Type in your question below and we'll check to see what answers we can find...
Loading article...
Submitting...
If you couldn't find any answers in the previous step then we need to post your question in the community and wait for someone to respond. You'll be notified when that happens.
Simply add some detail to your question and refine the title if needed, choose the relevant category, then post.
Before we can post your question we need you to quickly make an account (or sign in if you already have one).
Don't worry - it's quick and painless! Just click below, and once you're logged in we'll bring you right back here and post your question. We'll remember what you've already typed in so you won't have to do it again.
Please see below the most popular frequently asked questions.
Loading article...
Loading faqs...
Please see below the current ongoing issues which are under investigation.
Loading issue...
Loading ongoing issues...
Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
unique problem with spotify phone app on androidso im disabled and i control my phone with screen sharing ( smart life, ac, ect ).they all work fine, but when i try to open spotify, it doesn't work. screen goes black.when i open the app, i can see it...
unique problem with spotify phone app on android so im disabled and i control my phone with screen sharing ( smart life, ac, ect ). they all work fine, but when i try to open spotify, it doesn't wo...
202 Views
0 replies
0 likes
As of today 09.28.2024 the sleep timer is missing not only from Android but also the web browser and IOS. There have been suggestions about uninstalling and reinstalling the app which I have done but the timer is still missing. It was an amazing and ...
As of today 09.28.2024 the sleep timer is missing not only from Android but also the web browser and IOS. There have been suggestions about uninstalling and reinstalling the app which I have done but...
Casual Listener
1593 Views
2 replies
0 likes
The Track Web API provides a lot of useful information and more can even be retrieved from the Get Audio Analysis endpoint. A track additionally has a lot of metadata flags such as the explicit flag but there is no language attribute on the track obj...
The Track Web API provides a lot of useful information and more can even be retrieved from the Get Audio Analysis endpoint. A track additionally has a lot of metadata flags such as the explicit flag ...
Newbie
4592 Views
9 replies
13 likes
PlanFreeCountryHungaryDeviceiPhone 15 Pro MaxOperating SystemiOS 17.6.1 My Question or IssueSo I had all my mp3 files in the Spotify Local Files Folder (which was really a lot of files), there was a bug that annoyed me thinking by re-downloading the ...
Plan Free Country Hungary Device iPhone 15 Pro Max Operating System iOS 17.6.1 My Question or Issue So I had all my mp3 files in the Spotify Local Files Folder (which was really a lo...
318 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Has anyone else noticed their Spotify playlists reshuffling themselves? I've organized my songs in a specific order, but lately, it seems like Spotify is randomly changing the sequence. It's really frustrating when I want to listen to my tracks in th...
Has anyone else noticed their Spotify playlists reshuffling themselves? I've organized my songs in a specific order, but lately, it seems like Spotify is randomly changing the sequence. It's really f...
Casual Listener
616 Views
1 replies
0 likes
just recover my account ok
just recover my account ok
Spotify Star
954 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanFreeCountryJapanMy Question or IssueHi, I have a legal question and Spotify support told me to ask here.I am a staff working at a TV station. I want to use the Track Features and Analysis data I GET from the Spotify Web API as a reference for cas...
Plan Free Country Japan My Question or Issue Hi, I have a legal question and Spotify support told me to ask here. I am a staff working at a TV station. I want to use the Track Features and Anal...
Casual Listener
794 Views
2 replies
0 likes
Can someone shed some light on why and when the audio features from the API were banned from being used for Machine Learning or any algorithms in general? I'm curious because there are a lot of papers that have used them for that, but maybe the ban i...
Can someone shed some light on why and when the audio features from the API were banned from being used for Machine Learning or any algorithms in general? I'm curious because there are a lot of paper...
Spotify Star
556 Views
1 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUS I have a few interview questions I'd like to ask for an essay I am writing in school about how Spotify's AI is providing our generation a more personalized connection to music than ever before, and if a developer could please ans...
Plan Premium Country US I have a few interview questions I'd like to ask for an essay I am writing in school about how Spotify's AI is providing our generation a more personalized...
