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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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  • GrimmReaper1O1
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Help with 429 Error Code on Search Requests Despite Lowered Traffic and Extended Quota

Hi Spotify Developer Community, I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any guidance or support. Our service, which relies heavily on the Search API, has recently started receiving 429 error codes (Rate Limit Exceeded) for...

  • Regular
  • ...as recently started receiving 429 error codes (Rate Limit Exceeded) for the majority of our search requests. What makes this puzzling is: Quota Extension: We have been granted an extended quota, and a...
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    429 response
    api
    API Bug
    API rate limit
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    Error 429
    Possible Bug
    rate-limit
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App blocked & downgraded, how to understand why?

Hi, I was working on an app using the spotify web api. I accidentally send way too many requests and received a bunch of 429 responses. I realize I sent way too many and I've fixed the issue, but my application is blocked without any way of appealing...

  • Newbie
  • Hi,   I was working on an app using the spotify web api. I accidentally send way too many requests and received a bunch of 429 responses. I realize I sent way too many and I've fixed the i...
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  • 429
    App
    blocked
    Developer
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Previously working code now triggers 429 errors without any changes.

I'm currently developing an app locally that creates a playlist using some JS logic and by fetching data from the API:-Getting All Artists from a certain Genre.-Getting All Albums from a certain Artist.-Getting All Track from a certain Album.Everythi...

  • Regular
  • ...ts done the playlist is created in my profile. However, suddenly I've been getting 429 too many requests errors when I try to fetch "All Albums from a certain Artist." when this didn't use to h...
  • stefanobras
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  • 429
    daily limit
    Question
    rate limit
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Rate Limit 429

Hello everyone,I am making requests to the following endpoint:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-playedAnd I am receiving a 429 error. The documentation only mentions that there is a rate limit in a 30s window ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everyone, I am making requests to the following endpoint: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played And I am receiving a 429 error. The d...
  • stefanobras
  • Regular
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  • 429
    rate limit
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429 error reponse only on the audio_features endpoint

PlanFree/PremiumCountryPolandDeviceLenovo Yoga C940-14IILOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhe trying to get audio features of a certain spotify track I always get the 429 error response, no matter how many tracks are accessed. The error...

  • Newbie
  • ...et the 429 error response, no matter how many tracks are accessed. The error occurs eve hen I try to get the audio features just for a single track, just as in the following code:   print(s...
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    429 response
    error
    exception
    rate limiting
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Consistent 429 error after infinite loop bug

I had an infinite loop show up in my app that called spotify a ton of times. I fixed it quickly, but not my app is broken and my call (to get 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists') is always returning a 429. What happened? How can I resolve this?

  • Casual Listener
  • ...lways returning a 429. What happened? How can I resolve this?  
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
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Get 429 lifted

Hi I've been working on a Spotify application for a school project and I didn't realize it was continuously sending requests. I need the assignment to work but now I have a Retry-After of 9.5 hrs. I think I fixed the issue now and wanted to know if t...

  • Newbie
  • Hi I've been working on a Spotify application for a school project and I didn't realize it was continuously sending requests. I need the assignment to work but now I have a Retry-After of 9.5 hrs. &...
  • tomjaimz
  • Spotify Legend
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    Retry-After
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Too many 429 error for Spotify API

Hi,Since the launch of Spotify in Russia, we are getting most of the time the 429 Rate limit with the Spotify API. Even now by stopping our service and decreasing the volume of requests... What can we do ? We never got such issue before and now on al...

  • Roadie
  • Hi, Since the launch of Spotify in Russia, we are getting most of the time the 429 Rate limit with the Spotify API. Even now by stopping our service and decreasing the volume of requests... What c...
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  • 429
    api
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