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/playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

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  • Spotify
  • AdrienCompDev
  • Casual Listener
  • 3085 Views
  • 9 replies
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  • Possible Bug
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How to see through shortened https://spotify.link/ links

Recently Spotify changed share links from the classic "https://open.spotify.com/track..album..user..etc/id" to a shortened URL "https://spotify.link/randomString".There's no way to see through this link, and you can't use fetch on the URL to see wher...

  • Newbie
  • Recently Spotify changed share links from the classic "https://open.spotify.com/track..album..user..etc/id" to a shortened URL "https://spotify.link/randomString". There's no way to see through th...
  • kyedo
  • Casual Listener
  • 2883 Views
  • 5 replies
  • 5 likes
  • Discussion
  • 2883 Views
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Solved!! Extension request help

I just received a denial for my extension request after waiting a month. I did some research and apparently resubmitting means I have to wait another month or longer. Since this is a guess and check process I need some help before this turns into a 6...

  • Casual Listener
  • I just received a denial for my extension request after waiting a month. I did some research and apparently resubmitting means I have to wait another month or longer.   Since this is a guess a...
  • baldwinguitars
  • Casual Listener
  • 165 Views
  • 2 replies
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  • extension
    Question
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Clarification on using social media icons and links under developer terms

Hello! I’m planning to request a quota extension for my website and came across a question regarding the inclusion of social media icons, like Facebook and Instagram, in the footer of my app. These icons would navigate users to my website’s social me...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello! I’m planning to request a quota extension for my website and came across a question regarding the inclusion of social media icons, like Facebook and Instagram, in the footer of my app. These i...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 196 Views
  • 3 replies
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  • Question
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Solved!! resume_point missing when calling API from code

PlanPremiumCountryGermany My Question or IssueI also mentioned this in a comment in this thread, but I think it might be an unrelated problem, as the one over there seems to be fixed. When accessing the API endpoints to get episodes (/show/{id}/episo...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Germany   My Question or Issue I also mentioned this in a comment in this thread, but I think it might be an unrelated problem, as the one over there seems to be fixed...
  • DHermit05
  • Casual Listener
  • 159 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 159 Views
  • 1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Getting 502 errors for Player operations

PlanPremiumCountryEUA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I have developed a small application for personal usage that uses spotify-web-api. I use sever...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country EUA   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue   ...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
  • 139 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Possible Bug
  • 139 Views
  • 1 replies
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Superuser Contribution Get request for multiple tracks audio features

My Question or IssueHi! I'm trying to get the audio features for multiple tracks, but can't get the request right.I've looked through the documentation for getting multiple tracks, as well as the similar documentation for getting a single track. Acco...

  • Newbie
  • My Question or Issue Hi!   I'm trying to get the audio features for multiple tracks, but can't get the request right. I've looked through the documentation for getting multiple tracks, as we...
  • LambertSpot
  • Spotify
  • 1174 Views
  • 3 replies
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  • Audio-features
  • 1174 Views
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Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

In my application, I make updates to playlist descriptions using Spotify's API. Despite receiving 200 OK responses from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlsitId} endpoint, I've found that the playlist description does not always update. I...

  • Visitor
  • In my application, I make updates to playlist descriptions using Spotify's API. Despite receiving 200 OK responses from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlsitId} endpoint, I've found...
  • kane123
  • Visitor
  • 766 Views
  • 4 replies
  • 8 likes
  • api
  • 766 Views
  • 4 replies
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Spotify Search API Issue - 404 not found

There currently seems to be an issue with the Search API - basic queries are suddenly and randomly returning "404 not found" errors.Sometimes the exact same query works after a few retries. The status page at https://status.spotify.dev does not yet r...

  • Casual Listener
  • There currently seems to be an issue with the Search API - basic queries are suddenly and randomly returning "404 not found" errors. Sometimes the exact same query works after a few retries. &nbs...
  • Ashugh
  • Casual Listener
  • 5535 Views
  • 26 replies
  • 20 likes
  • search web API
  • 5535 Views
  • 26 replies
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Inquiry Regarding Use of Metadata and Redirecting Users to External Content

Hello,I am working on a content discovery platform that uses metadata from YouTube/Spotify (such as titles, artists, and descriptions) to display content information. The platform allows users to explore content and then redirects them to YouTube/Spo...

  • Visitor
  •   Hello, I am working on a content discovery platform that uses metadata from YouTube/Spotify (such as titles, artists, and descriptions) to display content information. The platform allows us...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 230 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • Feature Request
  • 230 Views
  • 1 replies
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Who follow my album

I would like it if, in the near future, specifically in 2025, it would be made possible for everyone to see who follows the albums that I and others have followed. What interests me the most is being able to see who follows my album, because neither ...

