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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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Help Needed: Spotify Device Not Available When App or Tab Is Closed

Hi everyone,We are a home and hotel automation company. We’ve recently introduced a feature where users can control their room ambiance using predefined scenes such as "Party Scene", "Morning Scene", and so on. When a user activates a scene like "Par...

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Hi everyone, We are a home and hotel automation company. We’ve recently introduced a feature where users can control their room ambiance using predefined scenes such as "Party Scene", "Morning Scene...

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Small app to get the BPM and other audio parameters reserved for big sharks now

PlanFamilyCountryPolandDeviceAPI calls My Question or IssueI was about to create a small Python script that would simply analyze our family playlist (about 300-350 tracks) and build a table with filters where we could search for some happy tracks, sl...

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Plan Family Country Poland Device API calls   My Question or Issue I was about to create a small Python script that would simply analyze our family playlist (about 300-350 tracks) and bu...

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API Change
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About Extension Requests

Expansion quotas have been restricted since May 15, but do we always have to have more than 250,000 MAUs? I can't submit for review due to 250,000 people even though I meet the criteria perfectly otherwise. Is this such an evil change? The documentat...

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Expansion quotas have been restricted since May 15, but do we always have to have more than 250,000 MAUs?   I can't submit for review due to 250,000 people even though I meet the criteria perf...

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authentication on android

Hi, My Question or IssueMy app is in react native however I am creating an expo module to use the android remote, but my issue is that my app isn't opening the auth flow, I thought it could be to do with passing in the wrong context but I'm not sure....

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Hi,   My Question or Issue My app is in react native however I am creating an expo module to use the android remote, but my issue is that my app isn't opening the auth flow, I thought it coul...

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Persistent invalid_grant Error with Authorization Code Flow (Python/Spotipy) - Exhausted All Troubl

I'm developing a Python application using the Spotipy library and attempting to implement the Authorization Code Flow to gain API access. I'm consistently running into an invalid_grant error during the token exchange step, and I've exhausted almost a...

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I'm developing a Python application using the Spotipy library and attempting to implement the Authorization Code Flow to gain API access. I'm consistently running into an invalid_grant error during t...

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Exploring Smarter Music Personalization with AI – Integration Challenges?

Hey everyone I've been exploring ways to build smarter, AI-powered music experiences using the Spotify API. The idea is to combine listening behavior with external AI models (like mood detection or context prediction) to create ultra-personalized pla...

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Hey everyone  I've been exploring ways to build smarter, AI-powered music experiences using the Spotify API. The idea is to combine listening behavior with external AI models (like mood detecti...

Ximzend

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Extension request not letting me

After the changes of the criteria of the wep API access in my app it wont let me apply for a quota extension request, even though my app matches the new criteria.

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After the changes of the criteria of the wep API access in my app it wont let me apply for a quota extension request, even though my app matches the new criteria.  

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UNSUPPORTED RESPONSE TYPE

I, after countless hours finally figured out how to allow someone to login, but after login, the url does not contain the access token or any subsequent information, all it says after the original redirect url is #unsupported_response_type.

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I, after countless hours finally figured out how to allow someone to login, but after login, the url does not contain the access token or any subsequent information, all it says after the original re...

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Error processing Spotify callback: 5 NOT_FOUND:

Developing an application that pulls artist data. But I can even get to that point. Im trying to connect to authenticate with firebase and Im getting this error proccessing Spotify callback: 5 NOT_FOUND.Ive been trying for days and cant get past this...

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Developing an application that pulls artist data. But I can even get to that point. Im trying to connect to authenticate with firebase and Im getting this error proccessing Spotify callback: 5 NOT_FO...

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API Endpoint to Pull Analytics, Usage Stats

My Question or IssueWe are looking to pull stats/data on number of followers, plays on our playlists. how can we get these stats from the API ?these are all public playlists on our channel. 31y67dlq2ud2ijmxo4dk4fnbq4nm

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My Question or Issue We are looking to pull stats/data on number of followers, plays on our playlists. how can we get these stats from the API ? these are all public playlists on our channel. ...

yaktam

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Superuser Contribution Missing title/name Fields in /v1/audiobooks/{id} Response

Hi all– I’m building an app that uses the Spotify Web API to fetch audiobook metadata from the /v1/audiobooks/{id} endpoint. For most audiobooks, the response includes the expected fields like title, name, authors, etc. However, for certain audiobook...

