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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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Songkick Spotify API oAuth scopes disabled without reason!!

Hi,I am an engineer working at Songkick. For the last couple of weeks we were going through a regular Data Review with Spotify regarding the use of the API by Songkick.comOut of nowhere and for reasons unknown to us, ALL our oAuth Scopes for Spotify ...

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  • Hi, I am an engineer  working at Songkick. For the last couple of weeks we were going through a regular Data Review with Spotify regarding the use of the API by Songkick.com Out of nowhere...
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linked_from no longer included with track details

Linked tracks are no longer including a linked_from attribue in the web API. The example in the track relinking article says that:6kLCHFM39wkFjOuyPGLGeQ should link to:6ozxplTAjWO0BlUxN8ia0A But the linked_from is no longer included in the response. ...

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  • Linked tracks are no longer including a linked_from attribue in the web API.   The example in the track relinking article says that: 6kLCHFM39wkFjOuyPGLGeQ   should link to: 6ozxplTAj...
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Streaming Statistics of Songs within a Playlist

For artists, it is possible to see how much a song got streamed within a specific playlist. Is it also possible as a playlist owner to see which song got streamed how often? If so, which API code is needed to get this information? I would appreciate ...

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  • For artists, it is possible to see how much a song got streamed within a specific playlist.   Is it also possible as a playlist owner to see which song got streamed how often? If so, which API...
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App turned to JUNK

Last 3 days I can’t play my downloads offline. When I press a downloaded album I get a pop up that says I’m offline go to settings. Only way I can play is to go online. What the **bleep** is the purpose of downloading to an app that won’t play them? ...

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  • Last 3 days I can’t play my downloads offline. When I press a downloaded album I get a pop up that says I’m offline go to settings. Only way I can play is to go online. What the **bleep** is the purp...
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  • Downloaded Music Does Not Play
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Spotify Artists not returning images property from search

PlanFree/PremiumCountryU.S.DeviceAPIOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueCurrently hitting the search endpoint defined here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/searchAs mentioned, an array of images should provided alo...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country U.S. Device API Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue Currently hitting the search endpoint defined here: https://developer.spotify.com/documenta...
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Favourite artist fetch call returning empty Array

i have been working on this app using the WEB-API and prior to a week ago both tracks and artist fetch requests worked just fine but now the artist fetch request returns an empty array but the tracks works perfectly fine.

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  • i have been working on this app using the WEB-API and prior to a week ago both tracks and artist fetch requests worked just fine but now the artist fetch request returns an empty array but the tracks...
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Can you fix the audio on this album

The band Sevendust's album "Alpha" is having audio issues. Some of the songs are playing the incorrect audio. The song "Driven" for example is playing the song "Alpha" audio. Please fix its driving me insane

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  • The band Sevendust's album "Alpha" is having audio issues. Some of the songs are playing the incorrect audio. The song "Driven" for example is playing the song "Alpha" audio. Please fix its driving m...
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`Get Artist` API endpoint responds with result in inconsistent format

Hi all, I've found the following inconsistency in API endpoint response format: when I request the endpoint Get Track, I get the response formatted pretty and all integer values are presented like the should be (without any floating points):$ curl -s...

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  • Hi all, I've found the following inconsistency in API endpoint response format:   when I request the endpoint Get Track, I get the response formatted pretty and all integer values are pre...
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Error While Creating App

I'm trying to create a new app at: https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/createAfter clicking the "Create App" button, a form flashed and automatically shows a red error message containing: "We were not able to load your account information. Please...

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  • I'm trying to create a new app at: https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create After clicking the "Create App" button, a form flashed and automatically shows a red error message containing...
  • not_revan
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I cant create an app

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueIt is saying "We were not able to load your account information. Please refresh the page and try again."

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  •   Plan Premium Country Slovakia Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue It is saying "We were not able to load your account information. Please refresh the page and tr...
  • vicgardenhire
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sp.artist(uri) not working

Recently I have been testing and using my code and randomly the sp.artist(uri) function stopped working. My code when it gets to that line runs indefinitely but my sp.playlist_items() is working just fine. This problem started randomly without changi...

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  • Recently I have been testing and using my code and randomly the sp.artist(uri) function stopped working. My code when it gets to that line runs indefinitely but my sp.playlist_items() is working just...
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Solved!! HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: /tracks?position=0

My Python script that uses Spotipy stopped working yesterday after working fine for months.The full error message is... HTTP Error for POST to https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists//tracks with Params: {'position': 0} returned 403 due to Insufficient ...

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  • My Python script that uses Spotipy stopped working yesterday after working fine for months. The full error message is...   HTTP Error for POST to https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/<PL...
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Podcast only for external website subscribers

Hello, I would like to recreate the same experience of podcasts accessible only to subscribers of my website that can be seen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6GSnbFz5qzNuKnLmGzQbPc (Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content). On Spotify a...

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  • Hello, I would like to recreate the same experience of podcasts accessible only to subscribers of my website that can be seen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6GSnbFz5qzNuKnLmGzQbPc (Making Sense ...
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Cool uses of the Spotify API

Hi! I didn't see a place where people are sharing the cool stuff they're able to do with the API? Thought it could be fun to have a place for this?

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  • Hi! I didn't see a place where people are sharing the cool stuff they're able to do with the API? Thought it could be fun to have a place for this? 
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Solved!! generate a complete list of playlists containing text string

Hi! For Black History Month I wanted to generate a list of playlists on Spotify that contain the string "Black History Month" - this search query works great https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=black+history+month&type=playlist&market=US&locale=e...

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  • Hi! For Black History Month I wanted to generate a list of playlists on Spotify that contain the string "Black History Month" - this search query works great       https://api.spot...
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Question about banned uses of API

Hello everyone! The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product". I have a question about what this means in practical terms. Let's say I'm...

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  • Hello everyone!   The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product".   I ha...
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Inquiry Regarding API Integration for Accessing User Search History

Dear Spotify Support Team,I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out as a developer interested in enhancing the user experience within our application by integrating with Spotify's API. Specifically, we aim to provide users with the abilit...

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  • Dear Spotify Support Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out as a developer interested in enhancing the user experience within our application by integrating with Spotify's API. ...
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/me/top/tracks endpoint returns album_type of EP, SINGLE, ALBUM

Using the Web API, I'm finding that when you ask for user's top items and specifying tracks, each track has an album_type of either "EP" or "SINGLE" or "ALBUM". This goes against what is documented — and found with other endpoints — of "album", "sing...

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  • Using the Web API, I'm finding that when you ask for user's top items and specifying tracks, each track has an album_type of either "EP" or "SINGLE" or "ALBUM".   This goes against what is docum...
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"Add songs" removed?

The "add songs" function was my favorite Spotify feature. I don't understand why this has been removed.The "recommended" selection is unfortunately relatively poor compared to the "add songs" function.Do I have a chance of getting it back?Thank you!P...

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  • The "add songs" function was my favorite Spotify feature. I don't understand why this has been removed. The "recommended" selection is unfortunately relatively poor compared to the "add songs" funct...
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Embed not working

Got an issue embedding this? Embed renders but play button does nothing and spins? Other podcasts embedded same way work? Any ideas?

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  • Got an issue embedding this?   Embed renders but play button does nothing and spins? Other podcasts embedded same way work?   <iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spo...
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