). When a tag is detected, it sends the tag ID to a backend, which triggers playbac...
Hi, I’m building a hardware prototype that acts as a physical controller for Spotify playback. The device reads NFC tags embedded in physical media (e.g. vinyl records). When a tag ...
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Plan PremiumCountry - USADevice DesktopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue - Dashboard won't let me create more apps.
Plan Premium Country - USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue - Dashboard won't let me create more apps.
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUSAAppVibe SwipeMy Question or IssueI am building a spotify / tinder type app for adding songs to playlists by listening to a certain vibe and swiping left and right. I am not able to add the songs to any playlist because spotify is...
Plan Premium Country USA App Vibe Swipe My Question or Issue I am building a spotify / tinder type app for adding songs to playlists by listening to a certain vibe and swiping left and right. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMSIOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I hover over the "Creat App" buttun, it just says that I've reached my limit, but I've only created one, and back when I created it I was still able to create more,...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device MSI Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I hover over the "Creat App" buttun, it just says that I've reached my limit, but I've o...
Rising Star 4
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Hi everyone,I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata.Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playlist I get this error:{ "error": "Could not fetch playli...
Hi everyone, I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata. Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playl...
Newbie
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Hi,I am trying to integrate Spotify remote android sdk into my app for remote control and publish in my playstore, I am an individual developer without a website or firm, I have two questions.1. Can I have more than 5 users in development mode or do ...
Hi, I am trying to integrate Spotify remote android sdk into my app for remote control and publish in my playstore, I am an individual developer without a website or firm, I have two questions. 1. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 14, Macbook Pro late 2021)Operating System(iOS 26.2) My Question or IssueApp Disabled: My Data Extractor - ID: e5eeb0e51e984a86b662478a71f4be88Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, I am writing with deep regret r...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device (iPhone 14, Macbook Pro late 2021) Operating System (iOS 26.2) My Question or Issue App Disabled: My Data Extractor - ID: e5eeb0e51e984a86b662478a...
Casual Listener
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My Question or Issue I'm using the Spotify API to search tracks by name and artist, I have reach a special case where the name as the song is know is not strictly equals to the song name on Spotify: Song Name: Act I: Scene Two: I. Overture 1928Song N...
My Question or Issue I'm using the Spotify API to search tracks by name and artist, I have reach a special case where the name as the song is know is not strictly equals to the song name on ...
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Plan PremiumCountry PLDevice PCOperating System Windows 11 I have Spotify Premium, and I have a valid clientId and clientSecret. The problem is strange. I make a request to get an access_token. I receive it, but every other request I make returns a 4...
Plan Premium Country PL Device PC Operating System Windows 11 I have Spotify Premium, and I have a valid clientId and clientSecret. The problem is strange. I make a request to g...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Air M3, 24GB RAM, 2024Operating System26.4 (25E246) My Question or IssueHi Spotify Team,I noticed that during small instrumental gaps (when no lyrics are playing), the player shows the “Sync” button even though I ...
Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook Air M3, 24GB RAM, 2024 Operating System 26.4 (25E246) My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Team, I noticed that during small instrumental ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueI activated a premium account yesterday, but am still receiving a 403 error when calling the search endpoint. I've tried rotating the client secret just in case, but that doesn't help. Borrowing a token from ...
Plan Premium Country USA My Question or Issue I activated a premium account yesterday, but am still receiving a 403 error when calling the search endpoint. I've tried rotating the ...
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