I have a developer account for Spotify and I’m trying to follow their basic tutorial for creating apps on my Windows 7 machine. When I enter ‘spotify:app:Tutorial’ in the search box, I keep getting an error message saying “Sorry, I could find this app. metadatafailed URI: spotify:app:Tutorial Error: appNotFound.”
I’ve tried putting my app files in several different folders but none of them work:
- C:\Users\Me\Documents\Spotify\Tutorial (I had to create this folder)
- C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Spotify
- C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Spotify\Users\me-user
- C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Spotify
- C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\me-user
Does anyone know the correct directory path where I should place my local Spotify app files so they can be loaded properly? I must be missing something obvious here.
Had the same issue when I started making Spotify apps. The path should be C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users\[spotify-username]\. But here’s what you’re probably missing - enable Developer Mode in your Spotify client settings first. Without it, Spotify won’t see your local app files no matter where you put them. Also check that your manifest.json is formatted right and the app folder name matches exactly what you’re typing in search. You need Tutorial\manifest.json and Tutorial\index.html at minimum. I wasted hours on this only to find a typo in my manifest file.
Spotify killed their local app platform in 2016, so that’s why you’re having issues. The ‘spotify:app’ protocol doesn’t work anymore - they moved everything to web-based apps. Your directory paths look right for the old system, but you’re basically trying to build on something that’s been dead for years. You’ll want to check out Spotify’s Web API instead. Their current docs cover OAuth and REST endpoints, which is how you actually integrate with Spotify now.
You’re trying to use a feature Spotify killed years ago. They shut down the local app platform around 2016 when they moved to their Web API. Getting the folder structure right won’t help - the spotify:app protocol is completely dead, no matter what client version you’re running. I wasted tons of time trying to resurrect old local apps before finally switching to the Web API. It’s trickier at first, but it’s way more powerful and actually gets updates. You’ll need to build a web app that talks to Spotify’s REST endpoints instead.
first, check if ur spotify client supports local apps - they killed this feature in newer versions. you’ll probably need to roll back to an older client (version 1.0.42 or earlier) to get local app dev working. your directory path looks fine, but it won’t matter if your client can’t handle local apps anymore.