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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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Question about artist genre classification

Hi everyone! I'm new here, don't know much about development so it might be a silly question. Is there any information about how it works the artist genre classification? I'm trying to understand how it works and specially if there's a way to manuall...

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  • Hi everyone! I'm new here, don't know much about development so it might be a silly question. Is there any information about how it works the artist genre classification? I'm trying to understand how...
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{"error":{"status":404,"message":"Invalid username"}} Error (Nodejs)

PlanFree/Premium CountryTurkey LanguageNodejs My Question or Issue From this code: const express = require('express') const app = express() var client_id = 'asd'; var client_secret = 'asd'; // Base64 encoding of the client_id and client_secret var en...

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  • Plan Free/Premium   Country Turkey   Language Nodejs   My Question or Issue   From this code:           const express = require('express'...
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API Invoke-RestMethod - Only active device shown

Hi, in powershell, when i get devices on my premium account, i see device only when Spotify app is opened on them. How do i get the ID of "another device"?Thanks!

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  • Hi, in powershell, when i get devices on my premium account, i see device only when Spotify app is opened on them.  How do i get the ID of "another device"? Thanks!
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Spotify Codes not working

I'm trying to share a playlist with the code but I can't. The only option I get is the link, but the code doesn't show up even when I try to share an individual song. Both on PC and Android.

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  • I'm trying to share a playlist with the code but I can't. The only option I get is the link, but the code doesn't show up even when I try to share an individual song.  Both on PC and Android.
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Spotify Blend Playlist IDs not returning any results when trying to get tracks

I'm trying to access track names using the Web API for a Blend playlist. The api works fine for any playlist ID/URI except for those that are blends. My queries return either an error or no results - I have tested with other non-blend playlist IDs an...

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  • ...esults - I have tested with other non-blend playlist IDs and they work fine.   Spotify labels this playlist as "public" and I can query from other similar Spotify created public playlists. Is there a w...
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APP INTERFACE CHANGES

Hi App Developers, I note the desktop interface has changed and assuming some coding changes came with the different in the interface. With the changes came the loss of being able to drag and drop playlist in the left sidebar allowing custom orders. ...

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  • Hi App Developers, I note the desktop interface has changed and assuming some coding changes came with the different in the interface. With the changes came the loss of being able to drag and drop pl...
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Problem sending and receiving requests from my site to Spotify.

Hi to you. I have a site to which I have connected Spotify via API. Everything was fine until a while ago when I noticed that most of the requests from my site were being rejected by Spotify. I wanted to find out the reason for this and know what the...

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  • Hi to you. I have a site to which I have connected Spotify via API. Everything was fine until a while ago when I noticed that most of the requests from my site were being rejected by Spotify. I wante...
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SDK Web App depreciation? (functionality only for premium users error)

I'm doing research for an app I plan to build that would use the Spotify SDK to play tracks in the browser but it seems something is wrong? After a few hours of digging it seems that every deployed app I can find that is built on top of the Spotify S...

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  • I'm doing research for an app I plan to build that would use the Spotify SDK to play tracks in the browser but it seems something is wrong?   After a few hours of digging it seems that every d...
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How do I get data for making an A&R tool?

My Question or Issue Hi. I want to make an A&R tool where I can search and find undiscovered gems that deserve recognition.Would like to extract data like:Monthly listeners 30-100Number of tracks 10+ (To show their commitment)Strem to listener rate (...

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  • My Question or Issue   Hi. I want to make an A&R tool where I can search and find undiscovered gems that deserve recognition. Would like to extract data like: Monthly listeners 30-100 N...
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Check if Spotify app has been logged in on Android Auto

Operating System(Android Auto 11) Hi Spotify team, We are developing an app on Android Auto OS. In our app we want to check if Spotify app has user logged in. I have tried SpotifyAppRemote API, but SpotifyConnect.connect() throw exception CouldNotFin...

