Type in your question below and we'll check to see what answers we can find...
Loading article...
Submitting...
If you couldn't find any answers in the previous step then we need to post your question in the community and wait for someone to respond. You'll be notified when that happens.
Simply add some detail to your question and refine the title if needed, choose the relevant category, then post.
Before we can post your question we need you to quickly make an account (or sign in if you already have one).
Don't worry - it's quick and painless! Just click below, and once you're logged in we'll bring you right back here and post your question. We'll remember what you've already typed in so you won't have to do it again.
Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Background Info:Spotify tracks the location/context of where songs are played within Spotify and we can access that information via the recently played api:```GET me/player/recently-played```So if you play a stream from a playlist in Spotify your con...
Background Info: Spotify tracks the location/context of where songs are played within Spotify and we can access that information via the recently played api: ``` GET me/player/recently-played ```...
Spotify Star
2090 Views
3 replies
1 likes
Hey, I need your help. I want to submit a quota extension to spotify and I have already filled the form except for the area below. What information am I supposed to put in that box?? Are they asking for my app client id or something else?Kindly check...
Hey, I need your help. I want to submit a quota extension to spotify and I have already filled the form except for the area below. What information am I supposed to put in that box?? Are ...
Spotify Star
482 Views
1 replies
0 likes
In the last week or so it seems like the search API is now returning many more results than previously.Is this intended behaviour? Is it documented anywhere, and is it possible to obtain the previous behaviour? For example:curl -X "GET" "https://api....
In the last week or so it seems like the search API is now returning many more results than previously. Is this intended behaviour? Is it documented anywhere, and is it possible to obtain the previo...
Music Fan
1869 Views
7 replies
2 likes
Here's an interesting possible bug and sorry if I didn't find where it was already reported. It makes the Web API search endpoint unusable except with some "magic" accounts that receive the expected behavior, which had been present for almost two yea...
Here's an interesting possible bug and sorry if I didn't find where it was already reported. It makes the Web API search endpoint unusable except with some "magic" accounts that receive the exp...
Music Fan
2947 Views
5 replies
2 likes
Hello! We have recently built a simple Pre-Save app for our artists and were unaware of the time we needed to wait to get our app into Production on Spotify. This is not normal from any of our experiences with other APIs (this app allows you to Pre-S...
Hello! We have recently built a simple Pre-Save app for our artists and were unaware of the time we needed to wait to get our app into Production on Spotify. This is not normal from any of our experi...
522 Views
0 replies
0 likes
I'm developing an app, it will have playlists and songs but streaming will be done from Spotify, also it will have ads and Premium sub. I dont have commerical right for it, will it be taken down or I will be sued etc?
I'm developing an app, it will have playlists and songs but streaming will be done from Spotify, also it will have ads and Premium sub. I dont have commerical right for it, will it be taken ...
387 Views
0 replies
0 likes
CountryUKDeviceN/A – developer app query My Question or IssueHi, I submitted my app When.fm a couple of weeks back for a quota extension. I didn't provide a screencast up-front while I was finalising the feature, but did right away by email in respon...
Country UK Device N/A – developer app query My Question or Issue Hi, I submitted my app When.fm a couple of weeks back for a quota extension. I didn't provide a screencast up-fr...
Casual Listener
2127 Views
5 replies
0 likes
Hi I have question regarding the Spotify App quota extension request.After submitting the request, we were not approved for the following reason.Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, pla...
Hi I have question regarding the Spotify App quota extension request. After submitting the request, we were not approved for the following reason. Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cr...
Casual Listener
739 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Hello! So I created this app a few years back and have returned to take a look at it and I see that you have implemented this new user onboarding stuff in order to access the app. I am testing on localhost and have added myself on my developer dashbo...
Hello! So I created this app a few years back and have returned to take a look at it and I see that you have implemented this new user onboarding stuff in order to access the app. &nb...
Casual Listener
533 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanFreeCountryJapanDeviceMacbook My Question or IssueHi,I want to use Spotify's Track's Audio Features for my recommendation technology logic.I have read theDeveloper Policy, Complying with Spotify's Developer Policy, and Developer Terms.The "Specia...
Plan Free Country Japan Device Macbook My Question or Issue Hi, I want to use Spotify's Track's Audio Features for my recommendation technology logic. I have read the Developer Poli...
1216 Views
0 replies
0 likes
My application has been running successfully for weeks now, but randomly this morning it began throwing out this error when attempting to pull top songs from authenticated usersHTTP Error for GET to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks with Param...
My application has been running successfully for weeks now, but randomly this morning it began throwing out this error when attempting to pull top songs from authenticated users HTTP Error for ...
Visitor
2149 Views
3 replies
0 likes
I want to create an app to transfer liked music to other platforms. How do I legally do this?
I want to create an app to transfer liked music to other platforms. How do I legally do this?
424 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Hi,Where should I ask to obtain 'Managed App Configuration specfile' of Spotify iOS app? Best regards,
Hi, Where should I ask to obtain 'Managed App Configuration specfile' of Spotify iOS app? Best regards,
575 Views
0 replies
0 likes
PlanFree/PremiumCountryJapan My Question or IssueHi, I am planning to make an app with Spotify Web API.To my understanding, the API enables us to play music on our original apps.I have several questions here:1.Do the ads play between tracks as usual?...
Plan Free/Premium Country Japan My Question or Issue Hi, I am planning to make an app with Spotify Web API. To my understanding, the API enables us to play music on our original apps. ...
Casual Listener
968 Views
1 replies
0 likes
DeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemVentura public beta My Question or Issuewe're supposed to be able to enable the Accessibility of Electron apps under macOS by setting the AXManualAccessibility attribute: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tu...
Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System Ventura public beta My Question or Issue we're supposed to be able to enable the Accessibility of Electron apps under macOS by setting the AXManu...
1436 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Are there any events emitted by the podcast embed that I can attach callbacks to? I'm interested in something like the player_state_changed.
Are there any events emitted by the podcast embed that I can attach callbacks to? I'm interested in something like the player_state_changed.
Casual Listener
811 Views
2 replies
0 likes
PlanFree/PremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am getting a 403 error with the message that user is not registered in the Developer Dashboard when I try to access restricted endpoints (i.e. /me). This happened when I logged in as a ...
Plan Free/Premium Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am getting a 403 error with the message that user is not registered in the Developer Dashboard when I try to access r...
Newbie
542 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Hi! Is it possible to force a token to expire? I want to test how my application handles expired tokens without having to create a bunch of test logic. I'm using both Web API and Spotify Playback SDK
Hi! Is it possible to force a token to expire? I want to test how my application handles expired tokens without having to create a bunch of test logic. I'm using both ...
544 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Hi, I have a client that is putting together a new website design and they have a custom Spotify player as part of it. As a web designer who has dabbed in API's myself, I wasn't sure how feasible this was. I told them the original embed players shoul...
Hi, I have a client that is putting together a new website design and they have a custom Spotify player as part of it. As a web designer who has dabbed in API's myself, I wasn't sure how feasible thi...
Casual Listener
3053 Views
3 replies
0 likes
Hi, hopefully the fact that I am even posting in this forum will demonstrate that i am legitimate here... anyone interested in trading their api/dev/tech knowledge with me, in exchange for artist/project development? I'm a expereinced with labels, di...
Hi, hopefully the fact that I am even posting in this forum will demonstrate that i am legitimate here... anyone interested in trading their api/dev/tech knowledge with me, in exchange for artist/pro...
358 Views
0 replies
1 likes
