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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...

ThePodfather
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2025-04-15 4:07:55 PM
yesterday
nks43
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Get Playlists for artist

Is it possible to get the playlists belonging to an artist via API?Like this one:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dO4VJmUhpC8Zcl3k62IDI Which can be found on the Artists page:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0F3Aew9DSd6fb6192K1K0Y

MR4online
Newbie
Is it possible to get the playlists belonging to an artist via API? Like this one: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dO4VJmUhpC8Zcl3k62IDI Which can be found on the Artists page: htt...
2021-11-02 11:50:16 AM
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API request

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Invalid GET /me/player/currently-playing response document

At Spotify API document, Get Currently Playing Track API response document is not showing expected data, It shows template engine code. I confirmed other status codes than 200 are working as expected. I checked some other API response document works ...

Hoto-Cocoa
Newbie
At Spotify API document, Get Currently Playing Track API response document is not showing expected data, It shows template engine code. I confirmed other status codes than 200 are working as exp...
2021-11-02 2:40:53 AM
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Login Failed, "Something went wrong"

My Question or IssueHello,I am unable to login to my account using the browser(Firefox or Chrome). When I fill in my credentials and click "Login" I get a red error notification "Oops, Something went wrong, please try again or check out our help area...

VenturaJV
Regular
My Question or Issue Hello, I am unable to login to my account using the browser(Firefox or Chrome). When I fill in my credentials and click "Login" I get a red error notification "Oops, Somethin...
2021-08-18 7:53:07 PM
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kruemeline
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common uri commands for windows

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm currently looking for uri commands for common usabilityplaypausenext songshufflerepeat albumrepeat songCurrently the only one available is the uri command to open...

Applzor
Newbie
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I'm currently looking for uri commands for common usability play pause next song shuf...
2021-10-31 8:38:18 PM
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Track from my playlist won't show up in global search

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue I have a track in my playlist which I expect to find with the search query "artist:Method Man, Jones Ink AND track:Day Ones" but I get no results.I can however find ano...

LaurenceW1
Newbie
Plan Free Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I have a track in my playlist which I expect to find with the search query "artist:M...
2021-10-30 11:42:00 PM
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Timestamp not updated on get playback information

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States My Question or IssueI am working on an app that requires music playback to be precisely synchronized with in-app events. I am updating the information about user playback using the v1/me/player endpoint to get the curr...

jacks14235
Newbie
Plan Premium Country United States My Question or Issue I am working on an app that requires music playback to be precisely synchronized with in-app events. I am updating the information...
2020-10-03 1:43:50 AM
2021-10-29 6:14:42 PM
Wonday
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Apple rejects apps using iOS SDK

Hi, I am attempting to publish an app that uses the Spotify iOS SDK to generate playlists and manage the playback of music. But it is being rejected by Apple due to it requiring the Spotify app to be installed in order to use my app. Although offload...

Carlosfb
Casual Listener
Hi, I am attempting to publish an app that uses the Spotify iOS SDK to generate playlists and manage the playback of music. But it is being rejected by Apple due to it requiring the Spotify ...
2021-10-10 2:21:11 PM
2021-10-29 6:07:03 PM
Carlosfb
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Search API incorrect result

PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemmacOS 12.0 IssueSearch API incorrect result for query 'Smok Dance Tonight'https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=Smok%20Dance%20Tonight&type=track&market=&limit=&offset=&include_external= However ...

instasergio
Newbie
Plan Premium Country UK Operating System macOS 12.0 Issue Search API incorrect result for query 'Smok Dance Tonight' https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=Smok%20Da...
2021-10-29 2:01:29 AM
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Spotify api play random song from user saved tracks

I want to play a random song from user saved songs using Spotify Web API. I test it here https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-play/ Putting this into request body { "context_uri": "spotify:user:malnen132:collection", "offset": { "position": 5 },...

Malnen
Casual Listener
I want to play a random song from user saved songs using Spotify Web API. I test it here https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-play/ Putting this into request body { "context_uri":...
2021-10-28 1:41:05 PM
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[iOS] Spotify iOS SDK give invalid client secret error when authorise via Spotify app

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 11 Pro Max)Operating System(iOS 14.7.1.) My Question or IssueOur app is using iOS Spotify SDK to manage user playlists. The app use SPTSessionManager to authenticate the user It is working fine in 8.6.56 but it i...

teehyen
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 11 Pro Max) Operating System (iOS 14.7.1.) My Question or Issue Our app is using iOS Spotify SDK to manage user playlists. The app use...
2021-10-20 8:05:55 AM
2021-10-28 2:16:09 AM
teehyen
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Can I display LastFM data?

