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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

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 ...

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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

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...

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Audio Preview Clips Policy

Hello, I am thinking of creating a mobile app where users can listen to the audio preview version of the track and have the functionality to navigate to the Spotify app if they want to listen to the full version of the song. In other words, it's the ...

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Hello, I am thinking of creating a mobile app where users can listen to the audio preview version of the track and have the functionality to navigate to the Spotify app if they want to listen to the ...

LL217

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New releases from my country [IT] are not right.

PlanFree CountryItaly Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHi guys, when i try to retrieve new releases from my country (Italy) with "new_releases = spotify.new_releases(country="IT", limit=50)" there is no album released in a month, althou...

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Plan Free   Country Italy   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hi guys, when i try to retrieve new releases from my country (Italy) with "new_releases = spoti...

edomari01

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I'm looking for some data on the Minnesota market.

I'm looking to begin a marketing campaign in Minnesota but need to know more about the spotify listener count (of non-premium users) and demographics of certain zip codes, is that something that you can help me with? So beginning with zip code 55125,...

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I'm looking to begin a marketing campaign in Minnesota but need to know more about the spotify listener count (of non-premium users) and demographics of certain zip codes, is that something that you ...

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Major Flaw in API - POST - /v1/me/player/queue

My Question or IssueI have an application that uses the /v1/me/player/queue API call to add a track to the users queue. This call seems to consistently replace other items in the queue, rather than just adding to the end. It seems to allow 2-3 entrie...

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My Question or Issue I have an application that uses the /v1/me/player/queue API call to add a track to the users queue.  This call seems to consistently replace other items in the queue, rathe...

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i found the mistake, please remove topic

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how to integrate java springboot with spotiify api

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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  

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Superuser Contribution Test out the new Spotify for Developers

Hey everyone, A new version of the Spotify for Developers website is coming soon! The new site includes a major redesign along with some new features and content. A beta version of the new website is ready for testing and we would love to hear what y...

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Hey everyone,   A new version of the Spotify for Developers website is coming soon! The new site includes a major redesign along with some new features and content.   A beta version...

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Links to link.tospotify.com no longer work

For some time around 2020, the Spotify App used links to "link.tospotify.com" instead of the usual URL to "open.spotify.com" including the song/playlist ID when sharing songs or playlists.Recently, I've tried to open one of those links and it seems t...

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For some time around 2020, the Spotify App used links to "link.tospotify.com" instead of the usual URL to "open.spotify.com" including the song/playlist ID when sharing songs or playlists. Recently,...

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Play a specific playlist at a certain time on a mobile device

PlanPremiumCountryItaly DeviceiPad ProOperating System(iOS 17.0) My Question or IssueHi, for my Restaurant i would like to launch and play a specific playlist at a given time. For example i would like to play Playlist A at 06.00 am, Playlist B at 11....

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Plan Premium Country Italy   Device iPad Pro Operating System (iOS 17.0)   My Question or Issue Hi, for my Restaurant i would like to launch and play a specific playlist at a giv...

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Getting a public Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceWEBMy Question or IssueGreetings. From C# I am searching for public Playlist using https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=MTMs+utterly&type=playlistI give my Client Credentials Token in the Header and the call is successfu...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device WEB My Question or Issue Greetings.   From C# I am searching for public Playlist using  https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=MTMs+utterly&ty...

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Playlist get token
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Can't use spotify api, "Premium required" but i have premium

PlanFamily PremiumOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI tried to use python to play, pause and search for songs, but i'm getting same error:{ "error" : { "status" : 403, "message" : "Player command failed: Premium required", "reason" : "PR...

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Plan Family Premium Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I tried to use python to play, pause and search for songs, but i'm getting same error: {     "error"...

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Error Forbidden 403

PlanFreeCountryIndonesia DeviceMacBook Air M1Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHello guys, I'm having a 403 Forbidden erro issue when trying to use the Spotify API, the token I was given was fresh. I'm trying...

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Plan Free Country Indonesia   Device MacBook Air M1 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hello guys, I'm having a 403 Forbidden er...

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Solved!! Just fetching the data

So I'm Creating a reactjs app of Spotify but I have created my own user database,I just want to use api to fetch the artist can I do that or will I need to do the authentication too with Spotify

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So I'm Creating a reactjs app of Spotify but I have created my own user database, I just want to use api to fetch the artist can I do that or will I need to do the authentication too with Spotify &...

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authorization code

I read the article: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-flow , but I’m writing a simple console application in kotlin and I have nowhere to redirect the user and I can’t get the authorization code. How can this be fixed...

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I read the article: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-flow , but I’m writing a simple console application in kotlin and I have nowhere to redirect the ...

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Does Spotify need to be Premium to play previews?

I am currently developing an app that I will use SpotifyAPI, and I need to verify because I can't see it in the docs(or maybe i missed it) if playing the 30-sec preview needs to be premium. If yes, the client account (which means my acc) that is prem...

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I am currently developing an app that I will use SpotifyAPI, and I need to verify because I can't see it in the docs(or maybe i missed it) if playing the 30-sec preview needs to be premium. If yes, t...

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Solved!! HTML page instead of response

Hello, I would like to write an application in Kotlin that uses the Spotify API. To start with I would like to just understand what is going on and wrote the following code: val client = HttpClient(CIO)suspend fun main(args: Array) { val otvet:String...

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Hello, I would like to write an application in Kotlin that uses the Spotify API. To start with I would like to just understand what is going on and wrote the following code:   val client = Htt...

Prague

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using spotify api to stream audio in my app

Can i use spotify api to stream the audios in my app, i am trying to build a karaoke app

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Can i use spotify api to stream the audios in my app, i am trying to build a karaoke app    

Ximzend

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Playlist issues

My playlists aren’t shuffling they just keep going even if I change the song or playlist it just goes back to the next one in order even crossing playlists no matter what I do.PlanPremiumCountryusDevice(iPhone se 3Operating System(iOS 10, Android Ore...

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My playlists aren’t shuffling they just keep going even if I change the song or playlist it just goes back to the next one in order even crossing playlists no matter what I do. Plan Premium Countr...

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Desktop App Buttons too small

I was an Tidal user and i made an inquiry to get bigger buttons for the desktop app and they changed it in few weeks! When you hover over the play button in the music list, you need exactly to hit that button. The biggest fail is the fast forward lin...

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I was an Tidal user and i made an inquiry to get bigger buttons for the desktop app and they changed it in few weeks!   When you hover over the play button in the music list, you need exactly ...

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Spotify SSO Verification for Authenticating Artist Identity

Hello Spotify Developer Community!I hope this message finds you well. I'm working on an exciting project, a copyrights marketplace, where artists can trade, sell, or license their works. As you can imagine, the integrity of our platform hinges on the...

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Hello Spotify Developer Community! I hope this message finds you well. I'm working on an exciting project, a copyrights marketplace, where artists can trade, sell, or license their works. As you can...

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