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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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keithhubner

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Superuser Contribution Preview URLs Deprecated?

Hey I am working on an app to auto-create Instagram posts for artists on Spotify with the idea that you'd direct them to your Spotify profile. I was going to use preview urls to let a user preview what their ad looks like but seems it's deprecated an...

Casual Listener

Hey I am working on an app to auto-create Instagram posts for artists on Spotify with the idea that you'd direct them to your Spotify profile.  I was going to use preview urls to let a user prev...

kliad

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Spotify API redirect issue on Safari

Hi all, I’ve built an app using the Spotify API’s Authorization Code Flow. The app works on Firefox, Chrome, and Brave. However, I’m encountering an issue on Safari. After I have successfully logged in to Spotify, instead of being redirected back to ...

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Hi all,   I’ve built an app using the Spotify API’s Authorization Code Flow. The app works on Firefox, Chrome, and Brave. However, I’m encountering an issue on Safari.   After I have su...

luis6674

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Spotify API delayed

Hello i have an application using Spotify's API and since 11 / 6 / 25 around 3 PM the history of played songs of a user is delayed for more than 90 Minutes. If i try to view the data of recently played songs in the Web App it is fine but when i try t...

Casual Listener

Hello i have an application using Spotify's API and since 11 / 6 / 25 around 3 PM the history of played songs of a user is delayed for more than 90 Minutes. If i try to view the data of recently play...

Substitut

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Spotify doesn't provide Exo-player compatible playable Stream URI (direct playable Spotify uri) ?

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAndroid DevicesOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issuewe are trying to integrate Spotify Web APIs (Rest APIs) into our Android application. we are using Exo-player in our app for playback. we are using "client-credentia...

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Plan Free Country India Device Android Devices Operating System Android   My Question or Issue we are trying to integrate Spotify Web APIs (Rest APIs) into our Android application. we ...

Ximzend

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API Access
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Spotify APIs
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Web API 502 error on /me/player/play for a short period after track end

I am currently building a web application that uses the spotify web API and the web playback SDK. Part of this application is a frontend-side playlist (not spotify playlists). For this I react on 'player_state_changed' events to play the next track i...

Visitor

I am currently building a web application that uses the spotify web API and the web playback SDK. Part of this application is a frontend-side playlist (not spotify playlists). For this I react on 'pl...

gwenolechenouard

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Request to access extended mode for academic purposes

PlanPremiumCountryChile My Question or IssueHello, I am a sociologist from Chile with interests in researching topics around music, streaming, and new technologies. I want to request extended access to specifically extract audio features from differe...

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Plan Premium Country Chile     My Question or Issue Hello, I am a sociologist from Chile with interests in researching topics around music, streaming, and new technologies. I want to...

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Superuser Contribution Extended Quota Mode

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuehttps://x.com/menemgxR4mN2KQc/status/1925732135811391708This is an app I have been developing...

Newbie

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 https:/...

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Feature Request
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Web API "played_at" field is incorrect

Hello - we have an application that uses your Web API, and we started seeing an issue with the /v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint a few days ago.Specifically, the "played_at" field is now incorrect for listening activity, which also affects query...

Newbie

Hello - we have an application that uses your Web API, and we started seeing an issue with the /v1/me/player/recently-played endpoint a few days ago. Specifically, the "played_at" field is now inc...

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Unable to Create New App – "Something went wrong" Error for 2 Days

Hi, For the past two days, I’ve been unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard.Every time I try, I receive the following error message: "Something went wrong, we were not able to create your app. Please try again later."I’ve tried...

Casual Listener

Hi, For the past two days, I’ve been unable to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard. Every time I try, I receive the following error message: "Something went wrong, we were not able...

Marita67

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Possible Bug
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Block video cdn

Hello, I'm using a filtering DNS to block some domain on my child's phone.I want to block also video on Spotify and I try to identify domain of CDN linked to video streaming.Where can I find a list of domains used by purpose?Like image-cdn-ak.spotify...

