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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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Standardizing Completion of API calls to player/play

Dear Spotify: I’m developing an app that creates a series of asynchronous calls to Spotify’s player/play endpoint. The code I wrote is working correctly in that it sends PUT requests to the endpoint near simultaneously. However, each PUT request take...

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  • Dear Spotify:   I’m developing an app that creates a series of asynchronous calls to Spotify’s player/play endpoint. The code I wrote is working correctly in that it sends PUT requests to the ...
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Superuser Contribution Scopes

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 6s Plus, HP Laptop)Operating System(iOS 14, Windows 10) My Question or IssueHello,I've been working on a simple web application where you can view your profile information and library/playlists/artists and also mod...

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  • Plan Free Country Germany Device (iPhone 6s Plus, HP Laptop) Operating System (iOS 14, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue Hello, I've been working on a simple web application where yo...
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Electron, Widevine, and the Spotify SDK: Do they work?

I've gone as far as connecting to the Spotify SDK in Electron, but I get a playback error with this status 500 POST error when trying to play:https://api.spotify.com/v1/widevine-license/v1/audio/license?exp=1622751382&cp=&tok=xxxxxxxloading the link ...

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  • I've gone as far as connecting to the Spotify SDK in Electron, but I get a playback error with this status 500 POST error when trying to play: https://api.spotify.com/v1/widevine-license/v1/audio/...
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Can't Play Embed Spotify Players

Hey! the problem has been around for as long as I can remember:If i want to play an embedded Spotify Player on a Browser (Chrome) it makes this Fail: - First try, the if i click the Playbutton it changes to "Pause" symbol but no sound is coming, also...

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  • Hey! the problem has been around for as long as I can remember: If i want to play an embedded Spotify Player on a Browser (Chrome) it makes this Fail:   - First try, the if i click the P...
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Add features and plugins

Hi, In my daily use, I feel like the functionality really doesn't match the way I hear and approach music. I have some features that I really would want to have in Spotify. When I search for them in the community, I always meet a bunch of people who ...

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  • Hi,   In my daily use, I feel like the functionality really doesn't match the way I hear and approach music. I have some features that I really would want to have in Spotify. When I searc...
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Solved!! Unable to remove tracks from playlist with Spotify Web API

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceMSI GS60 (Google Chrome with Web API and Web Playback SDK)Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHi, I'm using the Spotify Web API and Spotify Web Playback SDK to create an app where I can basically sort my play...

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  • Plan Premium Country Belgium Device MSI GS60 (Google Chrome with Web API and Web Playback SDK) Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm using the Spotify Web API and ...
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How can I get Spotify license?

My iOS app using Spotify SDK, now I upload my app to Apple Store, Apple complained me about Spotify license. Please help me how to get Spotify license.

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  • My iOS app using Spotify SDK, now I upload my app to Apple Store, Apple complained me about Spotify license. Please help me how to get Spotify license.
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Connection to android sdk not established with 'Result was not delivered on time'

The issue found on DATE.10 April 2020SDK Version:AppRemote 0.7.0Auth 1.2.3OS Version:Android 9 Motorola one vision (XT1970-3)Scope(s): Steps to reproduce:Receiving code from LoginActivity of SpotifyConnecting to SpotifyAppRemoteAfter 30 seconds of wa...

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  • The issue found on DATE. 10 April 2020 SDK Version: AppRemote 0.7.0 Auth 1.2.3 OS Version: Android 9 Motorola one vision (XT1970-3) Scope(s): Steps to reproduce: Receiving code from Log...
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Is it allowed to use the SDKs in free apps?

PlanPremiumCountryDEOperating SystemiOS/Droid I have an app that is completely free (no ads either).Can I use the SDKs and upload the app to the stores? Or do I still need a approval from Spotify?It would not be a commercial use, right? Thanks for yo...

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  • Plan Premium Country DE Operating System iOS/Droid   I have an app that is completely free (no ads either). Can I use the SDKs and upload the app to the stores?  Or do I still need...
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Wrong ISRC code on track?

