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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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Obtaining Artist Status, Personal Details, and Songs from Spotify User Authorization

Hello, Spotify developer community! I'm reaching out to seek guidance on a specific aspect of my application's integration with the Spotify API. I have successfully implemented user authorization using Spotify, allowing users to connect their Spotify...

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  • Hello, Spotify developer community!   I'm reaching out to seek guidance on a specific aspect of my application's integration with the Spotify API. I have successfully implemented user a...
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Redirect URI needed?

I just started working with Spotify's Web API and am using Python/Spotipy to retrieve data. If I want to retrieve data related specifically to my personal account (like recently played tracks or saved albums), do I need to set a redirect URI in my ap...

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  • ...aved albums), do I need to set a redirect URI in my application settings? If so, what's a quick and easy URI that I could use?   I'm not building a public facing application as of now - I just w...
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Jupyter Kernel Freezes using spotipy

My Question or Issue I am using the spotify API for developers for school. I am doing a data cleaning class and the algorithm I have I do send a lot of requests but not enough to be considered a threat (as I believe). It works sometimes however, half...

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  • My Question or Issue   I am using the spotify API for developers for school. I am doing a data cleaning class and the algorithm I have I do send a lot of requests but not enough to be c...
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Fetching track canvas

I recently came across this github repo that shows how to fetch a track's canvas, is this allowed or is it against the Developer Guidelines https://github.com/bartleyg/my-spotify-canvas/blob/master/api/canvases.js

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  • I recently came across this github repo that shows how to fetch a track's canvas, is this allowed or is it against the Developer Guidelines   https://github.com/bartleyg/my-spotify-canvas/b...
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App creation URI

I am looking to create an app that lists all the episode links to podcasts I follow. In creating the app I am being asked to provide a Redirect URI. What is this an how do I get access to it? PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSADevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy ...

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  • I am looking to create an app that lists all the episode links to podcasts I follow.    In creating the app I am being asked to provide a Redirect URI.  What is this an how ...
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Superuser Contribution [Developer] Expose endpoints to create or query folders

There are a couple of questions floating around folder info not being available via the API. As of today there are no endpoints associated to get folder information (link to docs). It'd be nice to have this feature exposed via the api to allow more c...

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  • There are a couple of questions floating around folder info not being available via the API. As of today there are no endpoints associated to get folder information (link to docs). It'd be nice to ha...
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[Developer] Artists monthly Listeners For a Given Month

On the developer api, if there was an endpoint like:'artists/{artist_id}/monthly-listeners/{year}/{month}'Where you could retrieve how many listeners an artist had that month.It would open room for so many educational analysis on what could've impact...

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  • On the developer api, if there was an endpoint like: 'artists/{artist_id}/monthly-listeners/{year}/{month}' Where you could retrieve how many listeners an artist had that month. It would open r...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Community][Developer] Don't fail when using single quotes in the title for a new idea

When submitting a new idea on https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ideas/ct-p/newideas, the process fails when using a single quote (') with the following error:"Oops... something went wrong there. Please try again."Using firefox 109.0.1 on Linux Mint.

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  • When submitting a new idea on https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ideas/ct-p/newideas, the process fails when using a single quote (') with the following error: "Oops... something went wrong there. Ple...
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Rate Limit

Country: United States Link to Spotify explanation of rate limit: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/rate-limits/ My Question or Issue:Is there a true maximum for the rate limit. After some research I see around the average be...

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  • Country: United States   Link to Spotify explanation of rate limit:  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/rate-limits/   My Question or Issue: Is there a t...
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Where is the official contact for developers for commercial use?

This SDK must not be used in commercial projects without Spotify’s prior written approval. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/I asked the public contact for contact information, but they just directed me to https://developer...

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  •   This SDK must not be used in commercial projects without Spotify’s prior written approval.  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/ I asked the public c...
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I want to use sound without a token

Hello, I create a application with spotify. I tried to play a song on spotify by id without an authentication or token. I tried with iFrame, ReactPlayer, autio .... but the soung do not start.Exist a method??

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  • Hello, I create a application with spotify. I tried to play a song on spotify by id without an authentication or token. I tried with iFrame, ReactPlayer, autio .... but the soung do not start. Exist...
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[Developer] Access private playlists in folders (no need for a new endpoint)

I know there is no API endpoint for folders and the idea for this has been posted several times. But as soon as playlists are put into a folder I cannot retrieve them from the API. Would be amazing to be able to access all private playlists (regardle...

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  • I know there is no API endpoint for folders and the idea for this has been posted several times. But as soon as playlists are put into a folder I cannot retrieve them from the API.    Wou...
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API Specify Playlist Location in Folder

I've created a Python program that stores my Discover Weekly automatically, but I'd like to specify the location for these newly-created Spotify playlists. I'm not sure if this is possible since it's not explicitly mentioned in the documentation, and...

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  • ...t's not explicitly mentioned in the documentation, and I couldn't find answers on the web (there were questions about the creation of a folder, which was not possible): https://developer.spotify.com/c...
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[Developer] Concrete rate limits

Hi! There are not concrete numbers regarding rate limits for the Spotify API. This documentation https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/rate-limits/ tells us there is a 30 second window in which the number of requests are monitore...

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  • Hi! There are not concrete numbers regarding rate limits for the Spotify API. This documentation https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/guides/rate-limits/ tells us there is a...
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My quota extension request has been denied 3 times, with an identical message.

Hello, I'm here wondering if anyone on the Spotify team or a community member can help provide me clarification on why my app keeps getting denied. Basically, I made a discord bot that allows server members to follow artists through Spotify, and will...

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  • ...pplication is integrated with other services (e.g. Discord) in a way that is prohibited according to section III in our Developer Policy I'm unsure in what way my app violates section III, I've r...
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Past snapshot_id for shared playlist?

Some context: At the beginning of this year, I started a weekly tradition where friends and I add one song to a shared playlist that we think the group should hear. At the end of the week, I move the songs to a different playlist to archive them, and...

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  • ...ave minimal developer experience, but this seemed like a fun project to take on! Very thankful for any and all guidance on the best way to build this.
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[Android][Developer] Predictive Back Animations

Hi, this is a small feature so I don't really mind if it's not added, but would it be possible to get predictive back animations in Spotify for Android? (This is a feature exclusive to Android 13, found in Android developer settings. I am currently o...

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  • ...o Android 13, found in Android developer settings. I am currently on the November 5th, 2022 security patch)   enableOnBackInvokedCallback   I've added examples below
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Iframe embed in Preview mode when containerized (Docker) in AWS EC2 instance.

App Link: http://ec2-54-183-154-39.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.comI understand the Iframe is connected to whether the User is logged into their web-based Spotify account which I believe is ensured when the User connects their account to my web-app. I...

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  • ...However when the app is dockerized and hosted on an AWS EC2 instance, the Iframes seem to not register that the User is logged in when accessing the Public IPv4 DNS, given that it renders the I...
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[Developer] Brand Marketing Project

My name is Gabrielle, I am a student at Ringling College of Art and Design located in Sarasota, Florida. I am pursuing graphic design and marketing throughout my college courses, and currently I am enrolled in a 4D Design class, which has assigned a ...

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  • My name is Gabrielle, I am a student at Ringling College of Art and Design located in Sarasota, Florida. I am pursuing graphic design and marketing throughout my college courses, and currently I am e...
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[Desktop][Developer] CDN API support HTTP/2

There was an issue in the WebAPI github repo in the past where HTTP/2 support was mentioned, but the same was never mentioned again. Is there any way to get feedback or a possible implementation of the issue?HTTP/2 is considered a standard these days...

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  • There was an issue in the WebAPI github repo in the past where HTTP/2 support was mentioned, but the same was never mentioned again.   Is there any way to get feedback or a possible implementa...
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