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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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Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of them are pretty popular ones) do not have a previe...

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  • I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of...
  • Ximzend
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  • API request
    API search
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    Spotify Web API
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spotify webapi auth and requests

for the past few weeks ive been trying to implement spotify webapi on my app to auth users, get their pfp and handler and also get their currently playing track name and artist name but had no success. id appreciate any help.AuthViewModel:package com...

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  • for the past few weeks ive been trying to implement spotify webapi on my app to auth users, get their pfp and handler and also get their currently playing track name and artist name but had no succes...
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    Spotify Web API
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Solved!! Issues with Missing refresh_token in API Response

I successfully set up authentication and the process to obtain an access_token, but I'm facing an issue while configuring the token refresh process. According to the documentation, the response from the API when requesting a token refresh should cont...

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  • I successfully set up authentication and the process to obtain an access_token, but I'm facing an issue while configuring the token refresh process. According to the documentation, the response from ...
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Some testers got 403 error even were added to dev dashboard

PlanPremiumCountryAUDeviceiPhone and GalaxyOperating SystemiOS and Android My Question or IssueHi Spotify team, I am developing an app integrating web APIs and it is now on beta test. Some testers reported they received 403 error when trying to query...

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  • Plan Premium Country AU Device iPhone and Galaxy Operating System iOS and Android   My Question or Issue Hi Spotify team,   I am developing an app integrating web APIs and it is...
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  • Developer Dashboard Problem
    Possible Bug
    Spotify Web API
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Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App all songs have a preview URL. It's not just random...

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  • Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App...
  • djmtype
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    API request
    API search
    Spotify Web API
    Web API
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Change aspect of cover image!

Hi, I'm making a web app and I want to know if it is legal to round un the cover image of the music that is currently being played. I want to inform that this app will not be used for any commercial reasons, it will be just a simple project app for m...

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  • Hi, I'm making a web app and I want to know if it is legal to round un the cover image of the music that is currently being played.  I want to inform that this app will not be used for any comm...
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    Spotify Redesign
    Spotify Web API
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Academic Use of Spotify Data for PhD Research

Hello, I’m a PhD student researching popularity in music and have used Spotify Web API in the past for my work.Currently, the developer T&C prohibit the training of ML and AI models on Spotify content, including audio features & metadata. Could anyon...

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  • Hello,  I’m a PhD student researching popularity in music and have used Spotify Web API in the past for my work. Currently, the developer T&C prohibit the training of ML and AI models on S...
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Solved!! Understanding the usage of the web api

Hi, I want to use the web api from spotify for developers but I want to make sure of some things about it. I read the docs, but I want to be sure that I understood them clearly. If I go with authorization code with PKCE that means I won't need the cl...

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  • ...ackend and I want to be sure that I won't expose publicly the client secret.
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    Web API
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Auth attempts all return "code_verifier required" when using non-PKCE auth between iOS and Web

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone XROperating SystemiOS 17.4.1 My Question or IssueI'm trying to authenticate using non-PKCE between Spotify iOS SDK and Web API. Every time I try to exchange the auth code for tokens, I get a 400 error and the b...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 17.4.1   My Question or Issue I'm trying to authenticate using non-PKCE between Spotify iOS SDK and Web API....
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    iOS SDK
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    Possible Bug
    Spotify iOS SDK
    Spotify Web API
    Web API
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Spotify API is frequently down

I've been using Spotify's Web API for my university project for a month. I hadn't experienced any problems with it until a week ago when the API suddenly stopped responding to requests. It was fixed about 12 hours later and functioned well until toda...

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  • I've been using Spotify's Web API for my university project for a month. I hadn't experienced any problems with it until a week ago when the API suddenly stopped responding to requests. It was fixed ...
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Player command failed: Restriction violated

PlanPremiumDeviceAsus Laptop, Brave browserOperating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueI cant seem to figure out why specific songs will not play via the api. For example I list my liked songs which all play via spotify player, but on my project some ...

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  • Plan Premium Device Asus Laptop, Brave browser Operating System Win 11   My Question or Issue I cant seem to figure out why specific songs will not play via the api. For example I list m...
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Web API results not enough playlists

Hi I'm creating a web application that uses the Spotify API and since a week or two I'm noticing weird behaviour on the api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists call. The used query is ?limit=50&offset=0 and I'm only getting 49 results the first time I run it...

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  • Hi   I'm creating a web application that uses the Spotify API and since a week or two I'm noticing weird behaviour on the api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists call.   The used query is ...
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[Spotify Web API] Can't read private playlists

I'm attempting to create my own project with just the Python requests module, and I'm pretty sure I put the scope thing in the right place... response = requests.post( url='https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token', data={ 'grant_type':'client_credenti...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...laylist-read-private' }, headers={ 'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }, ).json()   However, I'm only able to access my public playlists. What am I doing w...
  • Ximzend
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Issue with pagination in "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint

PlanFreeCountryGreeceOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueI try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. When I try to make a request using the parameter "include_groups" either...

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  • Plan Free Country Greece Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue I try to consume the "Get Artist's Albums" endpoint but I face an issue when trying to implment pagination. ...
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    pagination
    Possible Bug
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    Web API
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Adding apostrophe to app name broke my developer account

Hi from Sweden! I'm a student in computer science and engineering working on a side project which utilise the Spotify Web API. I think I have accidentally manage to brake my developer account by adding an apostrophe into the App name... For my side p...

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  • Hi from Sweden!     I'm a student in computer science and engineering working on a side project which utilise the Spotify Web API. I think I have accidentally manage to brake my deve...
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[Spotify Web API Request] GET user's Spotify-generated playlists

Getting Spotify-generated playlists as in the Daily Mixes, genre mixes, etc. without having to add them to your library.

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  • Getting Spotify-generated playlists as in the Daily Mixes, genre mixes, etc. without having to add them to your library.
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How to find Spotify-generated playlists with the API

How can I find a user's Spotify-generated playlists with the API? Playlists like the Daily Mixes, Genre Mixes, etc.

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  • How can I find a user's Spotify-generated playlists with the API? Playlists like the Daily Mixes, Genre Mixes, etc.
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Does Spotify API provide an on-demand playback field for playlists?

For users without Premium, some Spotify-generated personalized playlists (like genre mixes and the Weekly Discovery) have on-demand playback on mobile and others don't. And what I mean by on-demand playback is that songs are displayed like they would...

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  • For users without Premium, some Spotify-generated personalized playlists (like genre mixes and the Weekly Discovery) have on-demand playback on mobile and others don't. And what I mean by on-demand p...
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Oauth sign in to web api without web browser / graphical interface

I'm working on the alarm clock with Spotify playlists and albums. I wrote a client (https://github.com/ciembor/spotify-cmd) based on a Spotify Web API and it works well, but when I Connect using oauth it opens browser and then uses my callback. The p...

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  • I'm working on the alarm clock with Spotify playlists and albums. I wrote a client (https://github.com/ciembor/spotify-cmd) based on a Spotify Web API and it works well, but when I Connect using oaut...
  • Ximzend
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    authentication
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[Web API] Search not returning certain album

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceLenovo Thinkpad T490Operating SystemLinux Manjaro My Question or IssueFor prototyping I am using my laptop to emulate a bluetooth speaker and have my phone connected to the laptop over bluetooth. My plan is to use the s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device Lenovo Thinkpad T490 Operating System Linux Manjaro   My Question or Issue For prototyping I am using my laptop to emulate a bluetooth speaker and h...
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