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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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spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices.

i have created an app which uses spotify connection then i add spotify iframe to play songs at my app. but spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices. how can i solve this issue? is there any possible way to p...

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i have created an app which uses spotify connection then i add spotify iframe to play songs at my app. but spotify embed only streams a preview clip of less than 30 seconds at mobile devices. how can...

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Spotify API/Oauth -- "Login with Spotify For Artists"?

Hi there -- I'm working on a project using the Spotify API (among others), and a big piece of it is verifying that a user signing up as a Spotify Artist is who they say they are. Spotify's API absolutely offers the ability to log in via Oauth, but ne...

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Hi there -- I'm working on a project using the Spotify API (among others), and a big piece of it is verifying that a user signing up as a Spotify Artist is who they say they are. Spotify's ...

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How to Retrieve Artist ID for Authorized Spotify OAuth Users

Hello Spotify Developer Community,I hope this message finds you well. I have been working on implementing the Spotify OAuth web API and have successfully authorized users on my platform. However, I'm currently facing a challenge when it comes to retr...

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Hello Spotify Developer Community, I hope this message finds you well. I have been working on implementing the Spotify OAuth web API and have successfully authorized users on my platform. However, I...

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Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux Client

# Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux ClientSearch git repo: CuB3y0nd/spotify-core-dumps## EnvironmentCheck `environment_info` file in my repo. ## SummarySpotify reproducibly crashes with a segmentation fault on Arch Linux. The c...

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# Potential Security Vulnerability in Latest Spotify Linux Client Search git repo: CuB3y0nd/spotify-core-dumps ## Environment Check `environment_info` file in my repo.   ## Summary S...

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Spotify API Bug?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceMultiple desktop and mobile devices.My Question or IssueI have a webpage created to pull directly from my Spotify API. Currently, the whole is failing to pull anything. My team is spread across the US and we've confirm...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device Multiple desktop and mobile devices. My Question or Issue I have a webpage created to pull directly from my Spotify API. Currently, the whole is failing to...

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Real-time identification of section data for songs (Intro, verse, chorus etc)

Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to obtain section data (intro, verse, chorus) and bar changes for songs via the current Spotify developer API. I would like to be able to flag prompts in my web app in real time for section changes and bar chan...

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Hello,   I am wondering if it is possible to obtain section data (intro, verse, chorus) and bar changes for songs via the current Spotify developer API. I would like to be able to flag prompts...

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API - Custom User List Upload

I was going through the Spotify API documentation regarding audience creation. I understand that the user list needs to be uploaded as a CSV file to a Signed GCS (Google Cloud Storage) URL. However, I couldn’t find any details about the required CSV ...

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I was going through the Spotify API documentation regarding audience creation. I understand that the user list needs to be uploaded as a CSV file to a Signed GCS (Google Cloud Storage) URL. However, ...

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Use of spotify API for training AI model for university research porpouse only

PlanAny - Use of the API only (Manly the audio-feature endpoint)CountryBrazilDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,My name is Mateus, and I am currently developing an academic project. The focus of my research is to explo...

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Plan Any - Use of the API only (Manly the audio-feature endpoint) Country Brazil Device Any Operating System Any   My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, My name is Mateus, and I am ...

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Keywords monitoring via search endpoint

I've a website with some playlist ids saved in my database.I'd like to monitor my playlists positions among search results by given keywords for a few markets.I'm not planning to do anything else but keeping track of each playlist poisition change ov...

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I've a website with some playlist ids saved in my database. I'd like to monitor my playlists positions among search results by given keywords for a few markets. I'm not planning to do anything...

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Developer Dashboard - Quota Extension link redirects to Basic Info page

PlanPremium CountryEspaña DevicePC / Windows DesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 25H2My Question or IssueHello Spotify Developer Team,I am trying to request a quota extension for my desktop application, but I am stuck in a redirect loop on the develope...

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Plan Premium  Country España  Device PC / Windows Desktop Operating System Windows 11 25H2 My Question or Issue Hello Spotify Developer Team, I am trying to request a quo...

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Superuser Contribution Integration for music distributor

Hey everyone, I want to build a new distribution service but I could not find anything in the API documentation on that topic. Can someone point me to where I can find out more about conditions, requirements, and technical details?

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Hey everyone, I want to build a new distribution service but I could not find anything in the API documentation on that topic. Can someone point me to where I can find out more about conditions, requ...

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Superuser Contribution Getting a 502 bad gateway when trying to read /me/tracks

PlanPremiumCountryBelarus DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Description:I have about 135,000 saved tracks in my library and I can't get a list of them.Everything worked until there were not many saved tracks.I can see the list o...

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Plan Premium Country Belarus   Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Description: I have about 135,000 saved tracks in my library and I can't get ...

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"recently listened" API responses do not match in-app listening history

The API is reporting, for multiple users, that they listened to the new Ed Sheeran single (18FN1Kz7KMF0ujN6ID4ans) ~50 times each within a 15 minute window. The issue started around 2025-08-09 21:12:14 for one user and 2025-08-11 13:52:24 for another...

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The API is reporting, for multiple users, that they listened to the new Ed Sheeran single (18FN1Kz7KMF0ujN6ID4ans) ~50 times each within a 15 minute window. The issue started around 2025-08-09 2...

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Web API — /v1/audio-features returns 403 for all requests (other endpoints OK)

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceMac mini M2proOperating SystemSonoma 14.2 My Question or Issue Context- Timestamp: 22 Aug 2025 ~09:35 CEST (UTC+2)- App: new app (client_id ends with: ...dbd919)- Environment: Python 3.12 (Homebrew), Spotipy 2.25.1, macOS...

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Plan Premium Country Italy Device Mac mini M2pro Operating System Sonoma 14.2   My Question or Issue   Context - Timestamp: 22 Aug 2025 ~09:35 CEST (UTC+2) - App: new app (clie...

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Superuser Contribution Allowed to ask users to create app to interact with webapi?

I've been working on an app that recently got killed by the new extended quota requirements. I had the idea of asking users to create their own dev app, and then provide me the client id and secret, so that i can handle the refresh tokens for each us...

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I've been working on an app that recently got killed by the new extended quota requirements.   I had the idea of asking users to create their own dev app, and then provide me the client id and...

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Authorization problems after being granted quota extension

Hi Spotify team,Since around Aug 20, App Remote connect started failing in our Android app. We haven’t changed our code. The timing coincided with a Web API quota extension on our account. What we see:Silent connect fails with “Explicit user authoriz...

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Hi Spotify team, Since around Aug 20, App Remote connect started failing in our Android app. We haven’t changed our code. The timing coincided with a Web API quota extension on our account...

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Complying with Terms and Conditions for app submission

My Question or IssueWe received feedback that our app does not meet the terms and conditions with reasons provided. The reasons provided are not true for our software and we reached back out. It has been 3 months with no response. What is the process...

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My Question or Issue We received feedback that our app does not meet the terms and conditions with reasons provided. The reasons provided are not true for our software and we reached back out. ...

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Fao: Spotify developers team

Hello! I’m Mark, from the Choon team, we recently applied for integration, application was rejected. We are just wondering if there were any specific reasons? Can we allow our account for extended quota mode so that we can upload to the App Store? Do...

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Hello! I’m Mark, from the Choon team, we recently applied for integration, application was rejected. We are just wondering if there were any specific reasons? Can we allow our account for extended qu...

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