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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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  • Lkole
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Can't remove multiple songs from playlist at once.

Back before this stupid update that changed the way songs get added to playlists, I used to be able to just mass select songs on desktop, and then press the delete key to remove them from a playlist. Now for some reason the spotify geniuses have remo...

  • Casual Listener
  • Back before this stupid update that changed the way songs get added to playlists, I used to be able to just mass select songs on desktop, and then press the delete key to remove them from a playlist....
  • Airlequin
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How to fetch the transcript of a podcast episode?

Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?

  • Visitor
  • Is it possible to retrieve the auto generated transcript of a specific podcast episode via the api?
  • yashyad2812
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Solved!! Failed Add Item To Play Queue

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemWindows 11 PREFIX: My account was started yesterday & set to the single-user monthly premium account. Apologies, this question keeps getting flagged as spam when I add links to various APIs so I wil...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan Premium Country US Device Desktop PC Operating System Windows 11   PREFIX: My account was started yesterday & set to the single-user monthly premium account.   Apol...
  • SmoothDagger
  • Music Fan
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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. ...
  • Lkole
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  • 23066 Views
  • 151 replies
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Please Help : Quota Extension Request

Hello. I've submitted a quota extension on 27th June and realise the guidance says 6 weeks, and it's in midsummer break which sounds like we need to expect more delay here. Our App name is :Razer Axon. This is a wallpaper software from our company (R...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello.   I've submitted a quota extension on 27th June and realise the guidance says 6 weeks, and it's in midsummer break which sounds like we need to expect more delay here.    Ou...
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[Feature Proposal] Expose folders in the api

I have a app that allows creating playlists. It would be really great if I could put all the playlist that my app makes into a certain folder so it is in its own nice category. I propose the api endpoints for folders to be:[GET] me/folders?limit=...&...

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  • I have a app that allows creating playlists. It would be really great if I could put all the playlist that my app makes into a certain folder so it is in its own nice category.   I propose the...
  • c2k
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Sheet Music along with Lyrics

Hello. Question and maybe an idea for you guys. I’ve recently downloaded Spotify. I’m slow I know! However I love how you have the lyrics in your app. And I’m a keen learner of the piano. Have you thought about adding the sheet music to the app too? ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello. Question and maybe an idea for you guys. I’ve recently downloaded Spotify. I’m slow I know! However I love how you have the lyrics in your app. And I’m a keen learner of the piano. Have you th...
  • Marzipandrea
  • Casual Listener
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Api endpoint returning non standard response for control apis

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceJS SDKOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueThe pause and play endpoint started to give non standard responsesCorrect ResponseBad response 

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device JS SDK Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue The pause and play endpoint started to give non standard responses Correct Response ...
  • DarrenLau
  • Casual Listener
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Streaming audio on browser, website bloating bandwidth.

It's not a sound card issue as audio stops playing after 9 seconds of each song, and advertisements are free to run 90 seconds seamlessly.Cache cleared, clean log in every time. Forums discuss strikingly similar issues GOING ON FOR YEARS.I don't need...

  • Newbie
  • It's not a sound card issue as audio stops playing after 9 seconds of each song, and advertisements are free to run 90 seconds seamlessly. Cache cleared, clean log in every time. Forums discuss st...
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[Android] app-remote-sample throws RemoteClientException (Explicit user authorization is required)

Operating System: AndroidI execute the app-remote-sample app of https://github.com/spotify/android-sdk/tree/master. I modified the values of CLIENT_ID and REDIRECT_URI in RemotePlayerActivity for values i entered in the developer dashboard.I also add...

  • Casual Listener
  • Operating System: Android I execute the app-remote-sample app of https://github.com/spotify/android-sdk/tree/master.   I modified the values of CLIENT_ID and REDIRECT_URI in RemotePlayer...
  • odurc
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Solved!! Using spotify in embedded browser

I have a question because I have not found such an issue here. We have a desktop app with embedded web browser where we would like to run the spotify web player. It should work like this:- user click on button that will shortcut him to the embedded w...

