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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

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 ...

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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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Web API `Search` Endpoint Misinterprets `q` Parameters For `track`, `album` And `artist`

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...

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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...

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Help expediting extension request?

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...

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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...

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Will I get sued

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?

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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 ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Quota extension rejected and email follow up ignored

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...

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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...

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Spotify App quota extension request question

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...

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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...

ray56

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403 response on all endpoints

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...

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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...

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Developer API | Pricing | Legalities | Track's Audio Features

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...

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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...

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[URGENT] Sudden Error 403 When Getting User Top Songs

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...

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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 ...

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Ads on Spotify Web API?

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?...

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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. ...

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enable Accessibility programmatically on macOS

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...

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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...

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Podcast embed events

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.

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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.

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User not registered in the Developer Dashboard error with app owner

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 ...

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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...

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Spotify Web API - Force token expiry?

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

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  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 ...

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Custom Spotify player for website?

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...

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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...

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API/DEV Newbie seeking guidance. Skills Exchange?

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...

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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...

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Share favourite songs would be a great feature

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWindows 10 Desktop App and AndroidOperating SystemWindows 10 Desktop App and Android My Question or IssueI really would like a share button for my faovorite songs list. So I could show them Friends.

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Windows 10 Desktop App and Android Operating System Windows 10 Desktop App and Android    My Question or Issue I really would like a share butt...

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What data would you like to see in a stats app about saved tracks?

Hi. I'm currently writing a web app that will show stats about an user's last 50 saved tracks. I'm trying to get some suggestions about what kind of data people may be interested about. What are your recommendations?

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Hi. I'm currently writing a web app that will show stats about an user's last 50 saved tracks. I'm trying to get some suggestions about what kind of data people may be interested about. What are your...

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Amount of shares a song has received

Hey everyone,does someone now if it is currently possible to get the amount of shares a song has received on spotify through the use of the API?So basically what I would like to know is the exact amounf of times a song got shares through the internal...

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Hey everyone, does someone now if it is currently possible to get the amount of shares a song has received on spotify through the use of the API? So basically what I would like to know is the exact...

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