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  • Operating System (Android Auto 11)   Hi Spotify team, We are developing an app on Android Auto OS. In our app we want to check if Spotify app has user logged in.   I have tried Spotify...
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get/chapters returns a 500 error if you don't include the market code in the web api

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI was working on a personal project where I am creating a python library for the Spotify API for learning purposes. I was creating a method for GET /chapt...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I was working on a personal project where I am creating a python library for t...
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This functionality is restricted to premium users only

I am using the Spotify Web API for my personal project. I am attempting to create a Spotify music player using the spotify-web-player-node package. However, I have encountered an issue. When I authorize my account as a developer, I receive an error s...

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  • I am using the Spotify Web API for my personal project. I am attempting to create a Spotify music player using the spotify-web-player-node package. However, I have encountered an issue. When I author...
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Get Current User's Playlists request problem

Something strange happens when I send a Get Current User's Playlists request. As shown in the screenshots I attached, the request itself is sent to https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists?limit=50 but I receive the data from https://api.spotify.com/v...

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  • ...laylists?limit=50 but I receive the data from https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/22g7gcvxmvrgn53lyknfvuc4y /playlists?offset=0&limit=50 And that's why I also only get public and not private p...
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Scope hidding

DeviceWindows 10Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hello, I was doing some tests with spotify api, and I've found a way to hide the scopes a user allows an application to use when you access accounts.spotify....

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  • ...ser's public information, but at the end, the application gets a token to see the user's private information.   In the pictures attached, we see that the application is asking for being able to m...
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Need help testing this webapp i built!

Hi guys!, i made a webapp that can instantly clone the Discover Weekly playlist - https://suxxvi.github.io/DiscoverWeeklyToNewPlaylist/ , can you guys test it to see if it works for you? for me its been working every single time but for some of my fr...

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  • Hi guys!, i made a webapp that can instantly clone the Discover Weekly playlist - https://suxxvi.github.io/DiscoverWeeklyToNewPlaylist/ , can you guys test it to see if it works for you? for me its b...
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Organising your playlist

Hey everyone, The goal is for the script to analyse the original playlist you provide aka analyse every single song in that playlist for danceability, energy, valence, instrumentales, acousticness, speechiness and so on. It should analyse the value o...

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  • Hey everyone,   The goal is for the script to analyse the original playlist you provide aka analyse every single song in that playlist for danceability, energy, valence, instrumentales, acoust...
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Player issue

HelloI was using a Spotify premium account and was initialing a player through developer account.Things were working fine , but once my plan expired and then I renewed it again.From that time when I try to initialize Spotify player it throws an error...

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  • Hello I was using a Spotify premium account and was initialing a player through developer account. Things were working fine , but once my plan expired and then I renewed it again. From that time w...
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Inquiry about Uploading Songs and Obtaining Licensing on Spotify

Dear Spotify Team,I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inquire about the procedure for uploading songs to Spotify and obtaining the necessary licenses to distribute my music on your platform. As an aspiring musician, I am eager to share ...

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  • Dear Spotify Team, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inquire about the procedure for uploading songs to Spotify and obtaining the necessary licenses to distribute my music on your pl...
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search songs

Hello, I have a problem with searching for music in my iOS app. Users from different countries cannot find the same track. For example, a user from Ukraine can find the track 'Broken Cash Machine,' while a user from another country cannot.

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  • Hello, I have a problem with searching for music in my iOS app. Users from different countries cannot find the same track. For example, a user from Ukraine can find the track 'Broken Cash Machine,' w...
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timeout errors in API calls

I've been using the spotify API to get metadata on ~5000 albums or so. Perhaps I wasn't doing rate limiting properly or something, but I suddenly found my API calls timing out and I haven't been able to make a single API call in well over a day. I ca...

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  • I've been using the spotify API to get metadata on ~5000 albums or so. Perhaps I wasn't doing rate limiting properly or something, but I suddenly found my API calls timing out and I haven't been able...
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