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Hello,  I'm using a filtering DNS to block some domain on my child's phone. I want to block also video on Spotify and I try to identify domain of CDN linked to video streaming. Where can I fi...

heinzgruber

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Solved!! Integrate spotify preview embed player

Hello!I want to build a social media app where people can the songs they listen to with their friends. At the moment the user would have to copy the song link from spotify and then insert it into my app. Then i would load the spotify embed preview pl...

Music Fan

Hello! I want to build a social media app where people can the songs they listen to with their friends. At the moment the user would have to copy the song link from spotify and then insert it into...

Elias29

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Developer Terms of Service
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Get User's Top Tracks (short_term) returning empty results

Hey all — wondering if anyone else is seeing issues with the Get User's Top Artists endpoint when using the short_term time range? For context, we're using the /me/top/tracks endpoint with time_range=short_term, and while it was previously returning ...

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 Hey all — wondering if anyone else is seeing issues with the Get User's Top Artists endpoint when using the short_term time range?   For context, we're using the /me/top/tracks endpoint ...

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Help Needed: Spotify Device Not Available When App or Tab Is Closed

Hi everyone,We are a home and hotel automation company. We’ve recently introduced a feature where users can control their room ambiance using predefined scenes such as "Party Scene", "Morning Scene", and so on. When a user activates a scene like "Par...

Newbie

Hi everyone, We are a home and hotel automation company. We’ve recently introduced a feature where users can control their room ambiance using predefined scenes such as "Party Scene", "Morning Scene...

Ximzend

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Help
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adding playback equalizer you can save for different devices

PlanPremiumDeviceall devices Operating Systemall OS'sMy Question or IssueI advised this before with no such luck, but can we think about adding an equalizer 1, 2, 3, etc. Having different equalizer settings that can be saved for different devices/or ...

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Plan Premium Device all devices  Operating System all OS's My Question or Issue I advised this before with no such luck, but can we think about adding an equalizer 1, 2, 3, etc. Having di...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Feature Request
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About Extension Requests

Expansion quotas have been restricted since May 15, but do we always have to have more than 250,000 MAUs? I can't submit for review due to 250,000 people even though I meet the criteria perfectly otherwise. Is this such an evil change? The documentat...

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Expansion quotas have been restricted since May 15, but do we always have to have more than 250,000 MAUs?   I can't submit for review due to 250,000 people even though I meet the criteria perf...

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Spotify extension request
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authentication on android

Hi, My Question or IssueMy app is in react native however I am creating an expo module to use the android remote, but my issue is that my app isn't opening the auth flow, I thought it could be to do with passing in the wrong context but I'm not sure....

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Hi,   My Question or Issue My app is in react native however I am creating an expo module to use the android remote, but my issue is that my app isn't opening the auth flow, I thought it coul...

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Hard or impossible to search for dates

Using the API /search endpoint, I'm trying to find playlists with dates in their titles, like "2025-05-09" or "5/2/25". This works badly in general. The search breaks the query string up into individual numbers, and the results end up being dominated...

Spotify Legend

Using the API /search endpoint, I'm trying to find playlists with dates in their titles, like "2025-05-09" or "5/2/25". This works badly in general. The search breaks the query string up into individ...

glenn_mcdonald

Spotify Legend

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API Endpoint
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spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?

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the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?

John1123

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Spotify in Home Automation

Recent API changes have made it impossible for Home Assistant users to automate Spotify playback. This breaks smart home workflows and has removed functionality that worked for years. Please consider restoring the ability to start playback on known C...

Newbie

Recent API changes have made it impossible for Home Assistant users to automate Spotify playback. This breaks smart home workflows and has removed functionality that worked for years. Please consider...

thlucas

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API Access
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify API: retrieve Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCADeviceWindows Desktop Computer My Question or IssueHi,I'm using the Spotify developer web API, but I'm unable to find a way to retrieve the discover weekly and release radar playlists. I've tried using the console to "get cur...

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Plan Free/Premium Country CA Device Windows Desktop Computer   My Question or Issue Hi, I'm using the Spotify developer web API, but I'm unable to find a way to retrieve the discover ...

lukens

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