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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...
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...
Spotify Star
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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...
Spotify Star
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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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I'm currently building a tool using the Spotify API and have noticed that individual track stream counts aren’t available through the API. However, websites like Kworb.net and Songstats display stream numbers for specific songs. I'm curious — how are...
I'm currently building a tool using the Spotify API and have noticed that individual track stream counts aren’t available through the API. However, websites like Kworb.net and Songstats display strea...
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I’m working on an iOS app and trying to implement Spotify authentication using the native Spotify app (not a webview or browser login). I’ve been looking into the Spotify iOS SDK, but it seems that the authentication flow using the Spotify app requir...
I’m working on an iOS app and trying to implement Spotify authentication using the native Spotify app (not a webview or browser login). I’ve been looking into the Spotify iOS SDK, but it see...
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Hello fellow jammers!I want to ask if it's possible to get control of the JAM function of spotify? As i have a product i would like to make where i put the qr code on some small screens where people can join a jam!But right now it seems like theres n...
Hello fellow jammers! I want to ask if it's possible to get control of the JAM function of spotify? As i have a product i would like to make where i put the qr code on some small screens where peo...
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I'm looking to add a "Follow on Spotify" button to my website, but can't seem to find any info about it in 2025, only old videos that are no longer useful. I mean, I know I could just put a button on my website with the link to my page, but I'd like ...
I'm looking to add a "Follow on Spotify" button to my website, but can't seem to find any info about it in 2025, only old videos that are no longer useful. I mean, I know I could just put a button on...
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PlanPremiumCountryNZOperating SystemiOS & Android (all supported models) My Question or IssueWe are developing an app targeting practicing musicians and are attempting to use your remote SDK's for iOS and Android as the method of communication betwee...
Plan Premium Country NZ Operating System iOS & Android (all supported models) My Question or Issue We are developing an app targeting practicing musicians and are attempting to use...
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The `@spotify/web-api-ts-sdk` package is almost completely undocumented, with basic documentation for a couple of the authorization methods, with the rest of the documentation relying on an understanding of the web API endpoints. Solution: Add jsdoc ...
The `@spotify/web-api-ts-sdk` package is almost completely undocumented, with basic documentation for a couple of the authorization methods, with the rest of the documentation relying on an understan...
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Currently, I am debugging some issues with my token refreshing, and having to wait an hour or more before my code can be tested. A simple fix to this would be to simply add an `expires` field to the `https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token` endpoint, ...
Currently, I am debugging some issues with my token refreshing, and having to wait an hour or more before my code can be tested. A simple fix to this would be to simply add an `expires` field to the ...
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We are working on a group project that uses spotify embeds and the embeds are giving us upstream connection errors and not loading. I'm not sure how to fix this error or if this is related to an outage of some kind or not. We are kind of dependent on...
We are working on a group project that uses spotify embeds and the embeds are giving us upstream connection errors and not loading. I'm not sure how to fix this error or if this is related to an outa...
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