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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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Hard or impossible to search for dates

Using the API /search endpoint, I'm trying to find playlists with dates in their titles, like "2025-05-09" or "5/2/25". This works badly in general. The search breaks the query string up into individual numbers, and the results end up being dominated...

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Using the API /search endpoint, I'm trying to find playlists with dates in their titles, like "2025-05-09" or "5/2/25". This works badly in general. The search breaks the query string up into individ...

glenn_mcdonald

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Dedicating songs to your loved ones!

Hi Spotify team, I’m building a project called Music4You, a web experience where users can create and share personalized song “stories” (similar in feel to Spotify Wrapped or Instagram stories). The idea is to let a sender pick a song, choose a speci...

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Hi Spotify team,   I’m building a project called Music4You, a web experience where users can create and share personalized song “stories” (similar in feel to Spotify Wrapped or Instagram ...

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How to reliably reproduce Spotify API "Invalid base62 id" when calling createPlaylist()

Hello devs, on my production logs I keep seeing this error message invalid base 62.And I really tried locally to reproduce the error to fix the problem, could anyone help me understand what's going on and why I never get this error and how I can repr...

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Hello devs,   on my production logs I keep seeing this error message invalid base 62. And I really tried locally to reproduce the error to fix the problem, could anyone help me understand w...

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link.chtbl.com doesn't resolve

link.chtbl.com doesn't resolve to an IP. It's used as the fully qualified domain name for podcast links. Looking at the whois history it appears that the nameserver was changed from cloudflare to nsone.net on December 9th. Which may be the source of ...

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link.chtbl.com doesn't resolve to an IP. It's used as the fully qualified domain name for podcast links.   Looking at the whois history it appears that the nameserver was changed from cloudfla...

LikeWoody

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Quota Extension review pending for over 3 months (since early Sept)

I am writing to express my concern regarding the significant delay in the Quota Extension review process. I submitted a request in early September, and the status remains "Under Review" as of today (December 8th).It has been over 13 weeks, which far ...

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I am writing to express my concern regarding the significant delay in the Quota Extension review process. I submitted a request in early September, and the status remains "Under Review" as of today (...

michaelrawi

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Genres from artists have been removed

It seems that many artists have had their genres reworked or removed completely. That means that the /artists={artistIds} endpoint returns very different results than yesterday E.g. Tove Lo, London Grammar and Corinne Bailey Rae return no genres as a...

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It seems that many artists have had their genres reworked or removed completely.   That means that the /artists={artistIds} endpoint returns very different results than yesterday   ...

pvlkmrv

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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 ...

Music Fan

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...

pvlkmrv

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Get Artist API is not returning any or all Genres

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbookOperating SystemMacOS sequoia (Postman Web API) My Question or IssueHas anyone noticed any issue with the Get Artist API not returning any genres for an artist, or returning significantly less genres than previously? ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Operating System MacOS sequoia (Postman Web API)   My Question or Issue Has anyone noticed any issue with the Get Artist API not returning any ge...

pvlkmrv

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Solved!! Error when trying to edit an App: Something went wrong while editing your app.

Hello devs, anyone else having this issue ? I have an app where I have some redirect URLS. I wanted to edit them because Spotify changed its policy to have 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. See: https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2025-02-12-increasing-...

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Hello devs,   anyone else having this issue ? I have an app where I have some redirect URLS. I wanted to edit them because Spotify changed its policy to have 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. &...

pvlkmrv

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Superuser Contribution 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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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. ...

waspmobile

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The review is taking longer than expected - takes forever

It's been 2 months and 18 days since I submitted my extension request and no there's no update.. In the dashboard I get the message:"The review is taking longer than expectedWe are currently assessing your use case together with other involved depart...

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It's been 2 months and 18 days since I submitted my extension request and no there's no update..  In the dashboard I get the message: "The review is taking longer than expected We are current...

waspmobile

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Superuser Contribution How to Transition from Development to Production for Commercial Use – Extended Quota Option Missing?

There seems to be no option anymore to request extended quota mode. If you have an app in development mode and controlling 25 users that can use it, how are you meant to deploy for commercial use and reach 250K MAUs and then be eligible for an extend...

Newbie

There seems to be no option anymore to request extended quota mode. If you have an app in development mode and controlling 25 users that can use it, how are you meant to deploy for commercial use and...

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Solved!! INVALID_CLIENT: Insecure redirect URI, using custom URI

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceSamsung S20 FEOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHello everyone, I am new to the spotify API and I am trying to complete the Oauth authorization flow for my android application. After my app redirects me to the spot...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Samsung S20 FE Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hello everyone,   I am new to the spotify API and I am trying to complete the O...

upgrader-dev

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Unable to Create New App – "Something went wrong" Error for 2 Days

Hi, For the past two days, I’ve been unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard.Every time I try, I receive the following error message: "Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later."I’ve tried...

Casual Listener

Hi, For the past two days, I’ve been unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. Every time I try, I receive the following error message: "Something went wrong, we were not able...

tadokoro

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Implementation of favourite songs to the artist page inside the Tesla Music Player

Implementation of "Liked Songs" to the artist page inside the Tesla Music PlayerPlanFree/PremiumCountryWorldwideDeviceTesla Spotify Music PlayerOperating SystemTesla Music Player My Question or IssueHi, I got short recommendation about the artist pag...

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Implementation of "Liked Songs" to the artist page inside the Tesla Music Player Plan Free/Premium Country Worldwide Device Tesla Spotify Music Player Operating System Tesla Music Player &nb...

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SPOTİFY DİNLEME İSTATİSTİKLERİNE GÖRE YENİ BADGE ÖNERİSİ

Merhaba Spotify Ekibi,Uzun yıllardır aktif olarak Spotify kullanan bir dinleyiciyim. 2025 yılı için toplam dinlenme süresi 155.000 dakikayı buldu ve son yıllarda da benzer şekilde yüksek dinleme istatistiklerine sahibim. Bu yoğun kullanımın platform ...

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Merhaba Spotify Ekibi, Uzun yıllardır aktif olarak Spotify kullanan bir dinleyiciyim. 2025 yılı için toplam dinlenme süresi 155.000 dakikayı buldu ve son yıllarda da benzer şekilde yüksek dinleme is...

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What's the rules to increase the growth in social media career

If I create a firebase with console via Google developer web & start a campaign with my plylist to by secret API is it league if not what to do for leagul of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for u...

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If I create a firebase with console via Google developer web & start a campaign with my plylist to by secret API is it league if not what to do for leagul of the below information is required. Ho...

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quota extension

Hey, so how could i get a quota extension on my app. since my app is stuck on "Development mode" please help me.

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Hey, so how could i get a quota extension on my app. since my app is stuck on "Development mode" please help me.

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Solved!! http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback no longer accepted as valid callback

PlanPremium CountryNLDevice Operating SystemLinux My Question or IssueThe API no longer accepts http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback as a valid callback. I get the error "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI"

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Plan Premium   Country NL Device   Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue The API no longer accepts http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback as a valid callback. I get the...

pebbe

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API to fetch Podcast Stats

My team and I are developing an analytics platform for digital creators and Spotify podcast analytics is one of the features we'd like to have.Specifically, I would like an API endpoint to fetch metadata on the performance of uploaded podcasts by a u...

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My team and I are developing an analytics platform for digital creators and Spotify podcast analytics is one of the features we'd like to have. Specifically, I would like an API endpoint to fetch me...

CoderMehad

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