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Spotify Soloist: a new terminal based player for headless and DIY setups

Hey everyone, we've created this thread to share details about Spotify Soloist. Spotify Soloist is a new, lightweight Spotify client for headless setups. It runs as a background service, supports Spotify Connect, and works on Raspberry Pi and other L...

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palchrb

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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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yu0223

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Can I access Wrapped Playlists via the API?

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Air M2Operating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueI am trying to build an application using Spotify's APIs. I need to access my wrapped playlists. When I make the API call, I am receiving all the other playlists apa...

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Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook Air M2 Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue I am trying to build an application using Spotify's APIs. I need to access my wrapped pla...

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I am trying to build an App to get newly relased songs from Myanmar

The problem is that Spotify is not officially available in Myanmar. So I can't used market code MM to scan the new songs. Please kindly suggest me if there is another way to scan and get the song lists from Myanmar.

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The problem is that Spotify is not officially available in Myanmar. So I can't used market code MM to scan the new songs. Please kindly suggest me if there is another way to scan and get the song lis...

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Dev-mode client-credentials app in a ban loop: full Retry-After compliance, then re-banned ~2h after

Hi Spotify team,I need help understanding what appears to be a penalty state on our app, and specifically what Spotify expects from a client in the hours after a long Retry-After elapses — because full compliance followed by modest resumption keeps d...

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Hi Spotify team, I need help understanding what appears to be a penalty state on our app, and specifically what Spotify expects from a client in the hours after a long Retry-After elapses ...

toy_s01dier

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Solved!! 403 on /v1/playlists/{id}/items for 198 of 471 own/followed playlists, plus POST /tracks returns

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceAPIOperating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueBuilding a single-user personal data tool against the Web API. AuthorizationCode Flow, app in Development Mode, my own account is on the app's UserManagement allowlist. Reads mos...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device API Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue Building a single-user personal data tool against the Web API. Authorization Code Flow, app in Develo...

Verysecur3

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Add Genres to Artists via Spotify API

Greetings, Spotify Developer Community,I am a tester of a third party application that uses Spotify API that grabs the genre information and classify artists with it. I have bunch of artists to tag:Pianovus - Classify, Piano Cover, New Age Piano, Foc...

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Greetings, Spotify Developer Community, I am a tester of a third party application that uses Spotify API that grabs the genre information and classify artists with it.   I have bunch of artis...

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Commercial use of Spotify for a multiplayer companion game

PlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceAllOperating SystemIos + android My Question or IssueI am developing a multiplayer music bingo game called Bingo Beats.The app itself does not stream music to players.The flow is:One host logs in with their own Spotify accou...

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Plan Premium Country NL Device All Operating System Ios + android   My Question or Issue I am developing a multiplayer music bingo game called Bingo Beats. The app itself does not str...

Ximzend

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Independent Developer Request for Guidance

My name is Rhys Kavanagh, and I’m a 16 year old independent iOS developer from Ireland. Over the past several months, I’ve been building a social music app called Musica.The goal of Musica is to help people discover music together, share what they’re...

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My name is Rhys Kavanagh, and I’m a 16 year old independent iOS developer from Ireland. Over the past several months, I’ve been building a social music app called Musica. The goal of Musica is to he...

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Cannot create app in Developer Dashboard : "Something went wrong" error persists

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceMacBook Air 13''Operating SystemmacOS 26.5 My Question or IssueHi everyone, I am a solo indie developer building an iOS app. I am trying to create a new app in the Spotify Developer Dashboard but keep hitting a wall.Ever...

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Plan Premium Country Norway Device MacBook Air 13'' Operating System macOS 26.5   My Question or Issue Hi everyone,   I am a solo indie developer building an iOS app. I am tryin...

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Can't embed notion links of "protected content"

My Question or IssueI can't embed notion playlist links on another site when it kept showing “Playback of protected content is not enabled”, although I have enabled "Sites can use identifiers to play protected content" on my browser (Chrome).

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My Question or Issue I can't embed notion playlist links on another site when it kept showing “Playback of protected content is not enabled”, although I have enabled "Sites can use identifiers to pl...

