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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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Problem with React/authorization

Hi guys, im new to programming, but i really started to enjoy it.I want to make a web app that after pressing a button, creates playlist with last 10 songs you listened to.I ALMOST got it working, however I found one big obstacle.const create_playlis...

  • Newbie
  • Hi guys, im new to programming, but i really started to enjoy it. I want to make a web app that after pressing a button, creates playlist with last 10 songs you listened to. I ALMOST got it...
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Spotify Client for Kai OS

Hello pals, i am pleading if someone can help build a Spotify app for Kai OS.even if it basic and for streaming alone. Boomplay has one on the store, guess it is possible too with Spotify. Thanks

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  • Hello pals, i am pleading if someone can help build a Spotify app for Kai OS. even if it basic and for streaming alone. Boomplay has one on the store, guess it is possible too with Spotify. Thanks ...
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react native open spotify app for authentication

PlanPremiumDeviceIOS / Android Hello, I would like to authorize my app on the spotify application and not on the web app, except that https://account.spotify.com does not open with the spotify application, what should I do. It already work with webap...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Device IOS / Android   Hello,   I would like to authorize my app on the spotify application and not on the web app, except that https://account.spotify.com does not op...
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Add Track to Playlist

Hello everyone, i am trying to add some tracks to a spotify playlist of mine. But I always get the error Error: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url. Can someone help? Thank you This is my code: def get_auth_header(token return {"Authorization": "B...

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  • Hello everyone,    i am trying to add some tracks to a spotify playlist of mine. But I always get the error Error: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url. Can someone help? Thank you...
  • Ximzend
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get the songs genre

I have a project work to predict the songs stream volume for next week but i need data the genre of songs for this prediction. how i can reach to these date consolidated. PlanFree/PremiumCountry,Turkey Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro l...

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  • I have a project work to predict the songs stream volume for next week but i need data the genre of songs for this prediction. how i can reach to these date consolidated.   Plan Free/Premium ...
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spotify link to distro

is it possible to use a spotify album or spotify link or url etc to find the distro / label / distributor it used. ive seen multiple of old music friends have a discord bot or program that can find the business information and website but i dont unde...

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  • is it possible to use a spotify album or spotify link or url etc to find the distro / label / distributor it used. ive seen multiple of old music friends have a discord bot or program that can find t...
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Obtaining Artist Status, Personal Details, and Songs from Spotify User Authorization

Hello, Spotify developer community! I'm reaching out to seek guidance on a specific aspect of my application's integration with the Spotify API. I have successfully implemented user authorization using Spotify, allowing users to connect their Spotify...

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  • Hello, Spotify developer community!   I'm reaching out to seek guidance on a specific aspect of my application's integration with the Spotify API. I have successfully implemented user authoriz...
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Analytics tracking for the click events for the spotify button

Is it possible to track the click events for the spotify play / pause button? I have integrated spotify in my component using iframe and the spotify embed url. I have to track when the user clicks on the spotify play or pause button . I am using adob...

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  • Is it possible to track the click events for the spotify play / pause button? I have integrated spotify in my component using iframe and the spotify embed url. I have to track when the user clicks on...
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Spotify should pause developer applications until it's caught up on reviews

The current state of Spotify's review backlog is awful and has been since June of last year apparently. It seems most people (who aren't working for big companies) are waiting upwards of 2-3 months.) If Spotify care about their developer community, t...

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  • The current state of Spotify's review backlog is awful and has been since June of last year apparently. It seems most people (who aren't working for big companies) are waiting upwards of 2-3 months.)...
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Spotify Web API "Update Playlist Items" Endpoint HTTP PUT Returns 405

PlanFree and premium plans are affected CountryUnited States DeviceGoogle Pixel 7 Pro Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI've been using this endpoint for about four years to replace the contents of an existing Spotify playlist. Web API /...

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  • Plan Free and premium plans are affected   Country United States   Device Google Pixel 7 Pro   Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I've been using this...
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Can we have an API for getting several tracks' audio analysis?

Hello, Right now it is possible to query audio features for multiple tracks in a single API call using the following API endpoint : Get Several Tracks' Audio Features(https://api.spotify.com/v1/audio-features) Is it possible to have a similar API for...

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  • Hello,  Right now it is possible to query audio features for multiple tracks in a single API call using the following API endpoint : Get Several Tracks' Audio Features(https://api.spotify....
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Include Information that song is added by Smart-Shuffle in /currently-playing

it would be nice to have a tag in the currently-playing endpoint to indicate that the song has been added by smart-shuffle is not included in the original playlist.

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  • it would be nice to have a tag in the currently-playing endpoint to indicate that the song has been added by smart-shuffle is not included in the original playlist.
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Creating playlist endpoint returning "Missing required filed name: name"

Currently creating an app that uses the spotify web api to create a playlist for the user. The app runs everything server side, auth works well, but the endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists gives me the error: { error: { sta...

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  • Currently creating an app that uses the spotify web api to create a playlist for the user. The app runs everything server side, auth works well, but the endpoint:   https://api.spotify.com/v1/...
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Change avatar with API

Hello,Is it possible to change or create avatar for an account with APİ/Endpoint?

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  • Hello, Is it possible to change or create avatar for an account with APİ/Endpoint?
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Developing new business model

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI would like someone to hear me out for a minute to share my idea. I have no knowledge of cod...

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  • 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 I would...
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Why disapear some (good) numbers?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • 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  
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Design Guidelines Help

I am working on a personal app to visualize my extended history and I thought I should review some of the Spotify TOS and design guidelines. One of the main conflicting factors in the design guidelines is the restriction on cropping Spotify artwork. ...

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  • I am working on a personal app to visualize my extended history and I thought I should review some of the Spotify TOS and design guidelines. One of the main conflicting factors in the design gui...
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Solved!! Receiving outdated data from the /browse/new-releases endpoint

Hi everyone,I've encoutered a strange issue where the data I retreive from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/new-releases API endpoint is stuck in april. I've made sure that the offset is set to zero. All of this is through direct requests (curl)...

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  • Hi everyone, I've encoutered a strange issue where the data I retreive from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/new-releases API endpoint is stuck in april.   I've made sure that the offset...
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Connect Spotify to sell merchandise in a WooCommerce (or non Shopify) store

Hi, we've been contacted by a potential customer to integrate the sale of Spotify-published merchandise in their web store. We know that Shopify provides that integration... But is there an API or alternative to do that with WooCommerce (WordPress) o...

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  • Hi, we've been contacted by a potential customer to integrate the sale of Spotify-published merchandise in their web store. We know that Shopify provides that integration... But is there an API or al...
  • mdhama
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Can The Same Track Have Different Spotify Ids?

I have requested my extended Spotify history and I have logged their Spotify Ids via the "spotify_track_uri"I am trying to get the album image for the song, so I have setup a script to request an artist's albums and then iterate through each one look...

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  • I have requested my extended Spotify history and I have logged their Spotify Ids via the "spotify_track_uri" I am trying to get the album image for the song, so I have setup a script to request...
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