Play from any starting position with Spotify Connect

Please keep in mind that metadata, cover art and artist images must be accompanied by a link back to the applicable artist, album, track, or playlist on the Spotify Service. You must also attribute content from Spotify with the logo.

Ensure content attribution

The Spotify Platform can not be used for non-interactive broadcasting.

Spotify content may not be broadcasted

The Spotify Platform can not be used to develop commercial streaming integrations.

Streaming applications may not be commercial

The Spotify Platform can not be used to develop applications that alter Spotify Content.

Keep audio content in its original form

You may not facilitate downloads of Spotify content or enable “stream ripping”

Spotify content may not be downloaded

Please note that you can not use the Spotify Platform or any Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingesting Spotify Content into a machine learning or AI model.

Spotify content may not be used to train machine learning or AI model

Please keep in mind that you can not enable transfers of data to another service, except for the purpose of enabling a user to transfer their personal data or the metadata of the user's playlists to another service.

Spotify data may not be transferred

Audio Preview Clips may not be offered as a standalone service or product.

Spotify Audio preview clips can not be a standalone service

You may not synchronize any sound recordings with any visual media, including any advertising, film, television program, slideshow, video, or similar content

Do not synchronize Spotify content

Spotify visual content must be kept in its original form, e.g. you can not crop album artwork, overlay images on album artwork, place a brand/logo on album artwork

Keep visual content in its original form

You can now use the Spotify Connect Web API to start playing tracks from any position using the [Start a User's Playback](/documentation/web-api/reference/start-a-users-playback) endpoint.

How do I use it?

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