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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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  • Lkole
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Need to access music data

We are developing an app and we need to stream music for user's posts in our platform (like Instagram does for user's posts). I did not find any way of contacting spotify team to implement the above mentioned feature

  • Visitor
  • We are developing an app and we need to stream music for user's posts in our platform (like Instagram does for user's posts).   I did not find any way of contacting spotify team to implement t...
  • Ximzend
  • Rising Star 1
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  • Feature Request
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Need postman collection for upload an sample audio file to spotify

My Question or IssueTo integrate the Spotify APIs I need where to get the API doc for uploading an sample audio file

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue To integrate the Spotify  APIs I need where to get the API doc for uploading an sample audio file
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  • SPotify POST API for upload a sample audio file
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After a few minutes, /me/player returns null for paused player

I've got a all the auth and access tokens working, and I can display my "Now Playing" track with a call to /me/player. So, in Windows, I pull up the client, start playing. Call the api, get lots of JSON. And if I pause the currently playing track, th...

  • Music Fan
  • I've got a all the auth and access tokens working, and I can display my "Now Playing" track with a call to /me/player.  So, in Windows, I pull up the client, start playing.  Call the api, g...
  • mwexler
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Why chartmetric have the rights to resell spotify data to the public?

I'm not sure to be at the right place here but I was wondering how is it possible/legal that I have to pay 1200$ a year to get access to data on users and playlists on spotify?Should those data that Spotify have be free to their users? In the end (as...

  • Visitor
  • I'm not sure to be at the right place here but I was wondering how is it possible/legal that I have to pay 1200$ a year to get access to data on users and playlists on spotify? Should those data t...
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Not sure about modifying any Spotify visual content

Hi there, I've submitted an extension quota that has been rejected, because: Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing their brand/logo on album artwork (Design Guidelines)But I'm pr...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi there, I've submitted an extension quota that has been rejected, because:   Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing the...
  • g_weck
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When using the API to Get Recently Played Tracks, Context is Null / empty

When using the API to Get Recently Played Tracks, I am able to successfully get all the tracks I need, but the information returned is incomplete. Specifically, the Context field is always null.There is 1 method of getting context to appear, and that...

  • Casual Listener
  • When using the API to Get Recently Played Tracks, I am able to successfully get all the tracks I need, but the information returned is incomplete. Specifically, the Context field is always null. T...
  • Ximzend
  • Rising Star 1
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Developer Dashboard isn't working

On my desktop my the spotify developer page wont load but on my laptop on the same network it will

  • Casual Listener
  • On my desktop my the spotify developer page wont load but on my laptop on the same network it will
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Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try again later.

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI keep getting the same error message when trying to log in to the Developer Dashboard. I have tried logging in on multiple browsers (Chrome/Firefox) and get the same error me...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I keep getting the same error message when trying to log in to the Developer Dashboard. I have trie...
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Webplayer SDK sometimes stuck on same song

I'm developing a web app using the Javascript SDK and I've noticed sometimes it gets stuck on one song seemingly forever. If I press next, it just keeps playing the same song. If I press back, however, it will go to a different song on the playlist (...

  • Casual Listener
  • I'm developing a web app using the Javascript SDK and I've noticed sometimes it gets stuck on one song seemingly forever. If I press next, it just keeps playing the same song. If I press back, howeve...
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Organizing musics in playlists

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceRedmi 10 PrimeOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI would like to talk about two options that would make life easier for some mobile users The option to place a playlist inside another (at least the private pl...

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  • Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Redmi 10 Prime Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I would like to talk about two options that would make life easier for some mobile ...
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Can't connect to Webplayer SDK

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePC, Windows 10, firefox or chrome I'm trying to use the access token which returns after I log in to my premium account, it does work then i get the access token and try to use it to connect the sdk player. Here is my...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC, Windows 10, firefox or chrome   I'm trying to use the access token which returns after I log in to my premium account, it does work then i get th...
  • axion777
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Song Previews

This is for the developers out there. Not all songs on Spotify have a preview available. Which is a bit annoying. Why can't we have the ability to pass the song_id, start_time, end_time and have it return a preview of the song? Limit it to 30 seconds...

  • Visitor
  • This is for the developers out there.  Not all songs on Spotify have a preview available.  Which is a bit annoying.  Why can't we have the ability to pass the song_id, start_time, end_...
  • axion777
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Solved!! How to iterate over a playlist in reversed order?

I am writing a simple program using python and library spotipy. How can I iterate over a collection "Liked Songs" in reversed order?

  • Casual Listener
  • I am writing a simple program using python and library spotipy. How can I iterate over a collection "Liked Songs" in reversed order?
  • Ximzend
  • Rising Star 1
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    Spotipy
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Please reconsider shutting down iOS/Android streaming SDKs

Like Rolf and their Amazing Slow Downer app, Zeyu and their MixOnSet app, Prady and their Boom app, Jukestar also uses the Mobile Streaming SDK to bring thousands of people to Spotify each week. Jukestar uses the Mobile Streaming SDK to take control ...

  • Newbie
  • Like Rolf and their Amazing Slow Downer app, Zeyu and their MixOnSet app, Prady and their Boom app, Jukestar also uses the Mobile Streaming SDK to bring thousands of people to Spotify each week. &nb...
  • JoeH76
  • Music Fan
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IP restricted - response.status_code == 403

Hi all, I'm doing a project using phyton to get to know how to use API. I'm basically reading the track features from playlists. After some running of my script i got my IP blocked, looks like i have response.status_code == 403 could you please help ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all,   I'm doing a project using phyton to get to know how to use API. I'm basically reading the track features from playlists. After some running of my script i got my IP blocked, looks li...
  • Ximzend
  • Rising Star 1
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iOS iPhone: Move Searchfield to the bottom

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone XOperating SystemiOS 16 My Question or IssueCould you move the search field from the top to the bottom of the screen?this approach is already been used by the safari browser and eased the single-handed usage of t...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 16   My Question or Issue Could you move the search field from the top to the bottom of the screen? this approach is ...
  • miegaael
  • Casual Listener
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  • Feature Request
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Solved!! Web API search with a query > 144 characters returns 404

Plan: PremiumHello, third party app developer here.I hit a strange issue in development while searching for a very long track title.It appears that there is a hard limit of 144 characters for the `q` query parameter in the Web API /search endpoint.Se...

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  • Plan: Premium Hello, third party app developer here. I hit a strange issue in development while searching for a very long track title. It appears that there is a hard limit of 144 chara...
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    Search
    Web API
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"Illegal Scope" on my application after quota extension

After receiving a quota extension, I keep getting Illegal Scope when logging into my application, and everything is spelled correctly and all. I know it is because of the Scope Extension being separate, so I just sent that in 2 months after my quota ...

  • Newbie
  • After receiving a quota extension, I keep getting Illegal Scope when logging into my application, and everything is spelled correctly and all. I know it is because of the Scope Extension being separa...
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Uzbek language

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpoiler (Highlight to read)UzbekistanUzbekistanDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue My question: We need to add the Uzbek language...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Uzbekistan Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue &nb...
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Is Dashboard down?

I tried to login into developer platform, but the top right button keep showing login even after a successful login, and we I tried to open my project directly with the link it shows "Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try a...

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  • Casual Listener
  • I tried to login into developer platform, but the top right button keep showing login even after a successful login, and we I tried to open my project directly with the link it shows " Something w...
  • Ximzend
  • Rising Star 1
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  • Possible Bug
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