Hi there. If I query for track '40lnqXKcBImVDFRreFL2T0' using https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} I get the following:{"artists": [{..."name": "Yanni",...}],"external_ids": {"isrc": "USVI29700009"},..."id": "40lnqXKcBImVDFRreFL2T0","name": "Prelud...

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  • Hi there.   If I query for track '40lnqXKcBImVDFRreFL2T0' using https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} I get the following: { "artists": [ { ... "name": "Yanni", ... } ], "extern...
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Spotify Android SDK: Error while running the sample application

My Question or IssueSpotify Android SDK offer two libraries - App Remote and Authentication. There are sample application available on the github which is using these two libraries - github - Spotify Sample Application I have created two different an...

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  • My Question or Issue Spotify Android SDK offer two libraries - App Remote and Authentication. There are sample application available on the github which is using these two libraries -...
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Webscraping on Spotify

Plan: FreeCountry: GermanyOperating System: WindowsMy Question or Issue:Hey, I am a hobby-programmer and want to make a little program that copies some song URLs out of Spotify - no harmful intentions.Am I allowed to do this on Spotify? Am I violatin...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Germany Operating System: Windows My Question or Issue: Hey, I am a hobby-programmer and want to make a little program that copies some song URLs out of Spotify - no harmful...
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Append artist additional information to Album GET response

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS/CanadaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhat is the fast and simple method to append the artist image(s) when getting an Albu...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country US/Canada Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue What...
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Get User's Saved Tracks wrong order in specific cases

As I'm currently working with the endpoint Get Current User's Saved Tracks I've noticed a peculiar issue. Tracks in the JSON response are in the wrong order in relation to the limit and offset parameters (compared to any Spotify app).This is easily r...

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  • As I'm currently working with the endpoint Get Current User's Saved Tracks I've noticed a peculiar issue. Tracks in the JSON response are in the wrong order in relation to the limit an...
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How to add new authorization scopes to an existing app

Plan: PremiumCountry: JapanDevice: N/AOperating System: N/AI developed an app with Spotify web API a while ago and it only had the user-follow-read scope. Now I need the playlist-modify-public scope to implement a new feature. Below is the HTTP reque...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Japan Device: N/A Operating System: N/A I developed an app with Spotify web API a while ago and it only had the user-follow-read scope. Now I need the playlist-modify-public...
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30 sec preview url returning null

PlanFree/Premium CountryUS My Question or Issue Hi I'm currently working on an Android app and I am utilizing Spotify's API. In my app I'm trying to fetch the 30 second preview urls for tracks. I recently noticed that not every track returns a 30 sec...

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  • Plan Free/Premium   Country US   My Question or Issue   Hi I'm currently working on an Android app and I am utilizing Spotify's API. In my app I'm trying to fetch the 30 second...
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IPv6 seems to be broken from Linode Sydney

Seeing quite a weird issue on multiple Linodes in their Sydney DC which essentially boils down to IPv6 being seemingly misconfigured on the Spotify end. I have tried but cannot replicate the issue on any other network I have access to. Running curl -...

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  • Seeing quite a weird issue on multiple Linodes in their Sydney DC which essentially boils down to IPv6 being seemingly misconfigured on the Spotify end. I have tried but cannot replicate the issue on...
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INVALID APP_ID From Spotify SDK

Hi, We have integrate spotify remote sdk with my app. Follow the playlist and get tracks and play audio/songs in my app with remote player. It will work every thing run from my system and get signed apk and installed in device. But uploaded spotify r...

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  • Hi,  We have integrate spotify remote sdk with my app. Follow the playlist and get tracks and play audio/songs in my app with remote player. It will work every thing run from my system and get s...
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Append track artwork images to Spotify API Album response

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS & CanadaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThere are two Spotify API endpoints that retrieve all the track & song information ...

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Solved!! Web API devices list returns 500

PlanPremiumDeviceWeb API My Question or Issue Hello. Trying to call https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ returns 500. I've tried different oAuth tokens (with all permissions or only required ones).

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  • Plan Premium Device Web API   My Question or Issue   Hello. Trying to call https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ returns 500. I've tried differ...
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