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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Is there a Spotify Song Radio API?

So on the desktop and mobile app users are able to right click and choose the option to start a song radio or artist radio which allows users to listen to similar songs. However after looking through the various API endpoints I couldn't seem to find ...

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  • So on the desktop and mobile app users are able to right click and choose the option to start a song radio or artist radio which allows users to listen to similar songs.  However after look...
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currently-playing doesn't return "device", "repeat_state" and "shuffle_state" fields

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
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Superuser Contribution Partnership for Spotify Open Access

Hello Spotify Developer Community,I am Luis from Catarse 'www.catarse.me', a crowdfunding and membership platform hosting numerous podcasts and musicians. We aim to become an approved partner for the Spotify Open Access API to enhance the experience ...

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  • Hello Spotify Developer Community, I am Luis from Catarse 'www.catarse.me', a crowdfunding and membership platform hosting numerous podcasts and musicians. We aim to become an approved partner for t...
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Feature idea: Suggestion group lock/unlock

Edit: This was supposed to be an in-app idea. I'm new and posted this in the wrong place and can't seem to delete it. If interested, for the main post in the (hopefully this time) correct place, see https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/S...

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  • Edit: This was supposed to be an in-app idea. I'm new and posted this in the wrong place and can't seem to delete it. If interested, for the main post in the (hopefully this time) correct place, see ...
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When logged in where do I find the status of a scope extension request?

I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted.How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Request and confirm that it was properly submitted?One of our tea...

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  • I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted. How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Request an...
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Only on IOS, embed only shows preview: "the token provided isn't working."

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceIPhone SE, IOS 16.1.1, IPad 5th generation IOS 16.3.1 Hi all! First of all I want to thank you for the cool API. I've developed a little app that loads tracks in an embedded player. It works great on my macbook pro chrome ...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device IPhone SE, IOS 16.1.1, IPad 5th generation IOS 16.3.1   Hi all! First of all I want to thank you for the cool API. I've developed a little app that...
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Call to https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token no longer working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States My Question or IssueUsing the following code: using var client = new HttpClient(); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.G...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States   My Question or Issue Using the following code:       using var client = new HttpClient(); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization...
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"User not registered in the Developer Dashboard" for specific user on application

Plan: PremiumCountry: USOperating System: Windows 11 Hi all, I'm encountering this issue with a specific user that is already added to my app's allowlist. I have verified that the token exchange happens, and an initial request to https://api.spotify....

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  • Plan: Premium Country: US Operating System: Windows 11   Hi all,   I'm encountering this issue with a specific user that is already added to my app's allowlist. I have verified t...
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player app for official client alternative

i have written a website, plus the mobile version, which i personally use instead of the official client. the idea is to have a simple interface similar to good old ipod or winamp.i had to solve several issues, for example u do not have a list of art...

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  • i have written a website, plus the mobile version, which i personally use instead of the official client. the idea is to have a simple interface similar to good old ipod or winamp. i had to solve se...
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Solved!! 401 error for GET search request but not other GET requests?

I have previously had no issues with GET requests from /v1/playlists/ or /v1/playlists//tracks endpoints, but now I can't seem to GET from a search endpoint. I have the following code snippet for a GET search request: var responseApi = await fetch('h...

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  • I have previously had no issues with GET requests from /v1/playlists/<playlist-id> or /v1/playlists/<playlist-id>/tracks endpoints, but now I can't seem to GET from a search endpoint...
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Invalid Client Error w/Spotify Web API

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States My Question or Issue My team and I are getting a "Invalid Client" / WebapiAuthenticationError: An authentication error occurred while communicating with Spotify's Web API errorWe can confirm that we have quadruple...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States   My Question or Issue   My team and I are getting a "Invalid Client" / WebapiAuthenticationError: An authentication error occurred while comm...
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Can Spotify add the filter liked songs by genre function in Mac version?

PremiumUnited States DeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating SystemMAC My Question or IssueIt's kind of annoying that you can play songs categorized by genre on phone, but you cannot on Mac.

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  • Premium United States   Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System MAC   My Question or Issue It's kind of annoying that you can play songs categorized by genre on phone, but you can...
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Birthday Special

I have been a member of Spotify for years.I had an idea for the creators of Spotify.Not sure if this is the right place to post this.We all are aware that Spotify Premium gives you the best advances, like no ads and the freedom to play any song at th...

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  • I have been a member of Spotify for years. I had an idea for the creators of Spotify. Not sure if this is the right place to post this. We all are aware that Spotify Premium gives you the best adv...
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No popularity field on Album search

I am hitting this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=Beatles&type=album,artist,trackI am expecting the response to contain albums, tracks, and artists that are found given the specified query. From that response, I am gathering a list of r...

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  • I am hitting this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=Beatles&type=album,artist,track I am expecting the response to contain albums, tracks, and artists that are found given the spec...
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Can I Create App To Alter The Original Song

Hi, I know we can create apps to do things, but I wonder if I can create an app that can stream the songs but with some change I made to the sound, like an app that makes my spotify songs with different effects I pick from. The original song goes thr...

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  • Hi,   I know we can create apps to do things, but I wonder if I can create an app that can stream the songs but with some change I made to the sound, like an app that makes my spotify songs wi...
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403 Insufficient Client Scope

Hi All,Im building a custom connector with Power Apps / power Automate, so i can recall the spotify api. The api works well when i have to get a playlist or search for a song, but when it comes to add a song to playlist i always get the error 403 - i...

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  • Hi All, Im building a custom connector with Power Apps / power Automate, so i can recall the spotify api. The api works well when i have to get a playlist or search for a song, but when it comes to ...
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Join saved tracks / audio features with Track response object

I've written an app with the Spotify API and with each track I display its audio features and whether or not it is a saved track. It would be nice if this data could be optionally combined with the Track response object. I imagine the option to join ...

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  • I've written an app with the Spotify API and with each track I display its audio features and whether or not it is a saved track. It would be nice if this data could be optionally combined with the T...
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Spotify API/Vercel Serverless Function/Flask - Auth Issues

Currently developing a website that lets you duplicate your playlists. However, when users log in, the playlist is automatically created on my account, and not the user account. I have tried to change more than 10 things, documentation, and more but ...

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  • Currently developing a website that lets you duplicate your playlists.    However, when users log in, the playlist is automatically created on my account, and not the user account.  ...
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Fetching track canvas

I recently came across this github repo that shows how to fetch a track's canvas, is this allowed or is it against the Developer Guidelines https://github.com/bartleyg/my-spotify-canvas/blob/master/api/canvases.js

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  • I recently came across this github repo that shows how to fetch a track's canvas, is this allowed or is it against the Developer Guidelines   https://github.com/bartleyg/my-spotify-canvas/blob...
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OAuth completely broken in Firefox

As the subject says, OAuth is totally broken in Firefox on Windows. This happens for the Community login, the Dev Dashboard, and PKCE flows that pop up a user login window. I'm not sure whether it's relevant, but the F12 browser dev console is full o...

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  • As the subject says, OAuth is totally broken in Firefox on Windows. This happens for the Community login, the Dev Dashboard, and PKCE flows that pop up a user login window.   I'm not sure whet...
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