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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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PlanFreeCountry:India Device Macbook ProOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am trying to use developer.spotify.com and seeing the below issue while creating an app :Something went wrong, we were not able to g...

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  Plan Free Country: India   Device  Macbook Pro Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I am trying to use developer.spot...

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Can't edit the settings of a Spotify app

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanada I can't edit the settings of my Spotify app after selecting it from the Dashboard. I can see the dashboard for the app with the DAU, MAU, and requests by endpoint, but I can't access the settings. I'm getting an error me...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Canada   I can't edit the settings of my Spotify app after selecting it from the Dashboard. I can see the dashboard for the app with the DAU, MAU, and requests by ...

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Is it okay to deploy my app without an extension request (so friends can test it)?

PlanPremium My Question or IssueI have a small toy project that's essentially this (https://pudding.cool/2021/10/judge-my-music/) but with ChatGPT. I don't intend on getting an extension request (until the site is polished, if ever), but I'd like to ...

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Plan Premium   My Question or Issue I have a small toy project that's essentially this (https://pudding.cool/2021/10/judge-my-music/) but with ChatGPT. I don't intend on getting an extension...

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Get Album endpoint returns response with empty list of genres

PlanPremiumCountryPoland My Question or IssueHi all, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get information about some albums and I've found that the response of Get Album endpoint contains empty list of Genres (`genres` field), so no genres for any al...

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Plan Premium Country Poland   My Question or Issue Hi all, I'm trying to use the Spotify API to get information about some albums and I've found that the response of Get Album endpoi...

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How can I play tracks while phone is locked without queuing?

i am trying to make a ‘skin’ atop Spotify, where users can play a song through my app, and itll play through Spotify. Due to how Spotify handles activity, I can’t keep my phone locked to play tracks in the background, and the queuing system doesn’t w...

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i am trying to make a ‘skin’ atop Spotify, where users can play a song through my app, and itll play through Spotify.   Due to how Spotify handles activity, I can’t keep my phone locked to pla...

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Commercial use for some of Spotify's API

Greetings,We are a couple of software developers, willing to create software for both hobby and commercial use. The software includes gathering track data with a given ID and using the recommendation API. We cannot be sure if it is legal to use these...

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Greetings, We are a couple of software developers, willing to create software for both hobby and commercial use. The software includes gathering track data with a given ID and using t...

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Play a track without clearing queue?

PlanPremiumCountrySEOperating SystemiOS 17.2, Windows 11, MacOS Sonoma 14.2 My Question or IssueI am working on a website and it is incredibly frustrating that the https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play endpoint clears the users autoplay/currently...

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Plan Premium Country SE Operating System iOS 17.2, Windows 11, MacOS Sonoma 14.2   My Question or Issue I am working on a website and it is incredibly frustrating that the https://a...

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Get Artist reference bug - receiving Float instead of Int

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPolandDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi,I'm currently creating an app that uses Spotify Web API. While using the "Get Artist"...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Poland Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hi, I...

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The response type of artist endpoint is marked as Integer in document, but actually return float

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am the author of RSpotify: https://github.com/ramsayleung/rspotify, a popular community-dri...

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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 I am th...

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API: Searching albums using 'label' filter is limited to 100 results

Hi, album seaches with a 'label' filter, that used to return up to 1000 results, now appear to have a hard limit of 100 results e.g. `q=label:"Capitol"` curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=label%3A%22Capitol%22&type=album'...

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Hi, album seaches with a 'label' filter, that used to return up to 1000 results, now appear to have a hard limit of 100 results e.g. `q=label:"Capitol"`     curl --request GET \ --url ...

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My daughter's information on the API is wrong and does not match what is on her Spotify for artsits

My daughter is an indie rock/indir pop/indie folk artist. We recently learned that a 3rd party site that generates its data from Spotify's API had her listed as rap/hip hop and the top countries did not match what we know to be true and what is on he...

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My daughter is an indie rock/indir pop/indie folk artist. We recently learned that a 3rd party site that generates its data from Spotify's API had her listed as rap/hip hop and the top countries did ...

