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Important: App review and quota extension waiting times

The Spotify for developers platform helps many bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a short term app helping an artist’s release or something more long term - there is always a chance of success. Things start to grow and then you might also need w...

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API doesnt work

sometimes the API does not work and my python codes are running without an end.It just says ,,run file".Whats the problem here? Sometimes it works, sometimes not.Is it just that the API has server problems ?

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  • sometimes the API does not work and my python codes are running without an end. It just says ,,run file". Whats the problem here? Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Is it just that the API has ser...
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Apple TV deeplink integration not working?!

My Question or IssueI build a radio-app for iOS, macOS and AppleTV called: radioNED+. I integrated Spotify with iOS. It works great. When a song in radioNED+ is also found on Spotify it shows a link to Spotify. Clicking on the link opens the song in ...

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  • My Question or Issue I build a radio-app for iOS, macOS and AppleTV called: radioNED+. I integrated Spotify with iOS. It works great. When a song in radioNED+ is also found on Spotify it shows a lin...
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Transcription App for deaf

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceChrome browserOperating SystemChrome browser My Question or IssueHi, I have built my app and sent for extended quota. I want to keep working on it to make it more efficient but I also want to ensure that this app follows Sp...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Chrome browser Operating System Chrome browser   My Question or Issue Hi, I have built my app and sent for extended quota. I want to keep workin...
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Quota Extension : 4 Months Waiting

My app’s quota extension request has been pending for 4 months. It has significantly reduced users on my platform and overall developer satisfaction. Hoping to get this resolved asap.

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  • My app’s quota extension request has been pending for 4 months. It has significantly reduced users on my platform and overall developer satisfaction. Hoping to get this resolved asap.  
  • Harimasoor
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    Quota Extension
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Explicit content Disabled

I disabled explicit content in the Spotify Desktop Player but still receive 'explicit_content': {'filter_enabled': False, 'filter_locked': False} in the API with get current user. Does anyone has an idea why?

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  • I disabled explicit content in the Spotify Desktop Player but still receive 'explicit_content': {'filter_enabled': False, 'filter_locked': False} in the API with get current user. Does anyone has an ...
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App Development Legalities

Hello!My team and I are working on developing an App/Program using Spotify's API’s. I have contacted upwards of 20 lawyers and attorneys, trying to find someone to confirm our questions and concerns to ensure we are not infringing on any laws/Spotify...

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  • Hello! My team and I are working on developing an App/Program using Spotify's API’s. I have contacted upwards of 20 lawyers and attorneys, trying to find someone to confirm our questions and conce...
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Bug at Spotify App Remote library to control spotify via voice

*Hi, we are trying to use Spotify App Remote library to control spotify via voice control inside our application.Our issue is that from time to time, SpotifyAppRemote.connect fails to connect or report an exception. It seems that Spotify's service ge...

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  • *Hi, we are trying to use Spotify App Remote library to control spotify via voice control inside our application. Our issue is that from time to time, SpotifyAppRemote.connect fails to connect or re...
  • PhilippSonnleitner
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How to get country-specific recommended songs without using "seed_artists" and "seed_tracks"?

Hello everyone,I have implemented the following API to retrieve Spotify-recommended songs:Spotify Recommendations API. However, I'm facing an issue where I cannot utilize the "seed_artists" and "seed_tracks" parameters in my app. When I make API call...

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  • Hello everyone, I have implemented the following API to retrieve Spotify-recommended songs: Spotify Recommendations API.   However, I'm facing an issue where I cannot utilize the "seed_artis...
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About user_id and Get User's Profile endpoint

Hi, there! Simple question: what are the user_id restrictions? I.e. is it case sensitive? what is the maximum length? I'm handling errors in my app and I noticed that when I make the call to the Get User's Profile endpoint and the user doesn't exist ...

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  • Hi, there!   Simple question: what are the user_id restrictions? I.e. is it case sensitive? what is the maximum length? I'm handling errors in my app and I noticed that when I make the call to...
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429 Limit reached

We are building an app that uses the audio features endpoints, but we keep running into rate limit issues and are blocked by them at the moment. How can we resolve this/get the rate increased? Thanks.

