Type in your question below and we'll check to see what answers we can find...
Loading article...
Submitting...
If you couldn't find any answers in the previous step then we need to post your question in the community and wait for someone to respond. You'll be notified when that happens.
Simply add some detail to your question and refine the title if needed, choose the relevant category, then post.
Before we can post your question we need you to quickly make an account (or sign in if you already have one).
Don't worry - it's quick and painless! Just click below, and once you're logged in we'll bring you right back here and post your question. We'll remember what you've already typed in so you won't have to do it again.
Discuss building apps with Spotify APIs and SDKs
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...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
Dear Spotify Team, My name is Tim, I run GroupTube (https://group.tube), a website/app that allows users to spend time together, watch videos, listen to music, play games. Because it's more fun together with friends. We have received well over 100+ i...
Dear Spotify Team, My name is Tim, I run GroupTube (https://group.tube), a website/app that allows users to spend time together, watch videos, listen to music, play games. Because it's more ...
429 Views
0 replies
1 likes
PlanPremiumCountryBelgium Operating SystemDebian My Question or IssueOne of my apps received the status "Disabled and blocked".It's a script that runs at night to find and remove duplicate tracks from my playlists.Altough I useally do just 1 request ...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Operating System Debian My Question or Issue One of my apps received the status "Disabled and blocked". It's a script that runs at night to find a...
Music Fan
294 Views
2 replies
0 likes
It says new integrations are on hold while me make updates to increase reliability. The create app button is completely disabled.
It says new integrations are on hold while me make updates to increase reliability. The create app button is completely disabled.
Visitor
162494 Views
489 replies
424 likes
Hi, I’m building a hardware prototype that acts as a physical controller for Spotify playback. The device reads NFC tags embedded in physical media (e.g. vinyl records). When a tag is detected, it sends the tag ID to a backend, which triggers playbac...
Hi, I’m building a hardware prototype that acts as a physical controller for Spotify playback. The device reads NFC tags embedded in physical media (e.g. vinyl records). When a tag ...
275 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Plan PremiumCountry - USADevice DesktopOperating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue - Dashboard won't let me create more apps.
Plan Premium Country - USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10 My Question or Issue - Dashboard won't let me create more apps.
Casual Listener
628 Views
2 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUSAAppVibe SwipeMy Question or IssueI am building a spotify / tinder type app for adding songs to playlists by listening to a certain vibe and swiping left and right. I am not able to add the songs to any playlist because spotify is...
Plan Premium Country USA App Vibe Swipe My Question or Issue I am building a spotify / tinder type app for adding songs to playlists by listening to a certain vibe and swiping left and right. ...
748 Views
0 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMSIOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I hover over the "Creat App" buttun, it just says that I've reached my limit, but I've only created one, and back when I created it I was still able to create more,...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device MSI Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue When I hover over the "Creat App" buttun, it just says that I've reached my limit, but I've o...
Rising Star 4
394 Views
1 replies
0 likes
Hi everyone,I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata.Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playlist I get this error:{ "error": "Could not fetch playli...
Hi everyone, I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata. Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playl...
Newbie
1481 Views
2 replies
2 likes
Hi,I am trying to integrate Spotify remote android sdk into my app for remote control and publish in my playstore, I am an individual developer without a website or firm, I have two questions.1. Can I have more than 5 users in development mode or do ...
Hi, I am trying to integrate Spotify remote android sdk into my app for remote control and publish in my playstore, I am an individual developer without a website or firm, I have two questions. 1. ...
324 Views
0 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 14, Macbook Pro late 2021)Operating System(iOS 26.2) My Question or IssueApp Disabled: My Data Extractor - ID: e5eeb0e51e984a86b662478a71f4be88Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, I am writing with deep regret r...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device (iPhone 14, Macbook Pro late 2021) Operating System (iOS 26.2) My Question or Issue App Disabled: My Data Extractor - ID: e5eeb0e51e984a86b662478a...
