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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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Error code 500 when trying to retrieve a song from library

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueI am trying to simply retrieve a song from my libary using the API, but I am receiving an error code 500. import spotipy from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth scope = "user-l...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Desktop Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue I am trying to simply retrieve a song from my libary using the API, but I am receiving an error...
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Play DJ from Alexa

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceAlexa AutoOperating SystemIOS My Question or IssueLove that I can request Spotify songs, albums, artists, playlists from Alexa as I'm driving. Is there some way to launch the DJ via Alexa? Some "code word"? Thanks!Brian

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Alexa Auto Operating System IOS   My Question or Issue Love that I can request Spotify songs, albums, artists, playlists from Alexa as I'm driving.&nbsp...
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Issue with Web API: Can't figure out the reason why my "App Status" is "Disabled and blocked" .

PlanPremiumCountryFinlandDeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueMy webapp suddenly got blocked from accessing the Web API and I haven't been able to figure out how my app goes against the developer terms and conditions. I've ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Finland Device Desktop computer Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue My webapp suddenly got blocked from accessing the Web API and I haven't been able to ...
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Web API Reference "Get Token" button

Overnight the entire web API reference has changed, and every page has been overhauled... to show the exact same thing... but aesthetically pleasing... so where is the "Get Token" button that manually generates an OAuth token for you to use to test t...

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  • Overnight the entire web API reference has changed, and every page has been overhauled... to show the exact same thing... but aesthetically pleasing... so where is the "Get Token" button that manuall...
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`/oauth/authorize` inexplicably failing with "Oops! Something went wrong"

I figured out my problem, I'm just posting this in case it helps someone else. I'm not sure if it matters, but I am using the current version of the spotify-ruby gem, and will make this same report there, although I think there is something to learn ...

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  • I figured out my problem, I'm just posting this in case it helps someone else.   I'm not sure if it matters, but I am using the current version of the spotify-ruby gem, and will make this same...
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Broken link email verification

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDevicePC, mac and phone My Question or IssueTrying to activate email adress for creating a developer project, but the link is broken.Removed from url Dette nettstedet er ikke tilgjengeligDet kan hende at nettsiden på https://w...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device PC, mac and phone   My Question or Issue Trying to activate email adress for creating a developer project, but the link is broken. Removed from url &...
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How can I enable crossfade option for the web player?

PlanPremiumCountryKoreaDeviceChrome, DesktopOperating SystemWindow 10, Mac My Question or IssueHi Team, I bought a license and have been making an application for my own bar. But, I can't find related api for enabling the crossfade function for web p...

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  • Plan Premium Country Korea Device Chrome, Desktop Operating System Window 10, Mac   My Question or Issue Hi Team, I bought a license and have been making an application for my own bar....
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Android SDK - crossfading

Hi there I have noticed that there’s no ability to set or enable the crossfading in spotify android sdk. Wondering if a ticket can be open to add this feature? thanks

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  • Hi there  I have noticed that there’s no ability to set or enable the crossfading in spotify android sdk.  Wondering if a ticket can be open to add this feature?  thanks
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AI Spotify Policy in Apps such as PlaylistAI and Playlistable

Hi all, I've been looking for an easy way to create new playlists and better organize my Spotify account when I stumbled upon apps like PlaylistAI (https://www.playlistai.app/) and Playlistable (https://playlistable.io/) and was hoping to develop a s...

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  • Hi all,  I've been looking for an easy way to create new playlists and better organize my Spotify account when I stumbled upon apps like PlaylistAI (https://www.playlistai.app/) and Playlistabl...
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Spotify is randomly timing out my API requests?

I have made an app in python that needs to update a UI with currently playing song info around every second (I have a progress bar for the songs duration) but my requests are randomly timed out with spotify returning a 401. I use spotipy to interact ...

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  • I have made an app in python that needs to update a UI with currently playing song info around every second (I have a progress bar for the songs duration) but my requests are randomly timed out with ...
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How do I find the top 500 artists?

