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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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Not able to create App in the Dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceLenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 [i5 10300H, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD 512GB SSD, GTX 1650]Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have been trying to create an App on Spotify to access the WebAPI, but have not been able to for a...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 [i5 10300H, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD 512GB SSD, GTX 1650] Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have been trying to cr...
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Solved!! Playing a full track from external site without user login

Hello all. What I'm trying to do is use the Client Credentials Flow in the Web API to fetch track information for an artist. That part is not a problem. However, I'm also trying to play the track from a website I'm developing. The CCF is not appropri...

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  • Hello all.   What I'm trying to do is use the Client Credentials Flow in the Web API to fetch track information for an artist. That part is not a problem. However, I'm also trying to play the ...
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Search doesn't work anymore on API

I have an app that searches for a specific artist to retrieve some information. However, I've encountered a peculiar issue when attempting to fetch an artist using the Spotify API. For instance, when I use the URL (https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q...

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  • I have an app that searches for a specific artist to retrieve some information. However, I've encountered a peculiar issue when attempting to fetch an artist using the Spotify API.   For insta...
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Embedded Player Color

Country USA DeviceOn any device or OS My Question or IssueHi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, tracks all show and play, etc). However, the background color at the top is br...

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  • Country USA   Device On any device or OS   My Question or Issue Hi - my question is after copying and embedding the player code onto my website, all works fine (album pic shows, track...
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Spotify imbedded player for website not working

I imbedded an artist to my website and it works perfect on the desktop but on the mobile version, the "play on Spotify" button is dead and doesn't go anywhere.

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  • I imbedded an artist to my website and it works perfect on the desktop but on the mobile version, the "play on Spotify" button is dead and doesn't go anywhere.
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Unplayable Album

PlanPremiumCountry Morocco DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 16 My Question or IssueMore than half of the album Aladdin Sane is unplayable in Morocco which is very frustrating and upsetting thing since it's a pretty popular and great album. Please l...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  Morocco   Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 16   My Question or Issue More than half of the album Aladdin Sane is unplayable in Morocco whi...
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Issue using spotify web api in flutter

i want to use custom scheme for redirect uri in my flutter app eg = com.example.beatflow://oauth2/callback?code=abcdef123456but the spoitfy api automatically add http as prefix to it

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  • i want to use custom scheme for redirect uri in my flutter app  eg = com.example.beatflow://oauth2/callback?code=abcdef123456 but the spoitfy api automatically add http as prefix to it
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Only 30s preview on Android WebView embeds

Plan- all plans tried Free/Premium and with/without accountCountry- Germany Device- Android with a "normal" WebView element and a "normal" WebViewClient Operating System- no relevance recognized We are already using Spotify web embeds on our iOS and ...

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  • Plan - all plans tried Free/Premium and with/without account Country - Germany   Device - Android with a "normal" WebView element and a "normal" WebViewClient  Operating System - no...
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Bearer token request results in 403 Error: "This request requires user authentication."

My Question or IssueI am trying to edit a playlist using the Spotify API and Python. To do this, I first make a request for a new bearer token: credentials = f"{client_id}:{client_secret}" encoded_credentials = b64encode(credentials.encode("ascii"))....

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  • ...ncoded_credentials}" } params = { "grant_type": "client_credentials", "scope": "playlist-modify-public user-library-read playlist-modify-private" } token_request = requests.post( url="https://accounts.spotify...
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Playback tracks without active devices

Hi everyone!I'm building an app for iOS devices using Spotify Web API.The problem is that without active devices track playback does not work, the server returns the response:Response data: {"error" : {"status" : 404,"message" : "Player command faile...

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  • Hi everyone! I'm building an app for iOS devices using Spotify Web API. The problem is that without active devices track playback does not work, the server returns the response: Response data: { ...
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Want to Embed Spotify with QT Application

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAsus LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello, we are developing one QT application which is based on C++ language and there is one requirement, we want to link spotify in QT application as a 3rd party applica...

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  • Plan Free Country India Device Asus Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello, we are developing one QT application which is based on C++ language and there is one r...
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Quota Extension

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have submitted a quota extension over 6 weeks ago and haven’t gotten any update. We ...

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500 Response error when creating playlist

My task is to build a program that first scraps songs from billboard.com, and then uses the Spotify API to search for these songs and create a playlist. The scrapping part and seach parts are working. The problem arises when I try to create a playlis...

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  • ....search_song() app = Application() spotify.py import base64 import requests import json class Spotify: def __init__(self): pass def create_playlist(self, year, description, public...
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Refreshing the access token PKCE Flow

CountryDenmark (DK)DeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am trying to do a post request for a new access token / refresh the access token with this JS code: const refreshAccessToken = async () => { const refreshToken = localSt...

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  • Country Denmark (DK) Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am trying to do a post request for a new access token / refresh the access token with this JS cod...
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Audio Features for a Track

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHello!I am writing a math paper using data from the "Get Audio Features for a Track" page (li...

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Strange result coming from the search end point

I originally started with the search and point and it was working just win, but then I transitioned into making the front-end ext., and when I came back to try to use the end point it was giving very strange results for instance. this is the call:f'h...

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  • I originally started with the search and point and it was working just win, but then I transitioned into making the front-end ext., and when I came back to try to use the end point it was giving very...
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Submission issue: We didn't receive the email because we deactivate the email account by mistake

PlanPremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi, I had a problem with the review process of my project, I hope you can help me.My project w...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hi, I ha...
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Mac to Iphone local files greyed out

 PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro 13 and Iphone 13Operating System(iOS 16 My Question or IssueI am beyond frustrated, i have been trying to figure out why my local downloads will play on my macbook and not my phone. On the mobile spotify app, ...

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Why embed playlist displays page not found

I am copying/looking at the share playlist with embed code and the result is "Page not found" - what might be the problem?

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  • I am copying/looking at the share playlist with embed code and the result is "Page not found" - what might be the problem?
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Commercial App Examples

Does anyone have any examples of commercial 3rd Party Spotify Applications? I am considering making a commercial application but can't find any examples of live 3rd party commercial applications. Thanks!

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  • Does anyone have any examples of commercial 3rd Party Spotify Applications? I am considering making a commercial application but can't find any examples of live 3rd party commercial applications. Tha...
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