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Web API quota updates for Development Mode

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to share some updates to how quotas work for Development Mode apps on the Spotify Web API to help you better organize your projects. We've shared a Blog post that explains everything in detail. Here's the short ...

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eastoncrafter

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Refresh token expiration: discussion thread

Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...

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Gig Goer

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Issue with Missing refresh_token in Spotify iOS SDK Authorization Flow

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBrasilDeviceMacbook M2 2023Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 I am developing an iOS application using the Spotify iOS SDK and am facing difficulties obtaining the refresh_token after the authorization request. I followed the ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Brasil Device Macbook M2 2023 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.6.1   I am developing an iOS application using the Spotify iOS SDK and am facing difficulties ob...

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502 on Get Album request

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceIntel NUC i5-10210UOperating SystemUbuntu 20.04 My Question or IssueI have an app that has a couple of users with different album ids. Simplified, every two seconds i loop the users and make a request to the spotify get ...

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Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Intel NUC i5-10210U Operating System Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue I have an app that has a couple of users with different album ids.  ...

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Superuser Contribution Can we have artist bio information in the V1 artists API?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issuehttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-artistThere is a new Abo...

Music Fan

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 https:/...

guillefromtenerife

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Feature Request
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Creating a Spotify Station with Raspberry Pi: Need Help with Shareable Jam URL with python

Hello, everyone.I was thinking of a custom Spotify station on the Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite. I'd like it set up so that I can control playback through the Spotify API and then easily share with my friends. In particular, I w...

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Hello, everyone. I was thinking of a custom Spotify station on the Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite. I'd like it set up so that I can control playback through the Spotify API and ...

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API Access
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Solved!! BUG: Advanced search with AND stopped to work correctly in both official app and API

Hello.Suddenly I realised that queries like "genre:metal AND year:1982" (this one is from official example of advanced search queries at https://support.spotify.com/us/article/search/) stopped to work correctly. It used to bring exactly what was requ...

Gig Goer

Hello. Suddenly I realised that queries like "genre:metal AND year:1982" (this one is from official example of advanced search queries at https://support.spotify.com/us/article/search/) stopp...

början

Music Fan

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bug
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Clarification policy trivia games

PlanFreeCountryNLDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueHello, I'd like to clarify something in the API usage policy. It specifically prohibits trivia games, while these do seem to exist out there. So I wonder if I am just misundersta...

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  Plan Free Country NL Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Hello, I'd like to clarify something in the API usage policy. It specifically prohibits trivia...

Mark_Kalsbeek

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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...

pvlkmrv

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PUBLIQUE DOS EPISODIOS MAS DE LOS QUE YA ANTERIORMENTE HE PUBLICADO PERO NO SE QUEDAN EN LA PLATAFORMA SE BORRAN

Ximzend

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Hardware Partner Application with no response

Free/Premium: FreeCountry: United StatesUse Case: Music integration for a Social RobotOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:Is there any way to get in contact with Spotify regarding the status of a Hardware Partner Application? My company subm...

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Free/Premium: Free Country: United States Use Case: Music integration for a Social Robot Operating System: Linux   My Question or Issue: Is there any way to get in contact with S...

JerreMeister

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Hardware Application
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Hardware Partner Application No Response

CountryUnited States My Question or IssueMy company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some way to get a status update? We would like to integrate Spotify in...

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Country United States   My Question or Issue My company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some w...

JerreMeister

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hardware partner application
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Response to commercial license application

Hi there! I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API. Unfortunately I still have not heard back, and am curious about the best way to get this resolv...

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Hi there!   I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API.   Unfortunately I still have...

JerreMeister

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Get access to Spotify Connect eSDK and Hardware Partner Application

Country: HongKongDevice: Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakersOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our device. We have diligently followed the instructions provided on your website an...

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Country: HongKong Device:  Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakers Operating System: Linux   My Question or Issue: We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our devi...

JerreMeister

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Submit an extension request

Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a link to the app on the App Store. Is it possible to...

Music Fan

Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a ...

Ximzend

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Leverage Spotify API's to get music and play complete songs in a custom app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device(iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc) My Question or IssueHi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of spotify's web-api and enables user to add songs. Others can listen to those songs...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device (iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc)   My Question or Issue Hi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of sp...

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Spotify Developer Portal Down

Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an extension request. I've been a spotify developer for ...

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Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an ex...

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When I try to add a User in Developer Dashboard I a Error.

When I enter a E-Mail & Name and click "Add User" this Error shows:the string did not match the expected pattern

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When I enter a E-Mail & Name and click "Add User" this Error shows: the string did not match the expected pattern

Adrilumedina

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Songs preview stopped working a couple of hours ago

Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.

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Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.

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can I use Spotify API to create commercial use product that modifies user playback realtime?

Hi, The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs. Thanks!

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Hi,   The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs.   Thanks!     ...

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API Legalities
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More 429 error on all "playlist" endpoints

Hi!Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not the others:/playlists/XXXX/users/XXXX/playlists/play...

Roadie

Hi! Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not...

blackarcanis

Roadie

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Playlist stream data

Hi! I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the playlist. I found that the website isitagoodplaylist.com offers ...

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Hi!   I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the play...

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Add music to My playlists
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