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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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Gromushka

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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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Guaruja20

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Web API production access for a small privacy-focused indie app

Subject: Web API production access for a small privacy-focused indie appHello Spotify Developer Team,I'm an independent developer building "Local Music Sync"(https://localmusicsync.lovable.app), a free, privacy-first web tool:it reads local audio fil...

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Subject: Web API production access for a small privacy-focused indie app Hello Spotify Developer Team, I'm an independent developer building "Local Music Sync" (https://localmusicsync.lovable.app)...

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Policy clarification: temporary currently-playing metadata in an AI assistant

Hello,Spotify Support directed me here for clarification from the relevant developer or policy team.I operate a private, non-commercial, single-user application connected only to my own Spotify account. Before implementing a feature, I would like cla...

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Hello, Spotify Support directed me here for clarification from the relevant developer or policy team. I operate a private, non-commercial, single-user application connected only to my own Spotify a...

Ximzend

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Samsung Update makes Spotify no longer work

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung TVOperating System My Question or IssueSamsung just updated their firmware. Immediately, after doing this, I can no longer log into the Spotify app. I have gone through every step of trying to resolve this on my own,...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung TV Operating System     My Question or Issue Samsung just updated their firmware. Immediately, after doing this, I can no longer log into th...

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IP Issue

Hello, I’m contacting you on behalf of Fibre Nova, a UK Internet service provider. Since 23 August 2026, multiple unrelated Fibre Nova customers using our CGNAT service have been unable to play audio through Spotify. One identified Fibre Nova CGNAT p...

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Hello,   I’m contacting you on behalf of Fibre Nova, a UK Internet service provider.   Since 23 August 2026, multiple unrelated Fibre Nova customers using our CGNAT service have been un...

JBayudz

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Commercial approval / policy clarification – Spotify Web Playback SDK or Add to Queue for restaurant

Hi,my name is André Norinder and I am building a web app called Table Tune. Table Tune is a B2B tool for restaurants, bars and venues. The purpose is to let guests request songs by scanning a QR code, while venue staff keeps full control over what is...

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Hi, my name is André Norinder and I am building a web app called Table Tune.   Table Tune is a B2B tool for restaurants, bars and venues. The purpose is to let guests request songs by scannin...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Commercial approval
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Indie Developer SDAs and NSDAs and the 250k MAU requirement

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMBP 14, iPhone 13 Pro Max My Question or IssueI've been an indie developer for Spotify for about a year. I have been working to find a way forward to be able to create apps within the constraints of the updated Te...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device MBP 14, iPhone 13 Pro Max   My Question or Issue I've been an indie developer for Spotify for about a year. I have been working to find a way fo...

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Solved!! Android App Remote SDK – Development Mode limits and commercial alarm clock app

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceIphone and AndroidOperating SystemiOS , Android My Question or IssueHi,I'm developing an Android alarm clock application that can optionally use Spotify as the alarm source.The intended behavior is:The user installs my A...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Iphone and Android Operating System iOS , Android  My Question or Issue Hi, I'm developing an Android alarm clock application that can optionally use...

Ximzend

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Developer Policy check: charging for position on our own list, using only oEmbed and the official em

I'm an independent developer and I'd like to check a product againstthe Developer Policy before it grows any further. I'd rather becorrected now than find out later.What it is: a single public list of songs where the order is set bywhat people have p...

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I'm an independent developer and I'd like to check a product against the Developer Policy before it grows any further. I'd rather be corrected now than find out later. What it is: a single public ...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Enable play-back of the "Liked Songs"-playlist through the web-api

I want to be able to automatically start the playback of my "Liked Songs"-playlist. Getting a context_uri for that playlist would be straight-forward and great.

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I want to be able to automatically start the playback of my "Liked Songs"-playlist. Getting a context_uri for that playlist would be straight-forward and great.

SkenS

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"Available Devices" replaces names with IDs

When querying the /player/devices endpoint I quite often receive IDs instead of names in the appropriate field:[ { "id": "44be6fd55e2d35c***2ecb2acace96bde0dfd0", "is_active": false, "is_private_session": false, "is_restricted": false, "name": "WOLFG...

