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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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Request for Permission to Access Spotify Audio Features for Model Training for project.

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceIPhone 15Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI hope this email finds you well. I am Ruchir Adnaik, a student at Vishwakarma University. I am currently working on a project of Mood and Activity analyzer and musi...

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Plan Premium Country India Device IPhone 15 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I hope this email finds you well. I am Ruchir Adnaik, a student at Vishwakarma Universi...

ribezaz

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Tryed to upload a video on my account, spotify created a new account for me

I have an account on Podbean to distribute podcasts only in audio files on Spotify. I decided to publish videos, and the guidance on websites is for me to use Anchor, which is the podcasters' Spotify. I claimed the account with the RSS, and the site ...

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I have an account on Podbean to distribute podcasts only in audio files on Spotify. I decided to publish videos, and the guidance on websites is for me to use Anchor, which is the podcasters' Spotify...

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Premium Student acountCountry canada My Question or IssueSo i am creating a music application that wpuld eventually use camera detection so i just wanna know that can i link the spotify api to it or not? Because like will it be an issue. The applicat...

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  Premium Student acount Country canada   My Question or Issue So i am creating a music application that wpuld eventually use camera detection so i just wanna know that can i link the ...

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Is there a way to authenticate via the app, instead of web, on my mobile site?

Hello,I use the following Spotify authorization flow to authenticate users on my website:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-flow However, on mobile, this opens Spotify's mobile web page, but most users are logged in on...

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Hello, I use the following Spotify authorization flow to authenticate users on my website: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/code-flow   However, on mobile, ...

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Solved!! Issues in several endpoints

When I fetch data from several endpoints such as ( get album , get artist , get playlist )I get 400 bad request and don't work unless Spotify test ID. this is a temporary problem or not ?

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When I fetch data from several endpoints such as ( get album , get artist , get playlist ) I get 400 bad request and don't work unless Spotify test ID. this is a temporary problem or not ?

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Subject: 403 Error when retrieving energy, danceability, happiness values via the API

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceComputerOperating SystemWindows 11AppDevelopment modeVisual Studio Code et Traktor (native instrument)My Question or IssueSubject: 403 Error when retrieving energy, danceability, happiness values via the APIHello,I am tryin...

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Plan Free Country France Device Computer Operating System Windows 11 App Development mode Visual Studio Code et Traktor (native instrument) My Question or Issue Subject: 403 Error when re...

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Solved!! An issue that I couldn’t find my playlist that I’m looking for

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuehi I got an issue as I mentioned in the title above. Like even though I have a playlist named...

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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 hi I g...

Hammyi

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API endpoint for removing recommendations

When playing a playlist with smart shuffle enabled, spotify will toss in a recommended track every few tracks. When that happens, you get the additional plus and minus button next to the track info for adding the song to your playlist, or removing it...

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When playing a playlist with smart shuffle enabled, spotify will toss in a recommended track every few tracks. When that happens, you get the additional plus and minus button next to the track info f...

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Extension Requests

I sent an Extension Requests request on February 23, 2025 at 21:29 if it is still unreviewed. I wonder when it will be examined on average, how long does it take?PlanFree/PremiumCountryAllDeviceSpotify DeveloperOperating SystemAll Systems My Question...

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I sent an Extension Requests request on February 23, 2025 at 21:29 if it is still unreviewed. I wonder when it will be examined on average, how long does it take? Plan Free/Premium Country All D...

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502 error when user have many saved tracks

If the user have many saved tracks (10+ thousands), endpoint "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks" always return 502 error at the first request. So there is impossible to get user's saved tracks.

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If the user have many saved tracks (10+ thousands), endpoint "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks" always return 502 error at the first request. So there is impossible to get user's saved tracks.

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Solved!! I can't get playlist information

I'm doing a project and I want to bring through python information of the top songs of a region, but I noticed that when using a playlist id created by Spotify I get a 404 error, but with any other not, why is this?

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I'm doing a project and I want to bring through python information of the top songs of a region, but I noticed that when using a playlist id created by Spotify I get a 404 error, but with any other n...

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Superuser Contribution Preview URLs (MP3) no longer exist (all tracks)

PlanFree/PremiumCountryFrance / all countriesDeviceAll API calls from web browsersOperating SystemAll web browser platforms (Mac, Windows, Android...) My Question or IssueMy app exists for a long time (about 10 years) and for several months, the retu...

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Plan Free/Premium Country France / all countries Device All API calls from web browsers Operating System All web browser platforms (Mac, Windows, Android...)   My Question or Issue My ...

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Is there a way to get a test account that would be blocked

I would like to know if test accounts functionality is available. We are integrating the Spotify API. As part of our daily regression, we would like to have also the connection from our new customer to the Spotify customer. Because the tests are run ...

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I would like to know if test accounts functionality is available. We are integrating the Spotify API. As part of our daily regression, we would like to have also the connection from our new customer ...

Ximzend

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Naming Guidelines

Are Spotify apps names allowed to use "ify" at the end or is this against guidelines?

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Are Spotify apps names allowed to use "ify" at the end or is this against guidelines?

Ximzend

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When embed a track CSS border-radius: is ignored

When embed a track! CSS border-radius: is ignored.When embed an album this feature works as earlier.

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When embed a track! CSS border-radius: is ignored. When embed an album this feature works as earlier.   <iframe style="border-radius:0px" src="https://open.spotify

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Academic Use of Spotify Data for PhD Research

Hello, I’m a PhD student researching popularity in music and have used Spotify Web API in the past for my work.Currently, the developer T&C prohibit the training of ML and AI models on Spotify content, including audio features & metadata. Could anyon...

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Hello,  I’m a PhD student researching popularity in music and have used Spotify Web API in the past for my work. Currently, the developer T&C prohibit the training of ML and AI models on S...

hatimqr

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iFrame embed code limits playback to 30 seconds for podcasts

When using Spotify's Embed Episode tool to generate an iFrame, playback is limited to 30 seconds for podcast episodes, and the "Start At" option no longer works if the time is set at more than 30 seconds. DeviceiPhone 11, MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)O...

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When using Spotify's Embed Episode tool to generate an iFrame, playback is limited to 30 seconds for podcast episodes, and the "Start At" option no longer works if the time is set at more than 30 sec...

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Add Tracks to Playlist Changed ; No URIs Provided error

Did the API change the functionality of adding tracks to a playlist? I have my code load in TrackIds and use them to add tracks to a playlist but just today I got an error saying that I did not provide any URIs. Did something change in the backend th...

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Did the API change the functionality of adding tracks to a playlist? I have my code load in TrackIds and use them to add tracks to a playlist but just today I got an error saying that I did not provi...

AliAnderson

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Changes to Web API

The news published late November last year seems to have been the end of the app I've developed earlier that year and was in the final testing phase before launch. Afraid I already know the answer but I have a questions which I'd appreciate if someon...

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The news published late November last year seems to have been the end of the app I've developed earlier that year and was in the final testing phase before launch. Afraid I already know the answer bu...

Ximzend

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