topic Re: Automated Test Causing Forced Password Reset in Spotify for Developers

Automated Test Causing Forced Password Reset

dejongch — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:30:29 GMT

I am writing and automated test that links a Spotify account to a test account for the service I am testing. Unfortunately after running a few tests linking and unlinking the account I was forced to reset the password which breaks the test since it requires the password to be part of the script.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this? From what I read on here there are no test accounts available.

Re: Automated Test Causing Forced Password Reset

Ximzend — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:41:11 GMT

Hi @dejongch

Thank you for posting in the Spotify Community, and Welcome!

I understand you're encountering issues with automating your test account. Please be aware that the Spotify User Guidelines strictly prohibit any automated methods—including bots or scripts—to access or collect data. Additionally, artificially boosting play counts, follow counts, or similar metrics is not allowed. It's important that your testing practices remain in compliance with these guidelines.

Re: Automated Test Causing Forced Password Reset

dejongch — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:56:58 GMT

Hmmm okay
I am not trying to do that. Just trying to test that our application properly works with attaching Spotify to our test user account in a test environment. If I could create a test Spotify account I would use that but that doesn't seem to be an option.