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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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Get location information about artist

Hi all, I have two questions regarding the "mostly listened to" location information about an artist:is it possible to retrieve this information via the API?if so, is it also possible to get a history of the locations and their respective counts?I ha...

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  • Hi all,   I have two questions regarding the "mostly listened to" location information about an artist: is it possible to retrieve this information via the API? if so, is it also possible t...
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Academic use of the Spotify Web API

I'm a university student. I want to use the data of the Spotify Web API (only audio features and analysis data of the tracks, not user data) for my research and graduation thesis.I don't use this commercially. How do I have to write about the citatio...

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  • I'm a university student. I want to use the data of the Spotify Web API (only audio features and analysis data of the tracks, not user data) for my research and graduation thesis. I don't use this c...
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SPTAudioStreamingController throwing "Wrong username or password" when login player with accessToken

Hi, In my iOS application I am login user through SPTSessionManager and saving the given accessToken, refreshToken and expiration date. Later I refresh the access token 5 mins before the expiration. I want to play tracks using SPTAudioStreamingContro...

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  • Hi,  In my iOS application I am login user through SPTSessionManager and saving the given accessToken, refreshToken and expiration date. Later I refresh the access token 5 mins before the expir...
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Obtaining authorization from Spotify to stream their content in my app

I have developed an app that utilizes the Spotify iOS SDK. Unfortunately, when I submitted my app to the Apple App Store, it was rejected. Apple provided the following information: “To resolve this issue, please attach documentary evidence in the App...

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  • I have developed an app that utilizes the Spotify iOS SDK. Unfortunately, when I submitted my app to the Apple App Store, it was rejected. Apple provided the following information:   “To resol...
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What timestamp does played_at for recently played songs refer to?

My Question or IssueDoes the timestamp played_at refer to the time the track started playing, the time it finished playing or other? The documentation for this api call is unfortunately quite incomplete, it doesn't even say what it returns (ok it say...

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  • My Question or Issue Does the timestamp played_at refer to the time the track started playing, the time it finished playing or other?   The documentation for this api call is unfortunately qu...
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Getting saved tracks returns inconsistent result for different offsets

PlanPremiumCountryGB DeviceIt's dev APIOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueLast 2-3 days I started observing a strange behaviour - I'm requesting all the saved tracks for a user and for some of requests the API returns an empty result even though...

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  • Plan Premium Country GB   Device It's dev API Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue Last 2-3 days I started observing a strange behaviour - I'm requesting all the saved tra...
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API search special characters

Hi, I'm trying to use the web API to search for songs and it seems like when I have some special characters in the search parameters it fails to find any songs. A very simple example of this is:```track:I'll Call You Mine artist:girl in red album:if ...

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  • Hi,   I'm trying to use the web API to search for songs and it seems like when I have some special characters in the search parameters it fails to find any songs.   A very simple exampl...
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API: search endpoing not responding

PlanPremiumCountryChileServiceSpotify Web API My Question or IssueI am trying to retrive search results using https://api.spotify.com/v1/search but it is not responding since this afternoon.

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  • Plan Premium Country Chile Service Spotify Web API   My Question or Issue I am trying to retrive search results using  https://api.spotify.com/v1/search but it is not respo...
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API Authorization header doesn't follow HTTP spec

Hi, I've found that the Authorization header doesn't follow the HTTP spec (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). The spec says the scheme can be case insensitve, however Spotify's API expects it to be case-sensitive, that is, it...

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  • Hi,   I've found that the Authorization header doesn't follow the HTTP spec (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-2.1). The spec says the scheme can be case insensitve, howeve...
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error spotify-remote

PlanPremiumCountryBRASILOperating SystemAndroidMy Question or IssueI'm using spotify-remote sdk, but when I try to connect to running spotify, it returns the following error: connectToSpotify failed with: Indicates the user did not authorize this cli...

