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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
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  • 9 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Possible Bug
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  • 9 replies
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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
  • 198 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Feature Request
  • 198 Views
  • 1 replies
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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
  • 161 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • album
    intrestd
    Update
  • 161 Views
  • 1 replies
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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
  • 734 Views
  • 12 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
    Question
  • 734 Views
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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 ...
  • 362 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • Question
  • 362 Views
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v1/me/following getting 403s all of a sudden

Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently. For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following endpoint. This seems to have started yesterday and is practically...

  • Casual Listener
  • Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently.   For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following en...
  • olli408
  • Regular
  • 2818 Views
  • 22 replies
  • 17 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 2818 Views
  • 22 replies
  • 17 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
  • 397 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • audio_description
  • 397 Views
  • 1 replies
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spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?

  • Casual Listener
  • the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?
  • lneroni-it
  • Newbie
  • 2458 Views
  • 13 replies
  • 7 likes
  • 2458 Views
  • 13 replies
  • 7 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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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
  • 149 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • 403 error
    error
    javascript
    Question
  • 149 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
  • 251 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • webplaybacksdk
  • 251 Views
  • 1 replies
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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...

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  • 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
  • 252 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
    Feature Request
  • 252 Views
  • 3 replies
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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
  • 1206 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 2 likes
  • Audio Features
    Detail-Oriented Developers
    Discussion
    Spotify family
    Spotify for Developers
  • 1206 Views
  • 1 replies
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Open Source Software on the Car Thing

Hi! I was wondering if there was a place to download the source code for the software that is running on the Car Thing. Specifically Free and Open Source Software like u-boot and Linux, but also other pieces of code that fall under the same sort of l...

  • Newbie
  • Hi!   I was wondering if there was a place to download the source code for the software that is running on the Car Thing. Specifically Free and Open Source Software like u-boot and Linux, but ...
  • appusers505
  • Casual Listener
  • 2048 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 17 likes
  • 2048 Views
  • 2 replies
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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
  • 255 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
    Question
  • 255 Views
  • 2 replies
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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 ...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • 356 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • Question
  • 356 Views
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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
  • 200 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • 200 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
  • 228 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Question
  • 228 Views
  • 1 replies
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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?
  • 231 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • audio analysis
    key
  • 231 Views
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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...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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...
  • 163 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 163 Views
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Superuser Contribution Apps no longer showing in Developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or IssueI’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode which no longer appear in my Developer dashboard. I’m not sure why this ...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser   My Question or Issue I’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode ...
  • nathancoleman
  • Music Fan
  • 724 Views
  • 7 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
    Question
  • 724 Views
  • 7 replies
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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...

  • Visitor
  • 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 ...
  • 126 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 126 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes