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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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eastoncrafter

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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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Using the API for commercial use/with ads

Hi,We're currently developing a web-app, which will allow the users to (without signing in) stream various podcasts (have gotten the green light from the owners of the podcasts themselves) on our site. Since this is, so far, for personal use (and onl...

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Hi, We're currently developing a web-app, which will allow the users to (without signing in) stream various podcasts (have gotten the green light from the owners of the podcasts themselves) on our s...

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Is it possible/allowed to stream spotify music over a web server?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceN/AOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm not sure my question makes sense since i'm still new to web dev, but basically i want my application to:allow users to connect to a chat room with an access co...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device N/A Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm not sure my question makes sense since i'm still new to web dev, but basically i wa...

Peter_Schorn

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[iOS][Developer] One click follow button

I think having one button so that people can automatically follow your page from an outside app or website without having to go to spotify first and click "follow" would be really great for artists. That way they can come back and find you later in c...

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I think having one button so that people can automatically follow your page from an outside app or website without having to go to spotify first and click "follow" would be really great for artists. ...

Peter_Schorn

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Scope extension approval

I submitted a scope extension request about a week and a half ago and have yet to receive a response from Spotify. I've submitted requests before for previous applications and usually received a response in the following day, so I find it kind of odd...

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I submitted a scope extension request about a week and a half ago and have yet to receive a response from Spotify. I've submitted requests before for previous applications and usually received a resp...

XanderTaylor

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Spotify API is returning wrong IDs of Liked Tracks, incorrect version of same song

[As the below Spotify URLs were embedding the tracks/albums into the post and making the post difficult to read, I've replaced the URL with [spotify URL], so anywhere you see this, replace it with open.spotify.com to get the actual link] I'm developi...

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[As the below Spotify URLs were embedding the tracks/albums into the post and making the post difficult to read, I've replaced the URL with [spotify URL], so anywhere you see this, replace it wi...

rowesteve

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Podcasts/Episodes endpoint returns episodes that do not belong to the podcast

Hi,when crawling podcast-data via the Podcast-API, we first get the list of episodes per podcast. This works as expected, except for our podcast "Kanackische Welle", where we get episode-IDs back that do not belong to our podcast (or our network in g...

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Hi, when crawling podcast-data via the Podcast-API, we first get the list of episodes per podcast. This works as expected, except for our podcast "Kanackische Welle", where we get episode-IDs back t...

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Selling digital art based on audio analysis and features

I want to know if I can sell digital art using data from your API. I just want to use the audio analysis and audio features, I will not be using the audio itself nor any of the images contained in the data (like album cover). I don't think the ToC me...

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I want to know if I can sell digital art using data from your API. I just want to use the audio analysis and audio features, I will not be using the audio itself nor any of the images contained in th...

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What does Spotify define as 'Commerical'

For the purposes of using the Web Playback SDK, what does Spotify define as "Commercial"? My application is a virtual reality web app for browsing and playing Spotify playlists. It does not involve money or ads in any way. It is free and open-source....

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For the purposes of using the Web Playback SDK, what does Spotify define as "Commercial"?   My application is a virtual reality web app for browsing and playing Spotify playlists. It does not ...

rowesteve

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Android SDK] Access token with correct scopes has insufficient permissions

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceGalaxy S20FE, but also tested on other devices / emulatorsOperating SystemAndroid 11 My Question or Issue Using the Android auth library provides an access token with insufficient permissions, even though the scopes are...

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Galaxy S20FE, but also tested on other devices / emulators Operating System Android 11   My Question or Issue   Using the Android auth library...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify SDK Player - Refreshing Token

Hello, I am trying to integrate the refresh_token authentication flow on my Spotify Web App with API/SDK. Currently I am able to get a new token periodically, but I am unsure about how to refresh this on the SDK Player end. My current implementation ...

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Hello,   I am trying to integrate the refresh_token authentication flow on my Spotify Web App with API/SDK. Currently I am able to get a new token periodically, but I am unsure about how to re...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Web API Playback

I've recently been looking into Spotify playback and how to use Web API SDK. Just wanted to share a workflow I though of to see if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions: Generating a Web API SDK access token through my appAny Spotify premium account...

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I've recently been looking into Spotify playback and how to use Web API SDK. Just wanted to share a workflow I though of to see if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions:   Generating a Web AP...

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[NPM][Wrapper] Web Playback

Hi All, I'v been lurking on the forums for a while and saw that many people had issues setting their up their player (event hooks etc). To help speed up developing for inexperienced (experienced as well) users, I built an wrapper that does authentica...

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Hi All, I'v been lurking on the forums for a while and saw that many people had issues setting their up their player (event hooks etc). To help speed up developing for inexperienced (experienced as w...

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Getting Spotify approval for an application

Reading through the app questionnaire, I noticed several questions request information from an existing app (website, privacy agreement). I have an idea and have verified that it is possible to build what I'm looking for via the available Spotify API...

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Reading through the app questionnaire, I noticed several questions request information from an existing app (website, privacy agreement). I have an idea and have verified that it is possible to ...

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Searching podcasts by characters

I am trying to use the search API to find podcasts with a specific language. Because the language field isn't searchable I want to find all of those that use the specific characters for that country. I was thinking of looking for all of those that be...

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I am trying to use the search API to find podcasts with a specific language. Because the language field isn't searchable I want to find all of those that use the specific characters for that cou...

Peter_Schorn

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User's Playlist Items

Dear Spotify team, We need immediate help; in our project we are using 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' to fetch playlist items. For better user experience for our users we need that in reverse order is it possible to query...

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Dear Spotify team, We need immediate help; in our project we are using 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' to fetch playlist items. For better user experience for our users we...

Peter_Schorn

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Show API

There is an option to authorize user to use shows' API by client-ID.https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/ My Question or Issue 1. Is there any option to get authorization by sending username/email and passwor...

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There is an option to authorize user to use shows' API by client-ID. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/   My Question or Issue   1. Is ther...

Peter_Schorn

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Explicit content broken

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Laptop)Operating System(Linux) My Question or IssueWhen you click on your profile settings the option for 'Explicit Content' is disabled and shows the message 'Explicit content cant be played on this Family account'. I hav...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (Laptop) Operating System (Linux)   My Question or Issue When you click on your profile settings the option for 'Explicit Content' is disabled and shows...

Peter_Schorn

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Unable to follow on Spotify by clicking "Follow" button - Chrome, Edge, Safari - All devices

PlanFree and PremiumCountryUK, UA Deviceall devices I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a template for embedding "Follow on Spotify" buttons on a website. But seems the "follow-f...

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Plan Free and Premium Country UK, UA   Device all devices   I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a t...

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Web API rate limit

I want to build a website based heavily on the Spotify API, but I'm a little bit concerned about the rate-limiting. Obviously, it won't be a problem initially, but if my website gains in popularity, I end up risking hitting the rate limit. Does Spoti...

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I want to build a website based heavily on the Spotify API, but I'm a little bit concerned about the rate-limiting. Obviously, it won't be a problem initially, but if my website gains in popularity, ...

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