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Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hey, I created this thread to get your feedback on our blog post around changes to the Web API extended access criteria, which will take place on May 15th. Please share any of your thoughts on this change in the comments below. All of your feedback w...

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  • Choheron
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Solved!! Spotify API /recommendations Endpoint Always Returns 404 — Even With Valid Token and Known Genres

Hi everyone! I’m currently building a music recommendation system for a final year university project. The goal is to suggest 5 songs based on a user's current emotion (e.g., "happy", "sad", "angry"), using Spotify’s /recommendations endpoint. This i...

  • Newbie
  • ...ad", "angry"), using Spotify’s /recommendations endpoint. This involves analyzing the user’s input, mapping it to audio features (valence, energy), and then retrieving appropriate tracks through the S...
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  • Casual Listener
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Superuser Contribution [Web API] recommendations not returned for genre seeds

As of the last couple of hours the recommendations endpoint isn't returning tracks related to genre seeds.example request: https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations?seed_artists=&seed_genres=rock&seed_tracks=&limit=20&market=GBexample response: {"tr...

  • Gig Goer
  • As of the last couple of hours the recommendations endpoint isn't returning tracks related to genre seeds. example request: https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations?seed_artists=&s...
  • kkhal
  • Gig Goer
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Recommendations API: new-release seedgenre generating old songs

PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceAPIOperating SystemN/A My Question or Issue I'm developing an app to create spotify playlists with help from the Spotify API.I'm using both the search and recommendations API route to do this, but when using the NEW-RELE...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...sing both the search and recommendations API route to do this, but when using the  NEW-RELEASE seed genre to get recommendations of newly released songs... I get songs from 2015. It seems l...
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Solved!! Get Recommendations by seed_genres not working (empty list)

PlanPremiumCountryPTDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemMacOSX Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres is provided. This is new, it was working yesterday.What did change and how can I make it work a...

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  • Plan Premium Country PT Device Macbook Pro Operating System MacOSX   Today, I noticed that the recommendations endpoint returns an empty list when only seed_genres  is p...
  • Cycle
  • Newbie
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  • Recommendations
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Recommendations endpoint doesn't respond

Hello, I've been working on this webapp for months now with these lines without issue : $recommendationsOptions = [ 'limit' => 20, 'seed_artists' => $seedArtists, 'seed_tracks' => $seedTracks, 'seed_genres' => $seedGenres, 'market' => $api->me()->cou...

  • Music Fan
  • Hello,  I've been working on this webapp for months now with these lines without issue :        $recommendationsOptions = [ 'limit' => 2...
  • upgrader-dev
  • Music Fan
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Seeking perfect song recommendation process

Hi,I hope you are doing as fine as you can.I am investigating and researching solutions to a problem for a few months now and I need your valuable help today. Problematic:Be able to create an app that can generate a playlist based on multiple users m...

  • Regular
  • ...he first problem I faced was the seed limitation (amount of tracks or artist I can input to generate recommendations) which is limited to 5, so I will not be able to use this API on X users * their t...
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Music scheduling and recommendation algorithm

PlanFree Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI want to study Spotify's recommendation algorithm using its API. I've set up a Spotify profile and defined a process where I play one track from a diverse music playlist daily, at a set time, f...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Free   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to study Spotify's recommendation algorithm using its API. I've set up a Spotify profile and defined a process w...
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Superuser Contribution 4xx Errors while fetching data

Country - Israel Device - Macbook Pro late 2016Operating System - iOS 10 Hi,I'm receiving 4xx errors when trying to fetch my client's data such as top 50 tracks and Spotify recommendations, although the authorization process is valid, the user accept...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...potify recommendations, although the authorization process is valid, the user accepted all the required scopes, and the user is registered in my Spotify dashboard.   Note - this issue does not o...
  • Asaf_Krenzler
  • Casual Listener
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    Recommendations
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Get Recommendations That Are Not Specific to My Personal Tastes

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen I'm using Spotify's API to get recommendations (I'm using endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations), it appears that the outputs are highly based on my own ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA    Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When I'm using Spotify's API to get recommendations (I'm using endpoint:  h...
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