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Hey everyone, I've created this thread to provide more insight on an upcoming change to how refresh tokens work for apps on the Spotify Web API. We've shared a blog post that explains what's changing and why. The short version: refresh tokens will no...
Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...
I'm an individual developer building a small, personal music-discovery tool. Since the recent changes, ALL write endpoints (PUT /me/following, playlist modify) return 403 Forbidden for my own account in Development mode — even with the correct scopes...
I'm an individual developer building a small, personal music-discovery tool. Since the recent changes, ALL write endpoints (PUT /me/following, playlist modify) return 403 Forbi...
Casual Listener
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I'm using a translator, so there may be errors. I've been using this app for a long time and would really like to add a "My Wave" feature. It's kind of there, but it works really poorly for me. Wave With selected tracks, it offers tracks that are ver...
I'm using a translator, so there may be errors. I've been using this app for a long time and would really like to add a "My Wave" feature. It's kind of there, but it works really poorly for me. Wave ...
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Is there a way to fill out a form or anything to request to be able to create another development app? Im currently using an app on my OBS to show the current song I am playing during recording/stream but i also wanted to add a second app for viewer ...
Is there a way to fill out a form or anything to request to be able to create another development app? Im currently using an app on my OBS to show the current song I am playing during record...
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Hi there, Is it possible to reveal the REST endpoint to clear the active queue from the user's queued up songs, via., Add to Queue? I saw there was an endpoint used from tracing calls in Microsoft Edge that used the set_queue endpoint in the payload,...
Hi there, Is it possible to reveal the REST endpoint to clear the active queue from the user's queued up songs, via., Add to Queue? I saw there was an endpoint used from tracing calls i...
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I'm a solo developer from Israel. I built PsychoLyrics — a companion app that helps Israeli students prepare for the Psychometric Entrance Test (Israel's university entrance exam) by learning English vocabulary through music they already listen to on...
I'm a solo developer from Israel. I built PsychoLyrics — a companion app that helps Israeli students prepare for the Psychometric Entrance Test (Israel's university entrance exam) by learning En...
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Hello, I see the update to the Playlist API as stating:"The items of the playlist. Note: This field is only available for playlists owned by the current user or playlists the user is a collaborator of." This is a bit prohibitive, especially for publi...
Hello, I see the update to the Playlist API as stating: "The items of the playlist. Note: This field is only available for playlists owned by the current user or playlists the us...
Spotify Star
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
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
Spotify Star
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Original note: I feel like /artists/{id}/albums was (and should be) returning releases in popularity order, to match the Popular Releases section of the artist page in the app. This seems to have broken recently, and the releases are currently coming...
Original note: I feel like /artists/{id}/albums was (and should be) returning releases in popularity order, to match the Popular Releases section of the artist page in the app. This seems to have bro...
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PlanFree/Premium My Question or Issue Trying to figure out how to call the API to create a playlist that is a Mix style playlist initially. The new feature which sorts songs into BPM to blend in one another when transitioning. Is it added as a featur...
Plan Free/Premium My Question or Issue Trying to figure out how to call the API to create a playlist that is a Mix style playlist initially. The new feature which sorts son...
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Hello Spotify Developer Team,I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently working on my Dissertation Thesis, which involves building a non‑commercial application focused on music theory analysis. As part of my research, I need access to two deprecated Spo...
Hello Spotify Developer Team, I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently working on my Dissertation Thesis, which involves building a non‑commercial application focused on music theory analysis. As par...
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It would be really helpful to include a new API endpoint to get song credits. Currently you can only retrieve the listed performers, but this doesn't include writers/producers/engineers.
It would be really helpful to include a new API endpoint to get song credits. Currently you can only retrieve the listed performers, but this doesn't include writers/producers/engineers.
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I'm building ShortSync, a tool that lets creators distribute short-form vertical videos across multiple platforms from a single upload. A few of our podcaster users have asked about adding Spotify Clips support. I've looked through the Web API docs a...
I'm building ShortSync, a tool that lets creators distribute short-form vertical videos across multiple platforms from a single upload. A few of our podcaster users have asked about adding S...
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Hi everyone,My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and each apple reveals a piece of the album artwork. Every f...
Hi everyone, My name’s Daniel, and I wanted to share a passion project I built this summer: SpotiSnake. It’s a mashup of the classic Snake game with Spotify. You search an album, play Snake, and eac...
Gig Goer
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Hi everyone,My Web API app was recently downgraded after producing an abnormal volume of requests. I've identified and fixed the root cause, and I'm sharing here in case it helps others — and to ask if anyone has gone through the reinstatement proces...
Hi everyone, My Web API app was recently downgraded after producing an abnormal volume of requests. I've identified and fixed the root cause, and I'm sharing here in case it helps others — a...
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Petition Description https://c.org/fcrvHwKdCtSpotify, please create a fair and transparent access path for indie developers, students, and small teams.The recent Web API quota policy changes have effectively shut out individual developers and small p...
📝Petition Description https://c.org/fcrvHwKdCt Spotify, please create a fair and transparent access path for indie developers, students, and small teams. The recent Web API quota polic...
Newbie
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Todos os desenvolvedores estão indignados, vamos excluir nossas contas para que o Spotify reconsidere o caso após bloquear nossos segredos e aplicativos essenciais. Precisamos nos unir e excluir nossas contas para que a equipe de investidores pare de...
Todos os desenvolvedores estão indignados, vamos excluir nossas contas para que o Spotify reconsidere o caso após bloquear nossos segredos e aplicativos essenciais. Precisamos nos unir e excluir noss...
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When using the oEmbed API it returns the title and thumbnail of the item you are requesting, but it doesn't return artist name. On the website that I am working on we created a poster in front of the Spotify embed so we can load the player before the...
When using the oEmbed API it returns the title and thumbnail of the item you are requesting, but it doesn't return artist name. On the website that I am working on we created a poster in front of the...
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Request to extend Spotify’s playback APIs to support fine-grained transition (“Mix”) control between tracks in a user’s playlist. Proposed CapabilitiesAdd a transition configuration object that can be applied between consecutive tracks in a playlist ...
Request to extend Spotify’s playback APIs to support fine-grained transition (“Mix”) control between tracks in a user’s playlist. Proposed Capabilities Add a transition configuration object...
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Not a help request, just a query Please delete if needed. The query was relating to interest in a feature. Wondering if a public like button could be a pathway to greater collaborative engagement? A public like function whereby the user simply taps a...
Not a help request, just a query Please delete if needed. The query was relating to interest in a feature. Wondering if a public like button could be a pathway to greater collabo...
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Our league requires artists to use Spotify/Apple Music-listed songs. Is there a way to have it so that songs that are used are not the preview version? I would like the songs to be able to be played in their entirety.
Our league requires artists to use Spotify/Apple Music-listed songs. Is there a way to have it so that songs that are used are not the preview version? I would like the songs to be able to be played ...
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