Casual Listener
1085 Views
1 replies
1 likes
My Question or Issue I'm using the Spotify API to search tracks by name and artist, I have reach a special case where the name as the song is know is not strictly equals to the song name on Spotify: Song Name: Act I: Scene Two: I. Overture 1928Song N...
My Question or Issue I'm using the Spotify API to search tracks by name and artist, I have reach a special case where the name as the song is know is not strictly equals to the song name on ...
243 Views
0 replies
0 likes
Plan PremiumCountry PLDevice PCOperating System Windows 11 I have Spotify Premium, and I have a valid clientId and clientSecret. The problem is strange. I make a request to get an access_token. I receive it, but every other request I make returns a 4...
Plan Premium Country PL Device PC Operating System Windows 11 I have Spotify Premium, and I have a valid clientId and clientSecret. The problem is strange. I make a request to g...
Regular
1683 Views
10 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook Air M3, 24GB RAM, 2024Operating System26.4 (25E246) My Question or IssueHi Spotify Team,I noticed that during small instrumental gaps (when no lyrics are playing), the player shows the “Sync” button even though I ...
Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook Air M3, 24GB RAM, 2024 Operating System 26.4 (25E246) My Question or Issue Hi Spotify Team, I noticed that during small instrumental ...
166 Views
0 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueI activated a premium account yesterday, but am still receiving a 403 error when calling the search endpoint. I've tried rotating the client secret just in case, but that doesn't help. Borrowing a token from ...
Plan Premium Country USA My Question or Issue I activated a premium account yesterday, but am still receiving a 403 error when calling the search endpoint. I've tried rotating the ...
209 Views
0 replies
0 likes
I tried to follow the instruction to create a web app using web api spotify but on callback I got "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED", I tried every solutions I found on internet but it still the same. Any help ? (I tried on OPERA, CHROME and EDGE)
I tried to follow the instruction to create a web app using web api spotify but on callback I got "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED", I tried every solutions I found on internet but it still the same. Any help...
Casual Listener
516 Views
4 replies
0 likes
Hi everyone,I’m working in an automotive environment where we integrate the Spotify on Android Automotive OS and perform end-to-end (E2E) testing of infotainment features.As part of our testing, we need to validate real user flows, including login an...
Hi everyone, I’m working in an automotive environment where we integrate the Spotify on Android Automotive OS and perform end-to-end (E2E) testing of infotainment features. As part of our testing, ...
196 Views
0 replies
0 likes
I am trying to replicate the behaviour of the feature.fm presave feature. When I perform a presave action it takes me to a web page briefly which is the accounts.spotify.com/authorize page and then the spotify app opens up and shows that exact same p...
I am trying to replicate the behaviour of the feature.fm presave feature. When I perform a presave action it takes me to a web page briefly which is the accounts.spotify.com/authorize page and then t...
Casual Listener
324 Views
2 replies
0 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceTried on Linux desktop and Android phone Trying to post this again because my first post was auto-deleted for some reason... My Question or IssueRecently, when trying to complete the OAuth flow for my own app https://spotif...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Tried on Linux desktop and Android phone Trying to post this again because my first post was auto-deleted for some reason... My Question or Issu...
Casual Listener
305 Views
1 replies
0 likes
I am struggling to get multi-word genre search working via the search endpoint.Using the Web API, I try to set q to genre:hard rock which gets converted to: search?q=genre%3Ahard+rock&type=artist This ends up giving a bunch of results with the word "...
I am struggling to get multi-word genre search working via the search endpoint. Using the Web API, I try to set q to genre:hard rock which gets converted to: search?q=genre%3Ahard+rock...
Newbie
1063 Views
1 replies
2 likes
Hello, I’m building/built a cross-platform music sharing tool - users paste a link from one streaming service and get the equivalent on every other platform. Groups, shared playlists, audio recognition. Live product, billing active, NZ company incorp...
Hello, I’m building/built a cross-platform music sharing tool - users paste a link from one streaming service and get the equivalent on every other platform. Groups, shared playlists, audio ...
Casual Listener
1074 Views
2 replies
1 likes
