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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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 ...
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...
Hi everyone, I am experiencing a persistent 403 Forbidden error when trying to fetch tracks from my own personal playlist using the GET /playlists/{id}/tracks endpoint. I am using a PowerShell script to automate my playback, but it gets blocked exact...
Hi everyone, I am experiencing a persistent 403 Forbidden error when trying to fetch tracks from my own personal playlist using the GET /playlists/{id}/tracks endpoint. I am using a PowerShell script...
Spotify Star
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Title: Development Mode apps return 403 for GET /me despite Premium owner and correct allowlistI have created two Development Mode apps using a Spotify Premium Individual account.Configuration:App owner has active Spotify Premium IndividualOAuth Auth...
Title: Development Mode apps return 403 for GET /me despite Premium owner and correct allowlist I have created two Development Mode apps using a Spotify Premium Individual account. Configuration: ...
Casual Listener
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It says new integrations are on hold while me make updates to increase reliability. The create app button is completely disabled.
It says new integrations are on hold while me make updates to increase reliability. The create app button is completely disabled.
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Hi Spotify Developer team, I’m building The Hot Take, an app for in-person social gatherings (camping trips, birthdays, house parties). I want to confirm compliance with the Developer Policy before continuing development, particularly Section III.2 (...
Hi Spotify Developer team, I’m building The Hot Take, an app for in-person social gatherings (camping trips, birthdays, house parties). I want to confirm compliance with the Developer Policy...
Spotify
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Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or Issuehttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/ads-api/quick-startAuthenticate your Ads Manager account - step 4For a Windows 11 user, this instruction implies running the command using the "Terminal" appli...
Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/ads-api/quick-start Authenticate your Ads Manager account - step 4 For a Windows 11 user, thi...
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PlanPremiumCountryNot specifiedDeviceMac running the Spotify desktop client and Studio by Spotify Labs (research preview)IssueStudio can read my Spotify library, confirm my account is authenticated, and see active playback. However, every attempt to ...
Plan Premium Country Not specified Device Mac running the Spotify desktop client and Studio by Spotify Labs (research preview) Issue Studio can read my Spotify library, confirm my account is a...
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I have some questions on the changes to the Web API Extended Access. I am noticing that development mode is now limited to 5 users, and in order to qualify for the extended quota, your app needs to have 250k MAU. How do they honestly expect applicati...
I have some questions on the changes to the Web API Extended Access. I am noticing that development mode is now limited to 5 users, and in order to qualify for the extended quota, your app needs to h...
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Hi Spotify team, I’m the solo developer behind MatchBeats.com, a music discovery platform built around the Spotify Web API. The goal isn’t to replace Spotify, it actually sends people back to Spotify to listen.Users connect their Spotify account, Mat...
Hi Spotify team, I’m the solo developer behind MatchBeats.com, a music discovery platform built around the Spotify Web API. The goal isn’t to replace Spotify, it actually sends peop...
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Hello,I would like to develop an application. I'm an independent developer and do not have 250,000 monthly active users.Can I use the Spotify API to add Spotify tracks so that users can listen to them directly within my application?Are there any usag...
Hello, I would like to develop an application. I'm an independent developer and do not have 250,000 monthly active users. Can I use the Spotify API to add Spotify tracks so that users can listen to...
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PlanPremium Family PlanCountryUnited KingdomDeviceRaspberry PiOperating SystemHome AssistantMy Question or IssueI am a Spotify Premium member with a family account with multiple member accounts. I would expect to have application API access for all m...
Plan Premium Family Plan Country United Kingdom Device Raspberry Pi Operating System Home Assistant My Question or Issue I am a Spotify Premium member with a family account with multiple m...
Newbie
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All API calls appear to be failing at the moment, both from my own clients and the "Try it" console. The specific error ends up being no CORS header on the preflight response, but I think that's just because there's no response at all.
All API calls appear to be failing at the moment, both from my own clients and the "Try it" console. The specific error ends up being no CORS header on the preflight response, but I think that's just...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryAUSTRIADeviceallOperating System Windows 10,etc. My Question or IssueHi Spotify Developer Support,We're seeing a consistent, 100% reproducible failure on the Get Recently Played Tracks endpoint (GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/pla...
Plan Premium Country AUSTRIA Device all Operating System Windows 10,etc. My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Developer Support, We're seeing a consistent, 100% re...
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Hi everyone,I have a web app using the Web Playback SDK. It worked fine on iOS a few days ago and now fails on every iOS device. I've spent a lot of time isolating it and would appreciate any insight.Symptom (iOS only):The player connects, ready fire...
Hi everyone, I have a web app using the Web Playback SDK. It worked fine on iOS a few days ago and now fails on every iOS device. I've spent a lot of time isolating it and would appreciate any insig...
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Hello,I accidentally deleted my Spotify Developer application while trying to resolve an issue that prevented me from creating another application.I am now receiving this message:"You have created too many apps recently. Please try again in 24 hours....
Hello, I accidentally deleted my Spotify Developer application while trying to resolve an issue that prevented me from creating another application. I am now receiving this message: "You have crea...
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Hello Spotify Developer Support,I'm looking for some clarification regarding the current requirements for Extended Quota Mode.According to the documentation, as of May 15, 2025, quota extension requests are only accepted from organizations that meet ...
Hello Spotify Developer Support, I'm looking for some clarification regarding the current requirements for Extended Quota Mode. According to the documentation, as of May 15, 2025, quota extension r...
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Hi,I’m seeing severe, ongoing failures on the Player API today (2026-07-21). This is from a my desktop app using the Web API with PKCE, a Premium account, and scopes that include playback state (user-read-playback-state, etc.). A lot of my userbase h...
Hi, I’m seeing severe, ongoing failures on the Player API today (2026-07-21). This is from a my desktop app using the Web API with PKCE, a Premium account, and scopes that include playback state...
Roadie
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Hello Spotify Developer Team,We’re currently developing a mobile application called LYRiQ and would appreciate some clarification regarding the Spotify Developer Policy before we invest further in development.We’ve carefully read the current Develope...
Hello Spotify Developer Team, We’re currently developing a mobile application called LYRiQ and would appreciate some clarification regarding the Spotify Developer Policy before we invest fur...
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Browser apps calling the Spotify Web API are failing with CORS errors on authenticated requests (e.g. GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me).The OAuth login popup can still open/complete, but the follow-up browser fetch to api.spotify.com fails because t...
Browser apps calling the Spotify Web API are failing with CORS errors on authenticated requests (e.g. GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me). The OAuth login popup can still open/complete, but t...
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I’m using Authorization Code with PKCE and the Spotify Web Playback SDK.The app owner and authenticated playback user are the same active Premium account. GET /v1/me consistentlyreports product: premium, and the SDK successfully emits ready.However, ...
I’m using Authorization Code with PKCE and the Spotify Web Playback SDK. The app owner and authenticated playback user are the same active Premium account. GET /v1/me consistently reports product: ...
Roadie
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Plan: PremiumCountry: United StatesDevice: iPhoneOperating System: iOSMy Question or IssueI’m building a non-streaming iOS catalog app where people rate and rank music and podcasts. The Web API is called only from our AWS backend with Client Credenti...
Plan: Premium Country: United States Device: iPhone Operating System: iOS My Question or Issue I’m building a non-streaming iOS catalog app where people rate and rank music and podcasts. The Web...
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