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Spotify Soloist: a new terminal based player for headless and DIY setups

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...

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mrstm

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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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Requesting Review for Disabled Developer App

I’m writing to request a review of my Spotify Developer application, which was recently disabled. I’ve already contacted support and was advised to post here to clarify my use case.I run a record label, and my primary goal for using the Spotify API i...

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I’m writing to request a review of my Spotify Developer application, which was recently disabled. I’ve already contacted support and was advised to post here to clarify my use case. I run a record l...

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Building a podcast database

I was told to post this here to get in touch with the right person at Spotify so that is what I am doing. I am looking to establish a partnership to allow api access to scrape podcasts, their transcripts, and listening stats to create a vector databa...

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I was told to post this here to get in touch with the right person at Spotify so that is what I am doing.   I am looking to establish a partnership to allow api access to scrape podcasts, thei...

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What time can we create new App(s) with the updated API policy

so I am following the news about the changes that are going to happen to the API. and in the article spotify has released about the chenage/updates they are stating that the changes/updates aply on 11 feb 2026, and I was wondering at what time can we...

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so I am following the news about the changes that are going to happen to the API. and in the article spotify has released about the chenage/updates they are stating that the changes/updates aply on 1...

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Hidden-from-profile public playlists become visible when accessing profile via an embedded playlist

My Question or IssueHi Spotify team,I believe I found a bug where a user’s “removed from profile” public playlists become visible again depending on how someone reaches the user’s profile.What I’m seeing:After a user embeds one of their public playli...

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My Question or Issue Hi Spotify team, I believe I found a bug where a user’s “removed from profile” public playlists become visible again depending on how someone reaches the user’s profile. What ...

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App disabled and blocked

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaMy Question or IssueHi, I've recently created an app with client ID 4762e2ccf4ea4651a8aaa5e8ce457771. The app has been disabled and blocked by Spotify. I believe it was for uncontrolled api requests in development mode.. it did...

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Plan Premium Country India My Question or Issue Hi, I've recently created an app with client ID 4762e2ccf4ea4651a8aaa5e8ce457771. The app has been disabled and blocked by Spotify. I believe it w...

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Spotify SDK for Python

Hi Spotify Developers, Like many people in recent threads, I’m disappointed by some of the recent changes to the developer experience. That said, I still plan to keep building, and I know many others will too, so I wanted to share something useful fo...

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Hi Spotify Developers,   Like many people in recent threads, I’m disappointed by some of the recent changes to the developer experience. That said, I still plan to keep building, and I know ma...

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Follow-up on Commercial Hardware Partner application timeline

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceN/A – Commercial hardware partner application inquiry Operating SystemN/A My Question or Issue Hello,I recently submitted a Commercial Hardware Partner application through the official Spotify developer form and...

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Plan Premium    Country United States   Device N/A – Commercial hardware partner application inquiry   Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue  Hello, ...

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[Question] Possible bug: Can’t create Spotify Developer App on Windows

Hey,I am trying to use the Spotify Web API, but I cannot create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. I am on a Windows PC using Firefox as my main browser. I have already cleared cache and cookies, disabled all extensions, tried a private wi...

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Hey, I am trying to use the Spotify Web API, but I cannot create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. I am on a Windows PC using Firefox as my main browser. I have already cleared cache and...

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Clarification on Rule 3.3 — Remote Playback Control in Games/Trivia Quizzes

Hi everyone I'm creating this thread in the hope that someone on Spotify might see it and provide clarification on this topic. Please comment or leave a like if you share similar questions or perspectives.First, I want to make it clear that I fully a...

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Hi everyone I'm creating this thread in the hope that someone on Spotify might see it and provide clarification on this topic. Please comment or leave a like if you share similar questions or pe...

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Developing a game around Spotify?

Hi all, I was under the impression that using Spotify music content in games was prohibited as per the Spotify Dev policy III.2 'Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.'Any idea how this game might have gotten around the rules? https://songtr...

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Hi all, I was under the impression that using Spotify music content in games was prohibited as per the Spotify Dev policy III.2 'Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.' Any idea how this ...

vicenten

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Recently played context null

PlanPremiumCountryFRDeviceAPI My Question or IssueHello, when I get recently played, I never have the context. It's always null. I played song where's in my liked tracks but I didn't see the context. Can you help me?

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  Plan Premium Country FR Device API     My Question or Issue Hello, when I get recently played, I never have the context. It's always null. I played song where's in my liked...

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The embed iframe is showing all black.

CountryBrazil, Ecuador My Question or IssueThe artwork and color theme of the podcasts (embed with iframe) only appears when the users are logged in Spotify, otherwise it appears black.

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Country Brazil, Ecuador   My Question or Issue The artwork and color theme of the podcasts (embed with iframe) only appears when the users are logged in Spotify, otherwise it appears black.

ribezaz

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IOS: Spotify return error when user accept request in spotify app

After return from spotify app i receive response from delegate:func application(_ app: UIApplication, open url: URL, options: [UIApplication.OpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:])-> test.app://party/?action=callback_spotify&error=server_error&spotify_versio...

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After return from spotify app i receive response from delegate: func application(_ app: UIApplication, open url: URL, options: [UIApplication.OpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]) -> test.app://party/...

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Not able to create new app until today - Old topic marked as solved by a Moderator and this is false

It's sad that a Spotify moderator come to the chat after 2 weeks the first topic was posted to put as solved a generic answer and leave all of the developers that are affected by Spotify action to block new apps with this null and sparse reply. So th...

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It's sad that a Spotify moderator come to the chat after 2 weeks the first topic was posted to put as solved a generic answer and leave all of the developers that are affected by Spotify action to bl...

JoaoAranha

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All Podcast Embeds Broken (no artwork or theme)

When embedding a podcast that does not have video the generated iframe embed is missing the artwork of the podcast and the theme. This can be seen everywhere including: your own documentation page, slack previews (see attached), and your web player e...

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When embedding a podcast that does not have video the generated iframe embed is missing the artwork of the podcast and the theme. This can be seen everywhere including: your own documentation page, s...

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New integrations are currently on hold ??

Trying to create a new app in the Dashboard, I get this message:Note: New integrations are currently on hold while we make updates to improve reliability and performance. Plan: Premium My Question or Issue: How long is this disruption expected to las...

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Trying to create a new app in the Dashboard, I get this message: Note: New integrations are currently on hold while we make updates to improve reliability and performance.   Plan: Premiu...

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Embedded player shows black screen

**bleep**The embedded player renders with a black background — episode artwork and metadata are not displayed. Only the waveform, play button, and 'Save on Spotify' link are visible. PlanFreeCountryJapanDeviceiPhone 13 Pro, Macbook Pro Apple M3 Max)O...

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**bleep** The embedded player renders with a black background — episode artwork and metadata are not displayed. Only the waveform, play button, and 'Save on Spotify' link are visible.   Plan ...

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Verify Account in Developer Dashboard.

Hi guys, I am getting a 503 error from the api when clicks on "Verify Email". Seems like the api that sends the email is down.POST https://spclient.wg.spotify.com/email-verify/v1/send_verification_email 503 (Service Unavailable) Response: no healthy ...

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Hi guys, I am getting a 503 error from the api when clicks on "Verify Email". Seems like the api that sends the email is down. POST https://spclient.wg.spotify.com/email-verify/v1/send_verification_...

DonaldoV

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Embedding the Spotify logo with a new background Colour on Website

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermany My Question or IssueI would like to embed the white Spotify Logo with a gradient background (Blue to Green) to Promote my Podcast „Wissensfunk“ on Spotify and to link to the Spotify Website/ my Podcast channel. Now I ha...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Germany   My Question or Issue I would like to embed the white Spotify Logo  with a gradient background (Blue to Green) to Promote my Podcast „Wissensfunk“ o...

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Solved!! You need to verify your email address before you can create an app.

PlanPremiumDeviceAPI My Question or IssueI opened a issue and message Support about this.When I go to Spotify Dashboard, it says that I need to confirm my e-mail address, but I am already confirmed... How do I do this?

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Plan Premium Device API   My Question or Issue I opened a issue and message Support about this. When I go to Spotify Dashboard, it says that I need to confirm my e-mail address, but I am ...

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