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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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Developer Account blocked and disabled

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice My Question or Issue My developer account has been blocked and disabled. When I set up a new one, after 2 weeks it will get blocked and disabled as well. As I'm at the very new to this I have no clue why it is getting ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device     My Question or Issue   My developer account has been blocked and disabled. When I set up a new one, after 2 weeks it will get b...
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Superuser Contribution [Feature Request] Stats API | Spotify For Artists

Currently Spotify For Artists has a limited attribution model that makes it very hard to determine what traffic sources/ads are performing the best and getting the cheapest cost per result.(ie.stream, save,playlist additions, follows.). Furthermore, ...

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  • Currently Spotify For Artists has a limited attribution model that makes it very hard to determine what traffic sources/ads are performing the best and getting the cheapest cost per result.(ie.stream...
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is there room in the band?

PlanStudent/PremiumCountryBrazil My Question or Issue Hello everyone! I'm a Computer Science student and out of curiosity, what are the instructions for joining Spotify as an intern or junior?

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  • Plan Student/Premium Country Brazil   My Question or Issue   Hello everyone!   I'm a Computer Science student and out of curiosity, what are the instructions for joining Spoti...
  • Ximzend
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Reviewer did not update app when re-reviewing quota extension

I have submitted 2 quote extension requests now and the first one was denied after a month and there were indeed some changes we needed to make. We submitted again with a new version of the app and another month later we were denied for the exact sam...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have submitted 2 quote extension requests now and the first one was denied after a month and there were indeed some changes we needed to make. We submitted again with a new version of the app and a...
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Please help - Spotify for Developers dashboard problem.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUKDeviceMacBook AirOperating System14.3 My Question or IssueI am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ) as evidenced by the fact I can see it knows my top 5 tracks at the bottom of the page. ...

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  •   Plan Premium Family Country UK Device MacBook Air Operating System 14.3   My Question or Issue I am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ...
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What apps are encouraged?

I have developed a Spotify application to help users rediscover old songs they used to love but no longer listen to. I am currently using the Web API and manual data collection to do this as the process requires data from some 'Made for You' playlist...

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  • I have developed a Spotify application to help users rediscover old songs they used to love but no longer listen to. I am currently using the Web API and manual data collection to do this as the proc...
  • Ximzend
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Solved!! Game development similar to Hitster.

Hello, I am in the process of developing a music-based interactive game, similar to Hitster, in which players will guess songs based on audio fragments and related clues. The game would utilize music tracks available on the Spotify platform.I would l...

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  • Hello, I am in the process of developing a music-based interactive game, similar to Hitster, in which players will guess songs based on audio fragments and related clues. The game would utilize music...
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Can I get an access token without creating an app.I am trying to use it for my project but I dot pla

PlanFree/PremiumCountry 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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  • 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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client credential flow question

Hey all,I just got started with Spotify API and was building a little fun project for me and my friends.Now lets say im using client credential flow.It creates an access token and then uses that to pick up a random song from our favourite artists.Aft...

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  • Hey all, I just got started with Spotify API and was building a little fun project for me and my friends. Now lets say im using client credential flow. It creates an access token and then uses t...
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Get Featured Playlists - missing discover weekly

You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives. The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox community alive, told me that you have not given us any option to get thes...

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  • You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives.   The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox comm...
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Superuser Contribution [Developer] Expose endpoints to create or query folders

There are a couple of questions floating around folder info not being available via the API. As of today there are no endpoints associated to get folder information (link to docs). It'd be nice to have this feature exposed via the api to allow more c...

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  • There are a couple of questions floating around folder info not being available via the API. As of today there are no endpoints associated to get folder information (link to docs). It'd be nice to ha...
  • Dyasty
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Audio features in spotify API

i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?

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  • i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?  
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SpotifyR -Create Playlist

My Question or IssueHas anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated. Error in token$sign(req$method, req$url): attempt to apply non-functionRequest fail...

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  •   My Question or Issue Has anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated.   Error in toke...
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Superuser Contribution Apps no longer showing in Developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or IssueI’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode which no longer appear in my Developer dashboard. I’m not sure why this ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser   My Question or Issue I’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode ...
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Superuser Contribution App architecture to avoid Spotify Web API rate penalizing

We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine.But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major concern is that our users will all be coming from diffe...

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  • We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine. But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major ...
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How Can I Automate Playlist Customization in Spotify Using the Web API?

Hi Spotify Developer Community,I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API itself offers robust features, I’ve encountered some...

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  • Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API...
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API Status Page

Is the Spotify Status page no longer available or is the API down? I had this link saved in my browser but it is no longer available:https://status.spotify.dev/Apologies in advance if this has already been answered. I didn't see any mention of it whe...

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  • Is the Spotify Status page no longer available or is the API down?  I had this link saved in my browser but it is no longer available: https://status.spotify.dev/ Apologies in advance if ...
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Solved!! Can't retrieve Spotify-based playlists

I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are in my Library, but the "real" SpotMyBackup does. I'...

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  • I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are ...
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