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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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I can't find one speaker on the other.

I have 4 groups speakers, one group i want it by the other groups. How to do it, that i have 1 group with 4 speakers?

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I have 4 groups speakers, one group i want it by the other groups. How to do it, that i have 1 group with 4 speakers?

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Solved!! 401 Permission missing

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI use to be able to get the devices using:GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devicesBut...

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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 I use t...

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A token problem

PlanPremiumCountryColombiaDeviceHuawei Matebook D14Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueIn my code I get an error regarding the tokens or so I understand.The error it shows me is the following:HTTP Error for POST to https://api.spotify.com/...

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  Plan Premium Country Colombia Device Huawei Matebook D14 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue In my code I get an error regarding the tokens or so I understand. ...

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Question about developer policy Section III.5

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesNon-streaming SDA I am trying to determine if my application would be allowed under Section III.5 of the Spotify Developer Policy. The terms explicitly disallow integrating a product that uses Spotify for Developers with c...

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Plan Free Country United States Non-streaming SDA   I am trying to determine if my application would be allowed under Section III.5 of the Spotify Developer Policy. The terms explicitly di...

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Device name replaced with “iPhone”

All of a sudden, all of our devices are showing as “iPhone” “AirPods” or “samsung” rather than the person’s own device name. How do I fix this since it’s nice to know who’s connected at that time?

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All of a sudden, all of our devices are showing as “iPhone” “AirPods” or “samsung” rather than the person’s own device name. How do I fix this since it’s nice to know who’s connected at that time?

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Music Sync for Games

I'm writing as a developer of a small startup. We want to develop a game that syncs the beat up with the Spotify client, but i have seen in the dev guidelines under |||.3 that the syncing of apps with music is prohibited (https://developer.spotify.co...

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I'm writing as a developer of a small startup. We want to develop a game that syncs the beat up with the Spotify client, but i have seen in the dev guidelines under |||.3 that the syncing of apps wit...

Ximzend

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Superuser Contribution Critical - Endless 'next' values in getting saved tracks!!

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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How can I get an id for embedding in a spotify.link url?

When I click Share -> Copy link from the mobile app (iPhone), I get a link that starts with spotify.link. However, this doesn't seem to translate well for links to be used for embeddings, and I can't find anything in the API docs that might help with...

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When I click Share -> Copy link from the mobile app (iPhone), I get a link that starts with spotify.link. However, this doesn't seem to translate well for links to be used for embeddings, and I ca...

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Add Custom Playlist Cover Image not working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceMacBook Pro M1 Pro 14-inch 2021Operating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.3 I've been trying for several days now to unearth how in the world the Add Custom Playlist Cover Image endpoint works. The documentation is horribl...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device MacBook Pro M1 Pro 14-inch 2021 Operating System macOS Ventura 13.3   I've been trying for several days now to unearth how in the world...

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Users profile image is returned with url, but height and width null

When there is no profile image we get an empty body, as there is nothing to get, but when when there is a profile image we get:"images" : [ { "height" : null, "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6775700000ee85d7e1f22d1962d5c86cc5bc4b", "width" : null ...

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When there is no profile image we get an empty body, as there is nothing to get, but when when there is a profile image we get: "images" : [ { "height" : null, "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/i...

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API returns queue that loops around even when repeat is disabled

When playing an album, requesting the queue through the API returns more songs than will actually be played. For example, if you play an album with tracks One, Two, Three, Four, the API will return "Two, Three, Four, One, Two, Three, Four, ..." (not ...

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When playing an album, requesting the queue through the API returns more songs than will actually be played.  For example, if you play an album with tracks One, Two, Three, Four, the API will re...

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The order of songs in the playlist obtained through the API is incorrect.

PlanFreeCountryJAPANDevicedell laptopOperating SystemWindows 11 I want to retrieve music data from the playlist "Showa Pop" with the playlist ID "37i9dQZF1DX2QCBqV8Ylrq" and playlist URL "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2QCBqV8Ylrq?si=39...

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Plan Free Country JAPAN Device dell laptop Operating System Windows 11     I want to retrieve music data from the playlist "Showa Pop" with the playlist ID "37i9dQZF1DX2QCBqV8Ylrq...

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Superuser Contribution Rename this board

Some people think that this is a board to reach out to the developers of Spotify. This is not the case.To prevent this misunderstanding, I recommend to rename this board to: Spotify for Third-Party Developers.

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Some people think that this is a board to reach out to the developers of Spotify. This is not the case. To prevent this misunderstanding, I recommend to rename this board to: Spotify for Third-Party...

spotifyjosh

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Superuser Contribution App disabled and email has not been shown

My application that uses the Spotify API has been "Disabled and Blocked." When I tried to investigate the cause, a message appeared stating "Spotify has disabled your app. You can contact us at this email address if you wish to appeal this decision"....

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My application that uses the Spotify API has been "Disabled and Blocked." When I tried to investigate the cause, a message appeared stating "Spotify has disabled your app. You can contact us at this ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution API blocked

Hi my name is Joe, I am a software engineering student, and for the final project of my course I have been developing a songSharing app using Spotify’s web API, my project is due in a weeks time and the worst has happened my account has been ‘blocked...

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Hi my name is Joe,   I am a software engineering student, and for the final project of my course I have been developing a songSharing app using Spotify’s web API, my project is due in a weeks ...

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iOS SDK missing the user-read-playback-position scope

I have been attempting to authorize the user-read-playback-position scope using the iOS SDK, but this scope was never included in the framework (you can see the included scopes here). Are there any known workarounds to use the above scope, or is poss...

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I have been attempting to authorize the user-read-playback-position scope using the iOS SDK, but this scope was never included in the framework (you can see the included scopes here). &nbs...

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Get Artist's Albums not returning all albums

I should be able to get all albums by Get Artist's Albums if I don't fill the market param, but it's not working anymore.This is working in 2021, and I found it not working last year, I really hope it can be brought back, since it's the only way to g...

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I should be able to get all albums by Get Artist's Albums if I don't fill the market param, but it's not working anymore. This is working in 2021, and I found it not working last year, I really...

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Unable to get access token using authorization code flow

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro late 2017Operating SystemMacOS My Question or Issue I am trying to do the authorization code flow using Spotify's API to ultimately add songs to a playlist. I am building this from scratch, and not using any librar...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Macbook Pro late 2017 Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue  I am trying to do the authorization code flow using Spotify's API to ultimat...

Alexmartos

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Issue with embeds downloading random files in Safari.

Hi everyone, I'm building a site in Webflow for a client and have a page that is loaded with Spotify Player embeds. I've been having an issue where upon page load (Only in Safari) it downloads a ton of files with names like "10YFj2pOqUUjsqAPX5ZMeh" w...

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Hi everyone,   I'm building a site in Webflow for a client and have a page that is loaded with Spotify Player embeds. I've been having an issue where upon page load (Only in Safari) it downloa...

CherrySteppers

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