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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

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Solved!! Discover Weekly Playlist Missing

Hello, A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within my app. However, it now seems that the Discover Weekly playli...

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Hello,   A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within m...

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Fastly CDN is returning non-working IPs, causing timeouts, but just for our Company

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceWindows App or through Edge browserOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueConnecting to Spotify,We connect (info gained from Chrome Dev Tools) to open.spotify.com, which refers to open.spotifycdn.com, which we can't...

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Plan Premium Country US   Device Windows App or through Edge browser Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Connecting to Spotify, We connect (info gained from Chrom...

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Superuser Contribution /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}/...

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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 beha...

AdrienCompDev

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Request - Get Playlist Basic Info (no tracks) for Spotify Algorithmic Playlists

Prior to the API changes of 2024/11/27, we were able to retrieve basic details (e.g. name, description, image url, etc) along with the tracks for a specified Spotify algorithmic playlist via the "Get Playlist" endpoint. Now it simply returns a "404 R...

Gig Goer

Prior to the API changes of 2024/11/27, we were able to retrieve basic details (e.g. name, description, image url, etc) along with the tracks for a specified Spotify algorithmic playlist via the "Get...

thlucas

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Feature Request
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Seeking Clarification: App Denied for "Integration with Another Service"

After waiting over a month for my quota extension request, my app was denied with the following explanation:The product or service is integrated with streams or content from another service.My app, Scrobblify, is a personal project that takes listeni...

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After waiting over a month for my quota extension request, my app was denied with the following explanation: The product or service is integrated with streams or content from another service. My ...

Ximzend

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Contract Enterprise API

My Question or Issue Hi, I’m interested in making a contract for the Spotify Enterprise API. I’ve been informed that audience analytics data is available through the API, but I couldn’t find any public documentation or pages regarding the details of ...

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My Question or Issue   Hi, I’m interested in making a contract for the Spotify Enterprise API. I’ve been informed that audience analytics data is available through the API, but I couldn’t find...

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API Access
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Shuffle and Smart Shuffle Questions

I have noticed that in my playlist of 1500+ songs, I tend to get the same songs when I shuffle or smart shuffle the playlist.How does it randomness work for the shuffle?How big is the shuffle queue compared to the playlist it is shuffling from?For Sm...

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I have noticed that in my playlist of 1500+ songs, I tend to get the same songs when I shuffle or smart shuffle the playlist. How does it randomness work for the shuffle? How big is the shuff...

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Why Are Genres Missing in the Spotify API for Independent Artists?

I’m working with Spotify’s Web API and noticed something unusual. For independent artists (myself included), the genres array in the artist profile response is often empty. This is despite assigning genres (e.g., Latin, Rap) when uploading through a ...

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I’m working with Spotify’s Web API and noticed something unusual. For independent artists (myself included), the genres array in the artist profile response is often empty. This is despite assigning ...

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Solved!! 404 Response from "Add Item to Playback Queue" Endpoint

If I go to https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-to-queue and try out the supplied curl request:curl --request POST \--url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/queue?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A4iV5W9uYEdYUVa79Axb7Rh' \--header...

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If I go to https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-to-queue and try out the supplied curl request: curl --request POST \ --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/p...

nickk1298

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Changes to Web API and Development Mode apps

As representative of artists on your platform, we had a in house stand alone app to scan Spotify automatic playlists to check for our representatives items for in house statistics.Now after the change we no more have this ability and as it's not an p...

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As representative of artists on your platform, we had a in house stand alone app to scan Spotify automatic playlists to check for our representatives items for in house statistics. Now after the cha...

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How to get top 50 cities for an artist

I saw that SOUNDCHARTS provides local audience data, which includes the top 50 cities for an artist.https://doc.api.soundcharts.com/api/v2/doc/reference/path/artist/get-local-streaming-audience#hereHowever, I can’t find any data like this on the Web ...

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I saw that SOUNDCHARTS provides local audience data, which includes the top 50 cities for an artist. https://doc.api.soundcharts.com/api/v2/doc/reference/path/artist/get-local-streaming-audience#her...

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Membership Price Increase and less tools available

Each year the subscription price goes up and the quality of the app goes down. The feature to scroll through your liked songs and being able to see when the month/year it was added, now you have to spam fingerscrolls. Smartshuffle not being an option...

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Each year the subscription price goes up and the quality of the app goes down. The feature to scroll through your liked songs and being able to see when the month/year it was added, now you have to s...

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Missing data in download

Hi! I recently downloaded my listening data from the year because I wanted to look at my own yearly listening statistics. There is one artist in particular whom I know I have listened to a lot in the last several month who does not appear in the data...

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Hi! I recently downloaded my listening data from the year because I wanted to look at my own yearly listening statistics. There is one artist in particular whom I know I have listened to a lot in the...

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How do I add other's, so they're be able to edit and work on an app

I am in a group project working with the Spotify API, and I need to share the project, is that possible. I figured out adding user accounts, but that seems to be a completely different thing, and means nothing in my plight

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I am in a group project working with the Spotify API, and I need to share the project, is that possible. I figured out adding user accounts, but that seems to be a completely different thing, and mea...

Ximzend

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Click names of band members to see other projects they are involved with.

When viewing an artist / Band. There is an info column on the right side. I think you should be able to click the names of the band members to be able to see any projects they've been involved in. This interaction could be positive for both creators ...

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When viewing an artist / Band. There is an info column on the right side. I think you should be able to click the names of the band members to be able to see any projects they've been involved in. Th...

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Interactive member names
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Question related to Voice Assistant

PlanFreeCountryJapanDeviceAndroid deviceOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI read developer policy.Spotify Developer Policy | Spotify for Developers And section 3.3 said"Do not create voice-enabled SDA that enables a user to control Spoti...

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Plan Free Country Japan Device Android device Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I read developer policy. Spotify Developer Policy | Spotify for Developers   An...

SongFetch

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Get Track API Revision Request

My Question or IssueSince the major Web API update, basic track metadata such as BPM/Tempo, Key, and Scale remains inaccessible. While I understand the importance of prioritizing security and data control, these particular attributes seem fundamental...

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My Question or Issue Since the major Web API update, basic track metadata such as BPM/Tempo, Key, and Scale remains inaccessible. While I understand the importance of prioritizing security and data ...

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Is it possible to get top cities from Spotify?

PlanPremium CountryChile Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueThe question from the subject refers to the fact that, while spotify displays the top 5 cities for an artist in their biography in the app, the API does not expose and endpoint f...

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Plan Premium   Country Chile   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue The question from the subject refers to the fact that, while spotify displays the top 5 citi...

Ximzend

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Finding BPMs of songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueI am trying to make a project that will get the BPMs of a list of songs, and then output them to the user, as well as including some sorting functionality. I am trying to use Spotify to get the BPM of the...

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Plan Free/Premium Country US   My Question or Issue I am trying to make a project that will get the BPMs of a list of songs, and then output them to the user, as well as including some sor...

Dipper

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