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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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Superuser Contribution Upstream Connect Error on Embeds

We are working on a group project that uses spotify embeds and the embeds are giving us upstream connection errors and not loading. I'm not sure how to fix this error or if this is related to an outage of some kind or not. We are kind of dependent on...

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We are working on a group project that uses spotify embeds and the embeds are giving us upstream connection errors and not loading. I'm not sure how to fix this error or if this is related to an outa...

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Will there be the option to add if the song has a music video to the API?

Hi guys,Now that Spotify has started adding music videos to songs I'm wondering if it will be made public to add this to the JSON object for the track. Maybe like a boolean or even an object to show if the track has a video an the data on it?Thanks,E...

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Hi guys, Now that Spotify has started adding music videos to songs I'm wondering if it will be made public to add this to the JSON object for the track. Maybe like a boolean or even an object to s...

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Beta Software Program - Spotify

I'm new at Developer mode - but I did request for apple's - Testflight app and asked for a code/reedemtion. I'm already a bluebubbles app developer - I know about API's and Tokens and JSons. Could someone help me get a direct invite or link to ask to...

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I'm new at Developer mode - but I did request for apple's - Testflight app and asked for a code/reedemtion.    I'm already a bluebubbles app developer - I know about API's and Tokens and ...

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How to estimate high/low energy segments in Spotify tracks without preview_url?

Helluuur! I'm working on a personal project that involves analyzing the energy of Spotify tracks and adapting playback accordingly.In many cases, the tracks lack a preview_url, which makes traditional audio analysis impossible. To work around this, I...

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Helluuur!   I'm working on a personal project that involves analyzing the energy of Spotify tracks and adapting playback accordingly. In many cases, the tracks lack a preview_url, which makes...

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Inquiry Regarding Integration of Spotify into a Multichannel Audio Player System

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHere are a few questions we’d like to clarify:Integration via Web Playback SDK:Is it possible...

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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 Here ar...

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Request to Maintain Access to Spotify API (User’s Top Artists Endpoint)

Hi Spotify team, We’re a small app development company with hundreds of active users, and we’ve integrated Spotify features to create a more personalized and engaging experience for them. One key part of that is the ability to fetch a user’s top arti...

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Hi Spotify team,   We’re a small app development company with hundreds of active users, and we’ve integrated Spotify features to create a more personalized and engaging experience for them. On...

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Search track by year range

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceWeb APIOperating SystemWeb API My Question or IssueCould you show an example of query for a track in a range of years? From the examples and the query form https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/search ...

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Plan Premium Country   Device Web API Operating System Web API   My Question or Issue Could you show an example of query for a track in a range of years? From the examples and the...

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WebAPI /me/top/tracks return 502 for a specific offset

I got 502 status code for /me/top/tracks when paging. I narrowed it down to a specific offset (1304) that is causing the error. i.e. This failedhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks?limit=1&offset=1304 But these succeededhttps://api.spotify.com/v1...

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I got 502 status code for /me/top/tracks when paging. I narrowed it down to a specific offset (1304) that is causing the error.   i.e. This failed https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks?lim...

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Missing API endpoints for prereleases

My Question or IssueIs there any way to retrieve prereleases via the API? They seem to be similar to albums but with a different resource, and the track IDs are not retrievable.

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My Question or Issue Is there any way to retrieve prereleases via the API? They seem to be similar to albums but with a different resource, and the track IDs are not retrievable. 

ribezaz

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Solved!! Spotify Web API: 403 Forbidden on /v1/audio-features even with official playlists and valid token (V

PlanFree(for testing) premium(for personal use)CountryVenezuelaDeviceIphone 15Operating SystemWindows 11, IOS 17 My Question or IssueHi Spotify Developer Team, I’m developing an app that uses the Spotify Web API, specifically the /v1/audio-features e...

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  Plan Free(for testing) premium(for personal use) Country Venezuela Device Iphone 15 Operating System Windows 11, IOS 17   My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Developer Team, I’m de...

nikolaspikolas

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Website Embeded espisodes starting in random places

When embeding episodes on the website (wordpress based) using the embed code with the start at 0:00 tick box selected episodes are still starting in middle. How can I ensure that the episodes as starting at 0:00? Here's the code for embed which spoti...

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When embeding episodes on the website (wordpress based) using the embed code with the start at 0:00 tick box selected episodes are still starting in middle.    How can I ensure that the e...

Ximzend

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I wish the Audiobook Listening Time information was more accessible on the device.

DeviceSamsung s10eOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI find that the information associated with Audiobook Listening Time is not readily available to the userbase. I have been trying to identify how much time I have used, what I have remaini...

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Device Samsung s10e Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I find that the information associated with Audiobook Listening Time is not readily available to the userbase.&nbsp...

Ximzend

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WebAPI and the SimplifiedAlbumObject

I'm seeing a few inconsistencies that I was hoping SPOTIFY could help with: #1 - Up until yesterday, when retrieving albums via the /artists/{id}/albums request, the albums being returned included external_ids, copyrights, [record] label, and popular...

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I'm seeing a few inconsistencies that I was hoping SPOTIFY could help with:   #1 - Up until yesterday, when retrieving albums via the /artists/{id}/albums request, the albums being returned in...

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Solved!! Be able to post custom music

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of America Device(Samsung Galaxy A14, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System (Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question is to be able to post your own music, for the people that make there own m...

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Plan Free/Premium Country United States of America  Device (Samsung Galaxy A14, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System  (Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) &nbsp...

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Rate limit increase request form does not work

I am trying to fill out the rate limit increase request form. I have filled out every field, but when I try to submit, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." I have tried submitting a few times, but I keep getting this error. 

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I am trying to fill out the rate limit increase request form. I have filled out every field, but when I try to submit, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." I have tried submitting a few ...

Billy-J

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Spotify's Auth Server not OAuth/OIDC spec compliant?

I was looking at Spotify's authorization implementation for the API and I'm not sure it's following the OAuth/OIDC spec which makes it hard to work with.Take a look at the OIDC config:https://accounts.spotify.com/.well-known/openid-configuration{"iss...

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I was looking at Spotify's authorization implementation for the API and I'm not sure it's following the OAuth/OIDC spec which makes it hard to work with. Take a look at the OIDC config: https://a...

TylerLeonhardt

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API endpoint for "Do not Play Song/Artist"

As a Developer i would like to have an API endpoint to remove Artists or Songs from my suggestions and playlists

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  As a Developer i would like to have an API endpoint to remove Artists or Songs from my suggestions and playlists  

mrv11

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Redirect URL

I am creating a new application and I would like to know what kind of redirect URL they are looking for My Question or IssueI want to know about the how to create the redirect URL

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I am creating a new application and I would like to know what kind of redirect URL they are looking for  My Question or Issue I want to know about the how to create the redirect URL

Ximzend

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Request to expose track-level credits via /tracks endpoint

My Question Hi Spotify API team,Could you please extend the /tracks endpoint to include the full credits (performed by, produced by, written by, produced by, and source) that are already displayed on open.spotify.com and apps?Making this data availab...

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My Question  Hi Spotify API team, Could you please extend the /tracks endpoint to include the full credits (performed by, produced by, written by, produced by, and source) that are already dis...

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403 Forbidden on API Data Calls After Successful Authentication

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceAsus TUF F15Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello,I am consistently receiving a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access any data endpoint (like /v1/audio-features), even though my initial authentication r...

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  Plan Premium Country India Device Asus TUF F15 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello, I am consistently receiving a 403 Forbidden error when trying to acces...

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