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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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cbrooks999

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is there room in the band?

PlanStudent/PremiumCountryBrazil My Question or Issue Hello everyone! I'm a Computer Science student and out of curiosity, what are the instructions for joining Spotify as an intern or junior?

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Plan Student/Premium Country Brazil   My Question or Issue   Hello everyone!   I'm a Computer Science student and out of curiosity, what are the instructions for joining Spoti...

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Reviewer did not update app when re-reviewing quota extension

I have submitted 2 quote extension requests now and the first one was denied after a month and there were indeed some changes we needed to make. We submitted again with a new version of the app and another month later we were denied for the exact sam...

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I have submitted 2 quote extension requests now and the first one was denied after a month and there were indeed some changes we needed to make. We submitted again with a new version of the app and a...

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Please help - Spotify for Developers dashboard problem.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUKDeviceMacBook AirOperating System14.3 My Question or IssueI am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ) as evidenced by the fact I can see it knows my top 5 tracks at the bottom of the page. ...

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  Plan Premium Family Country UK Device MacBook Air Operating System 14.3   My Question or Issue I am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ...

youturnskyw

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What apps are encouraged?

I have developed a Spotify application to help users rediscover old songs they used to love but no longer listen to. I am currently using the Web API and manual data collection to do this as the process requires data from some 'Made for You' playlist...

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I have developed a Spotify application to help users rediscover old songs they used to love but no longer listen to. I am currently using the Web API and manual data collection to do this as the proc...

Ximzend

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Solved!! Game development similar to Hitster.

Hello, I am in the process of developing a music-based interactive game, similar to Hitster, in which players will guess songs based on audio fragments and related clues. The game would utilize music tracks available on the Spotify platform.I would l...

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Hello, I am in the process of developing a music-based interactive game, similar to Hitster, in which players will guess songs based on audio fragments and related clues. The game would utilize music...

wialho

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Can I get an access token without creating an app.I am trying to use it for my project but I dot pla

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  

Ximzend

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client credential flow question

Hey all,I just got started with Spotify API and was building a little fun project for me and my friends.Now lets say im using client credential flow.It creates an access token and then uses that to pick up a random song from our favourite artists.Aft...

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Hey all, I just got started with Spotify API and was building a little fun project for me and my friends. Now lets say im using client credential flow. It creates an access token and then uses t...

pentin

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Get Featured Playlists - missing discover weekly

You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives. The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox community alive, told me that you have not given us any option to get thes...

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You have deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-featured-playlists without giving any alternatives.   The nice guys who kept the Squeezebox comm...

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Audio features in spotify API

i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?

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i am trying to fetch the audio features of my liked songs from spotify API, but seems the endpoint is deprecated. is there another way to go about this?  

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SpotifyR -Create Playlist

My Question or IssueHas anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated. Error in token$sign(req$method, req$url): attempt to apply non-functionRequest fail...

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  My Question or Issue Has anyone managed to create a playlist using the SpotifyR using R Studio? I keep getting the following error after the session has authenticated.   Error in toke...

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Superuser Contribution Apps no longer showing in Developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or IssueI’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode which no longer appear in my Developer dashboard. I’m not sure why this ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser   My Question or Issue I’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode ...

ThePodfather

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Superuser Contribution App architecture to avoid Spotify Web API rate penalizing

We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine.But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major concern is that our users will all be coming from diffe...

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We are developing an app with the Web API, and have a basic architecture problem. We do understand 429-RetryAfter-backoff. That part is fine. But even if we handle HTTP 429's correctly, our major ...

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How Can I Automate Playlist Customization in Spotify Using the Web API?

Hi Spotify Developer Community,I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API itself offers robust features, I’ve encountered some...

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Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m currently working on automating some tasks in Spotify, like organizing playlists by mood, genre, or activity preferences, using the Spotify Web API. While the API...

Developeris

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Solved!! Can't retrieve Spotify-based playlists

I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are in my Library, but the "real" SpotMyBackup does. I'...

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I'm working on a local copy of SpotMyBackup, since that project is no longer being supported. I've noticed that my local version (Development mode) is not retrieving Spotify-based playlists that are ...

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[AAOS]How to use Spotify SDK in Android Automotive App

Dear Spotify: I'm an Android developer, I'm working on an Android Automotive app.I want to integrate the Spotify SDK into my App instead of connecting to the Spotify App via Spotify-app-remote.Is there a Spotify SDK for Android Automotive can use wit...

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Dear Spotify:         I'm an Android developer, I'm working on an Android Automotive app.I want to integrate the Spotify SDK into my App instead of conne...

HabeebAhmed

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Bookmark Manager App for Android

PlanPremium Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueHi. I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs. It let's you create, edit and remove Bookmarks for an albums (I use it mostly for Audio Books) but works also for podcast e...

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Plan Premium   Operating System Android   My Question or Issue Hi.    I created a small free Bookmark Manager for Android called boomfs.  It let's you create, edit a...

Tomfried

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Getting sudden 429 errors on my project

My app which uses the '/me' and '/me/tracks' endpoints has suddenly started giving me 429 rate limit errors. My app was working fine until a few hours ago.Did I get rate limited?

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My app which uses the '/me' and '/me/tracks' endpoints has suddenly started giving me 429 rate limit errors. My app was working fine until a few hours ago. Did I get rate limited?

NickXitco

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Playlist cover updated via the API has a delay of hours before updating

Hello, Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API.Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our app. After a couple of hours, he checked and the new cover was upd...

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Hello,   Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API. Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our ap...

NickXitco

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How can I retrieve all playlists containing a specific song for a given user using the Spotify API?

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMicrosoft Windows LaptopOperating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueHere is an example of the output I'm trying to achieve. User A has the following songs and playlists:Songs: A, B, CPlaylists:Playlist 1: Song A, Song B...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device Microsoft Windows Laptop Operating System Win 11   My Question or Issue Here is an example of the output I'm trying to achieve. U...

NickXitco

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Feature Request
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