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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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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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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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": { "": "...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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spotify on another service

I'm a design student, I just wanted to ask if it would be okay to use music from spotify for another business? it is not a real company, but if it were, how would the process be like, legally speaking? it's a hypothetical product which connects to sp...

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I'm a design student, I just wanted to ask if it would be okay to use music from spotify for another business? it is not a real company, but if it were, how would the process be like, legally speakin...

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Problem with get recently played tracks

PlanFreeCountrySpainDevice(PC)Operating System(Ubuntu 20.04) My Question or IssueI'm triyng to get the last played song using this code: $ch3 = curl_init(); //Indicas el endpoint de la peticion $endpoint = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recent...

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Plan Free Country Spain Device (PC) Operating System (Ubuntu 20.04)   My Question or Issue I'm triyng to get the last played song using this code:     $ch3 = curl_init(); ...

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Superuser Contribution Developer Site Web-API reference Docs not working

DeviceIphone 6 - Safari My Question or IssueWhen accessing the page at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/ it asks you you to select an endpoint from the drop down menu. As soon as I do nothing happens and there is no “go” ...

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Device Iphone 6 - Safari   My Question or Issue When accessing the page at  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/    it asks you you to select an e...

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Genre of a Podcast is not available in API Data

My Question or Issue The tags/genres attached to a podcast (For example: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vaEao0SXlarPUUBSdvb4T. This contains the tags/genres 'Finance' and 'Technology') are not present while fetching data through the API. Is there any...

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My Question or Issue    The tags/genres attached to a podcast (For example: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vaEao0SXlarPUUBSdvb4T. This contains the tags/genres 'Finance' and 'Technology')...

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Superuser Contribution app is not approving for the quota extension

Hello Team, I have implemented Spotify in my iOS app which called PickleJar Live for login and getting users's profile. Currently app is in development mode. now I am requesting for quota extension because app is live in App Store. I have so many use...

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Hello Team,    I have implemented Spotify in my iOS app which called PickleJar Live for login and getting users's profile. Currently app is in development mode. now I am requesting for qu...

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