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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

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Solved!! 2 Questions about a potential Spotify based app

PlanFree, Premium soonCountryFranceDeviceZenfone 9Operating SystemWindows / UbuntuMy Question or IssueHi! I created years ago some sort of blindtest app as a school project using songs stored locally on my phone. The app was fun to dev and to play at...

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Plan Free, Premium soon Country France Device Zenfone 9 Operating System Windows / Ubuntu My Question or Issue Hi! I created years ago some sort of blindtest app as a school project using ...

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Extract top songs with date/API/Python

PlanPremiumCountryBROperating System(Windows 10) My Question or Issue Hi everyone, i'm kind lost in my first extract here, so i need to extract things like the genre, acustic, popularity... and i need that from a playlist of a country, so if you can ...

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Plan Premium Country BR Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   Hi everyone, i'm kind lost in my first extract here, so i need to extract things like the genre, acus...

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Solved!! Error: 403, Fetching Audio Features

I created an app few days ago, to create a recommendation system. The web API is fetching track details. But whenever I am requesting audio features related to a track id, I get a 403 error. There is no problem with authentication. Here's the scope v...

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I created an app few days ago, to create a recommendation system. The web API is fetching track details. But whenever I am requesting audio features related to a track id, I get a 403 error. There is...

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Superuser Contribution Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

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Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th.   Please share any of your thought...

stefanbathman

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Solved!! INVALID_CLIENT: Insecure redirect URI, using custom URI

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello everyone, I am new to the spotify API and I am trying to complete the Oauth authorization flow for my android application. After my app redirects me to the spot...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung S20 FE Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hello everyone,   I am new to the spotify API and I am trying to complete the O...

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Solved!! Spotify API /recommendations Endpoint Always Returns 404 — Even With Valid Token and Known Genres

Hi everyone! I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad", "angry"), using Spotify’s /recommendations endpoint. This i...

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Hi everyone!  I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad",...

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Wip: Save last Played Session as Playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWorking on, pls don’t delete Gona be update within the next 7 days.

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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 Working...

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Album Actual Sample Does Not Align with Response

Web API I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is:albumType: "album"artist: "PARTYNEXTDOOR"id: "6Rl6YoCarF2GHPSQmmFjuR"imageUrl: "https://i...

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Web API   I am returning an album object, and trying to access total_tracks, which is required according to the web documentation. However, the actual response is: albumType: "album" ar...

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Web API authetication after 2025/04/09

PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS 10.15 My Question or IssueAfter the new rollout of Increasing the security requirements for integrating with Spotify, apps with custom URI scheme like this:com.example://callbackcan no longer be authe...

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Plan Premium Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS 10.15   My Question or Issue After the new rollout of Increasing the security requirements for integrating with Spotify, ...

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Spotify iOS SDK authentication returns 'unknown_error'

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceiPhone 15 ProOperating SystemiOS 18.4Spotify Version9.0.32.638Spotify iOS SDK Version3.0.0Xcode Version16.3 I'm encountering persistent "unknown_error" responses when attempting to authenticate using the Spotify iOS S...

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Plan Premium Country Argentina Device iPhone 15 Pro Operating System iOS 18.4 Spotify Version 9.0.32.638 Spotify iOS SDK Version 3.0.0 Xcode Version 16.3   I'm encountering p...

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/v1/audio-features returns a 403/ Access to audio-features to get bpm of a song

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(Macbook Pro Intel Chip, iPhone 14 Pro)Operating System(MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, iOS 18.2.1) My Question or IssueHi, I’m building an iOS app using the Authorization Code Flow to authenticate users and access /v1/audi...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device (Macbook Pro Intel Chip, iPhone 14 Pro) Operating System (MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2, iOS 18.2.1)   My Question or Issue Hi, I’m building an iOS app...

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Integrating spotify web api

We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application.System Structure:Web Application (ReactJS):A centralized ad...

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We are building a centralized real-time music control system designed to manage the in-store music experience for multiple retail locations (e.g., Puma, Adidas) from a single web application. System...

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Kind request regarding the Spotify Web API preview_url deprecation

Hello, My name is Sejun Park, and I live in South Korea. I’m currently developing a React Native-based application called “onetrack”, which actively utilizes the Spotify API. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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Hello,   My name is Sejun Park, and I live in South Korea.   I’m currently developing a React Native-based application called “onetrack”, which actively utilizes the Spotify API. ...

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Management System

Hello,My name is Mary, and I’m a management student from Ukraine (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). I’m currently working on a course paper about adaptive management in modern business.Spotify is a global company, which I believe uses advanced decision-making to...

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Hello, My name is Mary, and I’m a management student from Ukraine (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). I’m currently working on a course paper about adaptive management in modern business. Spotify is a global co...

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Embedding the latest episode of a podcast

My Question or IssueI'm trying to embed the latest episode of my podcast to my websiteI want it to show the newest episode, not the specific episode itself.This is so don't have to update it every two weeks manually, is there any way to change the co...

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  My Question or Issue I'm trying to embed the latest episode of my podcast to my website I want it to show the newest episode, not the specific episode itself. This is so don't have to upda...

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Solved!! Issue with Device Recognition When Using Multiple Accounts in Spotify App Development

Hello,I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I created an app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard with the ...

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Hello, I have a family plan on Spotify, and to keep my playlists separate, I created a second account specifically for app development, which we'll call acc_DEV My main account is acc_MAIN. I create...

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API for songs along with mood

I am a master student. For my final semester i am working on project which can recommend music using facial recognition. Wanted to know if there is any API which can give me playlist according to mood.

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I am a master student. For my final semester i am working on project which can recommend music using facial recognition. Wanted to know if there is any API which can give me playlist according to moo...

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CORS : Access-Control-Allow-Origin header missing

PlanFreeCountryFrance DeviceDesktop (Firefox, Chrome), Mobile (Firefox, Android Browser)Operating SystemWindows 10, Linux (Ubuntu) My Question or IssueI'm embedding my Spotify hosted podcast on a partner website. Everything was fine until last week. ...

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Plan Free Country France   Device Desktop (Firefox, Chrome), Mobile (Firefox, Android Browser) Operating System Windows 10, Linux (Ubuntu)   My Question or Issue I'm embedding my...

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App Not Working: 'Something Went Wrong' Message

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello,I use an app that schedules playlists for specific times, and everything was working fine until today. Now, when I try to launch the app, nothing happens — no connectio...

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Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello, I use an app that schedules playlists for specific times, and everything was working fine ...

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Android SDK with spotify Lite

Hello, Does anyone know whether the android SDK works with spotify lite? My system can not run spotify app itself.

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Hello,   Does anyone know whether the android SDK works with spotify lite? My system can not run spotify app itself.   

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