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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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Please help - Spotify for Developers dashboard problem.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUKDeviceMacBook AirOperating System14.3 My Question or IssueI am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ) as evidenced by the fact I can see it knows my top 5 tracks at the bottom of the page. ...

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  •   Plan Premium Family Country UK Device MacBook Air Operating System 14.3   My Question or Issue I am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ...
  • Caleb_Kwizera
  • Casual Listener
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Album genres are empty at albums endpoint

I've discovered that although the documentation says albums should have genre info https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-albums#genres, it is always returned as an empty list. Looks like others have had a similar ...

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  • I've discovered that although the documentation says albums should have genre info https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-albums#genres, it is always returned as a...
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Get Album endpoint returns response with empty list of genres

PlanPremiumCountryPoland My Question or IssueHi all, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get information about some albums and I've found that the response of Get Album endpoint contains empty list of Genres (`genres` field), so no genres for any al...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland   My Question or Issue Hi all, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get information about some albums and I've found that the response of Get Album endpoi...
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  • PUBLIQUE DOS EPISODIOS MAS DE LOS QUE YA ANTERIORMENTE HE PUBLICADO PERO NO SE QUEDAN EN LA PLATAFORMA SE BORRAN
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Hardware Partner Application with no response

Free/Premium: FreeCountry: United StatesUse Case: Music integration for a Social RobotOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:Is there any way to get in contact with Spotify regarding the status of a Hardware Partner Application? My company subm...

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  • Free/Premium: Free Country: United States Use Case: Music integration for a Social Robot Operating System: Linux   My Question or Issue: Is there any way to get in contact with S...
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Hardware Partner Application No Response

CountryUnited States My Question or IssueMy company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some way to get a status update? We would like to integrate Spotify in...

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  • Country United States   My Question or Issue My company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some w...
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Response to commercial license application

Hi there! I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API. Unfortunately I still have not heard back, and am curious about the best way to get this resolv...

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  • Hi there!   I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API.   Unfortunately I still have...
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Get access to Spotify Connect eSDK and Hardware Partner Application

Country： HongKongDevice: Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakersOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our device. We have diligently followed the instructions provided on your website an...

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  • Country： HongKong Device:  Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakers Operating System: Linux   My Question or Issue: We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our devi...
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Submit an extension request

Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a link to the app on the App Store. Is it possible to...

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  • Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a ...
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Leverage Spotify API's to get music and play complete songs in a custom app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device(iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc) My Question or IssueHi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of spotify's web-api and enables user to add songs. Others can listen to those songs...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   Device (iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc)   My Question or Issue Hi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of sp...
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Spotify Developer Portal Down

Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an extension request. I've been a spotify developer for ...

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  • Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an ex...
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How to reproduce Spotify web app behavior where a Blend's track can have multiple added_by users?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryID, but I assume this apply to all countriesMy Question or IssueInside a Blend playlist with more than 1 users, the Spotify app might display a track with more than one user in the "added by" column.But when fetching the tracks...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country ID, but I assume this apply to all countries My Question or Issue Inside a Blend playlist with more than 1 users, the Spotify app might display a track with more than o...
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Songs preview stopped working a couple of hours ago

Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.

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  • Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.
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can I use Spotify API to create commercial use product that modifies user playback realtime?

Hi, The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs. Thanks!

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  • Hi,   The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs.   Thanks!     ...
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Superuser Contribution api for music distribution

Hi,i'm starting a project for a music label. Initially it will be a web application MVP to distribute music like distrokid/tunecore.How to have/request the access to the spotify APIs to distribute music?

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  • Hi, i'm starting a project for a music label. Initially it will be a web application MVP  to distribute music like distrokid/tunecore. How to have/request the access to the spotify APIs to dis...
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More 429 error on all "playlist" endpoints

Hi!Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not the others:/playlists/XXXX/users/XXXX/playlists/play...

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  • Hi! Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not...
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Superuser Contribution Web API info for Jams

Hi! I wanted to make a web app that involves a users current jam. Are there any API references that exist for this?

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  • Hi! I wanted to make a web app that involves a users current jam. Are there any API references that exist for this?  
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Superuser Contribution Inconsistent IDs

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen using the Web API, specifically the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint, searching for some IDs will return results containing a completely different...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When using the Web API, specifically the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint, ...
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Playlist stream data

Hi! I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the playlist. I found that the website isitagoodplaylist.com offers ...

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  • Hi!   I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the play...
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  • Add music to My playlists
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