I'm trying to make a personal project using the Spotify API to help refresh myself on how to code. I'm trying to randomly choose an artist from the top 500 artists on the platform, but I can't find a way in the documentation to get that list. Does an...

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  • I'm trying to make a personal project using the Spotify API to help refresh myself on how to code. I'm trying to randomly choose an artist from the top 500 artists on the platform, but I can't find a...
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Optimizing API Calls to Avoid Rate Limits for Playlist Recommendations

Hello everyone, I am Japanese, so my English may be unnatural. I've been working on a project where I generate playlist recommendations based on specific playlists using the Spotify API. Recently, I've encountered an issue where my calls to `sp.playl...

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  • Hello everyone,   I am Japanese, so my English may be unnatural. I've been working on a project where I generate playlist recommendations based on specific playlists using the Spotify API. Rec...
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Android SDK Auth Window Not Showing up

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePixel 4a, Android EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI've been trying to use the Getting Started with Android SDK article from Spotify to set up Remote Playback in my React Native Android App. I a...

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  • ...onnectionParams, new Connector.ConnectionListener() { @Override public void onConnected(SpotifyAppRemote spotifyAppRemote) { mSpotifyAppRemote = s...
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Server methods hidden from Express.js server

Hello, I am trying to build an app to experiment with the API but I have ran into some problems.When I try to call methods like SpotifyWebApi.authorizationCodeGrant() or SpotifyWebApi.refreshAccessToken() I get unresolved functions error. Apparently ...

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  • Hello, I am trying to build an app to experiment with the API but I have ran into some problems. When I try to call methods like SpotifyWebApi.authorizationCodeGrant() or SpotifyWebApi.refreshAccess...
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Idea for an AI powered search engine

Hey Spotify people, I noticed myself looking for the perfect synthy playlist for focussing that would match my taste and the vibe I'm looking for. And than I thought to myself, wouldn't it be awesome if there was this feature you can prompt the kinda...

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  • Hey Spotify people,   I noticed myself looking for the perfect synthy playlist for focussing that would match my taste and the vibe I'm looking for. And than I thought to myself, wouldn't it b...
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Authorisation code for Tracks

Unable to get the Authorisation token for Get tracks.Please help me with steps.PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia

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  • Unable to get the Authorisation token for Get tracks. Please help me with steps. Plan Free/Premium Country India    
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Cannot download any new music no matter who I’m looking for says cannot load page

My Question or IssueI cannot download any new artists every time I try it says cannot load page doesn’t matter what artist I’m after it will not work. What is the problem? I know my account is up-to-date. My next payment is due in March.

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  •     My Question or Issue I cannot download any new artists every time I try it says cannot load page doesn’t matter what artist I’m after it will not work. What is the problem? I know my...
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Enhancing the Spotify track tags with my own tags

Hi everyone, I want to build an app which can recommend Spotify tracks based on the user's own library of music (could be a user's collection of .mp3). For this, I want to enhace the default tags for Spotify tracks with my own self-crafted tags (say,...

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  • Hi everyone,   I want to build an app which can recommend Spotify tracks based on the user's own library of music (could be a user's collection of .mp3). For this, I want to enhace the default...
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Spotify Integration with react native

Hello, I want to build a reels app like tiktok. The user can upload a video and choose a music from spotify api and the music will be played on the video when viewing the reel. I just want to know how to get started and I want an estimate cost for th...

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  • Hello, I want to build a reels app like tiktok. The user can upload a video and choose a music from spotify api and the music will be played on the video when viewing the reel. I just want to know ho...
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Time-Based Song Retrieval

This proposal suggests the implementation of a new feature in the Spotify API to retrieve liked songs based on a specified time range. The objective is to offer users a convenient way to access and manage their favorite songs from a particular period...

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  • This proposal suggests the implementation of a new feature in the Spotify API to retrieve liked songs based on a specified time range. The objective is to offer users a convenient way to access and m...
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