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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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Invalid Token Scopes (Web Playback SDK)

PlanPremiumCountryUK My Question or IssueI'm able to successfully generate an access token for the following scopes:playlist-read-private streaming app-remote-control user-modify-playback-state user-read-playback-state user-read-recently-played user-...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK       My Question or Issue I'm able to successfully generate an access token for the following scopes: playlist-read-private streaming app-remote-contr...
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Search within a playlist

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 script for adding songs to a playlist but the problem is that songs are duplicated i...

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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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Getting Error For Specific Spotify Account with API Request

PlanFreeCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueHello, I am getting error "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()" for my request to api.spotify.com/v1/me or when attempting to search to api.spo...

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  • ...nd I have the scopes as "user-read-private user-read-email playlist-modify-public playlist-modify-private". I have tested it with 2 accounts and 1 account works but the other returns this error. I h...
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Request for Full-Length Access to Spotify API for Chord.cat Nonprofit Project

Hello Spotify Team,I hope you’re all doing well. My name is Josh, and I’ve recently created a nonprofit organization, Chord.cat, which is aimed at providing students and others with easy access to lofi music on our website. The mission behind Chord.c...

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  • Hello Spotify Team, I hope you’re all doing well. My name is Josh, and I’ve recently created a nonprofit organization, Chord.cat, which is aimed at providing students and others with easy access...
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Solved!! Design Guideliness

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceMacBookOperating SystemMac OSMy Question or IssueHello I wanted to know if my app would pass design guidelines of Spotify or I should get a new design in mind. I saw crop, rounded cannot be done but in my design I can rem...

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  • Plan Premium Country Spain Device MacBook Operating System Mac OS My Question or Issue Hello I wanted to know if my app would pass design guidelines of Spotify or I should get a new design i...
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Using songs on spotify for commercial reasons

hello we are developing an app where users are creating their own videos now we also want to add music into their videos. Can we use spotify api to use songs on spotify commercially?

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  • hello we are developing an app where users are creating their own videos now we also want to add music into their videos. Can we use spotify api to use songs on spotify commercially?  
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Rate limit unreasonably high after one single 429 response.

Im currently developing a web application utilizing the spotify web api. At first I didnt completely read through the documentation and soon encountered 429 errors. As I didn't have any mechanisms implemented to prevent my application from requesting...

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  • Im currently developing a web application utilizing the spotify web api. At first I didnt completely read through the documentation and soon encountered 429 errors. As I didn't have any mechanisms im...
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Best user flow design for an alarm app iOS

I am using the iOS SDK, I am trying to figure out the best user flow, maybe the SDK is the wrong way for initial authentication for my use cas. If Session is given playURI with an empty string it will start playing whatever was playing last on your s...

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  • I am using the iOS SDK, I am trying to figure out the best user flow, maybe the SDK is the wrong way for initial authentication for my use cas. If Session is given playURI with an empty string it wil...
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API Stability for Web App: Risks of Sudden Revocation?

Hi everyone! I’m developing a web app that integrates with the Spotify API. The base framework of the web app allows other parties (such as festivals and artist) to customize certain elements like their logos, branding, etc., but all interactions sti...

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  • ...or us.   I have a few questions about the reliability of the API key once it has been approved for public use: How stable is the API key after being approved? Could it be suddenly revoked or c...
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Authoriztion: Illegal scope/invalid scopes

When trying to use the authoriztion flow outlined in the docs, I navigate to:https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=[MY_CLIENT_ID]&scope=user-read-private+user-modify-playback-state+streaming+playlist-read-prrivate+user-r...

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  • When trying to use the authoriztion flow outlined in the docs, I navigate to: https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=[MY_CLIENT_ID]&scope=user-read-private+user-...
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Preview url missing for explicit content

I'm a developer using the Web API. I'm working on a feature that'll require the 30 second audio clips from Get Track endpoint.It's not showing `preview_url` for any explicit content tracks. I've tried changing the setting in the Desktop client (since...

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  • I'm a developer using the Web API. I'm working on a feature that'll require the 30 second audio clips from Get Track endpoint. It's not showing `preview_url` for any explicit content tracks. &nbs...
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temporary top songs list

Every day I go to the gym I wonder if Spotify had a feature like this. Among the songs I like, I want to listen to some of them during my training that day, but I do not want to create a new list. If a button was added next to the songs I like and it...

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  • Every day I go to the gym I wonder if Spotify had a feature like this. Among the songs I like, I want to listen to some of them during my training that day, but I do not want to create a new list. If...
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Unable to Log In to Spotify Developer Dashboard

I am experiencing an issue when trying to access the Spotify Developer Dashboard. After receiving a "session expired" error message, I attempted to log in again by navigating back to the main page and clicking the "Login" button. However, nothing hap...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am experiencing an issue when trying to access the Spotify Developer Dashboard. After receiving a "session expired" error message, I attempted to log in again by navigating back to the main page an...
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Time for an update on API Approval times?

Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the Spotify API approval process. We get it, the approval team's...

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  • Hey everyone,   I thought I'd share a bit of our journey in trying to integrate Spotify into our social music platform. Like many of you here, we've been navigating the mysterious seas of the ...
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Persisting previous added_at property when re-adding tracks to a playlist

*Using Web API*I'm trying to sort playlist tracks by date added. I'm only trying to sort playlists owned by the user. Things I have tried:1. Clearing playlist tracks with 'Update Playlist Items' passed an empty uris array and then re-adding them with...

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  • *Using Web API* I'm trying to sort playlist tracks by date added. I'm only trying to sort playlists owned by the user. Things I have tried: 1. Clearing playlist tracks with 'Update Playlist Ite...
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Is there a request limit (not rate limit) for the API ?

I have a list of 15,000+ track names and I am attempting to retrieve trackids for each one through the Spotify API. I keep running into the same issue of the API freezing when it reaches a certain amount - in this case right around 2500 requests. I'v...

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  • I have a list of 15,000+ track names and I am attempting to retrieve trackids for each one through the Spotify API. I keep running into the same issue of the API freezing when it reaches a certain am...
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Superuser Contribution How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API?

How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API?I can’t find any APIs that could access to my Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix, Daily Wellness or Release Radar. Thanks for reply.

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  • How can I get access to Made for You playlist by Web-API? I can’t find any APIs that could access to my Discovery Weekly, Daily Mix, Daily Wellness or Release Radar.   Thanks for reply.
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Response to commercial license application

Hi there! I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API. Unfortunately I still have not heard back, and am curious about the best way to get this resolv...

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  • Hi there!   I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API.   Unfortunately I still have...
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Playlist stream data

Hi! I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the playlist. I found that the website isitagoodplaylist.com offers ...

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  • Hi!   I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the play...
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  • Add music to My playlists
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Superuser Contribution Spotify for artists API

Hi all, I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotify accounts are linked to Artists once they get an artist profile c...

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  • Hi all,    I am in the process of working with the Spotify API and am wondering how I go about allowing an artist to login and see their own tracks. I was thinking that perhaps all Spotif...
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