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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!! SpotifyApi, 403 'Forbidden'

Hello ! I want to access my account's player to manage playbacks.According to API I received the token and passed in the header - rules { "scope", "user-modify-playback-state"}In response, I received a status of 200 and a token, also the rights that ...

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  • Hello ! I want to access my account's player to manage playbacks. According to API I received the token and passed in the header - rules { "scope", "user-modify-playback-state"} In response, I ...
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Web Playback SDK: WebPlaybackState.disallows.skipping_prev not correct on second track

Plan: PremiumDevice: Chrome, version 111.0.5563.64 (Official Build) (arm64))Operating System: MacOS, version Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68) Issue: When playing the first track from an album or an artist context (ie: a context with more than one track) comple...

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  • Plan: Premium Device: Chrome, version 111.0.5563.64 (Official Build) (arm64)) Operating System: MacOS, version Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68)   Issue:   When playing the first track fro...
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Playlist go into "suggested for you" and plays songs that already Are in the playlist

Plalist go into "suggested for you" and plays songs that already Are in the playlist.Why?? If you take a friend to buy clothes you wont suggest the tshirt he already wears!?

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  • Plalist go into "suggested for you" and plays songs that already Are in the playlist. Why?? If you take a friend to buy clothes you wont suggest the tshirt he already wears!?
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Solved!! Clarification on using audio preview clips in short-form content videos

Hello Spotify for Developers Community,I am currently working on an application that generates short-form content videos featuring audio preview clips from Spotify, along with the song title, artist, album/song cover, and a Spotify code that links to...

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  • Hello Spotify for Developers Community, I am currently working on an application that generates short-form content videos featuring audio preview clips from Spotify, along with the song title, a...
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How to get information on a song?

So Ed Sheeran recently released Eyes Closed which have different versions with different covers but the main track has the collective streams of both versions whereas Jimin also released Like Crazy the same day with two versions but the streams are s...

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  • So Ed Sheeran recently released Eyes Closed which have different versions with different covers but the main track has the collective streams of both versions whereas Jimin also released Like Crazy t...
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When adding or updating playlist details, only works half the time

Whats up all -- I have a web app that uses both the "CreatePlaylist" + "Change Playlist Details" Web API calls. For the CreatePlaylist call, I always pass name and description. I noticed that half of the time the playlists have no description after b...

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  • Whats up all --   I have a web app that uses both the "CreatePlaylist" + "Change Playlist Details" Web API calls.   For the CreatePlaylist call, I always pass name and description. I no...
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ALLOWED? calling dance moves

I want to put out a free program for rueda calling. Picture is worth 1000 words, as long as it works:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR37xrpiXIAt Parties of Cuban music fans (and other places) people dance in a group, doing fairly complex moves to s...

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  • ...njoyable more often. This dance is popular at informal parties.  But rueda is also taught at schools.  Right now it's up to a dance studio to license public performance or not, and this a...
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Public Playlist

Hi,I run a WordPress plugin and want to be able to convert a playlist URL that a client provides into a JSON response and then add the details into a table, is this possible? I vision it to work like:Client inputs Spotify URL intoa box, clicks "conve...

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  • Hi, I run a WordPress plugin and want to be able to convert a playlist URL that a client provides into a JSON response and then add the details into a table, is this possible?   I vision it t...
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My live streams have stopped updated and reverted to an old update.

The track was on 16k+ live updated streams and then a few hours later I was logged out of the app and when I logged back in it was an old update that shows up on Spotify streams rather than artist app streams. And hasn’t updated since then even thoug...

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  • The track was on 16k+ live updated streams and then a few hours later I was logged out of the app and when I logged back in it was an old update that shows up on Spotify streams rather than artist ap...
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Notion Embedding

PlanFree/PremiumI have premium but I don't think this impacts the issue CountryUSA DeviceSurface Pro Operating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I embed a playlist or song or whatever from Spotify onto Notion it only shows a preview of the so...

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  • Plan Free/Premium I have premium but I don't think this impacts the issue   Country USA   Device Surface Pro   Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Whe...
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Extension Request Media Upload Broken

I'm trying to revise my extension request (first time doing it with the new UI) and there's strange behavior when uploading screenshots/screencasts. All attempted uploads initially produced a "Something went wrong" error, but when I saved my request ...

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  • I'm trying to revise my extension request (first time doing it with the new UI) and there's strange behavior when uploading screenshots/screencasts. All attempted uploads initially produced a "Someth...
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Hey Spotify, I noticed there was an error on Jimin's song "Like Crazy"

Jimin’s new song Like Crazy has been split in two versions in your global chart when both’s streams were combined the first day of the release, pls fix this bc it’s affecting the artist records and numbers. Please fix this error and combine the strea...

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  • Jimin’s new song Like Crazy has been split in two versions in your global chart when both’s streams were combined the first day of the release, pls fix this bc it’s affecting the artist records and n...
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May I publish an open source dataset that contains Spotify Audio Features?

I am a PhD student working on machine learning and music information retrieval. In one of my experiments I have gathered audio features from the Spotify API, for a few thousand tracks. No personal data or anything like that. Just track-specific value...

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  • I am a PhD student working on machine learning and music information retrieval. In one of my experiments I have gathered audio features from the Spotify API, for a few thousand tracks. No personal da...
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Embedded playlist on mobile

Hi, I have a website that has embedded playlists on it. In Windows, all the browsers play full songs on my website without a problem. However, Safari browser on my mobile phone plays only 30 seconds although i'm logged in spotify web as a premium use...

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  • Hi,   I have a website that has embedded playlists on it. In Windows, all the browsers play full songs on my website without a problem. However, Safari browser on my mobile phone plays only 30...
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Music snippets for my social media app project

My Question or IssueI am a product manager, and I'm working on a social media project, where users can add music to video posts. I'd appreciate some help

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  • My Question or Issue I am a product manager, and I'm working on a social media project, where users can add music to video posts.  I'd appreciate some help
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How to get to console? It's gone. Yesterday it wasn't.

I'm doing a YouTube tutorial on api's. Yesterday everything is alright, but now it is not at all. I now should get a Token in the console and learn about terminal and api's. But the console is gone. How can I continue the tutorial?

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  • I'm doing a YouTube tutorial on api's. Yesterday everything is alright, but now it is not at all. I now should get a Token in the console and learn about terminal and api's. But the console is gone. ...
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Creating an app allowing to easily add songs as a party guest

Hi! tl;dr: Imagine a party. Typically, the host of the party is creating a playlist beforehand or a party guest can add their song wishes by using the party hosts device, where the Spotify app is installed on (e.g. laptop, smartphone). It would be mu...

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  • ...ther devices that we approve in writing from time to time." does not include server hardware.   Furthermore, my idea was to make the source code of my application available to the public, s...
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Solved!! Secure account

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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Is it possible to have Spotify for artists APIs?

I have 2 needs related to the link between a Spotify User and a Spotify Artist.I want to allow my users to copy paste their profile link (i.e. open.spotify.com/user/theirId) and still be able to fetch the artist profile link associated to their accou...

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  • ...e to get their artist link or their public tracks Will this ever be available?
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Allowed to use it for on-hold music?

I've read the various Spotify terms and conditions docs, but it's not entirely clear whether our use case is permitted. We have a telehealth app, and we want a patient to be able to select songs or playlists we provide via Spotify while they're waiti...

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  • I've read the various Spotify terms and conditions docs, but it's not entirely clear whether our use case is permitted. We have a telehealth app, and we want a patient to be able to select songs or p...
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