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  • We are building an app that uses the audio features endpoints, but we keep running into rate limit issues and are blocked by them at the moment.  How can we resolve this/get the rate increased? ...
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Any way to stop the Spotify player (embed) when the user scrolls the website page?

Does anyone know of a way to stop the Spotify player (embed) when the user scrolls the website page? We have this code working now: // Get a reference to the embed iframe element const spotifyEmbedWindow = document.querySelector('iframe[src*="spotify...

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  • Does anyone know of a way to stop the Spotify player (embed) when the user scrolls the website page?  We have this code working now:       // Get a reference to the embed i...
  • Galina777
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    javascript
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Is there a way to go through every single podcast/show?

Is it possible to programatically iterate through every single podcast/show on the platform? Or to get shows that posted recently (something similar to tag:new for albums)?

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  • Is it possible to programatically iterate through every single podcast/show on the platform? Or to get shows that posted recently (something similar to tag:new for albums)?
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Got failure when connect SpotifyAppRemote

May I ask if anyone has encountered any error reports: com.spotify.android.appremote.api.error.CouldNotFindSpotifyApp at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.LocalConnector.connect(LocalConnector.java:52) at com.spotify.android.appremote.api.SpotifyAppR...

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  • ...onnector.ConnectionListener() { @Override public void onConnected(SpotifyAppRemote spotifyAppRemote) { mSpotifyAppRemote = spotifyAppRemote; // Play a p...
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Download Metadata

Are you able download metadata like Artist Names and Song Titles to use in the creation of my app. We do not need real time access to any data, so it would be easier if we could just download, for example a large list of artist names. Thank you.

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  • Are you able download metadata like Artist Names and Song Titles to use in the creation of my app.  We do not need real time access to any data, so it would be easier if we could just download, ...
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How would I use the "available_markets" in every playbackstatus call?

What is the reasoning behind the field "available_markets" everytime I get a playbackstatus, or a queue?If I'm playing a track it's implicitly available on my market...Seem a lot of unnecessary traffic but maybe Im missing something:''''''"available_...

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  • What is the reasoning behind the field "available_markets"  everytime I get a playbackstatus, or a queue? If I'm playing  a track it's implicitly available on my market... Seem a lot...
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Both chapter endpoints return 500 server error

Both of the chapter endpoints (get a chapter and get several chapters) return 500 Server error. Since I started using the API I haven't seen them work.

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  • Both of the chapter endpoints (get a chapter and get several chapters) return 500 Server error. Since I started using the API I haven't seen them work.
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"Required" field can be null

The documentation for this endpoint says the response is a page of SimplifiedAudiobook. The documentation also says the "total_tracks" field is required.The requests I've made for testing return null, however. This has happened with MANY other endpoi...

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  • The documentation for this endpoint says the response is a page of SimplifiedAudiobook. The documentation also says the "total_tracks" field is required. The requests I've made for testing return nu...
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Endpoint inconsistency for saving albums/audibooks and HTML returned

Sending a request to the /me/albums endpoint is simple enough: set the query and it works. Doing the same for the /me/audiobooks endpoint doesn't: an error is returned, but not a JSON error, no no no! An HTML page with a title, header and formatting ...

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  • Sending a request to the /me/albums endpoint is simple enough: set the query and it works. Doing the same for the /me/audiobooks endpoint doesn't: an error is returned, but not a JSON error, no no no...
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GetPlaybackState VS GetCurrentlyPlayingTrack

What is the difference between the 2 Web API calls?The JSON response is exactly the same In which case should I use GetPlaybackState or GetCurrentlyPlayingTrack? Web API Reference | https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-th...

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  • What is the difference between the 2 Web API calls? The JSON response is exactly the same  In which case should I use GetPlaybackState or GetCurrentlyPlayingTrack?   Web API R...
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