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  • Plan Premium Country BRASIL Operating System Android My Question or Issue I'm using spotify-remote sdk, but when I try to connect to running spotify, it returns the following error:   c...
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Hi, I'd like to use the Spotify SDK to allow playback on a landing page

Is there a way that I can play back audio on a landing page using the SDK without it mirroring what's on my account? I'm really just looking to populate audio data and play audio content on the page using both the API and the SDK

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  • Is there a way that I can play back audio on a landing page using the SDK without it mirroring what's on my account? I'm really just looking to populate audio data and play audio content on the page...
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React/NodeJS App Spotify Auth Refused to connect to 'https://stats.g.doubleclick.net/j/collect ... '

DeviceWindows PC Operating SystemWindows 10 BrowserChrome My Question or IssueHi! Having an issue with Spotify Auth on my app.https://aim-beats-game.herokuapp.com/ Getting the following error after clicking the login button. Refused to connect to 'ht...

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  • Device Windows PC   Operating System Windows 10   Browser Chrome   My Question or Issue Hi!   Having an issue with Spotify Auth on my app. https://aim-beats-game.hero...
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Remote-Control API Monetisation Request + Users/Rate-Limits Query

Hi there,I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Developer API. I wanted to ask about rough rate limits, as well as make a special request regarding monetising my app whilst using certain API endpoints.My app is a running app, designed to help yo...

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  • Hi there, I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Developer API. I wanted to ask about rough rate limits, as well as make a special request regarding monetising my app whilst using certain API...
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Widget Terms of Use: Legal Queries

My Question or IssueI have been reading through the Widget Terms of Use and have some queries around some of the language used: "Section III: Licenses and Permissions3. 3. License to Spotify. You grant to us a paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, wo...

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  • My Question or Issue I have been reading through the Widget Terms of Use and have some queries around some of the language used:   "Section III: Licenses and Permissions 3. 3. License to Spo...
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Search criteria all results and exact title name

I'm not a developer, but in order to find a track I've heard on Spotify I've decided to search for it with Python + Spotipy. track = "Thursday" results = sp.search(q="track:" + track, type="track") So far so good. However, that JSON doesn't return th...

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  • I'm not a developer, but in order to find a track I've heard on Spotify I've decided to search for it with Python + Spotipy.         track = "Thursday" results = sp.search(q=...
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how would I go about making a device available for the API to pick it up

https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/I want do discover my Chromecast and nest home but they wont show up unless already playing music. how would I go around this and make them available without having to start playback t...

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  • https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ I want do discover my Chromecast and nest home but they wont show up unless already playing music. how would I go around this and m...
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I'm making Discord music bot. Is direct playback of Spotify song in Discord voice channel permitted?

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueAs most Discord users know, Rythm and Groovy, 2 of the largest music bots on Discord, have received cease and desist orders from YouTube, forcing them to shut down their ...

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  • Plan Free Country India Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue As most Discord users know, Rythm and Groovy, 2 of the largest music bots on Discord, have rec...
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SpotifyOauthError Invalid client

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayOperating SystemWindows and Ubuntu 18 My Question or IssueHi! I am delivering a master thesis on music recommendation based on content-based filtering. In that sense I am required to use the spotify api to both get audio featu...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Operating System Windows and Ubuntu 18   My Question or Issue Hi! I am delivering a master thesis on music recommendation based on content-based filtering. In...
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Track not being fetched - 404 error

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to make a GET request to the Spotify Web API for a track using simple JavaScript (I don't know curl), but it...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to make a GET request to the Spo...
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Spotify : 403 - User not registered in the Developer Dashboard

I'm making a react-native app with the Spotify API, I'm using the Authorization Code Flow & and I'm on Development mode with only one user added in "Users and access" on my Spotify dashboard: my tester, who is a part of my Spotify Premium Duo. The ap...

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  • I'm making a react-native app with the Spotify API, I'm using the Authorization Code Flow & and I'm on Development mode with only one user added in "Users and access...
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