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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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Solved!! 403 Forbidden error when using Auth Flow PKCE

My Question or IssueI am working with Auth Flow PKCE for the first time. I am trying to authenticate a user and just display their username and display name on successful authentication. I am able to authenticate my account (my client ID is in the ap...

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  • My Question or Issue I am working with Auth Flow PKCE for the first time. I am trying to authenticate a user and just display their username and display name on successful authentication. I am able ...
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OAuth2 PKCE Token Exchange failed error

Hi, I have managed to successfully authenticate users via OAuth2 PKCE. I have added the list of test users via the developer dashboard as well.Sometimes I get the 'token exchange failed' error, even while trying to authenticate a user who has been ad...

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  • Hi,  I have managed to successfully authenticate users via OAuth2 PKCE. I have added the list of test users via the developer dashboard as well. Sometimes I get the 'token exchange failed' err...
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Spotify Search API Issue - 404 not found

There currently seems to be an issue with the Search API - basic queries are suddenly and randomly returning "404 not found" errors.Sometimes the exact same query works after a few retries. The status page at https://status.spotify.dev does not yet r...

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  • There currently seems to be an issue with the Search API - basic queries are suddenly and randomly returning "404 not found" errors. Sometimes the exact same query works after a few retries. &nbs...
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Can't play music on Chrome Browser.

Can't play music on Chrome Browser. Try to delete history, caches, cookies and then refresh website but does not work

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  • Can't play music on Chrome Browser. Try to delete history, caches, cookies and then refresh website but does not work
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API 403: Player command failed: Premium required

Have used premium account credential in spotify web api and used "Authorization code" flow to get access token. I can able to access profile detail by using the token but when trying to play the song by episode uri in this link "https://api.spotify.c...

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  • Have used premium account credential in spotify web api and used "Authorization code" flow to get access token. I can able to access profile detail by using the token but when trying to play the song...
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I can have data on artists who are female or LGBTQIA

I would like to have access to a filter so that I can have data on artists who are female or LGBTQIA from a certain genre of music.

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  • I would like to have access to a filter so that I can have data on artists who are female or LGBTQIA from a certain genre of music.
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Spotify embed previews in chrome/android, but full episodes in firefox

PlanPremium CountryBelgium DeviceChrome/Edge and Firefox Operating SystemWindows 11/Android My Question or IssueWhen embedding a Spotify podcast episode it will only show the first 30 seconds on android/chrome/edge. In firefox I can listen to the ful...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Belgium   Device Chrome/Edge and Firefox   Operating System Windows 11/Android   My Question or Issue When embedding a Spotify podcast episode ...
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Solved!! Get Available devices, getting no devices.

PlanFreeCountryIndia DeviceWeb APIOperating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueUsing the Spotify Java API (https://github.com/spotify-web-api-java/spotify-web-api-java/), I am not able to get the list of devices. Its showing the following exception: se....

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  •   Plan Free Country India  Device Web API Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue Using the Spotify Java API (https://github.com/spotify-web-api-java/spotify-web-api-j...
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Issue with pagination in "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint

PlanFreeCountryGreeceOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. When I try to make a request using the parameter "include_groups" either...

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  • Plan Free Country Greece Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. ...
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Providing Client Credentials' Access Token to Mobile App

I am building an mobile app that will allow users to search for songs on Spotify. Since I won't require the user to have a Spotify account, I'll need to use Client Credentials on a server. Is it appropriate to return the generated access token to the...

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  • I am building an mobile app that will allow users to search for songs on Spotify. Since I won't require the user to have a Spotify account, I'll need to use Client Credentials on a server.   I...
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Clarification Regarding Academic Project on Database Practice

Hello everyone, I hope this email finds you well. I have thoroughly reviewed the guidelines and would like to seek direct feedback on a specific concern. As a web development student with a passion for Spotify, I have undertaken a project to "reprodu...

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  •   Hello everyone,   I hope this email finds you well. I have thoroughly reviewed the guidelines and would like to seek direct feedback on a specific concern.   As a web developmen...
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unable to refresh token PKCE flow, no error message

My Question or IssueHey people, i am currently developing a react native app using supabase. I am able to sign in using the pkce flow, but i am now stuck at refreshing the spotify token. I am receiving an error response but sadly without any further ...

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  • My Question or Issue Hey people,    i am currently developing a react native app using supabase. I am able to sign in using the pkce flow, but i am now stuck at refreshing the spotify to...
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New Videofunction

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe new video function is really cool, but I have to enable the video for each new song that I play. It would be great if I could enable it once and have it stay act...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The new video function is really cool, but I have to enable the video for each ne...
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Solved!! Voice-Controlled Music App: Policy Check

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAnyDeviceiPhone, Android phoneOperating SystemiOS, Android My Question or IssueHi Spotify,Our team is interested in developing an application that would enable users to speak through a Bluetooth microphone to play specified son...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Any Device iPhone, Android phone Operating System iOS, Android   My Question or Issue Hi Spotify, Our team is interested in developing an application that wo...
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Solved!! Get Playlists not returning the correct status in "public" field

PlanNot relevant, happens in both free/premium DeviceNot relevant; not device related. Operating SystemNot relevant; not OS related. My Question or IssueCurrently the Get Playlists and Get Current User's Playlists endpoints are not working properly w...

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  • ...he Get Playlists and Get Current User's Playlists endpoints are not working properly when it comes to sending the correct information in the "public" field. Regardless of the playlists current s...
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Different results between web app and API

When I search "Pour les hommes" which is the french name of "You're welcome" of Moana, I get different results depending of the scenaria.If I search when logged in the application, I get different results than if I do the request anonymously of with ...

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  • When I search "Pour les hommes" which is the french name of "You're welcome" of Moana, I get different results depending of the scenaria. If I search when logged in the application, I get different ...
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Solved!! Listening Activity question

If I turn off “show listening activity” for myself, can I still see others’ listening activities? Thanks

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  • If I turn off “show listening activity” for myself, can I still see others’ listening activities?   Thanks
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Spotify Taking Down Public View of Playlists. Customer Service No Help

My patience has officially run out. I share a lot of my playlists so a lot of people use them and follow them but the thing is every SINGLE day 1-4 of my playlists are deleted to the point no one can access them anymore except me.I contacted Spotify ...

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  • ...ncountered a similar situation with public playlists disappearing and resolved their own complication?  And to add, the playlists are made “Public” and “Add to Profile
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legal right to use music

Hey, does usage of the API also inlcude the legal rights to use the music or is it merely the technical solution of providing the music?

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  • Hey,  does usage of the API also inlcude the legal rights to use the music or is it merely the technical solution of providing the music?   
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Solved!! How can I get full song from Spotify using Web API or iOS SDK?

Hi all, I am developing a custom player mobile app, it will play songs from Spotify, but I can only get preview_url which provide 30s of the song.Is it possible to get full song of Spotify using Web API or iOS SDK? Thank you so much.

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  • Hi all, I am developing a custom player mobile app, it will play songs from Spotify, but I can only get preview_url which provide 30s of the song. Is it possible to get full song of Spotify using We...
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