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Hi all–   I’m building an app that uses the Spotify Web API to fetch audiobook metadata from the /v1/audiobooks/{id} endpoint.   For most audiobooks, the response includes the expected ...

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me/episodes is full of null episodes

Whenever a playlist is removed from a feed, the 'stub' is left behind in me/episodes, causing significant bloat overtime of completely broken and performance hindered feeds. My last query for my episodes has most of the episodes now as null. I still ...

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Whenever a playlist is removed from a feed, the 'stub' is left behind in me/episodes, causing significant bloat overtime of completely broken and performance hindered feeds.   My last query fo...

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Error 429, leading to Disabled and Blocked app

Hi guys, I have been working on a web app that basically creates a playlist for a users. Recently my app has been blocked, I believe the issue stems from making too many API request in a short period of time and not handling the retries correctly. I ...

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Hi guys, I have been working on a web app that basically creates a playlist for a users. Recently my app has been blocked, I believe the issue stems from making too many API request in a short period...

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Persistent 429 (due to 502s) on playlist_add_items due to audiobook "chapter" type

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 Hi fellow developers and Spotify API team,I wanted to share a challenging issue I recently debugged with the Spotify Web API, hoping it might help others and provide some feedback. DISCL...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   Hi fellow developers and Spotify API team, I wanted to share a challenging issue I recently debugged with the S...

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Seeking Guidance on Commercial Use of Spotify Web API for Voice-Controlled App

Hello, I have developed a voice-controlled application that utilizes the Spotify Web API to allow users to control playback through voice commands. I am interested in understanding the possibilities and requirements for distributing or monetizing thi...

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Hello,   I have developed a voice-controlled application that utilizes the Spotify Web API to allow users to control playback through voice commands. I am interested in understanding the possi...

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Commercial license request
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Superuser Contribution INVALID_CLIENT: Insecure redirect URI

Hello everyone,I'm new to the Spotify API and I'm currently trying to complete the OAuth authorization flow for my web application. After being redirected to the Spotify login page, I log in, but instead of getting redirected to my app's callback URL...

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Hello everyone, I'm new to the Spotify API and I'm currently trying to complete the OAuth authorization flow for my web application. After being redirected to the Spotify login page, I log in, but i...

LambertSpot

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403 Error from /v1/audio-features on All Requests

I'm building a Spotify app using the Web API. I can authenticate, access my profile, and fetch playlists successfully. However, all requests to /v1/audio-features return a 403 Forbidden — even for valid, known track IDs (e.g., Eminem’s “Lose Yourself...

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I'm building a Spotify app using the Web API. I can authenticate, access my profile, and fetch playlists successfully. However, all requests to /v1/audio-features return a 403 Forbidden — even for va...

Ximzend

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Audio Features
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Playlist filter

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySri lankaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThis is recommendation. Can you add filter for play list that can be filter songs dep...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Sri lanka Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue This...

ribezaz

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MusicRecommendations
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Spotify api returning incorrect us aer access token after apple login

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiphone 16, M3 proOperating SystemIOS, MacOS My Question or Issue Hi everyone,I’m running into a strange issue with Spotify OAuth in my Next.js app. The flow works perfectly when logging into Spotify with a regular u...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Canada Device iphone 16, M3 pro Operating System IOS, MacOS   My Question or Issue   Hi everyone, I’m running into a strange issue with Spotify OAuth i...

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API Access
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Spotify OAuth Scope Parameter Not Included In Authorisation URL

Hi everyone,I’m working on integrating Spotify OAuth login into my React app. I want to request multiple scopes including user-read-email, user-read-private, and user-follow-read. However, when I build the authorization URL and redirect the user to S...

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Hi everyone, I’m working on integrating Spotify OAuth login into my React app. I want to request multiple scopes including user-read-email, user-read-private, and user-follow-read. However, when I b...

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