topic Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative? in Spotify for Developers

spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

Jonahcool1 — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:45:41 GMT

the potify api Get Recommendations got Deprecated
and I wonder if there is an alternative?

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

Ryuko4w — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:44:04 GMT

i think we can get recommendations using search but not specific like endpoint get recommendations, i hope @spotify will bring it back endpoint

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

supermandee — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:48:15 GMT

Did it just get deprecated? I swear it was not a few days ago….

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

LeeCo — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:52:33 GMT

Well that really stinks. I have a python program for personal use that generates a playlist of songs from a particular date range based on artist recommendations. This morning (27-November-2024) it no longer works. I guess I'll have to think of a different way to seed the target playlist with tracks. Grrrr....

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

lawlesst — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:54:32 GMT

Same here. I have a Python script to generate custom recommendations based on On Repeat and Liked Songs. I was enjoying the results. It worked as recently as yesterday, November 26.

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waaker — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:05:04 GMT

Why did they take it down? I'm writing my final project for engineering degree, I need it so bad 😅

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supermandee — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:15:40 GMT

I know right. So weird that they just removed it without any warnings or replacements

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auhide — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:51:31 GMT

What I am doing as an alternative is using /search, as @Ryuko4w mentioned above.

I am getting both the currently played artist and track and then pass them to /search - i.e. '<artist_name> <track_name>'. Then, I get the tracks after the first suggestion and use them as a list of recommendations.

It is not ideal, but we have to adapt to the current situation.

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NetflixAndBurn_ — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:29:31 GMT

I only learnt about this feature today and was crushed to see it was just removed as it would've been ideal for building my daily playlist. I suppose I will be using related artists instead.

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kishanpatel3 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:57:29 GMT

Hoping for a replacement. Shocked to see it disappear without a trace; has so many cool possible applications

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rosmouch — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:58:44 GMT

Bump.
Also hoping for a replacement. Being able to leverage the recommendations algorithm through the API is super useful!

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

Etsi0 — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:46:55 GMT

this endpoint was great, i made a script that took a playlist as an input and outputted a list of similar songs that you could add to your playlist, this was 10x better then what spotify have inside the app 😢

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

Jakes — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:22:16 GMT

How u mean?

https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=track:Nothing%20Else%20Matters%20artist:metallica&type=track

This results in an array with 20 object where they all seem to be just alternative versions.

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

lneroni-it — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:20:53 GMT

Unfortunately reading here

https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2024-11-27-changes-to-the-web-api

I guess that no replacement will be available... and no way to have back the recomendation.

Here the forum related page

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Changes-to-Web-API/td-p/6540414

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

Hennie24 — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:03:24 GMT

really sad to see this go. still think about this a year later. AI ruined it for all the home devs out there :'(

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posandu — Tue, 06 May 2025 14:01:25 GMT

I spent a few hours debugging this wondering why it was returning 404, only to find this 😞

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

thlucas — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:54:20 GMT

This is disappointing, in that Spotify continues to limit functionality for its Premium content subscribers. Most of us are not trying to steal company data or train AI models; we are simply trying to play our music and control our devices via home automation routines. Why can't the Spotify Web API do the same things that the Spotify Web / Mobile / Desktop applications do for Spotify Premium membership from a programmatic level?!

Re: spotify api Get Recommendations alternative?

John1123 — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 08:41:02 GMT

Found this API ReccoBeats , although the result is not as good as Spotify