[GH-ISSUE #839] API error 403 #355

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opened 2026-02-28 14:48:40 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @Mentalish on GitHub (Jul 18, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/839

I keep getting Spotify API error 403 constantly, however I can still select a song for playback and it seemingly happens randomly. I've tried both reinstalling and removing the config files and setting up the client again, however I cannot complete the setup since it wont load the page, however the client would still work apart from getting interrupted at random times with API error 403.

Originally created by @Mentalish on GitHub (Jul 18, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/839 I keep getting Spotify API error 403 constantly, however I can still select a song for playback and it seemingly happens randomly. I've tried both reinstalling and removing the config files and setting up the client again, however I cannot complete the setup since it wont load the page, however the client would still work apart from getting interrupted at random times with API error 403.

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@daachi commented on GitHub (Aug 17, 2021):

I've been seeing this too ... just started using spt-tui today tho, so it's early days. I haven't figured out how to get any logging going, but I've found that if I just refresh Spotify in the browser, and then choose that as the device, a connection is reestablished and play can continue.

One other thing that works is to start a song playing in another UI (e.g. on my phone, "Alexa, play me some Deerhoof...", etc.) and then spt-tui will pick that up and work again.

Seems like there's some reconnect logic that's failing?

@daachi commented on GitHub (Aug 17, 2021): I've been seeing this too ... just started using spt-tui today tho, so it's early days. I haven't figured out how to get any logging going, but I've found that if I just refresh Spotify in the browser, and then choose that as the device, a connection is reestablished and play can continue. One other thing that works is to start a song playing in another UI (e.g. on my phone, "Alexa, play me some Deerhoof...", etc.) and then spt-tui will pick that up and work again. Seems like there's some reconnect logic that's failing?

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@natemart commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2023):

It looks like there was an update in Spotify for Developers (May 27th, 2021) that requires users to be specifically added to apps for access: Improving the developer and user experience for third-party apps.

I added my account's email address and it fixed this.

@natemart commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2023): It looks like there was an update in Spotify for Developers (May 27th, 2021) that requires users to be specifically added to apps for access: [Improving the developer and user experience for third-party apps](https://developer.spotify.com/community/news/2021/05/27/improving-the-developer-and-user-experience-for-third-party-apps/). I added my account's email address and it fixed this.