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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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WebAPI and the SimplifiedAlbumObject

I'm seeing a few inconsistencies that I was hoping SPOTIFY could help with: #1 - Up until yesterday, when retrieving albums via the /artists/{id}/albums request, the albums being returned included external_ids, copyrights, [record] label, and popular...

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I'm seeing a few inconsistencies that I was hoping SPOTIFY could help with:   #1 - Up until yesterday, when retrieving albums via the /artists/{id}/albums request, the albums being returned in...

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Solved!! Be able to post custom music

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of America Device(Samsung Galaxy A14, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System (Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question is to be able to post your own music, for the people that make there own m...

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Rate limit increase request form does not work

I am trying to fill out the rate limit increase request form. I have filled out every field, but when I try to submit, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." I have tried submitting a few times, but I keep getting this error. 

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I am trying to fill out the rate limit increase request form. I have filled out every field, but when I try to submit, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." I have tried submitting a few ...

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Spotify's Auth Server not OAuth/OIDC spec compliant?

I was looking at Spotify's authorization implementation for the API and I'm not sure it's following the OAuth/OIDC spec which makes it hard to work with.Take a look at the OIDC config:https://accounts.spotify.com/.well-known/openid-configuration{"iss...

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I was looking at Spotify's authorization implementation for the API and I'm not sure it's following the OAuth/OIDC spec which makes it hard to work with. Take a look at the OIDC config: https://a...

TylerLeonhardt

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API endpoint for "Do not Play Song/Artist"

As a Developer i would like to have an API endpoint to remove Artists or Songs from my suggestions and playlists

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  As a Developer i would like to have an API endpoint to remove Artists or Songs from my suggestions and playlists  

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Redirect URL

I am creating a new application and I would like to know what kind of redirect URL they are looking for My Question or IssueI want to know about the how to create the redirect URL

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I am creating a new application and I would like to know what kind of redirect URL they are looking for  My Question or Issue I want to know about the how to create the redirect URL

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Request to expose track-level credits via /tracks endpoint

My Question Hi Spotify API team,Could you please extend the /tracks endpoint to include the full credits (performed by, produced by, written by, produced by, and source) that are already displayed on open.spotify.com and apps?Making this data availab...

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My Question  Hi Spotify API team, Could you please extend the /tracks endpoint to include the full credits (performed by, produced by, written by, produced by, and source) that are already dis...

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403 Forbidden on API Data Calls After Successful Authentication

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceAsus TUF F15Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello,I am consistently receiving a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access any data endpoint (like /v1/audio-features), even though my initial authentication r...

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  Plan Premium Country India Device Asus TUF F15 Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Hello, I am consistently receiving a 403 Forbidden error when trying to acces...

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Search API Returning Obscure Tracks Only for Broad Genres

PlanPremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueUntil recently, searching for tracks via year and or genre would return generally popular tracks. Now genres such as "rap" with or without a year tag return tracks with mostly 0 popularity. Was this changed in...

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Plan Premium Country US   My Question or Issue Until recently, searching for tracks via year and or genre would return generally popular tracks. Now genres such as "rap" with or without a ...

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Get features from a track

How can I get features from a track, energy,valence... in python. Thanks

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How can I get features from a track, energy,valence... in python. Thanks  

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Please help with ESP32 api problems

Plan Premium Country America Device (ESP32) Operating System windows(to code it in) My Question or Issue I have an ESP32 that i wanted to use to control my spotify. However, due to the spotify API changes that dont let me use HTTP anymore, I cannot s...

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Plan Premium Country America Device (ESP32) Operating System windows(to code it in) My Question or Issue I have an ESP32 that i wanted to use to control my spotify. However, due to ...

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Parental Controls

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of America Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(Samsung Galaxy A14, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThere are kids online that are in this community please a...

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Re: Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hello Spotify team and developer community,Hope you are doing well.I have an application for which I was granted a quota extension some time ago. I am now implementing new functionality that requires an additional scope which I didn't include in my o...

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Hello Spotify team and developer community, Hope you are doing well. I have an application for which I was granted a quota extension some time ago. I am now implementing new functionality that requ...

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Receive Error When Copying Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhenever I attempted to get the links to share a certain playlist I get the following error: And if I hit show code it doesn't paste correctly into my Wordpress site:

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Whenever I attempted to get the links to share a certain playlist I get the following error: ...

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Solved!! Communication within the app

PlanFree/Premium CountryUnited States of America Device(Samsung Galaxy A14, iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016,)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAdd a call button in Spotify community so you c...

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Spotify API

My name is Hussein, and I’m part of Hack Club, a nonprofit that helps high school students learn to code by building real projects. Right now, we’re running a program where teens get Spotify Premium if they build an app using the Spotify API. It's be...

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My name is Hussein, and I’m part of Hack Club, a nonprofit that helps high school students learn to code by building real projects. Right now, we’re running a program where teens get Spotify Premium ...

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Request to be able to filter out "Various Artists" and other similar "Artists" records from search.

When searching for albums, tracks, and artists, there should be a way to ignore "Various Artists" and similar profiles. There should be a mode just for real artists, not groupings made by Spotify. An issue these "Various Artists" profiles cause is th...

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When searching for albums, tracks, and artists, there should be a way to ignore "Various Artists" and similar profiles. There should be a mode just for real artists, not groupings made by Spotify. An...

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Crawl data using specified genre

Hi everyone, I’m facing a problem with my thesis. First, I want to cluster R&B songs based on their mood using valence and energy. However, when I conducted some research, I found that it’s possible to crawl or obtain track data using a specific keyw...

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Hi everyone, I’m facing a problem with my thesis. First, I want to cluster R&B songs based on their mood using valence and energy. However, when I conducted some research, I found that it’s possi...

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Solved!! [Developer] Spotify Web API Preleases

CountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am trying to make a Web API call to get an album that is pre release and see how much time is remaining till release. However the usual albums endpoint doesn’t work. Is there an endpoi...

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Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am trying to make a Web API call to get an album that is pre release and see how much time is remaining till rel...

Ximzend

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New App to use API extend access

I am building an app which I would like to allow users to connect to their Spotify account with. At the moment I am using the 25 user invite only limit. While this is fine for testing, this doesn't allow me to open up the app publicly. When applying ...

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I am building an app which I would like to allow users to connect to their Spotify account with. At the moment I am using the 25 user invite only limit. While this is fine for testing, this doesn't a...

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