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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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How to obtain information about how much bass frequency songs have

PlanFreeCountry DeviceGalaxy Note 9Operating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueHi! I am interested in analyzing how much bass frequency specific songs have (i.e. how much lower frequency does a song have compared to higher frequency) I've been looking...

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  • Plan Free Country   Device Galaxy Note 9 Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue Hi!   I am interested in analyzing how much bass frequency specific songs have (i.e....
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Superuser Contribution Android QuickStart Guide - authorization view not showing up

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 4 API 30 (emulator) My Question or IssueI am trying to create a simple Android app that can connect to Spotify to control music playback. From what I have read, the SpotifyAppRemote API is perfect for this. I am follo...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 4 API 30 (emulator)   My Question or Issue I am trying to create a simple Android app that can connect to Spotify to control music playback. From wh...
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Japanese album names in Spotify API "Get Artist's Albums" cannot be retrieved correctly

My Question or IssueBetween 2022-07-14T18:00:00+09:00 (JST) and 2022-07-20T18:00:00+09:00 (JST)We have confirmed that the album names included in the album information obtained using the Spotify API "Get Artist's Albums" were different from the album...

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  • My Question or Issue Between 2022-07-14T18:00:00+09:00 (JST) and 2022-07-20T18:00:00+09:00 (JST) We have confirmed that the album names included in the album information obtained using the Spotify ...
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Web API - Recently Played Next Link Response is Empty

My Question or Issue:I am currently attempting to retrieve all of my recently played tracks up to the start of the day using the get-recently-played endpoint. I am able to get the first 50 tracks, but when attempting to use the "next" property provid...

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  • My Question or Issue: I am currently attempting to retrieve all of my recently played tracks up to the start of the day using the get-recently-played endpoint. I am able to get the first 5...
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Karaoke System

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysia DeviceHuawei Porsche Mate RSOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI think Spotify should come out with new Premium Plan for Karaoke System to go with all the users smart TV with an opti...

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  •       Plan Premium Country Malaysia  Device Huawei Porsche Mate RS Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I think S...
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Quota extension rejected

I have submitted quote extension request to Spotify and got rejected with 2 points.The Spotify Platform can not be used to develop applications that modify Spotify Content.The Spotify Platform can not be used to develop commercial SDAs Point 1: I am ...

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  • I have submitted quote extension request to Spotify and got rejected with 2 points. The Spotify Platform can not be used to develop applications that modify Spotify Content. The Spotify Platform c...
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Quota Extension

I want to know that what information spotify wants about scopes in quota extension request?

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  • I want to know that what information spotify wants about scopes in quota extension request?
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Why can't I use the SDK on Android OS.11

I want to use Spotify SDK on Android OS.11, but I get an "com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp" error on the first connect and I can't use it.I have the Spotify app installed.I have the same version installed on my Android O...

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  • I want to use Spotify SDK on Android OS.11, but I get an "com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp" error on the first connect and I can't use it. I have the Spotify app instal...
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502 when trying to set repeat mode on web sdk

Hey there! I keep getting 502 response status code when trying to set the repeat mode on my web sdk application. Using the Spotify Console to set the repeat option on the sdk, the behaviour is the same, but when I try to set the repeat option on a re...

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  • Hey there!   I keep getting 502 response status code when trying to set the repeat mode on my web sdk application. Using the Spotify Console to set the repeat option on the sdk, the behaviour ...
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get top tracks

I have the following problem.When sending a request to the link https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks with parameters offset=0 and limit=50 everything is sent normally. But if you send the next request with offset = 50, then 0 tracks are sent, alt...

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  • I have the following problem. When sending a request to the link https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks with parameters offset=0 and limit=50 everything is sent normally.   But if you s...
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403 - Player command failed: Cannot control device volume

Dear Community,we're trying to control the volume of Spotify without affecting the system volume. This is supposed to work with the API PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/volumeat least for premium users.However we're getting a 403 error as res...

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  • Dear Community, we're trying to control the volume of Spotify without affecting the system volume. This is supposed to work with the API  PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/volume at l...
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Playlist growth data

Hey guys, Started learning working with API's recently, so still quite new to all this.I was wondering if there is any way to track growth of the Spotify playlists I own, and convert this data to an interface like Google Data Studio or another data d...

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  • Hey guys,   Started learning working with API's recently, so still quite new to all this. I was wondering if there is any way to track growth of the Spotify playlists I own, and convert this ...
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Is our IP blocked?

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 Hello.I'm calling using web api.I recently changed my server IP. By the way, all curl reques...

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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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the search is poor on NOT condition

PlanFree/PremiumCountrysingaporeDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue is I am looking music that are NOT played by Piano but all PIANO are listed. How is ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country singapore Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue is I ...
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Add tracks to playlist returns 50x error

Flow: I created playlist using create playlist API. After I'm adding track's to this playlist.As a result I got 500 or 503 error

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  • Flow: I created playlist using create playlist API. After I'm adding track's to this playlist. As a result I got 500 or 503 error
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Apple App Store Review team can't log in with Test Premium Account

My Situation:- Wrote iPhone App that uses Spotify- Already got quota extension by Spotify- Created Test Account with Premium for Apple App Store Review Team- The country is set to Germany (shouldn't be a problem though) Problem:The review team keeps ...

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  • My Situation: - Wrote iPhone App that uses Spotify - Already got quota extension by Spotify - Created Test Account with Premium for Apple App Store Review Team - The country is set to G...
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How to contact app review team?

I've submitted an app for review by the Spotify team and the first submission was rejected for "unjustified scopes". However, these scopes are necessary for app function. Is there a way to contact the review team to get some further clarification so ...

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  • I've submitted an app for review by the Spotify team and the first submission was rejected for "unjustified scopes". However, these scopes are necessary for app function. Is there a way to contact th...
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Repeatable 404 on particular search requests

When making search endpoint requests, I notice some requests repeatedly failing. It seems to happen only on searches for tracks with long names. As an example: the following fails: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search/?type=track&q=I%20Slept%20With%20So...

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  • When making search endpoint requests, I notice some requests repeatedly failing. It seems to happen only on searches for tracks with long names. As an example: the following fails:   https://ap...
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Suddenly getting "invalid redirect URI" on grant

Without any changes to my code or app-registration my app suddenly gets an "invalid redirect URI" in the access-token grant. I have no idea whats going on...

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  • Without any changes to my code or app-registration my app suddenly gets an "invalid redirect URI" in the access-token grant. I have no idea whats going on...  
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