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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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  • nathancheshire
  • Casual Listener
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Usage of guc-spclient.spotify.com API

Hey everyone, So I was thinking of developing a mobile app that allows users to view their friends' listening activity, similar to the desktop version of Spotify. However, I’ve come across what seems to be the only way to obtain this information: usi...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...eb player access token is required (not a regular API access token).   My question isn’t about how to retrieve this information, but rather whether using this API in a publicly published app w...
  • Ximzend
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  • api
    Terms of Service
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Solved!! Data Freshness Requirement

In the "Moving Through It: Getting An Application Reviewed" document, there is the line: Implementing an intelligent caching mechanism within your extension can significantly reduce the reliance on frequent API calls. By storing and retrieving freque...

  • Newbie
  • In the "Moving Through It: Getting An Application Reviewed" document, there is the line:   Implementing an intelligent caching mechanism within your extension can significantly reduce the rel...
  • kingosticks4
  • Roadie
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  • api
    caching
    compliance
    data
    Guidelines
    Terms of Service
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Superuser Contribution Unable to accept Developer TOS

When I attempt to accept the Developer Terms of Service, I check the box that says I accept, then click the "Accept the Terms" button. The page reloads and under the navigation bar at the top of a page, a red error bar appears which states, "There wa...

  • Newbie
  • When I attempt to accept the Developer Terms of Service, I check the box that says I accept, then click the "Accept the Terms" button. The page reloads and under the navigation bar at the top of a pa...
  • ManuDz
  • Casual Listener
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  • 12 replies
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  • Terms of Service
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Getting users to generate a Client ID for desktop app (and other acceptable usage questions)

I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be streaming the audio into the game itself). In order...

  • Newbie
  • I'm looking at creating a mod for a game which will allow users to control their local desktop Spotify app (as in the official one by spotify) using controls inside the game (note that I will not be ...
  • Kalocaine
  • Casual Listener
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  • 4 replies
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  • authentication
    Terms of Service
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Can I do this legally?

I want to build a niche database, but it would require me importing The names of all Artists, Albums, and Tracks and saving them so I have the references separately without hitting the API every time I need them. Is this a violation or not? I'm tryin...

  • Newbie
  • I want to build a niche database, but it would require me importing The names of all Artists, Albums, and Tracks and saving them so I have the references separately without hitting the API every time...
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  • Data Storage
    legal
    Terms of Service
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can I use the Audio Features and Analysis API data in a neural network?

I'm developing a web app that uses Spotify's Audio Features and Analysis. My intent is to use this data in a neural network under a commercial license. However, I couldn't figure out if this is allowed. I found an old post that asked a similar questi...

  • Regular
  • I'm developing a web app that uses Spotify's Audio Features and Analysis. My intent is to use this data in a neural network under a commercial license. However, I couldn't figure out if this is allow...
  • epeacock1970
  • Regular
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  • API request
    Terms of Service
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