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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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Unsure how to get the Currently Playing json to work

Hi, I'm currently trying to figure out why my code isn't getting this json file properly: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-track I'm following the beginner guide.The "Get User's Profile" wo...

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  • Hi,   I'm currently trying to figure out why my code isn't getting this json file properly: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-the-users-currently-playing-t...
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Superuser Contribution Getting credits on a track

It would be great if we could get songwriter and producer credits through the API. Somebody on the GitHub issue repo asked two years ago, and nothing has come out of it

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  • It would be great if we could get songwriter and producer credits through the API.   Somebody on the GitHub issue repo asked two years ago, and nothing has come out of it 😕
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Search API get lyrics match in API

PlanPremiumCountry-Device-Operating System- My Question or IssueIn the mobile application, searching for words from a song will return you the song as a search result and displays a "lyrics match" marker.Is that information available in the API? Coul...

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  • Plan Premium Country - Device - Operating System -   My Question or Issue In the mobile application, searching for words from a song will return you the song as a search result and dis...
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Error during application creation

I get this error when creating an app:Something went wrong, we were unable to create your app. Please try again later.

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  • I get this error when creating an app: Something went wrong, we were unable to create your app. Please try again later.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Expose “liked songs” playlist to 3rd party API (Sonos)

When browsing my spotify playlists through Sonos the default “Liked Songs” playlist isn’t available. I can only assume Spotify doesn’t publish this playlist in their external API. PlanPremiumCountryUSA

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  • When browsing my spotify playlists through Sonos the default “Liked Songs” playlist isn’t available. I can only assume Spotify doesn’t publish this playlist in their external API.    &nbs...
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Lyrics are not loading on any music I am listening, it's not that lyrics aren't available

PlanFree/Premium FreeCountry India Device Realme 8s 5g(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System Android 13(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Free Country India   Device Realme 8s 5g (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Android 13 (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) ...
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Video Editor app for Spotify, possible?

I would like to create a Video Editing mobile app that enables users to add Spotify music to their social media content/videos. Is this permitted under the current Spotify terms of use? If not, are there any conditions or licenses that can enable som...

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  • I would like to create a Video Editing mobile app that enables users to add Spotify music to their social media content/videos. Is this permitted under the current Spotify terms of use?   If n...
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error 403

i am a discordbot developer and my app keeps getting a 403 error and customer support told me to hit up here and would u need my ip from the vps server i use

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  • i am a discordbot developer and my app keeps getting a 403 error and customer support told me to hit up here and would u need my ip from the vps server i use  
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Superuser Contribution 500 error No matching flights were found for your query

My Question or IssueGET https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v2/ad_accounts//ads is returning a 500 error with this response body:{"sp_trace_id":"02b13b09-9610-4ac3-9db2-a38ceb88c5ab","messages":["No matching flights were found for your query."]} I ex...

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  • My Question or Issue GET https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v2/ad_accounts/<account_id>/ads is returning a 500 error with this response body: {"sp_trace_id":"02b13b09-9610-4ac3-9db...
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Previous track button disable and more

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia Device(Redmi Note 8 Pro) My Question or Issue My Spotify previous track button is disabled and my repeat mode button is gone , i can't play more than 6 a day and if I want to disable shuffle it popups to explore premium a...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country India    Device (Redmi Note 8 Pro)   My Question or Issue   My Spotify previous track button is disabled and my repeat mode button is gone , i ...
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Solved!! getMyTopTracks not working

I have been trying to get my top tracks using this in Typescript:async getDefault2(){ let tracks = await this.authService.getApi().getMyTopTracks({ time_range: "medium_term", }); console.log(tracks)}The strange part is that the only method that is ac...

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  • I have been trying to get my top tracks using this in Typescript: async getDefault2(){ let tracks = await this.authService.getApi().getMyTopTracks({ time_range: "medium_term", }); con...
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Superuser Contribution Include Biography in Artist's Metadata in Web API

This question has been requested for a long time on the web-api's GitHub repo (https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/207), I am following it up in this forum.

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  •   This question has been requested for a long time on the web-api's GitHub repo (https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/207), I am following it up in this forum.
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actual song not marked in album

Operating SystemWin 10 Desktop App (on Android App not checked) My Question or IssueA random song is running --> clicked on that track and the album will open --> cannot see the actual playing song in the album list (not marked).I think this is not r...

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  • Operating System Win 10 Desktop App (on Android App not checked)   My Question or Issue A random song is running --> clicked on that track and the album will open --> cannot see the ac...
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Search and advanced search are broken

For a few days I noticed that some search features are broken. I especially tested with the label filter & operators which does not behave like they did a few weeks ago. I'm taking the example of searching albums from record label "King Records". "la...

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  • For a few days I noticed that some search features are broken. I especially tested with the label filter & operators which does not behave like they did a few weeks ago.   I'm taking the e...
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Se me ha cobrado y me pide el pago de nuevo

PlanDe primera calidadPaísEspañadispositivoXiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro sistema operativoAndroid MIUI 14 Mi pregunta o problemaEl dia 28 de octubre se hizo un pago de la cuota y hoy dia 13 de Septiembre me estan pidiendo el pago de la subscripcion a falt...

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  • Plan De primera calidad País España dispositivo Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro  sistema operativo Android MIUI 14   Mi pregunta o problema El dia 28 de octubre se hizo un pago de la cu...
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Search by label does not work anymore

Hi all, Until a few days ago we could search albums by record label with queries like 'barbie label:"Atlantic Records"'. However now searching by label only returns tracks & podcasts (in the Spotify app as well as from the API). Is this a bug or an i...

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  • Hi all,   Until a few days ago we could search albums by record label with queries like 'barbie label:"Atlantic Records"'. However now searching by label only returns tracks & podcasts (in...
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Revive the Object Model Specification

Previously there was the Web API Object Model Specification available under https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/, but it vanished. This makes it very hard to keep API wrappers up to date, e.g. the one for Java: github.com/sp...

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  • Previously there was the Web API Object Model Specification available under https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/, but it vanished. This makes it very hard to keep API wrappe...
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Persistent "Invalid Client" Error

PlanPremium FamilyCountryCanadaDeviceRaspberry Pi 3B+Operating SystemRaspbian 11 My Question or IssueI've created an app in the Developer Dashboard for a device I've created that uses a raspberry pi. However, when I try to authenticate the client/dev...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Canada Device Raspberry Pi 3B+ Operating System Raspbian 11   My Question or Issue I've created an app in the Developer Dashboard for a device I've created ...
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Search API not returning full results for playlist

Hi there, I'm using the search API for playlists, if I search, for example, 'James Brown Funky Drummer', I only get 5 results, with a limit of 50 explicitly applied. When I do the same search through the web API documentation, it shows that there is ...

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  • Hi there,   I'm using the search API for playlists, if I search, for example, 'James Brown Funky Drummer', I only get 5 results, with a limit of 50 explicitly applied. When I do the same searc...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify for artists API

Hi all, I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotify accounts are linked to Artists once they get an artist profile c...

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  • Hi all,    I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotif...
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