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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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Request: Audio Features API Access for Academic Research (403 Error)

Request: Audio Features API Access for Academic Research (403 Error)```**Label:** Click **"Question"****Body:** Clear the template text and write:```Hello,I am a researcher at the University of Copenhagen conducting academic research on music trends ...

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Request: Audio Features API Access for Academic Research (403 Error) ``` **Label:** Click **"Question"** **Body:** Clear the template text and write: ``` Hello, I am a researcher at the Univers...

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Potential Business Partnership

Dear Spotify Official Staff, We, as developers, want to develop a social Karaoke app similar to Smule or Starmaker. After searching the "Spotify for Developers" Website (Home | Spotify for Developers), we found Spotify is open to some business corpor...

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Dear Spotify Official Staff,               We, as developers, want to develop a social Karaoke app similar to Smule or Starmaker. After searching the "Spotif...

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Superuser Contribution Some API endpoints randomly return error 403

Since 2021-06-28 14:10 UTC I've started to receive random HTTP 403 errors for the following endpoints: /v1/me/v1/me/player/currently-playing/v1/artists/v1/tracksThe last two deal with public data, so technically they should never return error 403 in ...

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Since 2021-06-28 14:10 UTC I've started to receive random HTTP 403 errors for the following endpoints:   /v1/me /v1/me/player/currently-playing /v1/artists /v1/tracks The last two deal w...

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App status "Disabled and blocked" on two developer projects

Hello Spotify Developer Team,I have two developer apps that show "Disabled and blocked" status in my dashboard. I have not attempted to access any restricted/revoked data, and am fully compliant with Spotify's usage policy. Both projects are strictly...

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Hello Spotify Developer Team, I have two developer apps that show "Disabled and blocked" status in my dashboard. I have not attempted to access any restricted/revoked data, and am fully compliant wi...

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Guidance on showing Spotify songs on a commercial website

My Question or Issue Hi, I have helped build a Christmas game for a client which consists of answering some festive questions, once a user has answered all the questions, we take the answers and use them to inform 'what kind of Christmas song' they a...

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My Question or Issue   Hi,  I have helped build a Christmas game for a client which consists of answering some festive questions, once a user has answered all the questions, we take th...

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Artist Discovered Ons and Monthly Listeners Python

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on a Python project where I want to gather data about artists on Spotify. Specifically, I’m looking to retrieve:The “Artists Discovered On” section that appears on an artist’s page (the playlists or profiles where th...

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Hi everyone, I’m currently working on a Python project where I want to gather data about artists on Spotify. Specifically, I’m looking to retrieve: The “Artists Discovered On” section that appears ...

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App development - Monetization

I'm working on a non-streaming SDA (currently a web app) that has to do with playlist creation. I'm interested in further developing this into a formal paid iPhone app, but need guidance requiring approval for monetization. I've reviewed numerous pos...

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I'm working on a non-streaming SDA (currently a web app) that has to do with playlist creation.  I'm interested in further developing this into a formal paid iPhone app, but need guidance requir...

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Spotify Track Embed not signing in (Firefox)

The Spotify track embed iframe appears to have auth issues on Firefox. Having the track embedded into any webpage keeps the track to the preview version instead of the full song. This happens regardless whether the user is signed into Spotify in that...

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The Spotify track embed iframe appears to have auth issues on Firefox. Having the track embedded into any webpage keeps the track to the preview version instead of the full song. This happens regardl...

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Superuser Contribution Upstream Connect Error on Embeds

We are working on a group project that uses spotify embeds and the embeds are giving us upstream connection errors and not loading. I'm not sure how to fix this error or if this is related to an outage of some kind or not. We are kind of dependent on...

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We are working on a group project that uses spotify embeds and the embeds are giving us upstream connection errors and not loading. I'm not sure how to fix this error or if this is related to an outa...

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Web API Add Custom Playlist Cover Image

EDIT: I got it working. Used some work arounds and fought the APItooth and nail but finally got it. Reply if you need help! Making a Playlist manager with the Spotipy API and no matter what I do I cannot get the endpoint to accept what I give it.What...