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  • I have a question because I have not found such an issue here.  We have a desktop app with embedded web browser where we would like to run the spotify web player. It should work like this: - u...
  • Ximzend
  • Roadie
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Spotify Developer Terms

I am building an app with the Spotify API which takes user generated presentations/slideshows that sync to the music spotify is currently playing, spotify would be controlled through the official spotify app/website not our app, our app would just ad...

  • Casual Listener
  • I am building an app with the Spotify API which takes user generated presentations/slideshows that sync to the music spotify is currently playing, spotify would be controlled through the official spo...
  • CFR314
  • Casual Listener
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Solved!! Where do I find category IDs for web API

My Question or IssueHi there, is a comprehensive list of genre Category IDs available for reference? "pop" and "hiphop" both seem to work but I'd rather not have to keep guessing for all the genres I will need to look up as part of my project. Releva...

  • Casual Listener
  • My Question or Issue Hi there, is a comprehensive list of genre Category IDs available for reference? "pop" and "hiphop" both seem to work but I'd rather not have to keep guessing for all the genres...
  • denizy
  • Newbie
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Solved!! Sonos speakers not showing in GET /player/devices

Plan: Premium planCountry: USADevice: Sonos One, Macbook Pro, Galaxy S9 My Question or IssueI'm not able to see my Sonos speakers in the /player/devices list, despite actively playing to a device via Spotify Desktop on my Mac: √ ~ ⮕ curl -H "Authoriz...

  • Newbie
  • Plan: Premium plan Country: USA Device: Sonos One, Macbook Pro, Galaxy S9   My Question or Issue I'm not able to see my Sonos speakers in the /player/devices list, despite activel...
  • thlucas
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embed playlist works on desktop but I can't see loaded playlist on phone

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi, I'm working on Wordpress website with Elementor. When I create a page with embed playlist...

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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 Hi,&nbs...
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Adding Marquee and Showcase to Spotify Ads API and Reporting API

Hi All, Would it be possible to add ad units like Maquee and Showcase to the Ads API and the Reporting API? https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/promoting-music-on-spotify/https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/getting-started-with-...

  • Visitor
  • Hi All,   Would it be possible to add ad units like Maquee and Showcase to the Ads API and the Reporting API?   https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/promoting-music-on-spotify...
  • 5tran-dev
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Spotify for developers

My Question or IssueHello, I want to create a telegram bot in which the user can search for songs by title and the bot will display a picture of the song and its music preview. Will it be a violation of the API rules to download pictures and previews...

  • Visitor
  • My Question or Issue Hello, I want to create a telegram bot in which the user can search for songs by title and the bot will display a picture of the song and its music preview. Will it be a violati...
  • Ximzend
  • Roadie
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [WEB API] Accept button not working on user data's authorization page

PlanPremiumFr DeviceMacbook Pro mid 2014Operating SystemMacOs Big Sur 11.4 My Question or IssueI'm bulding a PHP/Symfony app which uses the WebAPI.So I perform the first step to initiate the dialog with the API : $state = $session->generateState(); $...

  • Music Fan
  • Plan Premium Fr   Device Macbook Pro mid 2014 Operating System MacOs Big Sur 11.4   My Question or Issue I'm bulding a PHP/Symfony app which uses the WebAPI. So I perform the fir...
  • DouradoCars
  • Casual Listener
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Commercial use for API

Hello,I'm working on an innovative project for nightclubs that aims to enhance interaction between DJs and attendees through music. The system allows nightclubs to generate events or manage venues by creating specific links for both DJs and users.In ...

  • Newbie
  • Hello, I'm working on an innovative project for nightclubs that aims to enhance interaction between DJs and attendees through music. The system allows nightclubs to generate events or manage venue...
  • Ximzend
  • Roadie
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Issue encountered endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following

I encountered an issue while using the Spotify API endpoint `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following` with `type=user`. Instead of the expected response, I received the following error:{"error": {"status": 500,"message": "Server error."}}Does anyone ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I encountered an issue while using the Spotify API endpoint `https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following` with `type=user`. Instead of the expected response, I received the following error: { "error"...
  • Ximzend
  • Roadie
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  • Discussion
    Possible Bug
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