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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

  • Spotify
  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
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  • 9 replies
  • 2 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 3064 Views
  • 9 replies
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Solved!! Preview URLs (MP3) no longer exist (all tracks)

PlanFree/PremiumCountryFrance / all countriesDeviceAll API calls from web browsersOperating SystemAll web browser platforms (Mac, Windows, Android...) My Question or IssueMy app exists for a long time (about 10 years) and for several months, the retu...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free/Premium Country France / all countries Device All API calls from web browsers Operating System All web browser platforms (Mac, Windows, Android...)   My Question or Issue My ...
  • SparklesReal
  • Casual Listener
  • 374 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
    Question
  • 374 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes

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...
  • Mahammadali12
  • Visitor
  • 621 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
    Possible Bug
    Question
  • 621 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Illegal Scopes after granted quota extension

I made an app using the Spotify API and recently filed an extension request. In the request I included all the scopes that my code uses. These scopes were all approved a few days ago however, when I run my app now, it just shows "illegal scopes" (The...

  • Casual Listener
  • I made an app using the Spotify API and recently filed an extension request. In the request I included all the scopes that my code uses. These scopes were all approved a few days ago however, when I ...
  • barduck
  • Regular
  • 572 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 3 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 572 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 3 likes

ERROR 404 GETTING 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 Issue Hello, I can access any playlist using the Spotify API's playlist endpoint, but for some rea...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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   ...
  • zeusgd19
  • Casual Listener
  • 246 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes
  • 404 Error
    Possible Bug
  • 246 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 0 likes

Android SDK Built-in Auth Flow Not Working

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceSamsung Galaxy S22 My Question or IssueI am making a simple Android app relying on the Spotify SDK. I tried to make the sample app work from here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/android/tutorials/getting-st...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Hungary Device Samsung Galaxy S22   My Question or Issue I am making a simple Android app relying on the Spotify SDK. I tried to make the sample app work from here:&...
  • DjBoyBoy
  • Visitor
  • 327 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
    Question
  • 327 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Genres from artists have been removed

It seems that many artists have had their genres reworked or removed completely. That means that the /artists={artistIds} endpoint returns very different results than yesterday E.g. Tove Lo, London Grammar and Corinne Bailey Rae return no genres as a...

  • Roadie
  • It seems that many artists have had their genres reworked or removed completely.   That means that the /artists={artistIds} endpoint returns very different results than yesterday   ...
  • masterdome99
  • Casual Listener
  • 888 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 7 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 888 Views
  • 8 replies
  • 7 likes

Spotify API Add To Queue Endpoint response faulty

The response from the Add To Queue endpoint doesn't return as expected. This is again a problem for strongly typed applications. When I test it using the API Reference the website even states "something went wrong" Making a POST request to the endpoi...

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  • Music Fan
  • The response from the Add To Queue endpoint doesn't return as expected. This is again a problem for strongly typed applications.  When I test it using the API Reference the website even state...
  • rortilope
  • Casual Listener
  • 985 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 9 likes
  • add
    AddToQueue
    api
    Possible Bug
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    to
  • 985 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 9 likes

Please help - Spotify for Developers dashboard problem.

PlanPremium FamilyCountryUKDeviceMacBook AirOperating System14.3 My Question or IssueI am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ) as evidenced by the fact I can see it knows my top 5 tracks at the bottom of the page. ...

  • Newbie
  •   Plan Premium Family Country UK Device MacBook Air Operating System 14.3   My Question or Issue I am able to login to Spotify for Developers (https://developer.spotify.com ...
  • youturnskyw
  • Visitor
  • 920 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Possible Bug
    Question
  • 920 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes

Superuser Contribution Apps no longer showing in Developer dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser My Question or IssueI’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode which no longer appear in my Developer dashboard. I’m not sure why this ...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro + Chrome browser, iPhone 15 + Safari browser   My Question or Issue I’ve got two apps that have existed for many years in extended quota mode ...
  • ThePodfather
  • Spotify
  • 902 Views
  • 9 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
    Question
  • 902 Views
  • 9 replies
  • 0 likes

Playlist cover updated via the API has a delay of hours before updating

Hello, Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API.Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our app. After a couple of hours, he checked and the new cover was upd...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   Our app creates and updates playlists on Spotify using the public API. Recently, one of our users complained that the playlist cover was not updated after he updated it from our ap...
  • NickXitco
  • Casual Listener
  • 103 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 103 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! Discover Weekly Playlist Missing

Hello, A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within my app. However, it now seems that the Discover Weekly playli...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello,   A year or two ago I developed a simple script for my account to connect to the API, use the playlists endpoint to find my Discover Weekly playlist, and then record the tracks within m...
  • christoph_blüm
  • Newbie
  • 480 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 480 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 0 likes

HTTP API: Missing preview_url in single track GET

Hi all, In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also single track get responses also have this field nulled out. Is that...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi all,   In the recent blog post detailing changes to the HTTP API, "30-second preview URLs , in multi-get responses (SimpleTrack object)" were removed. However, I'm finding that also si...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 198 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 198 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 1 likes

Deleting duplicate playlisted tracks

A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though. However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a playlist without spotify removing all instances of a track? The ...

  • Regular
  • A couple of weeks I made this post. It looks like it got merged into another one though.  However, the question remains how to achieve this on the API? How can I remove duplicates from a play...
  • 86 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 86 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!!Superuser Contribution API - v1/shows/{id}/episodes - resume_point returns incorrect data

PlanPremium CountryUK DeviceConsistent across MacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and reproducible at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-shows-episodes Operating SystemMacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and the API My Question or IssueI...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium   Country UK   Device Consistent across MacOS 14.6.1, Android 14, and reproducible at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-shows...
  • DHermit05
  • Casual Listener
  • 1437 Views
  • 11 replies
  • 4 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 1437 Views
  • 11 replies
  • 4 likes

Spotify SDK player not play on Android 11 Embedded in React Native

I implemented Spotify SDK player in a web app and embedded it in the React Native webview. It works fine on Android 14 and Android 15. But when I try to play it in Android 11 it plays for a few seconds and then stops. Meanwhile I also receive a playb...

  • Casual Listener
  • I implemented Spotify SDK player in a web app and embedded it in the React Native webview.  It works fine on Android 14 and Android 15. But when I try to play it in Android 11 it plays for a few...
  • 78 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
    SDK Player
  • 78 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes

Solved!! resume_point missing when calling API from code

PlanPremiumCountryGermany My Question or IssueI also mentioned this in a comment in this thread, but I think it might be an unrelated problem, as the one over there seems to be fixed. When accessing the API endpoints to get episodes (/show/{id}/episo...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Germany   My Question or Issue I also mentioned this in a comment in this thread, but I think it might be an unrelated problem, as the one over there seems to be fixed...
  • DHermit05
  • Casual Listener
  • 157 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 157 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

Superuser Contribution Getting 502 errors for Player operations

PlanPremiumCountryEUA 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 developed a small application for personal usage that uses spotify-web-api. I use sever...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country EUA   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue   ...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
  • 139 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 139 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes

v1/me/following getting 403s all of a sudden

Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently. For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following endpoint. This seems to have started yesterday and is practically...

  • Casual Listener
  • Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently.   For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following en...
  • olli408
  • Regular
  • 3015 Views
  • 22 replies
  • 18 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 3015 Views
  • 22 replies
  • 18 likes

top-tracks endpoint returns incorrect popularity for songs

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe ./top-tracks endpoint returns an incorrect popularity for songs that are released both as...

  • Casual Listener
  • 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 The ./t...
  • 183 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 183 Views
  • 0 replies
  • 0 likes