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EDIT: I got it working. Used some work arounds and fought the APItooth and nail but finally got it. Reply if you need help!     Making a Playlist manager with the Spotipy API and no matt...

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Solved!! API rate-limiting excessively fast

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI've built a python file that utilizes the spotify.py package module to make batch calls at specific times using specific artist ids. Working fine for weeks, no issue. An h...

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Plan Free Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I've built a python file that utilizes the spotify.py package module to make batch calls at spec...

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Spotify lyrics

I need your help with my Spotify lyrics because it is not working   

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I need your help with my Spotify lyrics because it is not working     

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Playlist created successfully but tracks not visible — API reports total > 0 but no items shown

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 12, MacBook Pro 14-inch 2021)Operating System(iOS 18.7.1, Sequoia 15.6.1.) My Question or Issue Hi everyone,I’m seeing an issue with the Spotify Web API when adding items to a playlist.Here’s what happens:I succe...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 12, MacBook Pro 14-inch 2021) Operating System (iOS 18.7.1, Sequoia 15.6.1.)   My Question or Issue   Hi everyone, I’m seeing an issue...

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Silence speaks volumes

Would love to hear some sort of statement from you, Spotify. We've gotten nothing from you despite everyone's disappointment. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Updating-the-Criteria-for-Web-API-Extended-Access/td-p/6920661

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Would love to hear some sort of statement from you, Spotify. We've gotten nothing from you despite everyone's disappointment.  https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Updating...

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New Mix mode song data

In the new Mix mode, we can see the deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-audio-features in use.Does it mean we will be able to get it back to new apps too?

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In the new Mix mode, we can see the deprecated https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-audio-features in use. Does it mean we will be able to get it back ...

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[Feature Proposal] Expose folders in the api

I have a app that allows creating playlists. It would be really great if I could put all the playlist that my app makes into a certain folder so it is in its own nice category. I propose the api endpoints for folders to be:[GET] me/folders?limit=...&...

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I have a app that allows creating playlists. It would be really great if I could put all the playlist that my app makes into a certain folder so it is in its own nice category.   I propose the...

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API for Developers is glitched. Correct Authentication Credentials Fail API AUTH for connecting.

PlanPremiumCountryN/ADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11My Question or IssueMy username and password are needed for using the api. however , for some reason my account appears to be glitching the password storage, only allowing logging using google au...

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Plan Premium Country N/A Device PC Operating System Windows 11 My Question or Issue My username and password are needed for using the api. however , for some reason my ac...

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250K user requirement is pretty much baseless

I am working on an app which is a pretty specific app for businesses that already have a Spotify license, but the 250K users requirement is not going to get fulfilled. I mean, how can I go from 25 users to 250K to request an extension? Everyone has b...

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I am working on an app which is a pretty specific app for businesses that already have a Spotify license, but the 250K users requirement is not going to get fulfilled. I mean, how can I go from 25 us...

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Cannot Submit Quota Extension Request - Redirects to Dashboard

Hi,I'm unable to submit a quota extension request for my app. When Iclick "Submit Quota Extension" in the User Management section, itredirects me back to the dashboard.App Name: En Una NotaClient ID: 7036482df9bc4007f8f4e30f0b588da4aAll fields in Bas...

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Hi, I'm unable to submit a quota extension request for my app. When I click "Submit Quota Extension" in the User Management section, it redirects me back to the dashboard. App Name: En Una No...

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Requesting Access to /v1/recommendations Endpoint for Moodify Android App

Hi Spotify Dev Team ,I’m currently developing an Android app called Moodify, which generates personalized playlists based on the user’s mood (for example, happy, sad, energetic, etc.). The app authenticates via Spotify OAuth and creates private playl...

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Hi Spotify Dev Team 👋, I’m currently developing an Android app called Moodify, which generates personalized playlists based on the user’s mood (for example, happy, sad, energetic, etc.). The app au...

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