Announcements

Help Wizard

Step 1

NEXT STEP

FAQs

Please see below the most popular frequently asked questions.

Loading article...

Loading faqs...

VIEW ALL

Ongoing Issues

Please see below the current ongoing issues which are under investigation.

Loading issue...

Loading ongoing issues...

VIEW ALL

Spotify for Developers

Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs

Start a topic

Forum Posts

Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

Spotify

Lucas1331

Casual Listener

16530 Views

107 replies

7 likes

Discussion
  • 16530 Views
  • 107 replies
  • 7 likes

Superuser Contribution Get request for multiple tracks audio features

My Question or IssueHi! I'm trying to get the audio features for multiple tracks, but can't get the request right.I've looked through the documentation for getting multiple tracks, as well as the similar documentation for getting a single track. Acco...

Newbie

My Question or Issue Hi!   I'm trying to get the audio features for multiple tracks, but can't get the request right. I've looked through the documentation for getting multiple tracks, as we...

LambertSpot

Spotify

1904 Views

3 replies

0 likes

Audio-features
  • 1904 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

In my application, I make updates to playlist descriptions using Spotify's API. Despite receiving 200 OK responses from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlsitId} endpoint, I've found that the playlist description does not always update. I...

Visitor

In my application, I make updates to playlist descriptions using Spotify's API. Despite receiving 200 OK responses from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlsitId} endpoint, I've found...

kane123

Visitor

984 Views

4 replies

8 likes

api
  • 984 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 8 likes

Spotify Search API Issue - 404 not found

There currently seems to be an issue with the Search API - basic queries are suddenly and randomly returning "404 not found" errors.Sometimes the exact same query works after a few retries. The status page at https://status.spotify.dev does not yet r...

Casual Listener

There currently seems to be an issue with the Search API - basic queries are suddenly and randomly returning "404 not found" errors. Sometimes the exact same query works after a few retries. &nbs...

Ashugh

Casual Listener

7696 Views

26 replies

20 likes

search web API
  • 7696 Views
  • 26 replies
  • 20 likes

Inquiry Regarding Use of Metadata and Redirecting Users to External Content

Hello,I am working on a content discovery platform that uses metadata from YouTube/Spotify (such as titles, artists, and descriptions) to display content information. The platform allows users to explore content and then redirects them to YouTube/Spo...

Visitor

  Hello, I am working on a content discovery platform that uses metadata from YouTube/Spotify (such as titles, artists, and descriptions) to display content information. The platform allows us...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

344 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Feature Request
  • 344 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Who follow my album

I would like it if, in the near future, specifically in 2025, it would be made possible for everyone to see who follows the albums that I and others have followed. What interests me the most is being able to see who follows my album, because neither ...

Newbie

I would like it if, in the near future, specifically in 2025, it would be made possible for everyone to see who follows the albums that I and others have followed. What interests me the most is being...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

261 Views

1 replies

0 likes

album
intrestd
Update
  • 261 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountryUk My Question or IssueI want to make a website that allows users to create a playlist through the website on Spotify. However, currently every time someone tries to make a playlist it will make it on my account as its my client id ...

Regular

  Plan Premium Country Uk   My Question or Issue I want to make a website that allows users to create a playlist through the website on Spotify. However, currently every time someone...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

1599 Views

12 replies

0 likes

Discussion
Question
  • 1599 Views
  • 12 replies
  • 0 likes

About the usage of deprecated web APIs

Dear Spotify Developer Support Team,My name is Oğuzhan Dere, and I am the creator of Keddy, a music personalization application designed to provide unique, tailored listening experiences. For the past 4–5 months, I have been diligently developing thi...

Regular

Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, My name is Oğuzhan Dere, and I am the creator of Keddy, a music personalization application designed to provide unique, tailored listening experiences. For ...

1112 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Question
  • 1112 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Fastly CDN is returning non-working IPs, causing timeouts, but just for our Company

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceWindows App or through Edge browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueConnecting to Spotify,We connect (info gained from Chrome Dev Tools) to open.spotify.com, which refers to open.spotifycdn.com, which we can't...

Regular

Plan Premium Country US   Device Windows App or through Edge browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Connecting to Spotify, We connect (info gained from Chrom...

1223386036

Regular

1701 Views

6 replies

1 likes

  • 1701 Views
  • 6 replies
  • 1 likes

cant access tempo of a track

Key details about the issue:Access Token Retrieval: The access token is retrieved without issues, confirming that the Client Credentials Flow authentication is functioning as expected.Public Endpoint: The audio-features endpoint does not require user...

Visitor

  Key details about the issue: Access Token Retrieval: The access token is retrieved without issues, confirming that the Client Credentials Flow authentication is functioning as expected. Pu...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

684 Views

1 replies

0 likes

audio_description
  • 684 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

How to avoid 403 Error with Implicit Grant Flow Auth

Hello everybody, I am currently developing a static webapp with html, js and css. I am using Implicit Grant Flow as authorization and everything worked fine. However, when my friend tried to test the app, nothing worked.I quickly found out that it wa...

