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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...

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Explicit content Disabled

I disabled explicit content in the Spotify Desktop Player but still receive 'explicit_content': {'filter_enabled': False, 'filter_locked': False} in the API with get current user. Does anyone has an idea why?

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I disabled explicit content in the Spotify Desktop Player but still receive 'explicit_content': {'filter_enabled': False, 'filter_locked': False} in the API with get current user. Does anyone has an ...

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App Development Legalities

Hello!My team and I are working on developing an App/Program using Spotify's API’s. I have contacted upwards of 20 lawyers and attorneys, trying to find someone to confirm our questions and concerns to ensure we are not infringing on any laws/Spotify...

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Hello! My team and I are working on developing an App/Program using Spotify's API’s. I have contacted upwards of 20 lawyers and attorneys, trying to find someone to confirm our questions and conce...

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Bug at Spotify App Remote library to control spotify via voice

*Hi, we are trying to use Spotify App Remote library to control spotify via voice control inside our application.Our issue is that from time to time, SpotifyAppRemote.connect fails to connect or report an exception. It seems that Spotify's service ge...

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*Hi, we are trying to use Spotify App Remote library to control spotify via voice control inside our application. Our issue is that from time to time, SpotifyAppRemote.connect fails to connect or re...

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How to get country-specific recommended songs without using "seed_artists" and "seed_tracks"?

Hello everyone,I have implemented the following API to retrieve Spotify-recommended songs:Spotify Recommendations API. However, I'm facing an issue where I cannot utilize the "seed_artists" and "seed_tracks" parameters in my app. When I make API call...

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Hello everyone, I have implemented the following API to retrieve Spotify-recommended songs: Spotify Recommendations API.   However, I'm facing an issue where I cannot utilize the "seed_artis...

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About user_id and Get User's Profile endpoint

Hi, there! Simple question: what are the user_id restrictions? I.e. is it case sensitive? what is the maximum length? I'm handling errors in my app and I noticed that when I make the call to the Get User's Profile endpoint and the user doesn't exist ...

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Hi, there!   Simple question: what are the user_id restrictions? I.e. is it case sensitive? what is the maximum length? I'm handling errors in my app and I noticed that when I make the call to...

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429 Limit reached

We are building an app that uses the audio features endpoints, but we keep running into rate limit issues and are blocked by them at the moment. How can we resolve this/get the rate increased? Thanks.

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We are building an app that uses the audio features endpoints, but we keep running into rate limit issues and are blocked by them at the moment.  How can we resolve this/get the rate increased? ...

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Any way to stop the Spotify player (embed) when the user scrolls the website page?

Does anyone know of a way to stop the Spotify player (embed) when the user scrolls the website page? We have this code working now: // Get a reference to the embed iframe element const spotifyEmbedWindow = document.querySelector('iframe[src*="spotify...

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Does anyone know of a way to stop the Spotify player (embed) when the user scrolls the website page?  We have this code working now:       // Get a reference to the embed i...

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Is there a way to go through every single podcast/show?

Is it possible to programatically iterate through every single podcast/show on the platform? Or to get shows that posted recently (something similar to tag:new for albums)?

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Is it possible to programatically iterate through every single podcast/show on the platform? Or to get shows that posted recently (something similar to tag:new for albums)?

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Got failure when connect SpotifyAppRemote

May I ask if anyone has encountered any error reports: com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.LocalConnector.connect(LocalConnector.java:52) at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.SpotifyAppR...

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May I ask if anyone has encountered any error reports:   com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.LocalConnector.connect(LocalConnect...

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Download Metadata

Are you able download metadata like Artist Names and Song Titles to use in the creation of my app. We do not need real time access to any data, so it would be easier if we could just download, for example a large list of artist names. Thank you.

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Are you able download metadata like Artist Names and Song Titles to use in the creation of my app.  We do not need real time access to any data, so it would be easier if we could just download, ...

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How would I use the "available_markets" in every playbackstatus call?

What is the reasoning behind the field "available_markets" everytime I get a playbackstatus, or a queue?If I'm playing a track it's implicitly available on my market...Seem a lot of unnecessary traffic but maybe Im missing something:''''''"available_...

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What is the reasoning behind the field "available_markets"  everytime I get a playbackstatus, or a queue? If I'm playing  a track it's implicitly available on my market... Seem a lot...

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Both chapter endpoints return 500 server error

Both of the chapter endpoints (get a chapter and get several chapters) return 500 Server error. Since I started using the API I haven't seen them work.

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Both of the chapter endpoints (get a chapter and get several chapters) return 500 Server error. Since I started using the API I haven't seen them work.

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"Required" field can be null

The documentation for this endpoint says the response is a page of SimplifiedAudiobook. The documentation also says the "total_tracks" field is required.The requests I've made for testing return null, however. This has happened with MANY other endpoi...

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The documentation for this endpoint says the response is a page of SimplifiedAudiobook. The documentation also says the "total_tracks" field is required. The requests I've made for testing return nu...

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Endpoint inconsistency for saving albums/audibooks and HTML returned

Sending a request to the /me/albums endpoint is simple enough: set the query and it works. Doing the same for the /me/audiobooks endpoint doesn't: an error is returned, but not a JSON error, no no no! An HTML page with a title, header and formatting ...

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Sending a request to the /me/albums endpoint is simple enough: set the query and it works. Doing the same for the /me/audiobooks endpoint doesn't: an error is returned, but not a JSON error, no no no...

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Get playlist items documented limit is incorrect

This isn't so much a help thread, but I couldn't find anywhere else to post this. The docs mention that limit is max 50 yet a limit of 100 works just fine. Example in the Request Sample:{ "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/3cEYpjA9oz9GiPac...

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This isn't so much a help thread, but I couldn't find anywhere else to post this. The docs mention that limit is max 50 yet a limit of 100 works just fine.   Example in the Request Sample: { ...

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A legal issue with a library name

Hi, I'd like to develop an open source library containing ClojureScript bindings for Spotify Web API called "Spojure". It is an obvious combination of the name of the service and the programming language. Can using this name be considered trademark i...

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Hi,   I'd like to develop an open source library containing ClojureScript bindings for Spotify Web API called "Spojure". It is an obvious combination of the name of the service and the program...

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Extended Quota request

How long does it take for a request to be looked at? I submitted my request nearly 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't been looked at. I'm worried that if it gets denied I would have to wait another few weeks.

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How long does it take for a request to be looked at? I submitted my request nearly 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't been looked at. I'm worried that if it gets denied I would have to wait another few ...

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Api returning 500 error

Hello, everyone! I'm trying to get my recently played tracks and I'm getting a 500 error. This is my code, let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you very much! fetch("https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?grant_type=client_credentials&clie...

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Hello, everyone! I'm trying to get my recently played tracks and I'm getting a 500 error. This is my code, let me know if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you very much!       &nbs...

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