# Spotify login error: ErrorType.UNABLE\_TO\_CONTACT\_SERVER: 8

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [November 14, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400 "2016-11-14T14:23:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![charli-polo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@charli-polo](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/charli-polo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/1 "2016-11-14T14:23:34Z")

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Hi there,

I keep getting this error:  
ERROR Spotify login error: \<ErrorType.UNABLE\_TO\_CONTACT\_SERVER: 8\>

I am running mopidy on a raspberry pi v3.

Any idea where this comes from ?  
This is weird because I am able to ping [spotify.com](http://spotify.com) from my raspberry

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**Author:** ![Ivo\_Toby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Ivo\_Toby](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Ivo_Toby)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/2 "2016-11-25T08:21:17Z")

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Same here… All the sudden mopidy Spotify stopped working…  
2016-11-25 07:32:54,784 INFO [512:SpotifyEventLoop] mopidy\_spotify.backend: Logged in to Spotify in offline mode  
2016-11-25 07:35:51,457 ERROR [512:SpotifyEventLoop] spotify.session: Spotify connection error: \<ErrorType.UNABLE\_TO\_CONTACT\_SERVER: 8\>  
2016-11-25 07:35:51,464 INFO [512:SpotifyEventLoop] mopidy\_spotify.backend: Logged in to Spotify in offline mode"

did something changed at Spotify?

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/3 "2016-11-25T11:25:33Z")

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@Ivo_Toby, I’m not seeing any issues with login right now. It may be a region specific problem with the Spotify service.

@charli-polo, are you still seeing an issue? Are you sure your login details are correct.

In both cases it’s worth checking you can access Spotify via their official clients.

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**Author:** ![charli-polo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@charli-polo](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/charli-polo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/4 "2016-12-09T13:45:05Z")

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Sorry for the delay, the error is now corrected, and I must confess I don’t know exactly what was the issue ! It might be on my side, so anyway, I will close the subject.

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**Author:** ![Antti\_Makinen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/antti_makinen/32/699_2.png) [@Antti\_Makinen](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Antti_Makinen)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/5 "2017-09-14T18:32:19Z")

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I got similar error this week:  
ERROR Spotify connection error: \<ErrorType.UNABLE\_TO\_CONTACT\_SERVER: 8\>  
INFO Logged in to Spotify in offline mode

Spotify does not log in online. Account and identification should be fine.

I reinstalled all mopidy related packages, but no effect. Running on rasberry pi 3

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**Author:** ![Antti\_Makinen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/antti_makinen/32/699_2.png) [@Antti\_Makinen](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Antti_Makinen)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/6 "2017-10-28T08:29:16Z")

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Solved! My debit card had been expired and although I still could use my account via my phone app (for a month), I could not login to the spotify server with mopidy’s spotify extension. Once I updated my card info and fetched new client\_id, spotify works fine on my pi 🙂

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/7 "2017-10-28T11:43:28Z")

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Wow that’s a weird one! Thanks for updating us, I’m sure somebody else will run into it.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Dundek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Michael\_Dundek](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Michael_Dundek)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/8 "2017-12-05T12:16:00Z")

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I have the same problem lately. My credentials are ok, my credit card info as well, my Spotify client works normally. Mopidy-spotify used to work until some weeks ago, and all the sudden I get the “ErrorType.UNABLE\_TO\_CONTACT\_SERVER: 8” error. Is anyone else in that situation?

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**Author:** ![stevec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/stevec/32/772_2.png) [@stevec](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/stevec)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/spotify-login-error-errortype-unable-to-contact-server-8/1400/9 "2018-01-29T22:20:10Z")

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Yeah I get the same problem, not consistently but when I do get it the playback dies and I get multiple “ERROR Spotify connection error: \<ErrorType.UNABLE\_TO\_CONTACT\_SERVER: 8\>” Any ideas?