Newbie

Hello everybody,   I am currently developing a static webapp with html, js and css. I am using Implicit Grant Flow as authorization and everything worked fine. However, when my friend tried to...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

420 Views

1 replies

0 likes

403 error
error
javascript
Question
  • 420 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! The Web Playback SDK seems to no longer work on Android.

I am a Spotify Premium user. I developed a web app in Angular that was working perfectly until now. This web app uses the Web Playback SDK, which also worked flawlessly. It had been some time since I last tested my web app, and upon logging in today,...

Casual Listener

I am a Spotify Premium user.   I developed a web app in Angular that was working perfectly until now. This web app uses the Web Playback SDK, which also worked flawlessly. It had been some tim...

Blindtune

Casual Listener

691 Views

1 replies

0 likes

webplaybacksdk
  • 691 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Get Recently Played Tracks and Get Track are missing UPC, Popularity, and other info from Get Album

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-track When using the get-re...

ShadowMonkey105_2-1736112981093.png ShadowMonkey105_3-1736113041070.png ShadowMonkey105_4-1736113050232.png ShadowMonkey105_5-1736114162168.png

Casual Listener

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album  https://developer.spotify.co...

ShadowMonkey105

Casual Listener

612 Views

3 replies

0 likes

Discussion
Feature Request
  • 612 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes

Imagine vinyl stimulation in the app

Hi developers and spotify team,Just had this amazing idea this morning when I woke up and thought... What if you put a smile (came on auto correct) I meant what if you put a simple button in the app that can switch on vinyl noise in the background so...

Visitor

Hi developers and spotify team, Just had this amazing idea this morning when I woke up and thought...    What if you put a smile (came on auto correct) I meant what if you put a simple b...

deeyuh

Newbie

2129 Views

1 replies

3 likes

Audio Features
Detail-Oriented Developers
Discussion
Spotify family
Spotify for Developers
  • 2129 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 3 likes

Superuser Contribution Issues with Third-Party Tool Integration and Spotify API

Hi everyone,I’ve been working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to manage playlists and analyze data, but I’ve run into a few challenges. Specifically, I’m noticing some delays and occasional errors when trying to sync real-time change...

Visitor

Hi everyone, I’ve been working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to manage playlists and analyze data, but I’ve run into a few challenges. Specifically, I’m noticing some delays and o...

LambertSpot

Spotify

527 Views

2 replies

0 likes

Discussion
Question
  • 527 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution 30s Preview_Url Depriciated

My Question or Issue Hi I currently have an application that uses 30s preivew_urls in the app when making in multi-get responses. They released a blog post (https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2024-11-27-changes-to-the-web-api) talking about how this ...

Newbie

My Question or Issue   Hi I currently have an application that uses 30s preivew_urls in the app when making in multi-get responses. They released a blog post (https://developer.spotify.co...

847 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Question
  • 847 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

What scopes require an compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

We didn't get our product integrated with spotify due to a lack of an US infringement agent, a "note & take down" policy and a infringement policy. Is this required for all scopes or just the ones regarding privacy? We simply want people to share wha...

Visitor

We didn't get our product integrated with spotify due to a lack of an US infringement agent, a "note & take down" policy and a infringement policy. Is this required for all scopes or just the one...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

308 Views

1 replies

0 likes

  • 308 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Does my project fall under the category of "game"?

I'm looking at creating an app that allows users to create and join "contests", where each user submits a selection of songs and then the participants listen to each song and vote on how much they like/dislike a given song. Each contest would have it...

Newbie

I'm looking at creating an app that allows users to create and join "contests", where each user submits a selection of songs and then the participants listen to each song and vote on how much they li...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

317 Views

1 replies

0 likes

Question
  • 317 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

deprecated Key and tempo

Now that the audio features and audio analysis are removed..same with preview url too, is it possible to get any of them as a paid service?

Newbie

Now that the audio features and audio analysis are removed..same with preview url too, is it possible to get any of them as a paid service?

362 Views

0 replies

0 likes

audio analysis
key
  • 362 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

top-tracks endpoint returns incorrect popularity for songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe ./top-tracks endpoint returns an incorrect popularity for songs that are released both as...

Visitor

Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue The ./t...

245 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Possible Bug
  • 245 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Total search results differ from actually retrieved results

As the title says, I search with Spotipy for X band and I get e.g. 1000 results from the search query, but when I try to iterate over those I get only 700.Seems to be a known bug for a while. Is there a work around for that or should I make peace wit...

Newbie

As the title says, I search with Spotipy for X band and I get e.g. 1000 results from the search query, but when I try to iterate over those I get only 700. Seems to be a known bug for a while. Is ...

184 Views

0 replies

0 likes

Possible Bug
  • 184 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes