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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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  • NielsLangeveld
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Get Umbrella Genre From Track

Hello, I'm currently working on a website to sort tracks by genre.I've accepted that I have to use the genres the artist is categorized as. (I wonder why they don't offer it at track level, some artists have songs that have different genres. Apple mu...

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  • Hello,   I'm currently working on a website to sort tracks by genre. I've accepted that I have to use the genres the artist is categorized as. (I wonder why they don't offer it at track level...
  • Samurad
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  • API search
    API Support
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Music Game - User Authentication & Song Playback

PlanPremiumCountryUS (primary)Operates globallyDeviceiPhone 12 Operating SystemiOS 16.2My Question or IssueHi, I recently developed an application (2019) that leveraged Spotify premium user authentication and song playback APIs to play music within t...

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  • Plan Premium Country US (primary) Operates globally Device iPhone 12  Operating System iOS 16.2 My Question or Issue Hi,    I recently developed an application (201...
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  • account api
    api
    API account
    API Bug
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    song playback
    SpotifyAPI
    Web Playback API
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Spotify typescript api abandoned

I don't see any movement since last 3 months, on the spotify typescript api https://github.com/spotify/spotify-web-api-ts-sdk Came across a few issues on the repository, i went there and fixed the code a little ( minor bug )..and sent a PR.Now being ...

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  • I don't see any movement since last 3 months, on the spotify typescript api  https://github.com/spotify/spotify-web-api-ts-sdk    Came across a few issues on the repository, i went ...
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Bearer token request results in 403 Error: "This request requires user authentication."

My Question or IssueI am trying to edit a playlist using the Spotify API and Python. To do this, I first make a request for a new bearer token: credentials = f"{client_id}:{client_secret}" encoded_credentials = b64encode(credentials.encode("ascii"))....

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  • ...ncoded_credentials}" } params = { "grant_type": "client_credentials", "scope": "playlist-modify-public user-library-read playlist-modify-private" } token_request = requests.post( url="https://accounts.spotify...
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Solved!! can't get Followed Artists - Client credentials authentication not allowed

I am trying to get Followed Artists:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-followedI am requesting Access Token: CLIENT_ID= &&\ CLIENT_SECRET= &&\ SCOPES=user-follow-read curl -X POST "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token...

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  •   I am trying to get Followed Artists: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-followed I am requesting Access Token:     CLIENT_ID=<client_id> ...
  • Ximzend
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    Followed Artists
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i can't login to my account in spotify for developer

PlanFreeCountryMoroccoOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei cant login to my account, it keeps redirect me to same pagepoc: https://imgur.com/a/yF9kKaY

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  • Plan Free Country Morocco Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue i cant login to my account, it keeps redirect me to same page poc: https://imgur.com/a/yF9kKaY 
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Implementing Spotify into an app without having Spotify downloaded

Hi - what is the best way to go about implementing Spotify, either through an API or Spotify iOS SDK, into an app where the user does not need to have Spotify downloaded on their end? I'm looking to implement Spotify into an app for better user engag...

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  • Hi - what is the best way to go about implementing Spotify, either through an API or Spotify iOS SDK, into an app where the user does not need to have Spotify downloaded on their end? I'm looking to ...
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Getting a list of podcast episodes without authentication

I'm trying to fetch a simple list of the latest podcast episodes using JavaScript to ping the Spotify API. All I need is the list of episodes and the link to the relevant episode on Spotify, so that I can link each card to spotify.com on a public web...

  • Newbie
  • ...hat I can link each card to spotify.com on a public website.   I can only find code references and examples which require session-based authentication, in which the person viewing the list needs t...
  • thequickbrownfox
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I'd like to create a quiz game with the Spotify API

My Question or IssueI've created a quiz game using Spotify web API, the problem is that I only users with access can login using oauth. If I want anyone to use it I have to request an quota extension but it gets rejected because building a quiz game ...

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  • My Question or Issue I've created a quiz game using Spotify web API, the problem is that I only users with access can login using oauth.   If I want anyone to use it I have to request an ...
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    Developer API
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Error 500

PlanPremiumCountryBRDeviceAPI My Question or IssueAPI is working for most of the requests, but in some of them it`s presenting the 500 error. This is the link of the request: https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-category-playlists/?category_id=0...

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  • Plan Premium Country BR Device API   My Question or Issue API is working for most of the requests, but in some of them it`s presenting the 500 error.   This is the link of the req...
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Authorization Code Flow Automation

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceLenovo LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am working on a program that can play/pause/skip songs etc.I first tried using the Client Credentials Flow, but got this error: { "error": { "status": 403, "message"...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Lenovo Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I am working on a program that can play/pause/skip songs etc. I first tried using the Clie...
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    API request
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    api token
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Auth API Invalid Client: Invalid Redirect URI

I access Spotify API on my local machine without any problem. I supply to spotify auth request my local address as redirect_uri parameter(http://localhost:8080) and I also added this URI in the Spotify Developer Console to the whitelist. But when I d...

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  • I access Spotify API on my local machine without any problem. I supply to spotify auth request my local address as redirect_uri parameter(http://localhost:8080) and I also added this URI in the Spoti...
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    authorization
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Quote Extension with no update??

We are launching an application and need to get the quote extension for Spotify API usage. Are you able to expedite the process somehow??PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop EnvOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueWe are launching an appli...

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  • We are launching an application and need to get the quote extension for Spotify API usage.   Are you able to expedite the process somehow?? Plan Premium Country United States Device Desk...
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