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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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Can't create an app

When I am trying to create an app, I am getting this error - Your account is not ready, please wait a few minutes and try again.All fields are filled.

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  • When I am trying to create an app, I am getting this error - Your account is not ready, please wait a few minutes and try again. All fields are filled.
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Issue : Invalid base62 id

PlanPremiumCountryFranceMy Question or IssueHello, after checkin an error on my app I found this error : { "error": { "status": 400, "message": "Invalid base62 id" }}So I tried on spotify playground and I still got the same error. I already checked t...

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  • Plan Premium Country France My Question or Issue Hello, after checkin an error on my app I found this error :  { "error": { "status": 400, "message": "Invalid base62 id" }} So I...
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429 error clarifications

Hi,The app I'm currently developing is still in testing phase, I don't have exceeded quote and have limited number of users that can test it. while testing edge cases of large volumes I have received error 429.My questions are:1)When user A uses my a...

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  • Hi, The app I'm currently developing is still in testing phase, I don't have exceeded quote and have limited number of users that can test it. while testing edge cases of large volumes I have receiv...
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CreatePlaylist starting returning a 200 instead of 201 for successful results!

CreatePlaylist starting returning a 200 instead of 201 for successful results! This broke my application since I was looking for a 201.

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  • CreatePlaylist starting returning a 200 instead of 201 for successful results!  This broke my application since I was looking for a 201.    
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[iOS] How to get authorisation code to generate access_token and refresh_token at backend web api?.

Hi, We are having some trouble implementing the IOS Spotify SDK. We use it in the context of user authorisation in order to get the `code`. We pass the `code` to our api (where it is transformed). Our api (nodejs) calls a spotify token endpoint and w...

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  • Hi,   We are having some trouble implementing the IOS Spotify SDK. We use it in the context of user authorisation in order to get the `code`. We pass the `code` to our api (where it is transfo...
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User or Artist?

I'm attempting to create a new app that will let you go to a landing page, follow an artist, and get a free .mp3 or other incentive. I'm a huge noob at API's but I chose "artist" here and added my URI and I got "true" back. When I tried user I got "f...

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  • I'm attempting to create a new app that will let you go to a landing page, follow an artist, and get a free .mp3 or other incentive.   I'm a huge noob at API's but I chose "artist" here and ad...
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Integration for music distributor

Hey everyone, I want to build a new distribution service but I could not find anything in the API documentation on that topic. Can someone point me to where I can find out more about conditions, requirements, and technical details?

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  • Hey everyone, I want to build a new distribution service but I could not find anything in the API documentation on that topic. Can someone point me to where I can find out more about conditions, requ...
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api for music distribution

Hi,i'm starting a project for a music label. Initially it will be a web application MVP to distribute music like distrokid/tunecore.How to have/request the access to the spotify APIs to distribute music?

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  • Hi, i'm starting a project for a music label. Initially it will be a web application MVP  to distribute music like distrokid/tunecore. How to have/request the access to the spotify APIs to dis...
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Playlists in folders don’t play in offline mode

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiphone 14Operating SystemIOS 17.4.1 My Question or IssueI have playlists in folders and they are downloaded but when I go on them in offline mode it tells me to go online and try again.

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device iphone 14 Operating System IOS 17.4.1   My Question or Issue I have playlists in folders and they are downloaded but when I go on them in offline mode it...
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Recently played stream

PlanPremium My Question or IssueHi everyone, I am currently building my portfolio in React, and I want to showcase my recently played tracks on it. Is it possible to do so currently? I have already tried:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/we...

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  • Plan Premium  My Question or Issue Hi everyone, I am currently building my portfolio in React, and I want to showcase my recently played tracks on it. Is it possible to do so currently? I h...
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PKCE support and example code for iOS SDK?

I'm trying to do authentication on my app using the iOS SDK, and authenticate hopefully using the SPTSessionManager Authorization flow, the alternative method mentioned in the iOS's SDK FAQ under "What if I need to authorize without starting playback...

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  • I'm trying to do authentication on my app using the iOS SDK, and authenticate hopefully using the SPTSessionManager Authorization flow, the alternative method mentioned in the iOS's SDK FAQ under "Wh...
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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'togglePlay' of null

I am using the Spotify Playback SDK on my local site. This is my code:window.onSpotifyWebPlaybackSDKReady = () => { const token = ""; const player = new Spotify.Player({ name: 'Spotify Clone', getOAuthToken: cb => { cb(token); } }); window.player = p...

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  • I am using the Spotify Playback SDK on my local site. This is my code: window.onSpotifyWebPlaybackSDKReady = () => { const token = "<?php echo $_SESSION["accessToken"] ?>"; const ...
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Solved!! Flutter search song by name

I need to create a Flutter app for college, and I've decided to make a Spotify app using the Spotify API. Initially, I was able to play songs with the Spotify API, but I had hardcoded the track ID. Now, I'm attempting to search for a song by name so ...

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  • I need to create a Flutter app for college, and I've decided to make a Spotify app using the Spotify API. Initially, I was able to play songs with the Spotify API, but I had hardcoded the track ID. N...
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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...

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  • 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...
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no puedo recuperar la cuenta para artistas

tengo una cuenta que se llama Perros Adultos (es spotify para artistas) pero no logro ingresar, y al poner el mail donde me deberia llegar el link para recuperar al contraseña no me llega

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  • tengo una cuenta que se llama Perros Adultos (es spotify para artistas) pero no logro ingresar, y al poner el mail donde me deberia llegar el link para recuperar al contraseña no me llega
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API to get Track's Lyrics

PlanFree/PremiumMy Question or IssueIs there any API available for tracks Lyrics

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  •   Plan Free/Premium My Question or Issue Is there any API available for tracks Lyrics 
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Commercial Use of api

My Question or IssueI will create app in which i need to show some artists stats on the page like, monthly listeners, play counts etc, There will not be any streaming, does it still fall under commercial use? Also i will have a lot of users so i shou...

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  •       My Question or Issue I will create app in which i need to show some artists stats on the page like, monthly listeners, play counts etc, There will not be any streaming, does ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify for artists API

Hi all, I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotify accounts are linked to Artists once they get an artist profile c...

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  • Hi all,    I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotif...
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embeded playlist isn't playing full songs on mobile only previews

My Question or IssueI am trying to add a playlist using the embed way to my website. but when I do so, it only plays previews of a song and the last song is the one that is automatically played when I press play. also, it doesn't auto-play the next s...

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  •   My Question or Issue I am trying to add a playlist using the embed way to my website. but when I do so, it only plays previews of a song and the last song is the one that is automatically pl...
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  • Embed playlist only plays previews and last song
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