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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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bdev2026

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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...

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Receive Error When Copying Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhenever I attempted to get the links to share a certain playlist I get the following error: And if I hit show code it doesn't paste correctly into my Wordpress site:

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Whenever I attempted to get the links to share a certain playlist I get the following error: ...

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Crawl data using specified genre

Hi everyone, I’m facing a problem with my thesis. First, I want to cluster R&B songs based on their mood using valence and energy. However, when I conducted some research, I found that it’s possible to crawl or obtain track data using a specific keyw...

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Hi everyone, I’m facing a problem with my thesis. First, I want to cluster R&B songs based on their mood using valence and energy. However, when I conducted some research, I found that it’s possi...

Ximzend

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Depending on deprecated Audio Features API for my Thesis. Help!

Hi!I found out today that the Audio Features API has been discontinued. For the last 6 months (and for the next few months) I've been working on my master's degree thesis, which basically depends on the Audio Features API. Without it, I'm going to ha...

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Hi! I found out today that the Audio Features API has been discontinued.   For the last 6 months (and for the next few months) I've been working on my master's degree thesis, which basically ...

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Spotify API

My name is Hussein, and I’m part of Hack Club, a nonprofit that helps high school students learn to code by building real projects. Right now, we’re running a program where teens get Spotify Premium if they build an app using the Spotify API. It's be...

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My name is Hussein, and I’m part of Hack Club, a nonprofit that helps high school students learn to code by building real projects. Right now, we’re running a program where teens get Spotify Premium ...

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Request to be able to filter out "Various Artists" and other similar "Artists" records from search.

When searching for albums, tracks, and artists, there should be a way to ignore "Various Artists" and similar profiles. There should be a mode just for real artists, not groupings made by Spotify. An issue these "Various Artists" profiles cause is th...

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When searching for albums, tracks, and artists, there should be a way to ignore "Various Artists" and similar profiles. There should be a mode just for real artists, not groupings made by Spotify. An...

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New App to use API extend access

I am building an app which I would like to allow users to connect to their Spotify account with. At the moment I am using the 25 user invite only limit. While this is fine for testing, this doesn't allow me to open up the app publicly. When applying ...

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I am building an app which I would like to allow users to connect to their Spotify account with. At the moment I am using the 25 user invite only limit. While this is fine for testing, this doesn't a...

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Solved!! [Developer] Spotify Web API Preleases

CountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am trying to make a Web API call to get an album that is pre release and see how much time is remaining till release. However the usual albums endpoint doesn’t work. Is there an endpoi...

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Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am trying to make a Web API call to get an album that is pre release and see how much time is remaining till rel...

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Spotify community

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueCan yall make a communication app so we can communicate in the Spotify...

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Plan Free/Premium Country United States of America Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question...

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Google nest skipping podcast episodes

Plan: PremiumCountry: Taiwan Device: iPhone SE2 & Macbook M1 My Question or IssueThis issue has existed since last night. Whenever I try to cast my Spotify podcast to Google Mini, the podcast episode keeps skipping to the next 4-5 episodes. Also, Goo...

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Plan: Premium Country: Taiwan   Device: iPhone SE2 & Macbook M1    My Question or Issue This issue has existed since last night. Whenever I try to cast my Spotify podcast to ...

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Samsung Galaxy authorization

DeviceVarious models of Samsung Galaxy phones. Such as A53.Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI developed an Android application, using Kotlin. When Spotify is installed on the phone, the application will connect to it and show the track tha...

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Device Various models of Samsung Galaxy phones. Such as A53. Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I developed an Android application, using Kotlin. When Spotify is installed on ...

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Recommendations endpoint returning 404 for my app

Hi, I’m hitting a consistent 404 issue with the /v1/recommendations endpoint and would appreciate guidance. My app is set up with Authorization-Code flow; other endpoints (e.g., /v1/me and /v1/tracks/{id}) respond with 200 when I use the same bearer ...

