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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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Creating an app allowing to easily add songs as a party guest

Hi! tl;dr: Imagine a party. Typically, the host of the party is creating a playlist beforehand or a party guest can add their song wishes by using the party hosts device, where the Spotify app is installed on (e.g. laptop, smartphone). It would be mu...

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  • ...ther devices that we approve in writing from time to time." does not include server hardware.   Furthermore, my idea was to make the source code of my application available to the public, s...
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Solved!! Secure account

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  
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Songkick Spotify API oAuth scopes disabled without reason!!

Hi,I am an engineer working at Songkick. For the last couple of weeks we were going through a regular Data Review with Spotify regarding the use of the API by Songkick.comOut of nowhere and for reasons unknown to us, ALL our oAuth Scopes for Spotify ...

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  • Hi, I am an engineer  working at Songkick. For the last couple of weeks we were going through a regular Data Review with Spotify regarding the use of the API by Songkick.com Out of nowhere...
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Is it possible to have Spotify for artists APIs?

I have 2 needs related to the link between a Spotify User and a Spotify Artist.I want to allow my users to copy paste their profile link (i.e. open.spotify.com/user/theirId) and still be able to fetch the artist profile link associated to their accou...

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  • ...e to get their artist link or their public tracks Will this ever be available?
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Allowed to use it for on-hold music?

I've read the various Spotify terms and conditions docs, but it's not entirely clear whether our use case is permitted. We have a telehealth app, and we want a patient to be able to select songs or playlists we provide via Spotify while they're waiti...

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  • I've read the various Spotify terms and conditions docs, but it's not entirely clear whether our use case is permitted. We have a telehealth app, and we want a patient to be able to select songs or p...
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App review

Is it possbile to fasten the process of the app review? I have a school project and need users to register this asap I got 403 error as it users need to be added explicitly on my dashboard

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  • Is it possbile to fasten the process of the app review?  I have a school project and need users to register this asap I got 403 error as it users need to be added explicitly on my dashboard &nb...
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Is using this library a no-no and will my account get banned if i use it?

Hi, I am curious about an open source library on Github called CSpot. It appears to run on multiple platforms (even the PS-Vita from a fork) But i don't see any spotify library it is using. There is a company that is currently trying to sell a produc...

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  • Hi, I am curious about an open source library on Github called CSpot.  It appears to run on multiple platforms (even the PS-Vita from a fork)  But i don't see any spotify library it is ...
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Improvement idea

PlanPremiumCountry (any) Device(any)Operating System(any) My Question or IssueHello!I really like your service you do.I like to hear my favorite songs. My problem is that I don't like all the songs that much. I really wish I could set how much I like...

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  • Plan Premium Country (any)   Device (any) Operating System (any)   My Question or Issue Hello! I really like your service you do. I like to hear my favorite songs. My proble...
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Get Recommendations Endpoint Filters Request

I have a couple of use cases that aren't currently covered by the existing props and filters you can send to the get recommendations endpoint, so I figured I'd make a requestFilter by release date: if a user wants to listen to current music that soun...

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  • I have a couple of use cases that aren't currently covered by the existing props and filters you can send to the get recommendations endpoint, so I figured I'd make a request Filter by release date:...
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Refresh token works only once.

I have created a function that generates a refresh token with the scope "streaming". When I use it once to generate a new access token it works perfectly fine and I'm returned a dictionary with the keys: [access_token, token_type, expires_in, refesh_...

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  • I have created a function that generates a refresh token with the scope "streaming". When I use it once to generate a new access token it works perfectly fine and I'm returned a dictionary with the k...
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Solved!! Insufficient Client Scope after Refresh Token

Hi All, I am trying to build an embedded application that will simply add the current song playing to a specified playlist [playlist_id]. The issue that I'm running in is that when I follow the guide on generating Authentication tokens, I'm getting "...

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  • ...mp;scopes=playlist-read-private%20playlist-read-collaborative%20playlist-modify-private%20playlist-modify-public%20user-read-curently-playing&response_type=code&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2...
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Get User's Top Items(time_range = 'long_term') data is wrong

Hello! Some months ago, I started to notice that the Spotify API had the wrong artists, when fetching for the "All the Time" option. I never really confirmed it, but some days ago I asked for the "Extended streaming history" of my account to see the ...

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  • Hello!   Some months ago, I started to notice that the Spotify API had the wrong artists, when fetching for the "All the Time" option. I never really confirmed it, but some days ago I asked fo...
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Vorschlag

Hallo ich hätte einen Vorschlag für die App, unzwar das Premium Benutzer einen animierten GIF als Profilbild verwenden können, wäre echt cool. LG

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  • Hallo ich hätte einen Vorschlag für die App, unzwar das Premium Benutzer einen animierten GIF als Profilbild verwenden können, wäre echt cool. LG
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Spotify embed iframe does not work properly on webpage

Hello everyone, I have issues on Spotify embed iframes on my webpage https://www.cycloergosum.com/cyclo-ergo-sum-podcast-stagione-1-2022 The play button does not produce any effect on desktop. On mobile it works. Could comeone help? Thanks

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  • Hello everyone, I have issues on Spotify embed iframes on my webpage   https://www.cycloergosum.com/cyclo-ergo-sum-podcast-stagione-1-2022   The play button does not produce any effec...
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Artists monthly listeners statistics

My QuestionHi there!I have been looking for API information to see an artist's monthly listenersI know this information can be found in a Spotify for artists profile, but I can't find a documented API to get it. Does anybody know how to do that? Mayb...

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  • My Question Hi there! I have been looking for API information to see an artist's monthly listeners I know this information can be found in a Spotify for artists profile, but I can't find a documen...
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[Developer] Artists monthly Listeners For a Given Month

On the developer api, if there was an endpoint like:'artists/{artist_id}/monthly-listeners/{year}/{month}'Where you could retrieve how many listeners an artist had that month.It would open room for so many educational analysis on what could've impact...

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  • On the developer api, if there was an endpoint like: 'artists/{artist_id}/monthly-listeners/{year}/{month}' Where you could retrieve how many listeners an artist had that month. It would open room...
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Monthly listeners API endpoint

PlanFreeCountryItalyDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueCollecting these info in attached picture is crucial for me and it would be amazing having an API endpoint! In the last few days I read about lot of people asking for it ...

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  •   Plan Free Country Italy Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Collecting these info in attached picture is crucial for me and it would be amazing ha...
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Stream Count for Songs

The public API doesn't have this feature. Is there a private paid version of Spotify API to gain this access? How do applications like Songstats (https://songstats.com/) are gaining access to it from Spotify?

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  • The public API doesn't have this feature. Is there a private paid version of Spotify API to gain this access?    How do applications like Songstats (https://songstats.com/) are g...
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Songs Play count

Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue :Is there's a way we can get the information from developers API regarding how many times a particular track has been played. Basically play count information of a track. Kindly reply if anyone has any...

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  • Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue : Is there's a way we can get the information from developers API regarding how many times a particular track has been played. Basica...
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Track amount of all-time plays endpoint for web API

Hi there I'm wondering why the amount of all-time plays for a track, has not been included as an endpoint in the web API? It has been public within the desktop and mobile apps for as long as I can remember, so why not for developers? I looked under t...

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  • Hi there   I'm wondering why the amount of all-time plays for a track, has not been included as an endpoint in the web API? It has been public within the desktop and mobile apps for as long a...
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