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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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my app is logged in my personal account, how to log out the app

i created an app using the dashboard and i'm trying to use it using Spotipy (in Python),but the app is logged in as my personal account. When i use the current_user() method, it shows my profile (whereas i used the client id and client secret from th...

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i created an app using the dashboard and i'm trying to use it using Spotipy (in Python), but the app is logged in as my personal account. When i use the current_user() method, it shows my profile (w...

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I am getting a 502 Bad gateway error when trying to access the player API

When working on a C#/Blazor project that uses the SpotifyApi.Web nuget package (https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET) I am repeatedly getting a "SpotifyAPI.Web.APIException: Bad gateway" error. I am attempting to call the https://api.spotify...

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When working on a C#/Blazor project that uses the SpotifyApi.Web nuget package (https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET) I am repeatedly getting a "SpotifyAPI.Web.APIException: Bad gateway" err...

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Download and use Spotify Song Through Spotify api OR iOS SDK Swift

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 13, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) My Question or IssueI am developing an iPhone application with integrating Spotify SDK. Is there any way I can download the Spotify song through any Spotify Api or any...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 13, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)   My Question or Issue I am developing an iPhone application with integrating Spotify SDK. Is...

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Does Client Credential flow allow add a track to queue?

PremiumSpain DeviceMacbook Pro 13" early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Monterey 12.6 My Question or IssueTrying to add songs to a queue from Web API to the same Spotify account that i own, but the response is: { "error" : { "status" : 403, "message" : "P...

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Premium Spain   Device Macbook Pro 13" early 2015 Operating System macOS Monterey 12.6   My Question or Issue Trying to add songs to a queue from Web API to the same Spotify ac...

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Features idea

I have a fantastic idea that will blow your mind and that will increase about 50 billion let me give you example it's seasonal group hope your company interested and contact me directly. Let me give advertising idea for fun advertising Alcohol is dan...

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I have a fantastic idea that will blow your mind and that will increase about 50 billion let me give you example it's seasonal group hope your company interested and contact me directly. Let me give ...

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Unable to connect to developer.spotify.com

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippinesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemArch Linux on 6.1.1-zen1-1-zen My Question or IssueI'm trying to access the Spotify Dashboard at https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications so I can get a Spotify Web API key to use ...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines Device Desktop Operating System Arch Linux on 6.1.1-zen1-1-zen   My Question or Issue I'm trying to access the Spotify Dashboard at https://developer.s...

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Monetization of an app using Android/iOS remote SDK

Hi. I'd like some help understanding terms of the developer policy regarding commercial use/monetization of apps. From what I understand, I'm not allowed to earn any money from an app that would stream music directly from the API. This is clear to me...

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Hi. I'd like some help understanding terms of the developer policy regarding commercial use/monetization of apps. From what I understand, I'm not allowed to earn any money from an app that would stre...

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Obtain list of liked albums through non-interactive script

Hi I'm trying to write a script that can be run periodically (cron) and fetches the albums I saved/liked/followed to my library and writes the list to json. Accessing this endpoint requires the 'user-library-read' scope.https://developer.spotify.com/...

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Hi   I'm trying to write a script that can be run periodically (cron) and fetches the albums I saved/liked/followed to my library and writes the list to json.   Accessing this endpoint ...

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Look PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhy is Spotify free so bad? At least let me get a feel for the service before I spend mo...

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Spotify API using python

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 Is there a way to automatically add users to the "users and access" that i add in my spotify...

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ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR (-337).

Plan - Student PremiumCountry - UK Device - MacBook Pro 13-Inch 2018 2.3GHz Core i5Operating System - macOS Ventura 13.0.1 My Question or Issue The Hero advertising banner on the Spotify for Desktop (Mac) is failing to load. I'm not sure if this is a...

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Plan - Student Premium Country - UK   Device - MacBook Pro 13-Inch 2018 2.3GHz Core i5 Operating System - macOS Ventura 13.0.1   My Question or Issue   The Hero advertising ban...

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No encuentro mi musica :(

No llevo 1 mes en spotify y no he encontrado 5 canciones, creo que necesitan una comunidad para aportar versiones de canciones, y canciones que no están y no es una queja es una sugerencia saludos

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No llevo 1 mes en spotify y no he encontrado 5 canciones, creo que necesitan una comunidad para aportar versiones de canciones, y canciones que no están y no es una queja es una sugerencia saludos

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Account Data Include Offline Listens

Does the account data one can download about an account include offline listens aswell in listening history? I have been playing around with the data and noticed (comparing to my wrapped) that the total amount of time listened is off. I have already ...

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Does the account data one can download about an account include offline listens aswell in listening history?   I have been playing around with the data and noticed (comparing to my wrapped) th...

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API Search: Second artist doesent show up on track when search for

Title might be confusing so here is an example. If I search with the following url then I get the expected JSON response which includes Avril Lavigne as an artist an the items array."https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=track%3AFlames%20artist%3AMod%2...

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Title might be confusing so here is an example.  If I search with the following url then I get the expected JSON response which includes Avril Lavigne as an artist an the items array. "https://...

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Redirect Created App to another account

I want to redirect my create app on Spotify developer account to another Spotify developer account but i can't find right way to do this. any suggestions?

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I want to redirect my create app on Spotify developer account to another Spotify developer account but i can't find right way to do this.  any suggestions?  

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Spotify App Remote for Commercial use

Would anyone be able to clarify whether the app remote sdk is classed as a streaming SDA for an android app? As all streaming is offloaded to the Spotify app on the users device, which they must have installed. I wanted to build in basic functionalit...

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Would anyone be able to clarify whether the app remote sdk is classed as a streaming SDA for an android app? As all streaming is offloaded to the Spotify app on the users device, which they must have...

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Spotify API integration to play special album musics in React app with Spotify Client Credientials F

Currently I'm developing react, node.js application by integrating spotify api, I want to play music when users visit home page, and play another music when users visit another pages from any specific album(I have album id).The problem: Since all mus...

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Currently I'm developing react, node.js application by integrating spotify api, I want to play music when users visit home page, and play another music when users visit another pages from any specifi...

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503 API Error: "upstream dependency failed: DeviceCapabilitiesClient"

I'm trying to use the web SDK (as instructed in https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/) but am constantly running into the same error when initially connecting the player: "code": 14, "message": "upstream dependency...

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I'm trying to use the web SDK (as instructed in https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/) but am constantly running into the same error when initially conne...

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please add "my playlists" tab to your library!

in "your library" there is a button "playlists", but to find exactly the ones I created, I have to constantly enter my username in the search bar

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in "your library" there is a button "playlists", but to find exactly the ones I created, I have to constantly enter my username in the search bar

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Are there any params to get a track’s language ?

PlanPremiumCountryFrance My Question or IssueAs someone who speaks and listens to music in multiple languages, my playlists and recommendations are a quite a mix. I’d love build and maintain a separate app that can filter my playlists and recommendat...

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  Plan Premium Country France   My Question or Issue As someone who speaks and listens to music in multiple languages, my playlists and recommendations are a quite a mix.   I’...

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