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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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Spotify Remote SDK fails while connecting to Automotive spotify App

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceAutomotiveOperating SystemAndroid My Question or Issue Our Team is building an app that connects to spotify app for playback control. Android spotify remote sdk not able to connect to spotify Automotive app. Internally t...

  • Visitor
  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Automotive Operating System Android   My Question or Issue   Our Team is building an app that connects to spotify app for playback control...
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Spotify random skips songs

Hi everyone, I'm running into a strange issue with a music guessing game we’ve developed that uses Spotify URLs. We format the links like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/{{trackid}} These links are embedded in QR codes. When scanned with a mobil...

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  • Casual Listener
  • Hi everyone,   I'm running into a strange issue with a music guessing game we’ve developed that uses Spotify URLs. We format the links like this: https://open.spotify.com/track/{{trackid}...
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Getting more than 50 recently played songs from API

I'm using the Spotify API to get my recently played songs and would really love to be able to get more than 50 of them. Is there any way at all that I could do this? I'm happy to pay for it too. Thanks!

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm using the Spotify API to get my recently played songs and would really love to be able to get more than 50 of them. Is there any way at all that I could do this? I'm happy to pay for it too. &nb...
  • jverma
  • Casual Listener
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How does last.fm retrieve a user's full listening history?

From all the API calls available, I could find I got get recently played but that can retrieve at most 50 recently played songs.

  • Casual Listener
  • From all the API calls available, I could find I got get recently played but that can retrieve at most 50 recently played songs.
  • jverma
  • Casual Listener
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    API Help
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Issue with API Usage for Managing a Large Spotify Account

Plan:PremiumDevice:PCOperating System:Windows 10My Question or Issue:I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API while managing my account, where I follow over 2,400 artists. My project involves running a weekly script to check all these artists f...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan: Premium Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API while managing my account, where I follow over 2,400 artists. My proj...
  • SI0810
  • Visitor
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    rate limiting
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Upload Daily Podcast directly from datacenter

Hello!We like to upload, refresh and delete Podcast Episodes directly from our datacenter withou using the Webportal. Is it possible?Requirements on Spotify Side:- Server accepting Upload with ftp, sftp, sco, ssh, rsync ...- Authetification Key based...

  • Visitor
  • Hello! We like to upload, refresh and delete Podcast Episodes directly from our datacenter withou using the Webportal. Is it possible? Requirements on Spotify Side: - Server accepting Upload with ...
  • cloudson
  • Newbie
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Is it legal to use 30 second preview via API?

Hi, I'm creating an app and I wanted to know if it's legal to use the Spotify API to play a 30 second preview of the song.Basically I would insert a button with the words "Listen to song preview", and then I would have to insert something else?Can th...

  • Visitor
  • Hi, I'm creating an app and I wanted to know if it's legal to use the Spotify API to play a 30 second preview of the song. Basically I would insert a button with the words "Listen to song preview", ...
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Fetching Multiple songs(Spotify API)

I just wanted to find out if its possible to fetch a whole bunch of songs based on the specified market and /or genre Like say for instance i wanted to fetch every Dance song released in Portugal in the past year,would this be posible ?

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  • I just wanted to find out if its possible to fetch a whole bunch of songs based on the specified market and /or genre    Like say for instance i wanted to fetch every Dance song released ...
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Spotify is becoming hard to use

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceIphone 13Operating System(iOS 18)My Question or IssueI hate how Spotify is becoming a tool to use Audiobook/Podcast. Like why am I being suggested podcast or audiobooks when I never listen to them. Where is my music.... ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Iphone 13 Operating System (iOS 18) My Question or Issue I hate how Spotify is becoming a tool to use Audiobook/Podcast. Like why am I being suggested podc...
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Spotify Connect Zeroconf addUser Sonos

Is there some documentation somewhere on how the Spotify Desktop player connects to a Sonos device via Spotify Connect Zeroconf interface? The Sonos device is responding to all of the Spotify Connect Zeroconf commands (e.g. resetUsers, getInfo, addUs...

  • Gig Goer
  • Is there some documentation somewhere on how the Spotify Desktop player connects to a Sonos device via Spotify Connect Zeroconf interface?  The Sonos device is responding to all of the Spotify C...
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  • Gig Goer
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Please document that the API doesn't support Sonos devices

I realize there are probably good and/or legal reasons why you can't control Sonos devices via the Spotify API, but it is super-annoying to learn about this only once you're ready to try your code on various devices. Can this be better documented in ...

