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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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Web Playback SDK togglePlay fails to pause track

PlanPremiumCountryUS Device(Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(macOS Monterey) My Question or IssueMy project is a bit complex and have it hosted in a private GitHub repository unfortunately. Essentially though, here is the issue:- initialize web...

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  • Plan Premium Country US   Device (Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (macOS Monterey)   My Question or Issue My project is a bit complex and have it hosted in a private GitH...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution API does not support other users

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 10 running Google Chrome My Question or IssueI'm having a hard time fully explaining this issue, but here goes! I'm doing a small hobby project that'll recommend users a random album fro...

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  • Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 10 running Google Chrome   My Question or Issue I'm having a hard time fully explaining this issue, but here goes...
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Scraping spotify data with R

anyone know of anyway i can request streaming numbers from spotify? im using the spotifyr package and the data it lets you access is very limited. its for a school project anyone know where i can request that permission?

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  • anyone know of anyway i can request streaming numbers from spotify? im using the spotifyr package and the data it lets you access is very limited. its for a school project anyone know where i can req...
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How to integrate a Database API into Spotify ?

Hi,Can anyone please enlighten me how to integrate a database API into Spotify please. I'm very new to Spotify and totally clueless. Thank you in advance Regards

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  • Hi, Can anyone please enlighten me how to integrate a database API into Spotify please.  I'm very new to Spotify and totally clueless.  Thank you in advance   Regards
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Search artists / tracks and display on User Profile

Hi team, I have a social network app on IOS / Android. I want users to search through artists and songs and then select a few to display them on their profile. Wanted to check what is the best way to implement the search functions? I can think of two...

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  • Hi team,   I have a social network app on IOS / Android. I want users to search through artists and songs and then select a few to display them on their profile.    Wanted to check...
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3rd party access

Hi! With the new Spotify conditions restricting 3rd party apps I am seriously considering changing from Spotify to another streaming platform. This because I’m a musician and love to be able to use apps like ASD (Amazing Slow Downer) and other noteap...

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  • Hi! With the new Spotify conditions restricting 3rd party apps I am seriously considering changing from Spotify to another streaming platform.  This because I’m a musician and love to be able t...
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No Amazing Slow Downer. No need for Premium Plan.

PlanFreeCountryUnited States DeviceMacBook Pro, iPadPro, iPhone 12proOperating SystemMacOS, iOS My Question or IssueIf I can’t use Spotify and Amazing Slow Downer together, I don’t need Spotify. I already know there will be no response by the company...

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  • Plan Free Country United States   Device MacBook Pro, iPadPro, iPhone 12pro Operating System MacOS, iOS   My Question or Issue If I can’t use Spotify and Amazing Slow Downer toge...
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Karaoke track feature

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceRedmi Note 9sOperating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI was wondering something. This is addressed to the developers working to bring something new to the app. What if, for every song you wanna listen on Spotify, you c...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device Redmi Note 9s Operating System Android    My Question or Issue I was wondering something. This is addressed to the developers working to bring so...
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Improve the social feature

Add a direct message feature to Spotify without needing to connect to Facebook.

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  • Add a direct message feature to Spotify without needing to connect to Facebook.  
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Playlist embed does not play full songs on Safari after login

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)Operating SystemMacOS 12.3, Safari 15.4 My Question or IssueEmbedded Spotify playlists on websites do not play the full songs after authenticating in Safari. Steps to reproduceVisit website w...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) Operating System MacOS 12.3, Safari 15.4   My Question or Issue Embedded Spotify playlists on websites do not play the ...
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In app streaming - some apps still supporting?

Hi guys, I work within the product development space for music and have a question for the community. One company I had my eye on was EarBuds. Earlier this month I noticed they've had to shut down the project due to the changes to the SDK. I was wond...

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  • Hi guys,    I work within the product development space for music and have a question for the community.    One company I had my eye on was EarBuds. Earlier this month I notic...
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Spotify should show users' personal names too.

It's something hard to understand who follows you. I think Spotify should add a feature that shows the users' name too. Or it should have an extended user page. PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operatin...

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  • It's something hard to understand who follows you. I think Spotify should add a feature that shows the users' name too. Or it should have an extended user page.  Plan Free/Premium Country &n...
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[Sugestion] Start radio from a song

My Question or IssueIt seems to me that it would be a great improvement, when you are, for example, in a playlist, to long press a song and have the option to start a new playback from that song, with related songs

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  • My Question or Issue It seems to me that it would be a great improvement, when you are, for example, in a playlist, to long press a song and have the option to start a new playback from that song, w...
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A podcast I listen to (5-4) seems to be deprioritized by the app.

I've listened to every episode of 5-4 but it rarely shows up on my home screen. Other show will stay on my recommended for weeks after one or two episodes. Wtf Spotify??

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  • I've listened to every episode of 5-4 but it rarely shows up on my home screen. Other show will stay on my recommended for weeks after one or two episodes. Wtf Spotify??
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A podcast I listen to (5-4) seems to be deprioritized by the app.

I've listened to every episode of 5-4 but it rarely shows up on my home screen. Other show will stay on my recommended for weeks after one or two episodes. Wtf Spotify??

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  • I've listened to every episode of 5-4 but it rarely shows up on my home screen. Other show will stay on my recommended for weeks after one or two episodes. Wtf Spotify??
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Solved!! [SUGGESTION] [API] Allow to see who added a song in a collaborative playlist

I would love to have the feature see who added a Song in collaboratve playlist. The APP already shows who has done it, but I cant find an way trough the api. So this would be a nice to have feature if added

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  • I would love to have the feature see who added a Song in collaboratve playlist. The APP already shows who has done it, but I cant find an way trough the api. So this would be a nice to have feature i...
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Error trying to refresh the access token

Hi, I am currently developing a mobile application that uses Spotify integration, as you may know when authenticating with spotify we receive an access token and a refresh token, the first one expires after an hour and the second one is used to reque...

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  • Hi, I am currently developing a mobile application that uses Spotify integration, as you may know when authenticating with spotify we receive an access token and a refresh token, the first one expire...
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1kHz noise at the end of a song

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueActually I heared the song from Shakespears Sisters "Hello - turn the radio on".At the end of the ...

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  •   Plan 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 Actu...
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500 response from Top Items endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueMy colleges and I are developing a 3rd party application for our college capstone project and have encountered an issue where we are receiving a 500 response from the https://...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue My colleges and I are developing a 3rd party application for our college capstone project and have ...
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