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Welcome to the Spotify for Developers board! This forum is the place for conversations about Spotify's Web API, Web Playback SDK, Widgets, and other developer tools. Here you can ask questions about the Spotify platform, chat with other developers, a...

spotifyjosh
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2020-04-22 8:06:38 AM
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iOS app integrated Spotify SDK rejected by Apple when publish

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue: Our client developed an app named DYOB(http://www.dyobapp.com) which integrated Sp...

Cynthia2020
Visitor
...laylist, and share with their friends by entering the code. But Apple rejected the app by this reason: Regarding 5.2.3-Legal, you need to provide authorisation from the content owner (in this c...
2020-06-15 12:43:26 PM
2022-10-03 5:35:13 PM
Peter_Schorn
Roadie
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Store and process data from Spotify

Hello together,I would like to use the data about certain songs from Spotify for my backend. However, the backend is on a web server and not directly in the mobile app. The data would then have to be stored and processed there.Does anyone know if thi...

DNick
Newbie
...o be stored and processed there. Does anyone know if this is legally allowed?
2022-07-12 12:40:43 PM
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data
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webserver

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Widget Terms of Use: Legal Queries

My Question or IssueI have been reading through the Widget Terms of Use and have some queries around some of the language used: "Section III: Licenses and Permissions3. 3. License to Spotify. You grant to us a paid-up, royalty-free, non-exclusive, wo...

sarah_as
Newbie
...ommercial purposes"? I've been trying to find a legal contact at Spotify to help me with these queries, but am finding impossible to get through to someone who can help. Therefore, I'd really a...
2022-06-22 5:13:00 PM
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legal
question
Terms
Widget

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My API Wrapper was reported for infringing on Spotify's IP. Don't know who to contact!

I'm unsure who to contact in this case, but I wrote an object-oriented Spotify API wrapper a couple of years ago and put it open source on NPM. https://www.npmjs.com/package/enhanced-spotify-api I made a website for the documentation and was hosting ...

andyruwruw
Newbie
I'm unsure who to contact in this case, but I wrote an object-oriented Spotify API wrapper a couple of years ago and put it open source on NPM. https://www.npmjs.com/package/enhanced-s...
2022-03-05 7:05:11 AM
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api
api wrapper
copyright
legal

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Spotify SDK and Spotify App Remote

Hello,i have developed an Android-Widget for Spotify. I would like to sell this App on the Google App-Store. I have already read on different places the terms and conditions, which requirements the app should follow and so on, but it is still not cle...

viabonito
Casual Listener
...ommunity forum. I do not see any direct "contact" to spotify on the community forum, even for legal questions. So this post in this forum is the only way I can get an answer, I hope at least. My W...
2021-01-25 12:24:50 PM
2021-04-16 7:05:54 AM
viabonito
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Commercial
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selling apps

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Can an app made with the API be used by free Spotify users?

PlanFreeCountryBrazilDeviceMobile, Desktop and TVOperating SystemAndroid, iOS (maybe. I wouldn't be able to test in that as of now) and Web App My Question or IssueI read the terms of Spotify for Developers, but I'm not a native speaker and this got ...

Darth_GTB
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Plan Free Country Brazil Device Mobile, Desktop and TV Operating System Android, iOS (maybe. I wouldn't be able to test in that as of now) and Web App My Question or Issue I read the...
2021-04-13 7:17:52 PM
2021-04-15 9:11:19 AM
Hubo
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Free
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Can I do this legally?

I want to build a niche database, but it would require me importing The names of all Artists, Albums, and Tracks and saving them so I have the references separately without hitting the API every time I need them. Is this a violation or not? I'm tryin...

utterbacks
Newbie
I want to build a niche database, but it would require me importing The names of all Artists, Albums, and Tracks and saving them so I have the references separately without hitting the API every time...
2021-02-27 5:59:44 PM
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Data Storage
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Synchronization restriction: request for clarification

Hello. Have an idea for SDA (non-streaming one) but want to clarify the restriction in advance to not to waste my time for something which might be not approved. I am confused about the "synchronization" restriction: "Synchronization: Syncing sound r...

alexantenna
Gig Goer
Hello. Have an idea for SDA (non-streaming one) but want to clarify the restriction in advance to not to waste my time for something which might be not approved. I am confused about the "syn...
2021-01-20 10:53:28 PM
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Legal questions regarding Spotify API

We are currently developing an app which uses Spotify API. What we are trying to achieve is a website/app which allows people to create an individual account and link it with their Spotify account. We use consents for currently playing tracks, recent...

pevellsky
Visitor
...llowed to download any content like cover arts etc. Before we go anywhere further, we wanted to ask if that is not already breaching anything major in terms of Spotify legal rights. &n...
2021-01-13 7:29:56 PM
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Adding snippets of songs to one long song via API

Hi,i wondered if Spotify allows to build an app that plays only parts of songs (like 30seks) and then jumps to the next song to play again only 30 seks. The snippets are faded into each other. As Spotify stopped support for DJ apps, i wanted to know ...

SpotMaster
Casual Listener
Hi, i wondered if Spotify allows to build an app that plays only parts of songs (like 30seks) and then jumps to the next song to play again only 30 seks. The snippets are faded into each other. As S...
2020-06-16 9:00:46 AM
2020-06-16 6:33:38 PM
SpotMaster
Casual Listener
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api
DJ Apps
legal

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Requirements API and SDK

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceWeb BrowserOperating SystemWindows, MacOS and Linux My Question or IssueI built a simple application where users can login using the Spotify API and add songs to a shared queue. I want to use the Webplay SDK to pro...

NormaleMan
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Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Web Browser Operating System Windows, MacOS and Linux My Question or Issue I built a simple application where users can login using th...
2020-06-13 5:22:35 PM
2020-06-14 2:46:53 PM
Hubo
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Can I use Spotify APIs in my tutorial?

Hi, I'm a data analyst and lately I have been working on a data analysis tutorial which I look forward to monetize. I just wanted to understand if I could teach using the Spotify APIs?

akashsonthalia
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Hi, I'm a data analyst and lately I have been working on a data analysis tutorial which I look forward to monetize. I just wanted to understand if I could teach using the Spotify APIs?
2020-05-27 6:28:21 PM
2020-06-08 3:18:49 PM
Hubo
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legal

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