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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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Authorization Code Flow Automation

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am working on a program that can play/pause/skip songs etc.I first tried using the Client Credentials Flow, but got this error: { "error": { "status": 403, "message"...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I am working on a program that can play/pause/skip songs etc. I first tried using the Clie...
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how to use spotify Playback SDK in react native

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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me/top/artists endpoint return 403 error

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI am having problems with this endpoint (me/top/artists). It keep returning 403 error. All other endpoint I have tried are ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I am having problems with this endpoint (me/top...
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"Add to playlist" context menu breaks scrolling when too long

Operating SystemWindows 10, using:Spotify for Windows1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819My Question or IssueWhen right clicking on a song and navigating to "Add to playlist", my list of playlists is longer than the screen height. This appears to break the scrolling...

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  • Operating System Windows 10, using: Spotify for Windows 1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819 My Question or Issue When right clicking on a song and navigating to "Add to playlist", my list of playlists is longe...
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Number of users

My application had a lot of users on May 1th, but when I accessed the dashboard it shows 0 users on this month, and the history doesn't show the peak I really had, maybe it will me available only tomorrow? I'm really worried about not getting that in...

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  • My application had a lot of users on May 1th, but when I accessed the dashboard it shows 0 users on this month, and the history doesn't show the peak I really had, maybe it will me available only tom...
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Custom start time for Track Embeds

Hi there,I know there's an option to share podcasts with custom start times via iFrame API but does any know if I can do that for a track?With the end goal being able to create webpages with Track iframe embeds - which start at a certain time. e.g. L...

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  • Hi there, I know there's an option to share podcasts with custom start times via iFrame API but does any know if I can do that for a track? With the end goal being able to create webpages with ...
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[Android Api] Get user´s Playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(POCO X3 Pro)Operating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueHow can in get user´s playlists so i can show them in my app? I´m thinking in something like Google´s alarm clock that do exactly what i need to do.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device (POCO X3 Pro) Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue How can in get user´s playlists so i can show them in my app? I´m thinking in somethi...
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Serverless personal project - refreshing auth token solution

PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or Issue I am developing a very simple jukebox style app for purely personal use to control my queue and allow others to add songs to it at parties and gathering etc. It will only ever use or need permission to access...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK   My Question or Issue   I am developing a very simple jukebox style app for purely personal use to control my queue and allow others to add songs to it at pa...
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WebPlayer issue - player stops with error

Hello, I am under Windows and MacOS. I saw some issues on forum but my player stops forever randomly even I click play/pause toggle button. So it's not network I believe. When it happens - error saysUncaught TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'po...

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  • Hello,   I am under Windows and MacOS.   I saw some issues on forum but my player stops forever randomly even I click play/pause toggle button. So it's not network I believe.   W...
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Adding spotify to personal domain

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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Solved!! Displaying album art in iPhone app

Am I allowed to load and display album art from the web API in my (published) iPhone app? E.g. user authenticates and I want to display their liked songs in a table with the title of each song next to its album cover, like in the Spotify app.

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  • Am I allowed to load and display album art from the web API in my (published) iPhone app?   E.g. user authenticates and I want to display their liked songs in a table with the title of each so...
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Search for albums with label via API

Plan:PremiumCountryUSA My Question or Issue I noticed that while the spotify app allows you to search by label in the search bar, there isnt documentation on doing this via API. Is there a way to search for albums under a label via API? Thanks

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  • Plan: Premium Country USA   My Question or Issue   I noticed that while the spotify app allows you to search by label in the search bar, there isnt documentation on doing this via AP...
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WebPlayer issue - player stops with error

Hello, I am under Windows and MacOS. I saw some issues on forum but my player stops forever randomly even I click play/pause toggle button. So it's not network I believe. When it happens - error saysUncaught TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'po...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   I am under Windows and MacOS.   I saw some issues on forum but my player stops forever randomly even I click play/pause toggle button. So it's not network I believe.   W...
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Cookies of Spotify player

Hello, we are embedding the spotify player on our website Taschengeldleitfaden | Erste Financial Life Park | Finanzbildung and thus we need the information which cookies your player is using? Thanks in advance.Christof

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  • Hello,   we are embedding the spotify player on our website Taschengeldleitfaden | Erste Financial Life Park | Finanzbildung and thus we need the information which cookies your playe...
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podcast not on spotify

I have submitted a podcast on spotify since about a week ago called ‘Unlisted Songs’ but up till now, the Spotify For Podcasters say the podcast is still ‘processing’ and I can’t find my podcast on spotify.

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  • I have submitted a podcast on spotify since about a week ago called ‘Unlisted Songs’ but up till now, the Spotify For Podcasters say the podcast is still ‘processing’ and I can’t find my podcast on s...
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Snowplow tracking events

Hi, I want to track all possible events on a Spotify player. Play, pause, seek, 25%, 50%, etc.. The idea is to send data to Snowplow. Unfortunately, I can not find any tip on the internet on how to implement that. I found some tutorials on how to tra...

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  • Hi,   I want to track all possible events on a Spotify player. Play, pause, seek, 25%, 50%, etc.. The idea is to send data to Snowplow. Unfortunately, I can not find any tip on the internet on...
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Multi-Artist Radio

I like listening while using the artist radio feature, but sometimes I want to listen to more than one artist radio at one time. For example, if I wanted to listen to Kenny Chesney Radio and Rolling Stones Radio, I can't really do that today (I know ...

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  • I like listening while using the artist radio feature, but sometimes I want to listen to more than one artist radio at one time. For example, if I wanted to listen to Kenny Chesney Radio and Rolling ...
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Transfer app to a different account

I created an app using my work email account. I wanted to share access to this app with other members of my team so I created a shared account using a new email. I re-created the app on that account and submitted a quota extension request but it got ...

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  • I created an app using my work email account. I wanted to share access to this app with other members of my team so I created a shared account using a new email. I re-created the app on that account ...
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403: User not registered in the Developer Dashboard

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

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  • Hello Spotify Community ! I'm making a react-native app, I'm using the Authorization Code Flow & and I'm on Development mode with only one user added in "Users and access": My tester...
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3rd Party Monetization Possible W. Connect Web API + Premium Accounts?

PlanPremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueI am working on a project where: 1. users generate a playlist on their account based on some inputs2. Invite friends for a shared listening session through the website, like a chat room3. Users would listen t...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   My Question or Issue I am working on a project where:   1. users generate a playlist on their account based on some inputs 2. Invite friends for a shared...
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