Casual Listener
580 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Free/Premium: PremiumCountry: USA DeviceFireTv and all of my other tv’s are also operating through Firesticks Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueDoes not happen when I listen connect my iphone or laptop to my ...
Free/Premium: Premium Country: USA Device FireTv and all of my other tv’s are also operating through Firesticks Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc....
Visitor
724 Views
2 replies
1 likes
The endpointhttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recommendationsincludes results of "hidden" artists of user that token was used to make API callis there way through API to filtter this out or get rid of?
The endpoint https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recommendations includes results of "hidden" artists of user that token was used to make API call is there way throug...
Casual Listener
599 Views
4 replies
0 likes
Hello there,I see that your iframe causes a CLS, which counts on CLS for the domain where is embedded. Details are in the attachment. url: https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4AXYDG2kzQS2tocSYHlVRlPlease try to prevent CLS, it's bad for the user exp...
Hello there, I see that your iframe causes a CLS, which counts on CLS for the domain where is embedded. Details are in the attachment. url: https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4AXYDG2kzQ...
305 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Im querying my currently playing song and if it is a local file, the track_number being returned is always 0. Is this a bug?? Response: { "timestamp": 1727773331051, "context": null, "progress_ms": 26363, "item": { "album": { "album_type": null, "art...
Im querying my currently playing song and if it is a local file, the track_number being returned is always 0. Is this a bug?? Response: { "timestam...
285 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Hi everyone. I thought it would be a fun project to make a website for my friends birthday and a feature I added in is artist/genre/track evaluation from spotify. Everything works locally but when I deployed to Render.com (https://robify.onrender.com...
Hi everyone. I thought it would be a fun project to make a website for my friends birthday and a feature I added in is artist/genre/track evaluation from spotify. Everything works locally but when I...
Casual Listener
1009 Views
5 replies
0 likes
Hi,Could you please provide information on the models Spotify uses to extract track features? I'm aware of similar models like Essentia (https://essentia.upf.edu/models.html). Are the models used by Spotify for track feature extraction publicly avail...
Hi, Could you please provide information on the models Spotify uses to extract track features? I'm aware of similar models like Essentia (https://essentia.upf.edu/models.html). Are the models used b...
Casual Listener
402 Views
1 replies
0 likes
TL;DRGetShowEpisodes is often returning the wrong Episode.resume_point.fully_played value; GetEpisode is working as expected. My Question or IssueI use Spotify API to generate an specifically ordered list of Podcast episodes each day. I noticed as of...
TL;DR GetShowEpisodes is often returning the wrong Episode.resume_point.fully_played value; GetEpisode is working as expected. My Question or Issue I use Spotify API to...
Regular
1025 Views
5 replies
0 likes
Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the Spotify API approval process. We get it, the approval team's...
Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the ...
Casual Listener
2280 Views
10 replies
6 likes
Hi there, To expand on my subject line, I'm wondering if my particular use case may be seen as a violation of the AI/ML clause, with respect to the ingestion of data. As such, my process flow involves generating a list of recommendations using parame...
Hi there, To expand on my subject line, I'm wondering if my particular use case may be seen as a violation of the AI/ML clause, with respect to the ingestion of data. &...
239 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Hi! I am looking to build a player as a hobby project that would not be too different from the actual Spotify's web player, but for real-time knowledge about the playback state I would need to poll the GET Playback State endpoint quite often. Will my...
Hi! I am looking to build a player as a hobby project that would not be too different from the actual Spotify's web player, but for real-time knowledge about the playback state I would need to poll t...
258 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Hi everyone,I just recently started using Spotify API for a personal project in Python, and I've run into an issue that I think might be related to rate limiting. The API has suddenly stopped responding, and the requests are taking forever to complet...
Hi everyone, I just recently started using Spotify API for a personal project in Python, and I've run into an issue that I think might be related to rate limiting. The API has suddenly stop...
Casual Listener
1265 Views
4 replies
1 likes
