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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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Change in "User's saved albums" endpoint sorting?

I was using the Web API's "User's Saved Albums" endpoint (/v1/me/albums) to check the user's most recently saved albums – but it seems it has changed to sort by recently played albums? Or what in the Spotify app is the sorting option "Recents" instea...

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I was using the Web API's "User's Saved Albums" endpoint (/v1/me/albums) to check the user's most recently saved albums – but it seems it has changed to sort by recently played albums? Or what in the...

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Quota extension refusal and further improvements

I'm working on the web app for music statistics based on data provided by Spotify's API. Recently I got refusal message on my Quota extension request for the next reason:Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying ima...

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I'm working on the web app for music statistics based on data provided by Spotify's API. Recently I got refusal message on my Quota extension request for the next reason: Modifies any Spotify visual...

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Weird isrc codes in isrc field

I am gettings songs from the api that have isrc codes, that as far as I understand, are not real isrc codes at all.Example: "USE830930169", "USE830928405", "USE830940185".If I had to guess the USE part stands for US electronic or something like that?...

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I am gettings songs from the api that have isrc codes, that as far as I understand, are not real isrc codes at all. Example: "USE830930169", "USE830928405", "USE830940185". If I had to guess the US...

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Clarifying developer guidelines on creating items using playlist data

My Question or IssueHello, I have been reading through the developer guidelines and policies on the Spotify developer site and wanted to clarify whether or not an idea violates the rules: If I built an app that allowed a user to select a playlist of ...

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My Question or Issue Hello,   I have been reading through the developer guidelines and policies on the Spotify developer site and wanted to clarify whether or not an idea violates the rules...

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Tracks for Current User SAVES in NOT exact sequence as expected

Hey it's seems that I find a bug in API processing save-tracks-userAccording to the manual if I use ids=7ouMYWpwJ422jRcDASZB7P,4VqPOruhp5EdPBeR92t6lQ,2takcwOaAZWiXQijPHIx7Bit adds tracks to my favorite songs in a different order than in this line, ev...

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Hey it's seems that I find a bug in API processing save-tracks-user According to the manual if I use ids=7ouMYWpwJ422jRcDASZB7P,4VqPOruhp5EdPBeR92t6lQ,2takcwOaAZWiXQijPHIx7B it adds tracks to my fa...

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Music scheduling and recommendation algorithm

PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to study Spotify's recommendation algorithm using its API. I've set up a Spotify profile and defined a process where I play one track from a diverse music playlist daily, at a set time, f...

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Plan Free   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to study Spotify's recommendation algorithm using its API. I've set up a Spotify profile and defined a process w...

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Max retries reached, too many 429 error responses on 'audio_features' endpoint only

PlanPremiumCountryPhilippines My Question or IssueMy first app worked earlier. But after one loop through a 700-song playlist, it started giving me an Error 429. Normally this would be fine, but there's also no 'Retry-After' in the HTTPS response hea...

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Plan Premium Country Philippines   My Question or Issue My first app worked earlier. But after one loop through a 700-song playlist, it started giving me an Error 429. Normally this would ...

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Solved!! `Start/Resume Playback` API returns error 403: PREMIUM_REQUIRED

PlanFreeCountryIndia Device(Dell Inspiron)Operating System(Windows 11) My Question or IssueI am currently implementing an authorization flow with PKCE, and I have encountered an issue. When making an API request to the `Start/Resume Playback` endpoin...

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Plan Free Country India    Device (Dell Inspiron) Operating System (Windows 11)   My Question or Issue I am currently implementing an authorization flow with PKCE, and I hav...

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Solved!! Regression in episodes API. Returning incorrect url in `next` and `previous` fields

My Question or Issue When calling the show episodes API to list podcast episodes, the URL ishttps://api.spotify.com/v1/shows//episodes?offset=20&limit=20 The response returned has the following "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/show//episodes?offse...

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My Question or Issue   When calling the show episodes API to list podcast episodes, the URL is https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/<showid>/episodes?offset=20&limit=20   The res...

