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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...
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 ...
Hi Spotify Developer Relations,I'm requesting extended API access for my music discovery app currently in development.Issues:403 "Insufficient Scope" errors when fetching user top artists/tracks and playlist data despite requesting proper OAuth scope...
Hi Spotify Developer Relations, I'm requesting extended API access for my music discovery app currently in development. Issues: 403 "Insufficient Scope" errors when fetching user top artists/trac...
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Someone please explain this:In order to move from development mode to extended quota mode, you need to fill in the partner application from your company, on which one of the requirements is:Must be ≥ 250,000 MAU, applications with fewer users will be...
Someone please explain this: In order to move from development mode to extended quota mode, you need to fill in the partner application from your company, on which one of the requirements is: Must ...
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I am currently learning programming and working on a personal, non-commercial project using the Spotify Web API for educational purposes. The project analyzes my own listening data to better understand how to work with APIs, authentication flows, and...
I am currently learning programming and working on a personal, non-commercial project using the Spotify Web API for educational purposes. The project analyzes my own listening data to better...
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I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I'm trying to update my OAuth flow to match the new requirements and I'm running into an issue. The docs say to use http://127.0.0.1:PORT instead of http://localhost:PORT for the Redirect URI, b...
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I'm trying to update my OAuth flow to match the new requirements and I'm running into an issue. The docs say to use http://127.0.0.1:PORT ...
Visitor
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Hey there. In the User Management section of my developer app it's saying I can only have 5 users. We're building a beta hardware product and are planning to have a couple thousand users later this year. Is there any way to raise this limit?
Hey there. In the User Management section of my developer app it's saying I can only have 5 users. We're building a beta hardware product and are planning to have a couple thousand users later this y...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceIphoneIssueGetting 403 Forbidden on /playlists/{id}/tracks endpoint in Development Mode. My app reads playlist tracks to provide data and statistics for the user and needs to access playlist tracks. How do I get access to t...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Iphone Issue Getting 403 Forbidden on /playlists/{id}/tracks endpoint in Development Mode. My app reads playlist tracks to provide data and statistics for the u...
Spotify Star
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So let’s be clear!With the new quota policy, individual developers are effectively locked out of building anything serious on the Spotify Web API.No extended quota.No public launch path.No indie tier.No transparency about alternatives, even informing...
So let’s be clear! With the new quota policy, individual developers are effectively locked out of building anything serious on the Spotify Web API. No extended quota. No public launch path. ...
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In these new changes, you have removed the ability for developers to see the tracks/items in the playlist endpoint for public playlists. I have a playlist ranking / analysis tool that helps musicians and gives them free playlist bot detection. It rel...
In these new changes, you have removed the ability for developers to see the tracks/items in the playlist endpoint for public playlists. I have a playlist ranking / analysis tool that helps musicians...
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Hello, I understand that a Spotify Premium account is required to use the API in Development mode.However, is a Spotify Premium account still necessary when switching to Extended Quota Mode? Thank you.
Hello, I understand that a Spotify Premium account is required to use the API in Development mode. However, is a Spotify Premium account still necessary when switching to Extended Quota Mod...
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In the documentation about redirect uri it is writen : When using a loopback IP literal, you might not know the port number used in advance if it can be assigned dynamically. If you don't know the port number in advance, register your redirect URI wi...
In the documentation about redirect uri it is writen : When using a loopback IP literal, you might not know the port number used in advance if it can be assigned dynamically. If you don't...
Gig Goer
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Hi everyone,I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis to tackle the cold-start problem in movie recommendation systems. I’m using Spotify to explore cross-domain recommendations, leveraging audio features like tempo, energy, and valence.The issue is that i...
Hi everyone, I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis to tackle the cold-start problem in movie recommendation systems. I’m using Spotify to explore cross-domain recommendations, leveraging audio feature...
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PlanPremiumDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueMy Developer app was created and set up to share information with Songify and a now playing widget through OBS for streaming to Twitch. I have been able to get it all to work for about...
Plan Premium Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue My Developer app was created and set up to share information with Songify and a now playing widget through OBS f...
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以下信息并非必填项。但是，您提供的信息越多，我们就越容易为您提供帮助。计划高级国家新加坡设备联想拯救者操作系统Windows 11我的问题或疑问我用spotify api获取歌曲音频特征老是返回403，我要制作一个毕业设计，非常需要这些数据，谁能帮我
以下信息并非必填项。但是，您提供的信息越多，我们就越容易为您提供帮助。 计划 高级 国家 新加坡 设备 联想拯救者 操作系统 Windows 11 我的问题或疑问 我用spotify api获取歌曲音频特征老是返回403，我要制作一个毕业设计，非常需要这些数据，谁能帮我
Spotify Star
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I have been developing playlist tracker so that I can see the changes my loved playlists. In my development I get same error whenever I tried to use playlist_items function. I clear the cache files but no changes at all. I couldn't fix the issue here...
I have been developing playlist tracker so that I can see the changes my loved playlists. In my development I get same error whenever I tried to use playlist_items function. I clear the cach...
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PlanFree/PremiumI followed all the instructions but the web api box is grayed out what do i do to fix that???
Plan Free/Premium I followed all the instructions but the web api box is grayed out what do i do to fix that???
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We don't understand how one can meet the MAU requirement of 250.000 if the initial development mode for a new app only allows 5 unique users. We would like to extend this for the app to be able to grow, but MAU requirement makes no sense. Would be gr...
We don't understand how one can meet the MAU requirement of 250.000 if the initial development mode for a new app only allows 5 unique users. We would like to extend this for the app to be able to gr...
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PlanPremiumPaísEspañaDispositivopcSistema operativowindows10 Mi pregunta o problemaLa documentación no siempre coincide con los propios ejemplos de la documentación y se podría hacer en pocos minutos, me gastaría no dejéis estos pequeños fallos
Plan Premium País España Dispositivo pc Sistema operativo windows10 Mi pregunta o problema La documentación no siempre coincide con los propios ejemplos de la documentación y se podr...
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Since the February 11 API changes, paginating GET /me/playlists is broken. The first page returns successfully, but the next URL in the response points to GET /users/{id}/playlists — an endpoint that was removed in the February 2026 changelog. Follow...
Since the February 11 API changes, paginating GET /me/playlists is broken. The first page returns successfully, but the next URL in the response points to GET /users/{id}/playlists — an endpoint that...
Spotify
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I'm building a SaaS app that requires BPM (tempo) but can't access it via the Spotify API. Is it still available?I can retrieve other data via the API, but cannot seem to access BPM PlanPremiumCountryGlobal
I'm building a SaaS app that requires BPM (tempo) but can't access it via the Spotify API. Is it still available? I can retrieve other data via the API, but cannot seem to access BPM Plan ...
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Plan: Premium Country: Argentina Device: Web Browser (Chrome) Operating System: Windows Hello Spotify Developer Relations Team,I am writing to formally inquire about the path to Extended Access for my project, Musify Social, as an independent develop...
Plan: Premium Country: Argentina Device: Web Browser (Chrome) Operating System: Windows Hello Spotify Developer Relations Team, I am writing to formally inquire about the path to Exten...
Casual Listener
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