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Solved!! 'cant play this right now' issue Android mobile

Premium, Google Pixel 6, on Android V13Started a few days ago. House of echo speakers, used for years no problems. Now all devices show 'cant play this right now' and are unselectable. Playing through alexa app times out.I've cleared cache and files,...

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Premium, Google Pixel 6, on Android V13 Started a few days ago. House of echo speakers, used for years no problems. Now all devices show 'cant play this right now' and are unselectable. Playing thro...

saucyross

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Superuser Contribution Request Production OAuth Access (Not Extended Quota)

My Question or IssueI am requesting standard Production OAuth access for my application so it can move out of Development Mode.I am NOT requesting Extended Quota or high-scale access.This is an early-stage platform with a small number of curators and...

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My Question or Issue I am requesting standard Production OAuth access for my application so it can move out of Development Mode. I am NOT requesting Extended Quota or high-scale access. This is an...

RouteFuel

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution API returns wrong genres when fetching multiple artists

When requesting multiple artists in a single API call, the API returns wrong genres. But when requesting the same artists one by one, it returns the correct genres. Please see the attached screenshot showing the response for artist Metallica (2ye2Wgw...

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When requesting multiple artists in a single API call, the API returns wrong genres. But when requesting the same artists one by one, it returns the correct genres.   Please see the attached s...

soheilpro

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Inquiry regarding commercial API access for third-party streaming tools

Hello, I am an independent developer building widgets for streamers that displays their currently playing track information. I am currently operating within the Developer Mode environment. I am interested in scaling this project into a commercial off...

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Hello,   I am an independent developer building widgets for streamers that displays their currently playing track information. I am currently operating within the Developer Mode environment. ...

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Superuser Contribution Partnership for Spotify Open Access

Hello Spotify Developer Community,I am Luis from Catarse 'www.catarse.me', a crowdfunding and membership platform hosting numerous podcasts and musicians. We aim to become an approved partner for the Spotify Open Access API to enhance the experience ...

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Hello Spotify Developer Community, I am Luis from Catarse 'www.catarse.me', a crowdfunding and membership platform hosting numerous podcasts and musicians. We aim to become an approved partner for t...

Yossi_dekamer

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Request to restore two accidentally deleted Spotify Developer apps

Hello Spotify Developer Support,I accidentally deleted two applications from my Spotify Developer Dashboard today and would like to ask if it is possible to restore them.The deletion was made by mistake. These apps are used for an active integration,...

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Hello Spotify Developer Support, I accidentally deleted two applications from my Spotify Developer Dashboard today and would like to ask if it is possible to restore them. The deletion was made by ...

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Can't create playlist with Spotify MCP??

This is some really boomer-tier stuff. Is registering an organization, becoming a partner, and upgrading my app to extended quota the only way to just make a playlist via API? Trash.

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This is some really boomer-tier stuff. Is registering an organization, becoming a partner, and upgrading my app to extended quota the only way to just make a playlist via API? Trash.

Ximzend

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Why only 5 users?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice2022 Macbook ProOperating SystemOSX My Question or IssueI'm trying to build a small internal tool for my team. We're a team of DJs that create copies of our crates on Spotify so we have a backup in case our system fails. I ...

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  Plan Premium Country USA Device 2022 Macbook Pro Operating System OSX   My Question or Issue I'm trying to build a small internal tool for my team. We're a team of DJs that cre...

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TOS guidance for indie commercial app: Web API for artist images, or full catalog

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Mac book Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi all, I'm a solo dev building a music review and social app. Pre-launch, pre-revenue, but ...

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

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Is this use of Spotify's API allowed under TOS?

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10My Question or IssueI am developing a video game and added the ability to link your Spotify account to the game. If you have premium and have the app open, the game will be able to mana...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device PC Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am developing a video game and added the ability to link your Spotify account to the game. If ...

Ximzend

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Seeking Guidance: Quota Extension for Independent Developers (Aware of recent policy changes)

Hi everyone,I am an independent developer working on a non-commercial passion project using the Spotify Web API. I’ve recently hit a roadblock with the 5-user limit in Development Mode, and I would love to get some guidance or advice from the communi...

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Hi everyone, I am an independent developer working on a non-commercial passion project using the Spotify Web API. I’ve recently hit a roadblock with the 5-user limit in Development Mode, and I wou...

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