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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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Solved!! Getting HTTP 403 for Web API requests for specific user

PlanPremiumDeviceWeb API My Question or IssueI am developing an application for Spotify, and a few users are connected. Everything worked fine until a certain moment (and still works fine for all users except one). However, one user (well, technicall...

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Plan Premium Device Web API   My Question or Issue I am developing an application for Spotify, and a few users are connected. Everything worked fine until a certain moment (and still works...

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[Developers] Verification email to create app not sent

PlanPremiumCountryFranceOperating SystemWindows 10/11 My Question or IssueTrying to create my first app with WebAPI, I'm asked first to verify my email in my dashboard. Clicking on Verify button displays a popup "We have sent you an email ..." but no...

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Plan Premium Country France Operating System Windows 10/11   My Question or Issue Trying to create my first app with WebAPI, I'm asked first to verify my email in my dashboard. Clicking ...

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add to playlist bar

Desktop application on Windows 11 Here is the issue, I apparently clicked right at the center of vertical axis, and when I tried to add a song to my playlist, bar that is showing up after hovering on "add to playlist", went crazy. It was showing up, ...

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Desktop application on Windows 11   Here is the issue, I apparently clicked right at the center of vertical axis, and when I tried to add a song to my playlist, bar that is showing up after ho...

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Research Question

I am a researcher at a university in the US. I am interested in the impacts of music on exercise and movement. I wanted to reach out to discuss Spotify's ability to accommodate my research team if we were to use the Spotify platform to conduct our wo...

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I am a researcher at a university in the US. I am interested in the impacts of music on exercise and movement. I wanted to reach out to discuss Spotify's ability to accommodate my research team if we...

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Persisting previous added_at property when re-adding tracks to a playlist

*Using Web API*I'm trying to sort playlist tracks by date added. I'm only trying to sort playlists owned by the user. Things I have tried:1. Clearing playlist tracks with 'Update Playlist Items' passed an empty uris array and then re-adding them with...

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*Using Web API* I'm trying to sort playlist tracks by date added. I'm only trying to sort playlists owned by the user. Things I have tried: 1. Clearing playlist tracks with 'Update Playlist Ite...

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Why is my Spotify playlist rearranging itself randomly?

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...

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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...

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"Waking Up" a Spotify Connect Speaker

PlanPremiumDeviceSpotify Connect Speaker (through SpotifyFHEM on FHEM Home Automation System)Operating System(Raspberry on Bookworm)My Question or IssueHello everyone!I have the following issue / question: I have a Spotify Connect Speaker and I want ...

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Plan Premium Device Spotify Connect Speaker (through SpotifyFHEM on FHEM Home Automation System) Operating System (Raspberry on Bookworm) My Question or Issue Hello everyone! I have the follo...

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How can I use a Spotify playlist analyzer to better understand my music preferences

A Spotify playlist analyzer helps break down your playlist by providing insights into the genres, moods, and even the energy of the songs you listen to. By analyzing your playlist, you can discover patterns in your music preferences, and it may sugge...

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A Spotify playlist analyzer helps break down your playlist by providing insights into the genres, moods, and even the energy of the songs you listen to. By analyzing your playlist, you can discover p...

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Solved!! Private user auth access for backend services

Hi, I'm writing a backend Python service (using Spotipy) which will receive HTTP requests and post things, etc, and it will be deployed in a docker container in a server somewhere off my machine. It needs access to certain scopes that require auth i....

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Hi,   I'm writing a backend Python service (using Spotipy) which will receive HTTP requests and post things, etc, and it will be deployed in a docker container in a server somewhere off my mac...

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Why Does My Spotify Algorithm Suddenly Feel Off?

Lately, my Spotify recommendations have been way off. I usually get a great mix of indie rock and alternative pop, but now it's throwing random genres at me like EDM and country. I haven't changed my listening habits, so I'm not sure what's causing t...

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Lately, my Spotify recommendations have been way off. I usually get a great mix of indie rock and alternative pop, but now it's throwing random genres at me like EDM and country. I haven't changed my...

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Spotify Web API taking forever to respond

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...

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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...

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GTM Spotify tag accessibility issue

I am conducting a WCAG check of our site, which we are failing due to an issue with the GTM Spotify tag. The particular issue is around adding aria-hidden="true" attribute to the Spotify iframe. This way you tell screenreaders this is not a content e...

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I am conducting a WCAG check of our site, which we are failing due to an issue with the GTM Spotify tag. The particular issue is around adding aria-hidden="true" attribute to the Spoti...

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Delay in Spotify API Data Availability for New Releases

Hi everyone,I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any insights or solutions.I have a cron job set up to search for new song releases precisely at midnight.However, I’ve noticed that while new releases become visible on S...

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Hi everyone, I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any insights or solutions. I have a cron job set up to search for new song releases precisely at midnight. ...

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Is there a request limit (not rate limit) for the API ?

I have a list of 15,000+ track names and I am attempting to retrieve trackids for each one through the Spotify API. I keep running into the same issue of the API freezing when it reaches a certain amount - in this case right around 2500 requests. I'v...

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I have a list of 15,000+ track names and I am attempting to retrieve trackids for each one through the Spotify API. I keep running into the same issue of the API freezing when it reaches a certain am...

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Superuser Contribution The Spotify authorization screen only opens in the browser and not in the app.

I'm using the Spotify Web API and have configured the Authorization Code Flow correctly according to the documentation. However, when the user clicks the link in my app, the authorization screen opens in the browser instead of launching the Spotify a...

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I'm using the Spotify Web API and have configured the Authorization Code Flow correctly according to the documentation. However, when the user clicks the link in my app, the authorization screen open...

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Solved!! Spotify contact for academic researcher

Hello, I am an academic researcher and would like your help with my research query. In my research, I am using Spotify community data which are posts and comments in the spotify community. Can anyone tell me whom I can contact at spotify to get appro...

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Hello, I am an academic researcher and would like your help with my research query. In my research, I am using Spotify community data which are posts and comments in the spotify community. Can anyo...

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Not getting most recently most tracks through /v1/me/player/recently-played

I'm observing that my API client is intermittently not receiving the list of latest recently played tracks through the following endpoint:https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-playedI'm observing however that services such as Last.fm seem to ...

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I'm observing that my API client is intermittently not receiving the list of latest recently played tracks through the following endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played I'm o...

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Dev (or 3rd party) apps not authenticating via API

PlanPremium/PremiumDuoCountryUSA/CANADADeviceComputers(many)Operating SystemLinux(many distros) My Question or IssueAuth thru API fails with dev apps (my own) and 3rd party apps

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Plan Premium/PremiumDuo Country USA/CANADA Device Computers(many) Operating System Linux(many distros)   My Question or Issue Auth thru API fails with dev apps (my own) and 3rd party a...

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Getting several tracks audio features returning error 429

Hello, I'm working on a web app, I code in Python and using Spotipy. I want to build a large datasets for my saved tracks that retrieves different track features. For that I'm using the audio_features as well. When going through my code line, it retu...

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Hello,  I'm working on a web app, I code in Python and using Spotipy. I want to build a large datasets for my saved tracks that retrieves different track features. For that I'm using the audi...

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[AAOS] Deeplinking on Android Automotive not working

DeviceAndroid (1024p landscape) API 32 EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid Automotive 12L Sv2 My Question or Issue Hello, I am implementing the Spotify API on an Android Automotive application and am currently trying to deeplink to the native Android aut...

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Device Android (1024p landscape) API 32 Emulator Operating System Android Automotive 12L Sv2   My Question or Issue   Hello,   I am implementing the Spotify API on an Android ...

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