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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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 ...
Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hi everyone,I'm currently building an AI-powered music discovery platform and wanted to ask whether the Spotify Web API can support this use case, or if there are any additional APIs or partner solutions available.The goal is to use AI agents to anal...
Hi everyone, I'm currently building an AI-powered music discovery platform and wanted to ask whether the Spotify Web API can support this use case, or if there are any additional APIs or partner sol...
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I'm unable to create a new app in the Developer Dashboard. Every attempt fails with:Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later.Details:The error appears immediately when I click Save on the Create app form.Form ...
I'm unable to create a new app in the Developer Dashboard. Every attempt fails with: Something went wrong, we&nb...
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I'm seeing an intermittent issue with Spotify embeds and I'm trying to determine whether this is a known Spotify issue.Observed behavior:- Some Spotify embed track URLs load normally.- Other Spotify embed track URLs return:"504 upstream request timeo...
I'm seeing an intermittent issue with Spotify embeds and I'm trying to determine whether this is a known Spotify issue. Observed behavior: - Some Spotify embed track URLs load normally. - Other Sp...
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Hi,I'm looking for some clarification regarding the updated criteria for Extended Web API Access.I'm developing a web application that integrates with Spotify via OAuth. The application does not stream music, download music, or attempt to replace Spo...
Hi, I'm looking for some clarification regarding the updated criteria for Extended Web API Access. I'm developing a web application that integrates with Spotify via OAuth. The application d...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDevicePixel 7aOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI cannot use the android auth library (spotify/android-auth) in version 5.0.0.I migrated the placeholder to AndroidManifest but the app keeps crashing at startup: ...
Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device Pixel 7a Operating System Android My Question or Issue I cannot use the android auth library (spotify/android-auth) in version 5.0.0. I migra...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryVietNamDeviceMacbook Pro late 2024Operating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueHi,We plan an internal (non-consumer) system that:1) reads public Top/Viral chart playlists via Web API,2) stores track metadata (name, artist, URI, ra...
Plan Free/Premium Country VietNam Device Macbook Pro late 2024 Operating System MacOS My Question or Issue Hi, We plan an internal (non-consumer) system that: 1) reads public Top/V...
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I've seen this posted elsewhere but want to bump it up as a priority. It would be really helpful to include an API endpoint to get song credits as listed when you click into the View Credits tab. At present it is only possible to retrieve the listed ...
I've seen this posted elsewhere but want to bump it up as a priority. It would be really helpful to include an API endpoint to get song credits as listed when you click into the View Credits tab. &...
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New Development Mode app returns 403 for an allowlisted Premium user.Client ID: 9e67c43bf17b4d92bb0e16f80a58d6adEndpoint: GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/meError: The user is not registered for this application.The user email exactly matches the Spoti...
New Development Mode app returns 403 for an allowlisted Premium user. Client ID: 9e67c43bf17b4d92bb0e16f80a58d6ad Endpoint: GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me Error: The user is not registe...
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Hi everyone,My name is Estanislao, and over the past few months I've been developing a personal project called Polliefy, a web application built using the Spotify Web API.The idea is simple.Any Spotify user can create polls based on an artist's catal...
Hi everyone, My name is Estanislao, and over the past few months I've been developing a personal project called Polliefy, a web application built using the Spotify Web API. The idea is simple. Any...
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Hi there, Is it possible to reveal the REST endpoint to clear the active queue from the user's queued up songs, via., Add to Queue? I saw there was an endpoint used from tracing calls in Microsoft Edge that used the set_queue endpoint in the payload,...
Hi there, Is it possible to reveal the REST endpoint to clear the active queue from the user's queued up songs, via., Add to Queue? I saw there was an endpoint used from tracing calls i...
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PlanPremiumCountryPoland My Question or IssueI’m running into a really weird issue with the GET artist-albums endpoint. My app hasn't made any requests for about 14 hours. Today, I fired it up and my very first request immediately got blocked with a ...
Plan Premium Country Poland My Question or Issue I’m running into a really weird issue with the GET artist-albums endpoint. My app hasn't made any requests for about 14 hours. Today, I f...
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Hello Team, I am building a personal Spotify analytics project using the Spotify Web API and Snowflake. I am currently in Development Mode and I am trying to enrich my listening history data with additional metadata. Use case I have around 40,000 uni...
Hello Team, I am building a personal Spotify analytics project using the Spotify Web API and Snowflake. I am currently in Development Mode and I am trying to enrich my listening history data with add...
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My Question or Issue:Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song shows a small 1 (meaning repeat-one is enabled), it plays the mus...
My Question or Issue: Hello, I'm a regular Spotify user and there's something I've noticed with the loop/repeat-one button which I'd like to bring up. When the button for looping a song sho...
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Plan: Premium (Individual)Country: PolandDevice: PC / WindowsMy Question or IssueMy app cannot create playlists. Every POST /v1/users/{id}/playlists returns 403 Forbidden, while read endpoints work fine with the same token.Details:Individual Premium ...
Plan: Premium (Individual) Country: Poland Device: PC / Windows My Question or Issue My app cannot create playlists. Every POST /v1/users/{id}/playlists returns 403 Forbidden, while read endpoint...
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PlanPremium (personal Development Mode project)CountrySouth KoreaDeviceDesktop application (macOS development, Windows target)Operating SystemmacOS and WindowsMy Question or IssueHello,I'm developing Roadwave, a non-commercial desktop companion for p...
Plan Premium (personal Development Mode project) Country South Korea Device Desktop application (macOS development, Windows target) Operating System macOS and Windows My Question or Issue He...
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 17 pro max, XBOX one, Samsung TV)Operating System(iOS 26) My Question or Issue:More of a suggestion.. I’d love to see Spotify add an Ambient Visual Mode for TVs and game consoles.When listening on a TV, many of u...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 17 pro max, XBOX one, Samsung TV) Operating System (iOS 26) My Question or Issue: More of a suggestion.. I’d love to see Spotify...
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I'm trying to create a new app, but I have reached my limit. So, I tried to go into my dashboard and delete the one I have, but the delete button is not showing up. Through some research, I saw that my app is disabled and blocked? I'm not sure if tha...
I'm trying to create a new app, but I have reached my limit. So, I tried to go into my dashboard and delete the one I have, but the delete button is not showing up. Through some research, I saw that ...
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Recently, quite a few Spotify developer applications seem to have surfaced that skirt the new developer API rules and circumvent the regular approval process. Does Spotify approve these on a case by case bases?
Recently, quite a few Spotify developer applications seem to have surfaced that skirt the new developer API rules and circumvent the regular approval process. Does Spotify approve these on a case by ...
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I know you need Premium to use the API. But if the Premium subscription is stopped while you have an active Dev Mode API key: 1) Is the API key cancelled forever (i.e. have to reapply again for a new one)? 2) Is it maybe just disabled until Premium i...
I know you need Premium to use the API. But if the Premium subscription is stopped while you have an active Dev Mode API key: 1) Is the API key cancelled forever (i.e. have to reapply again ...
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I've been building a personal project on the web api for a couple months now and have run into the wall that caps your users to 25 or 5 for newer devs like me. I've decided to treat the 250k MAU limit as a push to get creative: to make sure the app I...
I've been building a personal project on the web api for a couple months now and have run into the wall that caps your users to 25 or 5 for newer devs like me. I've decided to treat the 250k...
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