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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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Superuser Contribution I have a problem with the login page

I'm trying to program a clon of Spotify to practice (I'm studying React) and I have a problem, when I'm in login page i can't see my username? I have to declare it on some place?Thanks!

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I'm trying to program a clon of Spotify to practice (I'm studying React) and I have a problem, when I'm in login page i can't see my username? I have to declare it on some place? Thanks!  

spotifyjosh

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Superuser Contribution Help with Request failed with status code 403 on read-recently-played

PlanPremiumCountryBrazil DeviceSmartphone and Desktop Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10) My Question or Issue I created an application to gather the recently played songs between my colleagues in University but Im having trouble with ...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil   Device Smartphone and Desktop   Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10)   My Question or Issue   I created an applicati...

spotifyjosh

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Track's stream count which excludes loop/repeat per day

Is it possible to retrieve a track's stream count per day which excludes loop/repeat plays? For example each user who streamed a track in a specific day played the track multiple times but Im only interested in the count of all first play by each use...

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Is it possible to retrieve a track's stream count per day which excludes loop/repeat plays? For example each user who streamed a track in a specific day played the track multiple times but Im only in...

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How do I play Spotify in my own iOS app?

I've integrated the iOS SDK into our iOS App, now how can I play music in my App instead of opening Spotify App, sometimes users don't have Spotify installed.

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I've integrated the iOS SDK into our iOS App, now how can I play music in my App instead of opening Spotify App, sometimes users don't have Spotify installed.

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Superuser Contribution Where in track is the 30 seconds preview?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueIs it possible to find where the track preview is in the track. I've looked at the API documentation but I can't find anything. I am trying to sync the audio analysis respo...

Music Fan

Plan Premium Country United States Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Is it possible to find where the track preview is in the track. I've looked at the API documentation...

jemery2016

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Please help me! How to get multiple tracks using multiple isrc?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevice(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 USA 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 Progress not updating correctly when playing from the Web Playback SDK

When playing a song using the Web Playback SDK (initializing a new device and then sending a play command through the Web API), the playback progress (ie. position) is not reflected on other apps or in the /v1/me/player/ endpoint. The value is stuck ...

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When playing a song using the Web Playback SDK (initializing a new device and then sending a play command through the Web API), the playback progress (ie. position) is not reflected on other apps or ...

spotifyjosh

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Having problems with Redirect URL in production

I previously had an issue around redirect_uri that was quickly clarified and solved (thank you! ). My app runs perfectly locally, but now that I've deployed it on Heroku, I'm running into a related and confusing issue. To confirm, the 'redirect_uri' ...

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I previously had an issue around redirect_uri that was quickly clarified and solved (thank you! 😁). My app runs perfectly locally, but now that I've deployed it on Heroku, I'm running into a related...

spotifyjosh

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Advice on finding audience for project?

I released MixMoose at the end of 2021 and haven't been able to get too many users. I realize now that most people aren't so obsessed with perfect playlists like I am, and thar what I've created doesn't have mass appeal. I'm fine with that. Is there ...

Gig Goer

I released MixMoose at the end of 2021 and haven't been able to get too many users.  I realize now that most people aren't so obsessed with perfect playlists like I am, and thar what I...

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[Developer] Official alternative to libspotify

libspotify has been deprecated a few years ago, but Spotify hasn't provided viable alternatives in the meantime to programmatically stream content through an external application using a premium account. LibreSpot seems a viable alternative for some ...

Music Fan

libspotify has been deprecated a few years ago, but Spotify hasn't provided viable alternatives in the meantime to programmatically stream content through an external application using a premium acco...

I2eptileX

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Embed spotify for website but with different styling.

My Question or IssueHello, I need to create a popup web player for spotify in our website, but unfortunately the requirements need some unique design for the spotify embed player. The

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My Question or Issue Hello, I need to create a popup web player for spotify in our website, but unfortunately the requirements need some unique design for the spotify embed player. The <iframe&gt...

geovanebento

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Superuser Contribution We need to expedite quota extension request timing

Hello. I've submitted a quota extension on 13th May and realise the guidance says 6 weeks, but the project only got started recently and is related to summer festival season. If we don't get approved for another 4 weeks we'll be missing out on a larg...

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👋Hello.   I've submitted a quota extension on 13th May and realise the guidance says 6 weeks, but the project only got started recently and is related to summer festival season.   If w...

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Superuser Contribution Question about token expiration, and Developer mode versus Live mode

Hi everyoneI'm a university researcher, and we have a developer team who are creating an app for us that links to the user's Spotify usage - it is a free app aiming to help troubled adolescents self-regulate their emotions via music engagement.The ap...

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Hi everyone I'm a university researcher, and we have a developer team who are creating an app for us that links to the user's Spotify usage - it is a free app aiming to help troubled adolescents sel...

spotifyjosh

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Errors in authorization code flow documentation for refreshing token?

According to the authorization code flow documentation, in order to use a refresh token to receive a new access token we need to POST a request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token with the following fields in the x-www-form-urlencoded body: gra...

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According to the authorization code flow documentation, in order to use a refresh token to receive a new access token we need to POST a request to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token with the...

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How can we play a song in iOS native app using Spotify Web Playback SDK?

PlanPremium My Question or Issue What I have tried is I have made one HTML page and used this page in SFSafariController and played a song but I am facing some issues. (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/)1. How ...

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Plan Premium   My Question or Issue   What I have tried is I have made one HTML page and used this page in SFSafariController and played a song but I am facing some issues. (https://de...

tessbianchi

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Adding mediaSession support

Copy of https://github.com/spotify/web-playback-sdk/issues/105 Hi, Chrome recently rolled out some UI feature related to mediaSession, which displays some information about the track we are playing and provides some navigation UI.As the "audio" eleme...

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Copy of https://github.com/spotify/web-playback-sdk/issues/105   Hi,   Chrome recently rolled out some UI feature related to mediaSession, which displays some information about the...

DorianRichard

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Solved!! Search endpoint bug

I was trying to use search endpoint("https://api.spotify.com/v1/search"), but response return empty items. As ex. of response(changed link-title, because system doesn't allow):"tracks": { "": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=remaster%2520trac...

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I was trying to use search endpoint("https://api.spotify.com/v1/search"), but response return empty items. As ex. of response(changed link-title, because system doesn't allow): "tracks": { "": "...

chinzanoDev

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iframe get spotify list

PlanFreeCountry DevicepcOperating Systemubuntu My Question or Issuetried to get the list of my spotify list with iframe and it won't let me

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Plan Free Country   Device pc Operating System ubuntu   My Question or Issue tried to get the list of my spotify list with iframe and it won't let me  

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Episode uri not supported /player/play

Currently, there is no other way to start the playback of a podcast other than using the /me/player/play and the podcast's show context uri. However, this always starts the podcast on its first episode. It is not possible to play a specific episode b...

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Currently, there is no other way to start the playback of a podcast other than using the /me/player/play and the podcast's show context uri. However, this always starts the podcast on its first ...

ivan_breslauer

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Getting a list of podcast episodes without authentication

I'm trying to fetch a simple list of the latest podcast episodes using JavaScript to ping the Spotify API. All I need is the list of episodes and the link to the relevant episode on Spotify, so that I can link each card to spotify.com on a public web...

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I'm trying to fetch a simple list of the latest podcast episodes using JavaScript to ping the Spotify API. All I need is the list of episodes and the link to the relevant episode on Spotify, so that ...

thequickbrownfox

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