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Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAPI calls returns me 500 all of a suddenIm running a local host web project .net. Yesterday i...
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 API cal...
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how to move my development mode to production?
how to move my development mode to production?
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The API is reporting, for multiple users, that they listened to the new Ed Sheeran single (18FN1Kz7KMF0ujN6ID4ans) ~50 times each within a 15 minute window. The issue started around 2025-08-09 21:12:14 for one user and 2025-08-11 13:52:24 for another...
The API is reporting, for multiple users, that they listened to the new Ed Sheeran single (18FN1Kz7KMF0ujN6ID4ans) ~50 times each within a 15 minute window. The issue started around 2025-08-09 2...
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PlanFreeCountryFROperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI'm creatin an application using the web API spotify. Everything was working well but since this morning. The route get /albums/{id}/tracks doesn''t work anymore (even on your website) a...
Plan Free Country FR Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue I'm creatin an application using the web API spotify. Everything was working well but since this morning. The rout...
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Hi Spotify Developer Community,I’m facing a significant data limitation when trying to analyze podcast episode performance comprehensively. There’s a frustrating gap between what’s available through different Spotify data sources: Current Situation: ...
Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m facing a significant data limitation when trying to analyze podcast episode performance comprehensively. There’s a frustrating gap between what’s available throug...
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PlanPremiumDeviceWebbrowser (Chrome / Firefox / Safari) My Question or IssueI recently had the idea to develop a browser-based game that would use the Spotify Web Playback SDK to play music from the user’s own account via OAuth login.All playback wou...
Plan Premium Device Webbrowser (Chrome / Firefox / Safari) My Question or Issue I recently had the idea to develop a browser-based game that would use the Spotify Web Playback SDK to pla...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSAOperating SystemWindows 11BrowserHave tried Chrome, Firefox, and Edge in various configurations (private, disable all extensions, etc)My Question or IssueI keep getting the message popup:"Search ErrorAn error occurred during...
Plan Free/Premium Country USA Operating System Windows 11 Browser Have tried Chrome, Firefox, and Edge in various configurations (private, disable all extensions, etc) My Question or Issue I...
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I'd be absolutely fenomenal if Spotify could add a theme that will make it look like Winamp. I think it's a great idea to bring some fun for the 30+ y.o. users as a April Fool's update or something similar.
I'd be absolutely fenomenal if Spotify could add a theme that will make it look like Winamp. I think it's a great idea to bring some fun for the 30+ y.o. users as a April Fool's update or something s...
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Plan: Free / PremiumCountry: United StatesMy Question or Issue:I’m developing a paid music bingo app for macOS (Apple App Store). The app is a utility for event hosts — it does not stream or play music from Spotify. Instead, users provide their own M...
Plan: Free / Premium Country: United States My Question or Issue: I’m developing a paid music bingo app for macOS (Apple App Store). The app is a utility for event hosts — it does not stream or pl...
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Hello,I have been requesting a quota increase for my application for the past year, and it has been rejected ten times. The latest rejection reasons are not only irrelevant to my app’s actual functionality but also highlight a deeply flawed approval ...
Hello, I have been requesting a quota increase for my application for the past year, and it has been rejected ten times. The latest rejection reasons are not only irrelevant to my app’s actual funct...
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There is a low-probability issue: when using the Spotify SDK to play any song from the beginning, the playbackPosition in the initially retrieved song information is always 00:09. No matter how you switch to play the next song, the playbackPosition r...
There is a low-probability issue: when using the Spotify SDK to play any song from the beginning, the playbackPosition in the initially retrieved song information is always 00:09. No matter how you s...
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When playing the song Golden, the artist names displayed on the App are: HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, etc. However, the artist name obtained through the Spotify API method: - (void)playerStateDidChange:(id)playerState; is only: HUNTR/X. The version of...
When playing the song Golden, the artist names displayed on the App are: HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, etc. However, the artist name obtained through the Spotify API method: - (void)playerS...
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I have the idea to put a Ai in spotify that identifies the mood of the people using it by seeing the past data, by asking the some questions to the user so that It can suggest the best song for the user hence the user will spend more time on spotify ...
I have the idea to put a Ai in spotify that identifies the mood of the people using it by seeing the past data, by asking the some questions to the user so that It can suggest the best song for the u...
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Estou criando um aplicativo no qual preciso extrair dados de artistas que enviaram suas músicas para o Spotify. Quando eles acessarem o painel e conectarem suas contas, poderão ler esses dados. No entanto, a API pública à qual tenho acesso parece não...
Estou criando um aplicativo no qual preciso extrair dados de artistas que enviaram suas músicas para o Spotify. Quando eles acessarem o painel e conectarem suas contas, poderão ler esses dados. No en...
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Hi, is there a way to get out of development mode (-> not having to manually set people into the allowlist so they can use accesstokens) without being an organisation? Im working on a small site that gets a users recently listened songs and puts them...
Hi, is there a way to get out of development mode (-> not having to manually set people into the allowlist so they can use accesstokens) without being an organisation? Im working on a small site t...
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Hi everyone,I’m the developer of a Spotify app called Playlists → One. I’m interested in applying for Partner Application status to get extended API quota and other benefits. I’ve looked for the Partner Application form or process but can’t find it o...
Hi everyone, I’m the developer of a Spotify app called Playlists → One. I’m interested in applying for Partner Application status to get extended API quota and other benefits. I’ve looked for t...
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PlanFreeCountryPolandDeviceiPhone 12 Pro Max (Physical device)Operating SystemiOS 18.5My Question or IssueHi!Does anybody know if I need paid apple developer account to use iOS Spotify SKD?I just wanna build some apps integrating Spotify features and...
Plan Free Country Poland Device iPhone 12 Pro Max (Physical device) Operating System iOS 18.5 My Question or Issue Hi! Does anybody know if I need paid apple developer account to use iOS ...
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Hi, is it possible to see other external URLs, such as facebook/instagram using this endpoint? Users > Get Current User's ProfileI tried testing it and it looks like it only shows the user's spotify url. Many thanks.
Hi, is it possible to see other external URLs, such as facebook/instagram using this endpoint? Users > Get Current User's Profile I tried testing it and it looks like it only shows the user's spo...
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PlanPremiumCountryRwanda My Question or Issue"Player/[Play,Pause]" endpoint returns an incorrect status code (200 instead of 204). Hi,I'm writing to report a possible bug with the Web API's "Play/Pause Playback" endpoint. According to the documentati...
Plan Premium Country Rwanda My Question or Issue "Player/[Play,Pause]" endpoint returns an incorrect status code (200 instead of 204). Hi, I'm writing to report a possible bug ...
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Is there anything wrong with keeping my app in development mode and putting it on the app store? The functionality would simply to be to pull down track info to then link back to spotify.
Is there anything wrong with keeping my app in development mode and putting it on the app store? The functionality would simply to be to pull down track info to then link back to spotify.
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