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Solved!! Unable to obtain a refresh token

I would like to get a refresh_token in Next.js, but no matter what I do, I cannot get one.I would like to know how to do this.PlanPremiumCountryJapanDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe code is as follows import { redirect_uri, ...

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I would like to get a refresh_token in Next.js, but no matter what I do, I cannot get one. I would like to know how to do this. Plan Premium Country Japan Device PC Operating System Windows ...

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Developing a game around Spotify?

Hi all, I was under the impression that using Spotify music content in games was prohibited as per the Spotify Dev policy III.2 'Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.'Any idea how this game might have gotten around the rules? https://songtr...

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Hi all, I was under the impression that using Spotify music content in games was prohibited as per the Spotify Dev policy III.2 'Do not create a game, including trivia quizzes.' Any idea how this ...

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In-car push information during major incidents

PlanFreeCountryPilot in The NetherlandsDeviceAll possible devicesOperating Systemall operating systems My Question or IssueDear Sir/Madam,From Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch road manager for national highways, we have received a question regarding reachi...

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Plan Free Country Pilot in The Netherlands Device All possible devices Operating System all operating systems   My Question or Issue Dear Sir/Madam, From Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch ...

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removeListener Logic for iFrame API Seems Incorrect

I'm using the Spotify iFrame API. I'm adding an event listener using `.addListener` but when I tried to remove it using `.removeListener` the listener is not removed and the function returns undefined.The source code for this method is: this.removeLi...

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I'm using the Spotify iFrame API. I'm adding an event listener using `.addListener` but when I tried to remove it using `.removeListener` the listener is not removed and the function returns undefine...

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question about the popularity score of an artist

My Question or Issue i want to create a list of the most interesting artists in germany, and i thought i could use the popularity score to do that. i cant figure out if the popularity score is global or could also be retrieved for a local market? add...

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My Question or Issue   i want to create a list of the most interesting artists in germany, and i thought i could use the popularity score to do that. i cant figure out if the popularity score ...

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Spotify API not returning correct album info using my App Client ID & Secret

PlanPremium CountryUnited States DeviceAny — but especially when coding on my MacBook Air w/ M2 Apple Siclicon Chip, 24 GB of RAM, and Mac OS Sonoma v14.2.1 Operating SystemAny — but seen when coding on my My Question or IssueHello — I'm trying to co...

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  Plan Premium   Country United States   Device Any — but especially when coding on my MacBook Air w/ M2 Apple Siclicon Chip, 24 GB of RAM, and Mac OS Sonoma v14.2.1   O...

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Cannot set playlist public to private or change the setting

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicemac StudioOperating SystemmacOS Using the API I can no longer create private playlists. All created playlists are public regardless of the supplied value. Nor can I change the existing public value. I'm using Authorizati...

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  Plan Premium Country Canada Device mac Studio Operating System macOS   Using the API I can no longer create private playlists. All created playlists are public regardless of the...

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Solved!! removeListener not working inside addEventListener handler

PlanFreeCountryUSDevice Macbook ProOperating SystemMacOS Sonoma My Question or IssueI'm using a stimulus controller to initialize the iframe embed. I'm adding an event listener to the EmbedController that works fine and I want to remove it when the f...

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Plan Free Country US Device  Macbook Pro Operating System MacOS Sonoma   My Question or Issue I'm using a stimulus controller to initialize the iframe embed. I'm adding an event...

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suggestions amélioration

PlanFree/PremiumCountry France DeviceSamsung Galaxy x cover 3, Asus ROG GL 553 VOperating SystemAndroid 6.01, Windows 10 My Question or IssueBonjour, J'essaie actuellement votre abonnement prémium et je voudrais vous faire deux suggestions d'améliora...

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Plan Free/Premium Country France   Device Samsung Galaxy x cover 3, Asus ROG GL 553 V Operating System Android 6.01, Windows 10   My Question or Issue Bonjour, J'essaie actuel...

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