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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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Clarification request: AI integration for playlist organization

Hi everyone!I'd like to build an application for reordering songs in a playlist based on an arbitrary prompt using Chat GPT.This application would use the Spotify API to fetch the playlist data, Chat GPT to provide the reordered indexes and the Spoti...

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  • Hi everyone! I'd like to build an application for reordering songs in a playlist based on an arbitrary prompt using Chat GPT. This application would use the Spotify API to fetch the playlis...
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Solved!! AUTHENTICATION_ SERVICE_ UNAVAILABLE error pops up when my app tries user auth via Spotify app

When my app attempts to authenticate the user via the Spotify app installed on their device, the LoginActivity opens, and then the app returns to the previous activity, but the error AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE is displayed, and the user is no...

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  •   When my app attempts to authenticate the user via the Spotify app installed on their device, the LoginActivity opens,  and then the app returns to the previous activity, but the error AU...
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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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Get Playlist Request Hangs

I am using the Spotify API for Python in a script that I have been putting together. I am using Spotify's Python API to try to get a playlist: sp.playlist('3KKr1w8DoBpT3B3iCNIJlT',fields=None,market='US') but it just hangs until I stop the script. I ...

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  • I am using the Spotify API for Python in a script that I have been putting together. I am using Spotify's Python API to try to get a playlist: sp.playlist('3KKr1w8DoBpT3B3iCNIJlT',fields=None,ma...
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Possible to retrieve Canvas video thru API?

I've seen this done before on services like 6KLabs but I was never sure how they did it. Is it currently possible to retrieve the Canvas video from Spotify's API, or is there another method these services are using? Any help would be greatly apprecia...

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  • I've seen this done before on services like 6KLabs but I was never sure how they did it.   Is it currently possible to retrieve the Canvas video from Spotify's API, or is there another method ...
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Clarification Request: Does My DJ AI Application Violate Spotify Developer Policy?

Hi everyone,I'm currently working on an application called "Spotify DJAI," which provides a personalized DJ experience for Spotify users. It integrates Spotify's Web API and SDK to create a seamless music experience by dynamically generating DJ-like ...

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  • Hi everyone, I'm currently working on an application called "Spotify DJAI," which provides a personalized DJ experience for Spotify users. It integrates Spotify's Web API and SDK to create a seamles...
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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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Need Access to Songwriters/Composers Data for Catalog Validation via Spotify API

Plan:FreeCountry:UruguayDevice:ASUS ROG Strix - G615JIOperating System:Windows 11My Question:Hello Spotify team and community,I’m currently developing an automation tool using Spotify's API to help artists validate the integrity of their music catalo...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Uruguay Device: ASUS ROG Strix - G615JI Operating System: Windows 11 My Question: Hello Spotify team and community, I’m currently developing an automation tool u...
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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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Solved!! Block video cdn

Hello, I'm using a filtering DNS to block some domain on my child's phone.I want to block also video on Spotify and I try to identify domain of CDN linked to video streaming.Where can I find a list of domains used by purpose?Like image-cdn-ak.spotify...

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  • Hello,  I'm using a filtering DNS to block some domain on my child's phone. I want to block also video on Spotify and I try to identify domain of CDN linked to video streaming. Where can I fi...
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Why is my Spotify playlist rearranging itself randomly?

Has anyone else noticed their Spotify playlists reshuffling themselves? I've organized my songs in a specific order, but lately, it seems like Spotify is randomly changing the sequence. It's really frustrating when I want to listen to my tracks in th...

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  • Has anyone else noticed their Spotify playlists reshuffling themselves? I've organized my songs in a specific order, but lately, it seems like Spotify is randomly changing the sequence. It's really f...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Commercial use of Track Features and Analysis data

PlanFreeCountryJapanMy Question or IssueHi, I have a legal question and Spotify support told me to ask here.I am a staff working at a TV station. I want to use the Track Features and Analysis data I GET from the Spotify Web API as a reference for cas...

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  • Plan Free Country Japan My Question or Issue Hi, I have a legal question and Spotify support told me to ask here. I am a staff working at a TV station. I want to use the Track Features and A...
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Solved!! Ban on using audio features of a song for ML or algorithms

Can someone shed some light on why and when the audio features from the API were banned from being used for Machine Learning or any algorithms in general? I'm curious because there are a lot of papers that have used them for that, but maybe the ban i...

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  • Can someone shed some light on why and when the audio features from the API were banned from being used for Machine Learning or any algorithms in general? I'm curious because there are a lot of paper...
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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...

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  • 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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GET playback state and rate limits

Hi! I am looking to build a player as a hobby project that would not be too different from the actual Spotify's web player, but for real-time knowledge about the playback state I would need to poll the GET Playback State endpoint quite often. Will my...

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  • Hi! I am looking to build a player as a hobby project that would not be too different from the actual Spotify's web player, but for real-time knowledge about the playback state I would need to poll t...
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Spotify Web API taking forever to respond

Hi everyone,I just recently started using Spotify API for a personal project in Python, and I've run into an issue that I think might be related to rate limiting. The API has suddenly stopped responding, and the requests are taking forever to complet...

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  • Hi everyone, I just recently started using Spotify API for a personal project in Python, and I've run into an issue that I think might be related to rate limiting.   The API has suddenly stop...
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Individual statistics

Hi everyone,I’m wondering if there’s a way to check how many times I’ve played a specific song on Spotify. I’d like to see the playback statistics for individual tracks on my account. Does anyone know if Spotify provides such information, or if there...

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  • Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there’s a way to check how many times I’ve played a specific song on Spotify. I’d like to see the playback statistics for individual tracks on my account. Does anyone k...
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Solved!! Private user auth access for backend services

Hi, I'm writing a backend Python service (using Spotipy) which will receive HTTP requests and post things, etc, and it will be deployed in a docker container in a server somewhere off my machine. It needs access to certain scopes that require auth i....

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   I'm writing a backend Python service (using Spotipy) which will receive HTTP requests and post things, etc, and it will be deployed in a docker container in a server somewhere off my mac...
  • Terpal
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Error 429, retry-after missing

So i have been working on an app for the past fiew days. I am now doing some testing for rate limits but the problem is i'm unable to see the retry-after time in the response when i get the error 429. So i can't do anithing about it and no matter how...

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  • So i have been working on an app for the past fiew days. I am now doing some testing for rate limits but the problem is i'm unable to see the retry-after time in the response when i get the error 429...
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