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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...

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Am I allowed to use album art in a radio station app? (now playing + spotify album art)

Hi, I'm creating apps for a radio station and I'm wondering if I can use the Spotify API to show album art next to their live stream. The album art is visible in their 'now playing' interface. I know that we have to add the Spotify logo as stated in ...

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Hi, I'm creating apps for a radio station and I'm wondering if I can use the Spotify API to show album art next to their live stream. The album art is visible in their 'now playing' interface.  ...

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how to get approved for simple auth api for my website login ?

hello im new to this but im working on to separate apis, first one is so simple and i just need to move it from development mode, i dont know how to Request extension to allow users to login through Spotify auth. (its already built by my developer us...

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  hello im new to this but im working on to separate apis,  first one is so simple and i just need to move it from development mode, i dont know how to Request extension to allow users to...

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Get 429 lifted

Hi I've been working on a Spotify application for a school project and I didn't realize it was continuously sending requests. I need the assignment to work but now I have a Retry-After of 9.5 hrs. I think I fixed the issue now and wanted to know if t...

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Hi I've been working on a Spotify application for a school project and I didn't realize it was continuously sending requests. I need the assignment to work but now I have a Retry-After of 9.5 hrs. &...

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INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid client issue

PlanPremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueAny time I try to login and authorize using our app, I get this error "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid client". This isn't an issue for anyone else working on the app. Any ideas?

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Plan Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue Any time I try to login and authorize using our app, I get this error "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid client". This isn't an ...

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High number of 503 errors again

The API endpoint that returns a user's top artists and tracks is returning a high number of 503 errors again!

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The API endpoint that returns a user's top artists and tracks is returning a high number of 503 errors again!

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Embed widget asci code encoding issue

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to embed some podcasts on my site and the titles are having some issues with the character encoding. They're displaying the apostrophes as ' and the & cha...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to embed some podcasts on my site and the titles are having some issues with t...

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Quota and Scope Extension Request

Hello Spotify Developers, I am a researcher at the University of Southampton working on a web application for conducting an academic survey on novel music recommendation interfaces. The application will be collecting the saved songs from a user’s Spo...

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Hello Spotify Developers,     I am a researcher at the University of Southampton working on a web application for conducting an academic survey on&...

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Authentication for Server Account

Howdy! So I'm in the middle of a potential Spotify project and I've hit a snag I should have expected but didn't. I'm looking to have a bot create playlists on a Spotify account. The initiation of this task will be cron job based, so I'm requiring no...

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Howdy!   So I'm in the middle of a potential Spotify project and I've hit a snag I should have expected but didn't. I'm looking to have a bot create playlists on a Spotify account. The initiat...

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Solved!! Top artists and tracks endpoint gives a 100% 503 error rate

When using the /me/top endpoints, it always returns a 503 error, even in the developer console. The Spotify desktop app is also broken due to that error:

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When using the /me/top endpoints, it always returns a 503 error, even in the developer console. The Spotify desktop app is also broken due to that error:    

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Keep getting a "'" error when apostrophes are supposed to display in embedded Spotify player

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi there,I've been getting an issue with one of my clients where two title tracks that are su...

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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 Hi th...

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[iOS] Spotify app crashes when modals are active

PlanPremiumCanada Device(All iPads)Operating System(iOS 13 and above) My Question or IssueCurrently we have implemented login through Spotify SDK version 1.2.2. We have followed the steps in Spotify guide below, to authenticate through your app: http...

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Plan Premium Canada   Device (All iPads) Operating System (iOS 13 and above)   My Question or Issue Currently we have implemented login through Spotify SDK version 1.2.2. We have ...

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[API] Seek to Position Bug/Broken

API Endpoint Example:PUThttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/seek?position_ms= Regardless of the integer given for "position_ms" track seeks to 0. API returns response 204 like normal but will not seek to any position other than 0. -Have tried with/w...

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API Endpoint Example: PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/seek?position_ms=   Regardless of the integer given for "position_ms" track seeks to 0. API returns response 204 like normal bu...

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Calling "Get User's Currently Playing Track" endpoint returns no data, HTTP 204

PlanPremiumCountryUKOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen calling the "Get User's Currently Playing Track" endpoint when you haven't played a track recently (after like 10-15 mins), it doesn't return any data at all. The same happens on...

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Plan Premium Country UK Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When calling the "Get User's Currently Playing Track" endpoint when you haven't played a track recently (a...

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Solved!! Unable to refresh token with PKCE flow

I'm using the PKCE flow in my SPA.The initial authorization call works fine, with the following body parameters :code: AQC...redirect_uri: http://localhost:3000/myappgrant_type: authorization_codecode_verifier: DHo4...client_id: f50...Spotify returns...

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I'm using the PKCE flow in my SPA. The initial authorization call works fine, with the following body parameters : code: AQC... redirect_uri: http://localhost:3000/myapp grant_type: authoriza...

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Object model documentation link broken

On the main Web API documentation page, under Responses, there's a link to the Object Model documentation, but it isn't working. Can this be looked at please?

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  On the main Web API documentation page, under Responses, there's a link to the Object Model documentation, but it isn't working.   Can this be looked at please?

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Device Playback Error

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceRedmi Notebook 9 Pro and Samsung S20 Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello - I have an issue where the playback device changes when trying to use Spotify in car via a Bluetooth connection and running Google maps ...

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Plan Premium Country UK Device Redmi Notebook 9 Pro and Samsung S20  Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hello - I have an issue where the playback device changes when...

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Solved!! Move Specific Track to Top of Playlist by URI

Hello. It looks like the PUT playlists/{playlistid}/tracks endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks) only lets you move a track if you know its position already, is that ...

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Hello.  It looks like the PUT playlists/{playlistid}/tracks endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks) only...

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Spotifyr and Shiny

Is it possible to create a shiny app using the spotifyr package and then let users connect to the spotify API after publishing it? In rstudio, get_spotify_authorization_code() redirects me to the login page for authentication but publishing the app j...

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Is it possible to create a shiny app using the spotifyr package and then let users connect to the spotify API after publishing it? In rstudio, get_spotify_authorization_code() redirects me to the log...

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Spotify Api effect on iFrame with premium account

My Question or IssueI found iFrame volume is too high and i wants to change it but not finding any solution / iFrame don't have that functionality. while searching i found that the spotify api can set the volume of premium account. and code given bel...

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My Question or Issue I found iFrame volume is too high and i wants to change it but not finding any solution / iFrame don't have that functionality. while searching i found that the spotify api can ...

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Embed widget color

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs there any way to use a custom background color for the embed widget or are we limited to the 2 options displayed when creating the code?

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is there any way to use a custom background color for the embed widget or are we limited ...

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