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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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Superuser Contribution 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...

  • Moderator
  • Moderator
  • 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. ...
  • Top50Clean
  • Roadie
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duration_ms suddenly returning float instead of int

Suddenly, the api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint has started giving me track duration_ms as a float e.g."duration_ms": 2345.0,The endpoint always used to return an int, which matches the documentation. Weirdly the response from the "try it" resp...

  • Roadie
  • Suddenly, the api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint has started giving me track duration_ms as a float e.g. "duration_ms": 2345.0, The endpoint always used to return an int, which matches the doc...
  • Justintc
  • Roadie
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  • Possible Bug
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Integration for music distributor

Hey everyone, I want to build a new distribution service but I could not find anything in the API documentation on that topic. Can someone point me to where I can find out more about conditions, requirements, and technical details?

  • Visitor
  • Hey everyone, I want to build a new distribution service but I could not find anything in the API documentation on that topic. Can someone point me to where I can find out more about conditions, requ...
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Error While Creating App

I'm trying to create a new app at: https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/createAfter clicking the "Create App" button, a form flashed and automatically shows a red error message containing: "We were not able to load your account information. Please...

  • Newbie
  • I'm trying to create a new app at: https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create After clicking the "Create App" button, a form flashed and automatically shows a red error message containing...
  • not_revan
  • Casual Listener
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  • 500 Internal server error
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    Possible Bug API
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I cant create an app

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaOperating System(Windows 10) My Question or IssueIt is saying "We were not able to load your account information. Please refresh the page and try again."

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  •   Plan Premium Country Slovakia Operating System (Windows 10)   My Question or Issue It is saying "We were not able to load your account information. Please refresh the page and tr...
  • vicgardenhire
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sp.artist(uri) not working

Recently I have been testing and using my code and randomly the sp.artist(uri) function stopped working. My code when it gets to that line runs indefinitely but my sp.playlist_items() is working just fine. This problem started randomly without changi...

  • Newbie
  • Recently I have been testing and using my code and randomly the sp.artist(uri) function stopped working. My code when it gets to that line runs indefinitely but my sp.playlist_items() is working just...
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linked_from no longer included with track details

Linked tracks are no longer including a linked_from attribue in the web API. The example in the track relinking article says that:6kLCHFM39wkFjOuyPGLGeQ should link to:6ozxplTAjWO0BlUxN8ia0A But the linked_from is no longer included in the response. ...

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  • Linked tracks are no longer including a linked_from attribue in the web API.   The example in the track relinking article says that: 6kLCHFM39wkFjOuyPGLGeQ   should link to: 6ozxplTAj...
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Getting severe 429 Errors (Too Many Requests Error)

I'm the developer of Lyricify, which is an app for displaying scrolling lyrics for Spotify on Windows and Android. It highly relies on Get Playback State, it send the request frequently with an interval around 5-10s. And these days, 429 Rate Limit is...

  • Music Fan
  • I'm the developer of Lyricify, which is an app for displaying scrolling lyrics for Spotify on Windows and Android. It highly relies on Get Playback State, it send the request frequently with an ...
  • nathancoleman
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CreatePlaylist starting returning a 200 instead of 201 for successful results!

CreatePlaylist starting returning a 200 instead of 201 for successful results! This broke my application since I was looking for a 201.

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  • Music Fan
  • CreatePlaylist starting returning a 200 instead of 201 for successful results!  This broke my application since I was looking for a 201.    
  • nathancoleman
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[Web API] Adding tracks to a public playlist requires playlist-modify-private scope

Hello everyone ! My use case :Via the Spotify Web API, I want to create a public playlist and add tracks to it.My implementation :I setup a spotify auth flow that requires the playlist-modify-public scope.Then when I get the auth token I create the p...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everyone !    My use case : Via the Spotify Web API, I want to create a public playlist and add tracks to it. My implementation : I setup a spotify auth flow that r...
  • jwmp
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Embed player remains stuck in preview mode after logging in to Spotify

Problems are with Safari 16.4.1 on Macbook Pro, OS Monterey 12.6.2 and also iPad Air 3rd gen. 16.3.1. The player works fine on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.