  • Newbie
  • I would like it if, in the near future, specifically in 2025, it would be made possible for everyone to see who follows the albums that I and others have followed. What interests me the most is being...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 191 Views
  • 1 replies
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Solved!! Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountryUk My Question or IssueI want to make a website that allows users to create a playlist through the website on Spotify. However, currently every time someone tries to make a playlist it will make it on my account as its my client id ...

  • Regular
  •   Plan Premium Country Uk   My Question or Issue I want to make a website that allows users to create a playlist through the website on Spotify. However, currently every time someone...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 893 Views
  • 12 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
    Question
  • 893 Views
  • 12 replies
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About the usage of deprecated web APIs

Dear Spotify Developer Support Team,My name is Oğuzhan Dere, and I am the creator of Keddy, a music personalization application designed to provide unique, tailored listening experiences. For the past 4–5 months, I have been diligently developing thi...

  • Regular
  • Dear Spotify Developer Support Team, My name is Oğuzhan Dere, and I am the creator of Keddy, a music personalization application designed to provide unique, tailored listening experiences. For ...
  • 436 Views
  • 0 replies
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  • Question
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v1/me/following getting 403s all of a sudden

Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently. For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following endpoint. This seems to have started yesterday and is practically...

  • Casual Listener
  • Context: app is > 5 years old, thousands of users, no code change recently.   For an extremely large portion of users, I'm getting a 403 Forbidden response when I hit the v1/me/following en...
  • olli408
  • Regular
  • 3037 Views
  • 22 replies
  • 18 likes
  • Possible Bug
  • 3037 Views
  • 22 replies
  • 18 likes

cant access tempo of a track

Key details about the issue:Access Token Retrieval: The access token is retrieved without issues, confirming that the Client Credentials Flow authentication is functioning as expected.Public Endpoint: The audio-features endpoint does not require user...

  • Visitor
  •   Key details about the issue: Access Token Retrieval: The access token is retrieved without issues, confirming that the Client Credentials Flow authentication is functioning as expected. Pu...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 427 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • audio_description
  • 427 Views
  • 1 replies
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spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?

  • Casual Listener
  • the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated and I wonder if there is an alternative?
  • lneroni-it
  • Newbie
  • 3295 Views
  • 13 replies
  • 9 likes
  • 3295 Views
  • 13 replies
  • 9 likes

How to avoid 403 Error with Implicit Grant Flow Auth

Hello everybody, I am currently developing a static webapp with html, js and css. I am using Implicit Grant Flow as authorization and everything worked fine. However, when my friend tried to test the app, nothing worked.I quickly found out that it wa...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello everybody,   I am currently developing a static webapp with html, js and css. I am using Implicit Grant Flow as authorization and everything worked fine. However, when my friend tried to...
  • Ximzend
  • Spotify Star
  • 175 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 0 likes
  • 403 error
    error
    javascript
    Question
  • 175 Views
  • 1 replies
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Solved!! The Web Playback SDK seems to no longer work on Android.

I am a Spotify Premium user. I developed a web app in Angular that was working perfectly until now. This web app uses the Web Playback SDK, which also worked flawlessly. It had been some time since I last tested my web app, and upon logging in today,...

  • Regular
  • I am a Spotify Premium user.   I developed a web app in Angular that was working perfectly until now. This web app uses the Web Playback SDK, which also worked flawlessly. It had been some tim...
  • Blindtune
  • Regular
  • 306 Views
  • 1 replies
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  • webplaybacksdk
  • 306 Views
  • 1 replies
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Get Recently Played Tracks and Get Track are missing UPC, Popularity, and other info from Get Album

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-track When using the get-re...

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  • Casual Listener
  • https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played  https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album  https://developer.spotify.co...
  • ShadowMonkey105
  • Casual Listener
  • 291 Views
  • 3 replies
  • 0 likes
  • Discussion
    Feature Request
  • 291 Views
  • 3 replies
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Imagine vinyl stimulation in the app

Hi developers and spotify team,Just had this amazing idea this morning when I woke up and thought... What if you put a smile (came on auto correct) I meant what if you put a simple button in the app that can switch on vinyl noise in the background so...

  • Visitor
  • Hi developers and spotify team, Just had this amazing idea this morning when I woke up and thought...    What if you put a smile (came on auto correct) I meant what if you put a simple b...
  • deeyuh
  • Newbie
  • 1312 Views
  • 1 replies
  • 2 likes
  • Audio Features
    Detail-Oriented Developers
    Discussion
    Spotify family
    Spotify for Developers
  • 1312 Views
  • 1 replies
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Open Source Software on the Car Thing

Hi! I was wondering if there was a place to download the source code for the software that is running on the Car Thing. Specifically Free and Open Source Software like u-boot and Linux, but also other pieces of code that fall under the same sort of l...

  • Newbie
  • Hi!   I was wondering if there was a place to download the source code for the software that is running on the Car Thing. Specifically Free and Open Source Software like u-boot and Linux, but ...
  • appusers505
  • Casual Listener
  • 2104 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 17 likes
  • 2104 Views
  • 2 replies
  • 17 likes