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When querying the /player/devices endpoint I quite often receive IDs instead of names in the appropriate field: [ { "id": "44be6fd55e2d35c***2ecb2acace96bde0dfd0", "is_active": false, ...

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Solved!! listeners

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iphone 16 pro , vivobook)Operating System(i26.1 Android Oreo, Windows11,etc.) My Question or Issue

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iphone 16 pro , vivobook) Operating System (i26.1 Android Oreo, Windows11,etc.)   My Question or Issue  

natanelnatiprodzalts

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Unable to create app

It says new integrations are on hold while me make updates to increase reliability. The create app button is completely disabled.

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It says new integrations are on hold while me make updates to increase reliability. The create app button is completely disabled.

Basvanos1307

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Superuser Contribution Partner Application Form

hello,I'm getting ready to submit this form but wasn't clear on the following The partner application form says:User Base ThresholdYour application must have a minimum of 250,000 Monthly Active Users. You must be able to upload data from the App Stor...

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hello, I'm getting ready to submit this form but wasn't clear on the following   The partner application form says: User Base Threshold Your  application must have a minimum of 250,00...

johnousey

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Confirming Developer Terms compliance for TV-based product using Web API

Hello, We are building a TV-based content discovery product that shows content as a screensaver for personal users that uses the Spotify Web API to display track/artist metadata and album artwork, along with a link (via QR code) that directs users to...

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Hello,   We are building a TV-based content discovery product that shows content as a screensaver for personal users that uses the Spotify Web API to display track/artist metadata and album ar...

SeikaT

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Solved!! Unable to create a new Web API app - HTTP 403 / code 7 internal permission error

Hi,I'm unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard.I have an active Spotify Premium Individual subscription and currently have 0 apps in my Developer Dashboard.I'm trying to create a simple personal, non-commercial Web API integrati...

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Hi, I'm unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. I have an active Spotify Premium Individual subscription and currently have 0 apps in my Developer Dashboard. I'm trying to c...

DaSteefman

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Unable to create Spotify Developer App — “Something went wrong”

Hi! I'm trying to create a Spotify Developer app so I can connect Spotify controls to my FIFINE D6 Stream Controller.Every time I complete the Create App form and click Save, I receive:“Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Pleas...

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Hi! I'm trying to create a Spotify Developer app so I can connect Spotify controls to my FIFINE D6 Stream Controller. Every time I complete the Create App form and click Save, I receive: “Something...

emirepo

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Unable to create app in dev dashboard

I'm tryiing to make a app in the dev dashboard her:https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create I filled out all information correctly and submitted the form.Outgoing request from dev tools:Request URL: https://developer.spotify.com/api/ws4d/v1/app...

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I'm tryiing to make a app in the dev dashboard her: https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create   I filled out all information correctly and submitted the form. Outgoing request from dev ...

El_Marco

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403 cant create an app

{ "code": 7, "message": "The calling principal (**bleep**) is not allowed to perform this action", "details": [] thats the root of it seems like a shopify side bug... nothing i can do? been all day

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{ "code": 7, "message": "The calling principal (**bleep**) is not allowed to perform this action", "details": []     thats the root of it seems like a shopify side bug... nothing i can d...

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Development Mode App Creation Fails with 403 Forbidden -- Backend Permission Error

I am unable to create a new Spotify Web API application.My Spotify account has an active Premium subscription.I am creating a Development Mode application with:- Web API selected- Redirect URI: http://127.0.0.1:3000- Developer Terms acceptedWhen I cl...

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I am unable to create a new Spotify Web API application. My Spotify account has an active Premium subscription. I am creating a Development Mode application with: - Web API selected - Redirect UR...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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WEB API bug
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Cannot Create App For Developers

Hello Spotify Developer Support,I am unable to create an application through the Spotify Developer Dashboard.I have investigated the issue through Chrome DevTools and confirmed that Spotify's app-creation endpoint is returning HTTP 403 Forbidden.Requ...

Newbie

Hello Spotify Developer Support, I am unable to create an application through the Spotify Developer Dashboard. I have investigated the issue through Chrome DevTools and confirmed that Spotify's app...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Possible Bug
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