I have seen multiple webpages that include some sort of collage generators for LastFM and Spotify in the same webpage, so I was wondering ¿What are the limits of the Prohibited Aplicatons rule 5? Do not create any product or service which is integrat...

jorgestar29
Casual Listener
I have seen multiple webpages that include some sort of collage generators for LastFM and Spotify in the same webpage, so I was wondering ¿What are the limits of the Prohibited Aplicatons rule 5? &n...
2021-10-27 7:10:22 PM
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 403 User not approved for app

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop / Firefox / ChromeOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am currently considering to develop a Spotify-enabled webapp using the Web API in conjunction with the Web Playback SDK.I established the basic fun...

Breysn
Regular
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop / Firefox / Chrome Operating System Windows My Question or Issue I am currently considering to develop a Spotify-enabled webapp using the ...
2021-05-31 3:15:43 PM
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jaydip_sapariya
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Playback SDK
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Looking get my refresh token for a static site

I have a website for a wedding. We are looking to have a place for the people viewing the website to submit songs which automatically get added to a playlist (this makes it easier for the people who don't have a Spotify account or don't know how to a...

djtravz
Newbie
I have a website for a wedding. We are looking to have a place for the people viewing the website to submit songs which automatically get added to a playlist (this makes it easier for the people who ...
2021-10-27 1:58:31 AM
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User not registered in the Developer Dashboard 403 on /me endpoint

PlanPremiumCountry: USA DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS 11.5.1 My Question or IssueI've got my test app running for myself, but when I add another user they always get the 403 from the /me endpoint saying "User not registered in the Devel...

david340804
Newbie
Plan Premium Country: USA Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS 11.5.1 My Question or Issue I've got my test app running for myself, but when I add another user they ...
2021-10-27 1:56:57 AM
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Spotify App Remote built-in authorization

I am working on an app that uses the SpotifyAppRemote package to control playbackfrom spotify. I currently am using only built-in authentication. I do not need more that this.Is there a limit to the number of users that I can have install my app?

sheri-k
Casual Listener
I am working on an app that uses the SpotifyAppRemote package to control playback from spotify. I currently am using only built-in authentication. I do not need more that this. Is there a limit to ...
2021-10-26 12:07:20 PM
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Playlist performance

I run a small record label, so I have the access to approx 30-40 artist profiles. I have a few playlists that I promote with ads - where I place my artists' songs too.Right now I track the playlists' performance by going to each added song's playlist...

motizone
Newbie
I run a small record label, so I have the access to approx 30-40 artist profiles. I have a few playlists that I promote with ads - where I place my artists' songs too. Right now I track the playlist...
2021-10-25 11:21:27 PM
2021-10-26 6:58:50 AM
Peter_Schorn
Roadie
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Developer Site Web-API guides Docs not working

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Macbook Pro late 2020) My Question or IssueHi, seems that the guides portal of Web API Docs is not working. It is an empty page for my side. Anyone encountered similar issue?

81se8myooz4b1o96yxwd
Newbie
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (Macbook Pro late 2020) My Question or Issue Hi, seems that the guides portal of Web API Docs is not working. It is an empty page for my side. A...
2021-10-25 11:35:34 AM
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Submitting an app to the developer showcase!

Hi, I made an app using Spotify's API, it's not commercial in any way. So far only me and some of my friends have been messing around with it. I was wondering if there's a way to submit it to the Spotify developer showcase? It's hosted on one of my i...

tabishimran
Newbie
Hi, I made an app using Spotify's API, it's not commercial in any way. So far only me and some of my friends have been messing around with it. I was wondering if there's a way to submit it to the Spo...
2021-08-01 2:50:03 PM
2021-10-24 11:13:02 PM
szekowski
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Discussion

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Question regarding no-mixing policy

Snippet from COMPLYING WITH SPOTIFY'S DEVELOPER POLICY Disallowed Use case:DJ/Mixes: Using Spotify’s catalog to segue, mix, re-mix, or overlap any Spotify Content with any other audio content (including other Spotify content). I am playing around wit...

pronicoxd
Newbie
Snippet from COMPLYING WITH SPOTIFY'S DEVELOPER POLICY Disallowed Use case: DJ/Mixes: Using Spotify’s catalog to segue, mix, re-mix, or overlap any Spotify Content with any other ...
2021-10-24 10:13:48 PM
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Change the volume for the Spotify web widget

I want to be able to change the volume in the Spotify widget on my site. Is it possible to create a volume slider for it?PlanFree

user-removed
Visitor
I want to be able to change the volume in the Spotify widget on my site. Is it possible to create a volume slider for it? Plan Free <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"...
2021-10-23 10:32:18 PM
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Apple rejects apps using iOS SDK

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Spotify api play random song from user saved tracks

[iOS] Spotify iOS SDK give invalid client secret error when authorise via Spotify app

Can I display LastFM data?

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