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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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vlipper

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February 2026 Spotify for Developers update: thread

Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...

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Kugelschreibert

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"Non-streaming SDA" Definition

Hello, I'm developing an SDA and would like to monetize it in the future. In short, the application allows users to organize albums on a visual grid. Clicking an album within this grid will call the start playback endpoint, so that the album begins p...

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Hello,   I'm developing an SDA and would like to monetize it in the future. In short, the application allows users to organize albums on a visual grid. Clicking an album within this grid will ...

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Spotify Embed

My Question or Issue Hello, I have embedded a playlist + track to my website which is working but is only playing a 30 second sample.Is their a way to allow it to play a full track?Not every user maybe logged into a spotify account to view the track ...

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My Question or Issue   Hello, I have embedded a playlist + track to my website which is working but is only playing a 30 second sample. Is their a way to allow it to play a full track? Not...

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Superuser Contribution Deprecated streaming SDKs?

In regards to the below update, can we get any information on what will no longer be working exactly? Both the new iOS and Android SDKs are far from production ready and have a backlog of issues. Furthermore, it seems they haven't really been updated...

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In regards to the below update, can we get any information on what will no longer be working exactly?  Both the new iOS and Android SDKs are far from production ready and have a backlog of issue...

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Can I get Spotify likes that I can use for a commercial product? They already do this with Songshift

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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Superuser Contribution Adding a Playlist to Queue Using Spotify API

Using ''add_to_queue(uri, device_id=None)'' only lets the user add Tracks or Episodes to the playback queue. I was wondering if there is a secret way to add an entire playlist to the queue? Looking at the Add Item to Playback Queue (https://developer...

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Using ''add_to_queue(uri, device_id=None)'' only lets the user add Tracks or Episodes to the playback queue. I was wondering if there is a secret way to add an entire playlist to the queue? Looking a...

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Stephan Stills

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  

Ximzend

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Spotify Authentication SDK

Hi My app get rejected as it's getting error "Deprecated API Use(UI web view ) they want to replace it with WKWebView .Can you help with Spotify latest sdk that uses the WKWebView as if now the binary file of spotify is using UIwebview

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Hi  My app get rejected as it's getting error "Deprecated API Use(UI web view ) they want to replace it with WKWebView . Can you help with Spotify latest sdk that uses the WKWebView as if now ...

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Spotify iOS Api issue
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best way to get geographical data?

Hey folks! I'm working on a project to help artists optimize touring and I remember artists used to be able to see where they were getting listens from for their music. This info would be huge, so if there is any way to access this info outside of an...

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Hey folks!   I'm working on a project to help artists optimize touring and I remember artists used to be able to see where they were getting listens from for their music. This info would be hu...

davidmarinorozc

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Song lyrics

This has probably been talked a lot about but is they a way where you guys can add a romanized version of different songs like k-pop or j-pop because I would love to be able to sing along to the songs:)

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This has probably been talked a lot about but is they a way where you guys can add a romanized version of different songs like k-pop or j-pop because I would love to be able to sing along to the song...

doppels

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SpotifyAuthentication

My QuestionsI was using SpotifyAuthentication SDK for Spotify auth login but when I upload app to app store getting UIWebView deprecated error, can anyone provide me updated SpotifyAuthentication with WKWebView?

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My Questions I was using SpotifyAuthentication SDK for Spotify auth login but when I upload app to app store getting UIWebView deprecated error, can anyone provide me updated SpotifyAuthen...

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'404 - Invalid Username' when requesting /currently-playing endpoint

Plan: FreeCountry: United KingdomDevice: Surface Pro 3 Operating System: Windows 10 (21H2) using Brave browserMy Question or Issue:I believe I have successfully authenticated to the API using this code: /* Get Spotify Authorization Token */ $ch = cur...

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Plan: Free Country: United Kingdom Device: Surface Pro 3  Operating System: Windows 10 (21H2) using Brave browser My Question or Issue: I believe I have successfully authenticated...

anomis66

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Superuser Contribution Error 403 when other users try to login on deployed app

In my local system and deployed version, the web-app works fine for me(the developer). But when other users try to login with the deployed version, it authorizes the user, but refuses to serve the requests of endpoints like "get user profile", it thr...

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In my local system and deployed version, the web-app works fine for me(the developer). But when other users try to login with the deployed version, it authorizes the user, but refuses to serve the re...

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Solved!! Response after creating playlist returns artist object instead of a playlist. wth?

I'm trying to give users an option to create a private playlist from the app. I followed documentation and my request successfully creates a playlist on user's account (I can see the playlist on my profile) but the response that comes back doesn't co...

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I'm trying to give users an option to create a private playlist from the app.  I followed documentation and my request successfully creates a playlist on user's account (I can see the playlist ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Web API: Premium Account requests not well documented

My Question or IssueIs there any listing/documentation for which API endpoints/requests require a Premium Account to use? If not, can the documentation be updated to accurately reflect the nature of each of these endpoints/requests. In a similar post...

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My Question or Issue Is there any listing/documentation for which API endpoints/requests require a Premium Account to use? If not, can the documentation be updated to accurately reflect the nature o...

spotifyjosh

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Wrong sample data in Search for Item

My Question or IssueWhen we use the sample data provided at link and remove the limit and offset and try the query, it returns 0 results.but when we change the q parameter to "remaster track:Doxy artist:Miles Davis" the query returns results.

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My Question or Issue When we use the sample data provided at link  and remove the limit and offset and try the query, it returns 0 results. but when we change the q parameter to "remaster trac...

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[API] Add Filter Fields to more endpoints

The fields parameter for the Get Playlist endpoint (/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}) is awesome and allows to filter the query via a comma-separated list of the fields to return.It would be awesome to add this functionality to the other endpoints as well...

Music Fan

The fields parameter for the Get Playlist endpoint (/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}) is awesome and allows to filter the query via a comma-separated list of the fields to return. It would be awes...

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Stuck at Reload Page (macOS Monterey 12.5)

I ran into Spotify(old) prior to updating the OS to 12.5, where I couldn't open my Spotify at all. Eventually I'm stuck at the latest version of both OS and Spotify, but it would only show an error message: Something went wrongTry loading the page An...

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I ran into Spotify(old) prior to updating the OS to 12.5, where I couldn't open my Spotify at all. Eventually I'm stuck at the latest version of both OS and Spotify, but it would only show an error m...

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Implementing a Spotify player without opening the Spotify app

Hello fellow developers, I am currently working on a NextJS web app that uses "spotify-web-api-node" package to make use of several Spotify API endpoints. One of the required features is to implement a Spotify player where songs are fetched automatic...

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Hello fellow developers,   I am currently working on a NextJS web app that uses "spotify-web-api-node" package to make use of several Spotify API endpoints. One of the required features is to ...

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Superuser Contribution Request Quoata Extention

In the Spotify Developer Dashbord, the button for a "Request Quoata Extention" does not work. You get the error message: "Unexpected end of JSON input".

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In the Spotify Developer Dashbord, the button for a "Request Quoata Extention" does not work. You get the error message: "Unexpected end of JSON input".

spotifyjosh

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Daily/Weekly regional data

Hello everyone, I'm searching through API endpoints and I can't find anything that similar to what I need. Is there an endpoint that provides information about weekly or daily regional popular tracks? For example, I want to see what tracks have been ...

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Hello everyone,   I'm searching through API endpoints and I can't find anything that similar to what I need. Is there an endpoint that provides information about weekly or daily regional popul...

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