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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 on using Spotify data with AI/ML models

Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states:"Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Content into a machine learning or AI model."[1] I am looking to build an app...

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  • Clause 14 of the Spotify Developer Policy states: "Do not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Content into a machine l...
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Request to Unblock IP Range of my server

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to request assistance with an issue affecting our IP range XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, which has recently been blocked from accessing Spotify services. We have noticed that our customers are unable to connect to ...

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  • I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to request assistance with an issue affecting our IP range XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, which has recently been blocked from accessing Spotify services. We have n...
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set_volume in node red

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI use a node red dashboard for controlling my spotify mucic. Everything works fine except the...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I use a...
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Invite collaborators

I’m trying to invite and share a playlist with others and the link doesn’t work. People are able to see but not add to the playlist. Our group is larger than 10 so starting a blended playlist is not an option. I’ve tried to generate the link in vario...

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  • I’m trying to invite and share a playlist with others and the link doesn’t work. People are able to see but not add to the playlist. Our group is larger than 10 so starting a blended playlist is not ...
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question about the popularity score of an artist

My Question or Issue i want to create a list of the most interesting artists in germany, and i thought i could use the popularity score to do that. i cant figure out if the popularity score is global or could also be retrieved for a local market? add...

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  • My Question or Issue   i want to create a list of the most interesting artists in germany, and i thought i could use the popularity score to do that. i cant figure out if the popularity score ...
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Spotify should add a function in which you could listen a certain part of a song.

Some of us have a favorite song which have a part we want to listen on loop. Spotify should add a function for that, to select the part we want to listen.-drkpCountryUnited States / World

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  • Some of us have a favorite song which have a part we want to listen on loop. Spotify should add a function for that, to select the part we want to listen. -drkp Country United States / World &nbs...
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Is this allowed? Small Forum Synchronizing Music To Videos

I want to create a small website for a community of dance artists, we all enjoy creating dance video and the best platform for videos is youtube, but the biggest problem is the music we want to use in our video is copyrighted.I want to create a websi...

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  • I want to create a small website for a community of dance artists, we all enjoy creating dance video and the best platform for videos is youtube, but the biggest problem is the music we want to use i...
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Creating an app allowing to easily add songs as a party guest

Hi! tl;dr: Imagine a party. Typically, the host of the party is creating a playlist beforehand or a party guest can add their song wishes by using the party hosts device, where the Spotify app is installed on (e.g. laptop, smartphone). It would be mu...

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  • ...ther devices that we approve in writing from time to time." does not include server hardware.   Furthermore, my idea was to make the source code of my application available to the public, s...
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API Large sample of artists by genre

I'm using the API to generate popularity scores for artists. I was wondering if I would be able to generate a large sample of artists in a specific genre for a range of a popularity score. Ex. mainstream rock artists with popularity scores 60-70.

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  • I'm using the API to generate popularity scores for artists. I was wondering if I would be able to generate a large sample of artists in a specific genre for a range of a popularity score. Ex. mainst...
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Get artist image URL

When using the api I search for artists using their id and store the artists cover image that way but, what I noticed is that all of the URLs share a similar format: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb" followed by 24 more characters. So I was ...

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  • When using the api I search for artists using their id and store the artists cover image that way but, what I noticed is that all of the URLs share a similar format: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab676161...
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How to find spotify token

Hi, I'm currently developing code with the spotify api and I'm wondering how to get the authorization token for spotify, I didn't find anything on spotify dev only client id and secret.

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  • Hi, I'm currently developing code with the spotify api and I'm wondering how to get the authorization token for spotify, I didn't find anything on spotify dev only client id and secret.
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Singular duplicate in paginated current user playlists

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDELL G5 5500Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 11 Home My Question or IssueI'm using the TypeScript SDK (@spotify/**bleep**) to write a simple application. I wrote a function to get all of the current user's playli...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device DELL G5 5500 Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Home   My Question or Issue I'm using the TypeScript SDK (@spotify/**bleep**) to write a si...
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Get Current User's Playlists returns incorrect data when DJ is present

I'm building an app that gets the current users playlist, I noticed that 'total' seems to differ from the actual amount of playlists returned. Investigating further I noticed that the API returns duplicate playlist entries when the playlist is next t...

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  • I'm building an app that gets the current users playlist, I noticed that 'total' seems to differ from the actual amount of playlists returned. Investigating further I noticed that the API returns dup...
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Album covers look weird

Round corners looks disgusting please revert to pointy album covers this is the most absurd change everPlanPremium

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  • Round corners looks disgusting please revert to pointy album covers this is the most absurd change ever Plan Premium      
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Api to create a private playlist doesn't work

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceiPhone 13Operating SystemiOS 15 My Question or IssueI'm hitting the API to create a playlist POST: "/users/\(userId)/playlists" with isPublic=false and isCollaborative=false in the body. The playlist is created successfully...

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  • ...laylists"   with isPublic=false and isCollaborative=false in the body. The playlist is created successfully but is public instead of private. The scopes I have authorized are [p...
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Inconsistency in albums that feature tracks from other albums

While using the Spotify Web API, I noticed inconsistency in the way tracks from original albums are featured on newer ones.Intuitive WayThe album Blade Runner 2049 features "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley. There are 2 track IDs to play ...

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  • While using the Spotify Web API, I noticed inconsistency in the way tracks from original albums are featured on newer ones. Intuitive Way The album Blade Runner 2049 features "Can't Hel...
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Search within a playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have a script for adding songs to a playlist but the problem is that songs are duplicated i...

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Cannot set playlist public to private or change the setting

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevicemac StudioOperating SystemmacOS Using the API I can no longer create private playlists. All created playlists are public regardless of the supplied value. Nor can I change the existing public value. I'm using Authorizati...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Canada Device mac Studio Operating System macOS   Using the API I can no longer create private playlists. All created playlists are public regardless of t...
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Solved!! What are the OSC commands for controlling Spotify playback, volume etc?

I have an app that is capable of sending OSC commands to other apps and want to use it to play, pause, fade in/out Spotify. I'm looking for a list of commands that I can use for the above. Thanks

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  • I have an app that is capable of sending OSC commands to other apps and want to use it to play, pause, fade in/out Spotify. I'm looking for a list of commands that I can use for the above. Thanks
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Get artist image URL

When using the api I search for artists using their id and store the artists cover image that way but, what I noticed is that all of the URLs share a similar format: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb" followed by 24 more characters. So I was ...

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  • When using the api I search for artists using their id and store the artists cover image that way but, what I noticed is that all of the URLs share a similar format: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab676161...
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