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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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I am getting a 502 Bad gateway error when trying to access the player API

When working on a C#/Blazor project that uses the SpotifyApi.Web nuget package (https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET) I am repeatedly getting a "SpotifyAPI.Web.APIException: Bad gateway" error. I am attempting to call the https://api.spotify...

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  • When working on a C#/Blazor project that uses the SpotifyApi.Web nuget package (https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET) I am repeatedly getting a "SpotifyAPI.Web.APIException: Bad gateway" err...
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Spotify Web API Request: GET Queue

There still seems to be no API endpoint for the queue is there any hope in getting one added?

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  • There still seems to be no API endpoint for the queue is there any hope in getting one added?
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API me/player/devices return status": 503, "message": "Service unavailable"

We have been getting this error from the API for the last 8 hours (it also shows on the spotify api test page). Can anyone tell if this is being investigated?https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices{ "error": { "status": 503, "message": "Service ...

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  • We have been getting this error from the API for the last 8 hours (it also shows on the spotify api test page). Can anyone tell if this is being investigated? https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playe...
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Issues in the Spotify Web API reference documentation

I have found out that the reference documentation for the Spotify Web API is sourced by the OpenAPI specification file from https://developer.spotify.com/_data/documentation/web-api/reference/open-api-schema.yml. While using the Spotify Web API for t...

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  • I have found out that the reference documentation for the Spotify Web API is sourced by the OpenAPI specification file from https://developer.spotify.com/_data/documentation/web-api/referen...
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How to extract all playlist that is

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 everyone! I wanted to know how to extract all hip-hop related playlists. I tried to access...

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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 ever...
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Playlist add items skip duplicates in Web API

I, along with many others, would like to see a Web API endpoint for checking if a playlist contains() a given track, as posted here on this github issue tracker. This would be useful for prompting the user if they would like to skip adding a duplicat...

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  • I, along with many others, would like to see a Web API endpoint for checking if a playlist contains() a given track, as posted here on this github issue tracker. This would be useful for prompting th...
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Why can't I play individual songs with premium but I can play playlists

So I can play music on playlists. I can't play music that I search up or any albums recommended to me. If I add music then I can play them on my PC. Also my PC's application doesn't connect to spotify on my phone. My web browser works perfectly fine.

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  • So I can play music on playlists. I can't play music that I search up or any albums recommended to me. If I add music then I can play them on my PC. Also my PC's application doesn't connect to spotif...
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Superuser Contribution Can't find commercial app integration request?

Hey, So much like the title says, I've done some research and figured I would need to request approval from spotify before making commercial use out of my web-based API app. However, while I did find the google forms link from a forum, I can't find t...

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  • Hey,   So much like the title says, I've done some research and figured I would need to request approval from spotify before making commercial use out of my web-based API app. However, while I...
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Solved!! 503 Service unavailable

For a few weeks or even months, I'm regularly getting 503 Service Unavailable in my requests. Seems to be mostly when accessing any of thehttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player endpoints. I think it prominently started after the issues back in Septembe...

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  • For a few weeks or even months, I'm regularly getting 503 Service Unavailable in my requests. Seems to be mostly when accessing any of the https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player endpoints. I think it ...
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Curious how Blend distributes songs between two users

When I've created a Blend with others, my proportion of songs are way less than their's (I've like 5-10 songs on the blend and they have like 20-30). Is there a particular reason why this happens?

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  • When I've created a Blend with others, my proportion of songs are way less than their's (I've like 5-10 songs on the blend and they have like 20-30). Is there a particular reason why this happens?
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Track endpoints not returning all artist fields as documented

Bothhttps://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-track and https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-several-tracks indicate that a track artist's genres should be returned as par...

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  • Both https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-track and https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-several-tracks&...
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I deleted my old account and created a new one for a fresh start... Howeve

I deleted my old account and created a new one for a fresh start...However, I can't change my new account's email to the older one, and my email seems to be still taken even after the 16 days that I must wait...I even tried to check if the email is r...

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  • I deleted my old account and created a new one for a fresh start... However, I can't change my new account's email to the older one, and my email seems to be still taken even after the 16 days that ...
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"Noon Pacific"

Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) The "Noon Pacific" app is a Spotify supported curated app of music that is no longer working. I was wonderin...

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  •   Plan   Free/Premium   Country       Device   (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)   Operating System   (iOS 10, Android Or...
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Getting HTTP 502 "Request was not transferred" for get followed artists

I have a script that runs periodically which gets followed artists for my personal account. Suddenly, it stopped working today because the server responds with HTTP 502 { "error": { "status": 502, "message": "Request was not transferred" }}It fails e...

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  • I have a script that runs periodically which gets followed artists for my personal account. Suddenly, it stopped working today because the server responds with HTTP 502 { "error": { "status": 502...
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Android app design problem

I'm currently working in the UX/UI field and trying to become an UX/UI designer. As a new learner I'm just trying to redraw the Spotify's music page from the screenshot that I took from my Xiaomi Mi 10T phone and I realize a design problem. The minut...

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  • I'm currently working in the UX/UI field and trying to become an UX/UI designer. As a new learner I'm just trying to redraw the Spotify's music page from the screenshot that I took from my ...
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When embed a track CSS border-radius: is ignored

When embed a track! CSS border-radius: is ignored.When embed an album this feature works as earlier.

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  • When embed a track! CSS border-radius: is ignored. When embed an album this feature works as earlier.   <iframe style="border-radius:0px" src="https://open.spotify
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Show Spotify Song On Stream

Hello, I simply want to show what spotify song is playing on my stream - how can I do that?I know my client ID and secret but not the redirect URI that I have to create in "edit Settings" in spotify developer dashboard - please help. KR D

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  • Hello,  I simply want to show what spotify song is playing on my stream - how can I do that? I know my client ID and secret but not the redirect URI that I have to create in "edit Settings" in...
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Am I really not allowed to make a discord bot?

I finally completed my discord bot after a lot of work and tried to request an extension so people could use it, but it got refused and this was the reason:However, building an integration with Discord is not permitted according to our terms and cond...

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  • I finally completed my discord bot after a lot of work and tried to request an extension so people could use it, but it got refused and this was the reason: However, building an integration with Dis...
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Rejected from Quota Extension, Can't seem to understand why?

Hi! This morning I got rejected for a quota extension from Spotify for these reasons:Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a Spotify logo and a link back to the applicable artist, album, track, or playlist on the Spotify Servic...

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  • Hi! This morning I got rejected for a quota extension from Spotify for these reasons: Metadata, cover art and audio content must be accompanied by a Spotify logo and a link back to the applicable a...
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