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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...
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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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 15 plus)Operating SystemWindows 10 Hello Spotify Developer Team,I am requesting access to the endpoints `GET /v1/audio-features` and `GET /v1/audio-analysis`for my app "Cardio-Vélo" (Client ID: 4c407b5bee924e7d9b...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 15 plus) Operating System Windows 10 Hello Spotify Developer Team, I am requesting access to the endpoints `GET /v1/audio-features` and `GE...
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Hi everyone,I'm developing a Spotify Web API integration and consistently receive 403 Forbidden responses from the /v1/audio-features endpoint.What I tested:– User access token (with user-top-read etc.): 403– Client credentials token (no scopes): 403...
Hi everyone, I'm developing a Spotify Web API integration and consistently receive 403 Forbidden responses from the /v1/audio-features endpoint. What I tested: – User access token (with user-top-r...
Gig Goer
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PlanPremiumCountryNZMy Question or IssueBring back the audio features endpoint!If required:- with a vetting process/approval- with limited info available without approval, eg tempo, key, energy. Usages I see:- animating lights/LEDs based on track pla...
Plan Premium Country NZ My Question or Issue Bring back the audio features endpoint! If required: - with a vetting process/approval - with limited info available without approval, eg tempo, k...
Gig Goer
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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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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...
Gig Goer
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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...
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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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Hi everyone,I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis to tackle the cold-start problem in movie recommendation systems. I’m using Spotify to explore cross-domain recommendations, leveraging audio features like tempo, energy, and valence.The issue is that i...
Hi everyone, I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis to tackle the cold-start problem in movie recommendation systems. I’m using Spotify to explore cross-domain recommendations, leveraging audio feature...
Gig Goer
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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 ...
Casual Listener
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# Spotify API Bug Report**Reporter:** DJ/Developer using Spotify API for music library analysis**Date:** October 13, 2025**Environment:** macOS, Python 3.9, Spotipy library---## SummaryMultiple critical issues encountered when using Spotify Web API f...
# Spotify API Bug Report **Reporter:** DJ/Developer using Spotify API for music library analysis **Date:** October 13, 2025 **Environment:** macOS, Python 3.9, Spotipy library --- ## Summary Mu...
Gig Goer
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Hi Spotify Web API team, I am developing an application that utilizes the "Add Items to Playlist" endpoint:POST /v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/itemsOne recurring problem is that the endpoint provides no way to prevent duplicate tracks from being inserte...
Hi Spotify Web API team, I am developing an application that utilizes the "Add Items to Playlist" endpoint: POST /v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/items One recurring problem is that the endpoin...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSAAppVibe SwipeMy Question or IssueI am building a spotify / tinder type app for adding songs to playlists by listening to a certain vibe and swiping left and right. I am not able to add the songs to any playlist because spotify is...
Plan Premium Country USA App Vibe Swipe My Question or Issue I am building a spotify / tinder type app for adding songs to playlists by listening to a certain vibe and swiping left and right. ...
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Hi everyone,I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata.Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playlist I get this error:{ "error": "Could not fetch playli...
Hi everyone, I’m working on a Spotify Web API app that uses the Client Credentials Flow to read public playlist metadata. Everything works fine with my own playlists, but for any other public playl...
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