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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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I have an urgent question regarding the terms of use for developers, to which we have not found a clear answer in the "Developer Terms".I would like to make it possible for users of an online shop to log in with their Spotify account in order to rece...
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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...
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Hello, I'm planning to develop a game app, but for that I only want to use the preview audio url (30sec). For general use (full audio) I know that it is not allowed, but using only the preview one, is it allowed?Regards,
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Hi Spotify and fellow Spotify Developers, We've been using Spotify's various APIs in our free and open source software since 2009 but we received an email on April 27th stating our Web API access will be revoked: After reviewing your application, we ...
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