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Hi,   I’m hitting a consistent 404 issue with the /v1/recommendations endpoint and would appreciate guidance.   My app is set up with Authorization-Code flow; other endpoints (e.g., /v1...

Ximzend

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Web API - Issues with Get Recently Played Tracks endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevice(Poco F1/M6 pro, macbook m1 pro)Operating System(Android, Mac os) My Question or Issue Hi All, I've been trying to use spotify's recently played web api endpoint to keep personal stats of songs and artists that I listen t...

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Plan Premium Country India Device (Poco F1/M6 pro, macbook m1 pro) Operating System (Android, Mac os)   My Question or Issue   Hi All, I've been trying to use spotify's recently ...

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Not receiving "external_ids.isrc" field in Get Album

The documentation states that ISRC will be sent as part of "external_ids", but I have yet to find an album where this is the case. Does Spotify just not have this data for most albums? Tracks seems to carry this data.

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The documentation states that ISRC will be sent as part of "external_ids", but I have yet to find an album where this is the case. Does Spotify just not have this data for most albums? Tracks seems t...

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Spotify api extension request disappeared

I was waiting for extension approval and suddenly the option is gone. I submitted the request before the MAU requirement changed. Anyone else dealing with this? I've spent considerable time and money developing an app that relies on the spotify api a...

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I was waiting for extension approval and suddenly the option is gone. I submitted the request before the MAU requirement changed. Anyone else dealing with this?   I've spent considerable time ...

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The quota expansion request page does not appear.

I applied for quota expansion in my previous application and my request was rejected. I want to make the required corrections and request quota again, but the quota expansion section is not visible. There is only the general application settings page...

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I applied for quota expansion in my previous application and my request was rejected. I want to make the required corrections and request quota again, but the quota expansion section is not visible. ...

IdahoDJ

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Extended Quota Mode
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Search API Returns Irrelevant Track on Limit=1

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceMac Mini M2Operating SystemmacOS 15.4.1 My Question or IssueI’ve been experimenting with the Spotify Web API (v1) and noticed something odd with the /search endpoint that I’m not sure how to explain. I’m wondering if a...

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Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device Mac Mini M2 Operating System macOS 15.4.1   My Question or Issue I’ve been experimenting with the Spotify Web API (v1) and noticed something odd wi...

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Illegal Scope after still getting Approved

I made a web application and recently it was approved for a quota extension. However, currently, there is an error message saying "Illegal Scope" whenever i try to authenticate a user via Spotify's OAuth. Am I doing wrong, it has been more than 2 day...

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I made a web application and recently it was approved for a quota extension.  However, currently, there is an error message saying "Illegal Scope" whenever i try to authenticate a user via Spoti...

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How to make app public?

PlanPremiumCountryPoland My Question or IssueI am done with making my app but now the question how to make accessible for everybody?

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Plan Premium Country Poland   My Question or Issue I am done with making my app but now the question how to make accessible for everybody?

Ximzend

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Spotify API is not reachable

PlanPremiumCountryCzech Republic My Question or IssueHello, I've been using Spotify API for some, but it stopped working suddenly. According to my investigation, my webhosting server cannot reach api.spotify.com and connection always times-out. DNS r...

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Plan Premium Country Czech Republic   My Question or Issue Hello,   I've been using Spotify API for some, but it stopped working suddenly. According to my investigation, my webhosti...

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currently-playing API return an EMPTY RESPONSE (204)

PlanPremiumCountryRomaniaDevicePC, Phone, CarOperating SystemAPI, iOS, Android, Windows 10 My Question or IssueThe API to get the currently-playing track responds with 204 code, and an empty response body even though songs are playing in the windows ...

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Plan Premium Country Romania Device PC, Phone, Car Operating System API, iOS, Android, Windows 10   My Question or Issue The API to get the currently-playing track responds with 204 co...

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