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“Unable to get content” message for Podcasts on Garmin 265

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have a Garmin Forerunner 265 that is a month or two old. I have previously loaded podcasts ...

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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 I have ...

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Webplayback SDK not working on MAC computers

Premium subscriptionI'm on PC Windows 10 I've made a player that works on PC in all browsers (chrome, firefox and edge) but can't for the life of me getting it working on my partners MAC in any browser. Does anyone have any idea why this would be? I'...

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Premium subscription I'm on PC Windows 10   I've made a player that works on PC in all browsers (chrome, firefox and edge) but can't for the life of me getting it working on my partners MAC i...

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Some ad fields are null in the "Get ads by account ID" endpoint

... but they are present on the "Get ad by ID" endpoint The following fields are missing/null:call_to_action.text,call_to_action.languagecall_to_action.clickthrough_urlassets.companion_asset_idassets.logo_asset_idFor example, from the "Get ads by acc...

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... but they are present on the "Get ad by ID" endpoint   The following fields are missing/null: call_to_action.text, call_to_action.language call_to_action.clickthrough_url assets.compan...

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Embed code not showing up

I am trying to get an embed code for my Spotify podcast, but there isn't an option for one. It will allow me to download it or copy a link, but not an embed code. I have tried on the app and on the website.

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I am trying to get an embed code for my Spotify podcast, but there isn't an option for one. It will allow me to download it or copy a link, but not an embed code. I have tried on the app and on the w...

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I want search to only return songs with just . or , or - or ? etc. in the title, nothing else.

Hi, for a project I want to write sentences using song titles. I'm having trouble letting the API find songs that only have a single punctuation symbol in their title. Songs like . by Girl in Red for example. I'm pretty sure they exist, at least I wo...

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Hi, for a project I want to write sentences using song titles. I'm having trouble letting the API find songs that only have a single punctuation symbol in their title. Songs like . by Girl in Red for...

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SDA streaming with commercial use ?

Hello so, with my friend we have an other project without bars. It is an app for party's but with functionality different of functionality with Spotify.I am really interested by this project and i think Spotify can be interested by this project to ! ...

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Hello so, with my friend we have an other project without bars. It is an app for party's but with functionality different of functionality with Spotify. I am really interested by this project and i ...

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How long does it take for spotify to review my extension request?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi, i submitted an application for an extension request over a month ago and the submission h...

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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 Hi, i s...

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Error with URL

PlanPremiumCountryCosta RicaDeviceLenovo ThinkPadOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello, I am making an application that requires creating a playlist and then playing it on a loop. The problem I have is that when I enter the name of the...

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  Plan Premium Country Costa Rica Device Lenovo ThinkPad Operating System Windows 11    My Question or Issue Hello, I am making an application that requires creating a playl...

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SDA with commercial use with your agreement ?

Hello my name is Martin, I am 24 years old, i live in France and with a friend we work on an app using spotify API. We see the policy to use spotify dev and we want to discuss an agreement to create an app with a possibility to use spotify service an...

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Hello my name is Martin, I am 24 years old, i live in France and with a friend we work on an app using spotify API. We see the policy to use spotify dev and we want to discuss an agreement to create ...

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"Test credentials" for quota extension request

Hi, I have submitted a quota extension for my app. In the application, I was asked to provide a URL and test credentials for my app. In my current iteration of only having developer scope, I must whitelist individual user email addresses to use my ap...

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Hi,   I have submitted a quota extension for my app. In the application, I was asked to provide a URL and test credentials for my app. In my current iteration of only having developer scope, I...

Ximzend

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429 Error: Too Many Requests After Accidental Infinite Loop

Hello, I'm working on an application using Bubble that interacts with the Spotify API, specifically the "Create Playlist", "Get track", and "Add items to Playlist" endpoints. Due to an oversight in my workflow, I accidentally triggered an infinite lo...

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Hello,   I'm working on an application using Bubble that interacts with the Spotify API, specifically the "Create Playlist", "Get track", and "Add items to Playlist" endpoints. Due to an overs...

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