  • Casual Listener
  • Problems are with Safari 16.4.1 on Macbook Pro, OS Monterey 12.6.2 and also iPad Air 3rd gen. 16.3.1. The player works fine on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
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Solved!! HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: /tracks?position=0

My Python script that uses Spotipy stopped working yesterday after working fine for months.The full error message is... HTTP Error for POST to https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists//tracks with Params: {'position': 0} returned 403 due to Insufficient ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Python script that uses Spotipy stopped working yesterday after working fine for months. The full error message is...   HTTP Error for POST to https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/<PL...
  • Lkole
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  • 403 Insufficient client scope
    Spotipy
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Podcast only for external website subscribers

Hello, I would like to recreate the same experience of podcasts accessible only to subscribers of my website that can be seen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6GSnbFz5qzNuKnLmGzQbPc (Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content). On Spotify a...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I would like to recreate the same experience of podcasts accessible only to subscribers of my website that can be seen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6GSnbFz5qzNuKnLmGzQbPc (Making Sense ...
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Cool uses of the Spotify API

Hi! I didn't see a place where people are sharing the cool stuff they're able to do with the API? Thought it could be fun to have a place for this?

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  • Hi! I didn't see a place where people are sharing the cool stuff they're able to do with the API? Thought it could be fun to have a place for this? 
  • morgan_wills
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Solved!! generate a complete list of playlists containing text string

Hi! For Black History Month I wanted to generate a list of playlists on Spotify that contain the string "Black History Month" - this search query works great https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=black+history+month&type=playlist&market=US&locale=e...

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  • Hi! For Black History Month I wanted to generate a list of playlists on Spotify that contain the string "Black History Month" - this search query works great       https://api.spot...
  • morgan_wills
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Question about banned uses of API

Hello everyone! The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product". I have a question about what this means in practical terms. Let's say I'm...

  • Newbie
  • Hello everyone!   The Spotify Developer Policy section II.4.c states that "You must not offer metadata, cover art, and/or Audio Preview Clips as a standalone service or product".   I ha...
  • Prague
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Inquiry Regarding API Integration for Accessing User Search History

Dear Spotify Support Team,I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out as a developer interested in enhancing the user experience within our application by integrating with Spotify's API. Specifically, we aim to provide users with the abilit...

  • Visitor
  • Dear Spotify Support Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out as a developer interested in enhancing the user experience within our application by integrating with Spotify's API. ...
  • Prague
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/me/top/tracks endpoint returns album_type of EP, SINGLE, ALBUM

Using the Web API, I'm finding that when you ask for user's top items and specifying tracks, each track has an album_type of either "EP" or "SINGLE" or "ALBUM". This goes against what is documented — and found with other endpoints — of "album", "sing...

  • Newbie
  • Using the Web API, I'm finding that when you ask for user's top items and specifying tracks, each track has an album_type of either "EP" or "SINGLE" or "ALBUM".   This goes against what is docum...
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"Add songs" removed?

The "add songs" function was my favorite Spotify feature. I don't understand why this has been removed.The "recommended" selection is unfortunately relatively poor compared to the "add songs" function.Do I have a chance of getting it back?Thank you!P...

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  • The "add songs" function was my favorite Spotify feature. I don't understand why this has been removed. The "recommended" selection is unfortunately relatively poor compared to the "add songs" funct...
  • Neytive
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Embed not working

Got an issue embedding this? Embed renders but play button does nothing and spins? Other podcasts embedded same way work? Any ideas?

  • Visitor
  • Got an issue embedding this?   Embed renders but play button does nothing and spins? Other podcasts embedded same way work?   <iframe style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spo...
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    Podcast API
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