  • Newbie
  • I realize there are probably good and/or legal reasons why you can't control Sonos devices via the Spotify API, but it is super-annoying to learn about this only once you're ready to try your code on...
  • thlucas
  • Gig Goer
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API Testing Tool for Spotify API

Hi Spotify!I am a newbie developer, trying to tackle my first application. I wish to implement the Spotify API into my app, but I am not sure which API testing tool I should commit to. I have asked and looked around, and here are a few notable tools ...

  • Regular
  • Hi Spotify! I am a newbie developer, trying to tackle my first application. I wish to implement the Spotify API into my app, but I am not sure which API testing tool I should commit to. I have ask...
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Quota Extension Denied (for non-streaming SDA)

So finally got an answer for my submission and it was rejected but it doesn't make sense. I use the audio analysis to turn it into sound waves and sell it as wall art. Based on the TOS is this not considered a non-streaming SDA and can be used for co...

  • Regular
  • So finally got an answer for my submission and it was rejected but it doesn't make sense. I use the audio analysis to turn it into sound waves and sell it as wall art. Based on the TOS is this not co...
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App Submission Denied - "Targets Children"

Developing my first Spotify app (a parental control app),Got an email finally stating that my app is denied because it "Targets children".It clearly targets parents of children...I'm not sure how to get this re-reviewed or reversed but I have this th...

  • Casual Listener
  • Developing my first Spotify app (a parental control app), Got an email finally stating that my app is denied because it "Targets children". It clearly targets parents of children... I'm not sure h...
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    Submissions
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Solved!! API Issue with specific user

I'm a bit baffled at the moment and hoping someone on the forum can point me in the right direction. I've written and re-written this at least 10 times and I don't even know what to ask at this point. I've encountered so many strange issues, but I'll...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm a bit baffled at the moment and hoping someone on the forum can point me in the right direction.   I've written and re-written this at least 10 times and I don't even know what to ask at t...
  • RyTown
  • Casual Listener
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  • Possible Bug
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401 Error

I get a 401 error. I don't share the code because the code works properly in local. When I make a request to the API, it gives a 401 error. Server is running on edge. What can cause this problem?

  • Newbie
  • I get a 401 error. I don't share the code because the code works properly in local. When I make a request to the API, it gives a 401 error. Server is running on edge. What can cause this problem?
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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Spotify into Intune

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceXPS Laptops, Mac devicesOperating SystemWindows 10/11, MacOs (no specific version) My Question or IssueHello. I am the Systems Administrator and we use the Microsoft Company Portal to control what application...

  • Newbie
  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device XPS Laptops, Mac devices Operating System Windows 10/11, MacOs (no specific version)   My Question or Issue Hello. I am the Systems Admin...
  • Ath3na76
  • Casual Listener
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Artists statistics

My Question or IssueHi there!I have been looking for API information to see an artist's statistics, such as the number of streams of a song. I know this information can be found in a Spotify for artists profile, but I can't find a documented API to g...

  • Visitor
  • My Question or Issue Hi there! I have been looking for API information to see an artist's statistics, such as the number of streams of a song. I know this information can be found in a Spotify for ...
  • Achillez
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Availability of APIs for Directly Playing Spotify Music in Third-Party Apps

I'm developing an application with the aim to integrate Spotify music playback directly within it. This integration would allow users to browse, select, and play Spotify tracks seamlessly without leaving the app.I understand that direct access to Spo...

  • Newbie
  • I'm developing an application with the aim to integrate Spotify music playback directly within it. This integration would allow users to browse, select, and play Spotify tracks seamlessly without lea...
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  • Directly Playing Spotify Music in Third-Party Apps
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identifying playlists my music is in

Hi all, I'm trying to find a tool that would use spotify's api in order to identify more precisely the playlists my music is being added to. I have had the pleasure of being added to users' playlists in the past few weeks and got a lot of new followe...

  • Newbie
  • Hi all, I'm trying to find a tool that would use spotify's api in order to identify more precisely the playlists my music is being added to. I have had the pleasure of being added to users' playlists...
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