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Increasing security requirements for integration with Spotify Web API

Hey all, we’re making some changes to the Spotify Web API. To improve security, we are planning to remove support for two ways of integrating with Spotify that have been replaced with more secure alternatives. Please check the Spotify for Developers ...

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Web Playback SDK: Detect Track End

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceChrome/Firefox LatestOperating SystemUbuntu 22.04 My Question or IssueThe Web Playback SDK has no state event for detecting the track end. Some workarounds are listed in https://github.com/spotify/web-playback-sdk/issues/...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device Chrome/Firefox Latest Operating System Ubuntu 22.04   My Question or Issue The Web Playback SDK has no state event for detecting the track end. Some w...
  • macoirc
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Can you play music on WebApp using Spotify API?

USA, Spotify PremiumThis may be a very basic question, but I am trying to build a web application for a school project. I want to be able to play the audio for a selected song through the web application instead of the Spotify application. I just wan...

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  • USA, Spotify Premium This may be a very basic question, but I am trying to build a web application for a school project. I want to be able to play the audio for a selected song through the web appli...
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Automated Test Causing Forced Password Reset

I am writing and automated test that links a Spotify account to a test account for the service I am testing. Unfortunately after running a few tests linking and unlinking the account I was forced to reset the password which breaks the test since it r...

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  • I am writing and automated test that links a Spotify account to a test account for the service I am testing. Unfortunately after running a few tests linking and unlinking the account I was forced to ...
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Increasing the security requirements for integrating with Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDevice(iPhone 15 ProOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI use the Spotify API for my Limnoria bot to retrieve what I currently listen to, Will that be a problem with the up coming changes?

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  • Plan Premium Country Denmark Device (iPhone 15 Pro Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I use the Spotify API for my Limnoria bot to retrieve what I currently listen to, ...
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Oauth Rejection "use case that onboards a significant user base"

Hey All, I have a commercial webapp for doing music reviews and I'd love to integrate with Spotify to 1. do basic OAuth signup/sign in 2. Implement Follow gating to allow paid users to gate their reviews. I recently received a rejection back stating ...

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  • Hey All,   I have a commercial webapp for doing music reviews and I'd love to integrate with Spotify to 1. do basic OAuth signup/sign in 2. Implement Follow gating to allow paid users to gate ...
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Spotify integration with established and popular iOS and Android app

I build and market an established iOS and Android app called Walkout Song DJ that gives mobile app users a way to present a voice announcement of a player name followed or proceeded by a short <20 second sound clip. A few years back I requested a com...

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  • I build and market an established iOS and Android app called Walkout Song DJ that gives mobile app users a way to present a voice announcement of a player name followed or proceeded by a short <20...
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key for official enviroment

We are a smartwatch solution provider, we developed the watch version of the spotify app according to spotify's open platform docs, now we need to go live with the official environment, but we lack the key for the official environment and can't conta...

  • Casual Listener
  • We are a smartwatch solution provider, we developed the watch version of the spotify app according to spotify's open platform docs, now we need to go live with the official environment, but we lack t...
  • moyoung
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Need Help, How to connect Spotify review team

I develop a app that can transform image with song informations to playlist. And I request a quota extension to support exporting playlist to Spotify. But the request was rejected with a reason: "Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content...

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  • I develop a app that can transform image with song informations to playlist. And I request a quota extension to support exporting playlist to Spotify. But the request was rejected with a reason: " ...
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Is this use case a non streaming SDA?

Hi, My app is a commercial app (has subscription tier or free app with ads). The use case is to connect oAuth with spotify, and the only thing it will do is display the currently playing song from the spotify in our app. There is only one button that...

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  • Hi,    My app is a commercial app (has subscription tier or free app with ads). The use case is to connect oAuth with spotify, and the only thing it will do is display the currently playi...
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Getting 403 while hitting https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/artists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • 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  
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Re: Spotify API doesn't always redirect to my app after successful login

The issue we're talking about here is related to the web, not to the Spotify app. You create a website where you can login using your Spotify account (as described in the Authorization Code Flow docs). When the users clicks to log in with Spotify, th...

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  •   The issue we're talking about here is related to the web, not to the Spotify app. You create a website where you can login using your Spotify account (as described in the Authorization Code ...
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Does the eSDK support RTOS?

Hi Spotify team， Just want to ask one question, does your eSDK support RTOS, do you have a version which could integrate into RTOS system？ Thanks.

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  • Hi Spotify team，     Just want to ask one question, does your eSDK support RTOS, do you have a version which could integrate into RTOS system？   Thanks.
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Web API PKCE Authorize Not Working: INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePixel 3a EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI am developing a mobile app with flutter/dart that uses Spotify's Web API. I am able to authenticate users without PKCE but when I use PKCE I get the error "I...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Pixel 3a Emulator Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I am developing a mobile app with flutter/dart that uses Spotify's Web API. I am ab...
  • Tanict
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Accessing the Spotify For Developers Dashboard

PlanFreeCountryUAEDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm trying to access the Spotify For Developers Dashboard on my PC it gives me an error containing: "Your session has expired, please login again." However, when I'm trying...

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  • Plan Free Country UAE Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I'm trying to access the Spotify For Developers Dashboard on my PC it gives me an error containi...
  • Ximzend
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Comment section

My Question or IssueHas there ever been plans to implement a sort of comment section / community into the Spotify app itself, using the user accounts on this forum for example? This way people could discuss the music under all albums / artists / song...

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  •   My Question or Issue Has there ever been plans to implement a sort of comment section / community into the Spotify app itself, using the user accounts on this forum for example?  This ...
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start/resume and pause player throw FORBIDDEN

I have application that is in extended quota mode. I got 403 FORBIDDEN error when I want to make PUT request to endpoints start/resume or pause on player. The error message isError: Bad OAuth request (wrong consumer key, bad nonce, expired timestamp....

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  • I have application that is in extended quota mode. I got 403 FORBIDDEN error when I want to make PUT request to endpoints start/resume or pause on player.  The error message is Error: Bad OA...
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API feature request: Replace Saved Tracks

My Question or Issue Would like to be able to replace Saved Tracks. It would work exactly like the `URIs` parameter on web-api/reference/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks . Many times a track may get replaced with another version for some reason. i...

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  • My Question or Issue   Would like to be able to replace Saved Tracks. It would work exactly like the `URIs` parameter on web-api/reference/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks .   M...
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Incorrect songs in me/top/tracks endpoint

Hello,The results for /me/top/tracks?limit=50&time_range=short_term seem to be very inaccurate, songs that I've listened to only once appear in the top 10 while some songs that I've listened to more than once don't even appear in the top 50.Can someo...

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  • Hello, The results for /me/top/tracks?limit=50&time_range=short_term seem to be very inaccurate, songs that I've listened to only once appear in the top 10 while some songs that I've list...
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Recommendation Endpoint 404

Im developing a web application that allows users to generate songs based on their prompts. As part of this, I'm using the Spotify Web API to fetch song recommendations based on genre seeds. However, when I make a request to the recommendation endpoi...

  • Casual Listener
  • Im developing a web application that allows users to generate songs based on their prompts. As part of this, I'm using the Spotify Web API to fetch song recommendations based on genre seeds. However,...
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Request for Interview Participation – Academic Research on Leadership at Spotify Nigeria

Hello, My name is Ovie Otete, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of the West of England. I am currently conducting an academic research project titled: “Leadership Challenges in Implementing and Managing Advanced Information Systems: A...

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  • Hello, My name is Ovie Otete, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of the West of England. I am currently conducting an academic research project titled: “Leadership Challenges in Implem...
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