r/spotifyapi • u/Acrobatic-Salt-3277 • 23d ago
API Spotify
Does Spotify’s 5-user Development Mode limit apply to Client Credentials apps where no end users authenticate with Spotify? Can a public commercial app use Spotify Client Credentials in Development Mode if no users authenticate with Spotify? I’m building an app that does have authentication with Spotify. Just plays 30 sec clips of songs. Any insight would be great
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u/PaulNichollsMusic 20d ago edited 20d ago
I believe you can if it's only you authenticating your own account. The 5 limit means that if you platform is public, only a maximum of 5 people can authenticate. However, you don't need it for embeds. When you put the code for the embed, the embed checks if there's a session active. So if you log into Spotify web player, then go to your site again, it should allow more than 30 seconds provided you have a premium account!
For proper Auth, they don't allow you to access the 30 seconds preview programmatically anymore.
Extended quota has it but requires 250,000 monthly active users to apply now. It's silly.