Changes to Web API

[Loneliest_Cabin]

Folks, some news on changes to the web API has been posted on the Spotify For Developers blog.

We want to reiterate the main message from the blog that we're committed to providing a safe and secure environment for all Spotify stakeholders. As such we have recently made some important changes related to access to some of our endpoints and functionality. You can read the details on the blog: https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2024-11-27-changes-to-the-web-api

We are here to listen to any feedback you may have. 

[anthonybaldwin]

**bleep** this change. This has NOTHING to do with safety, RE: the fact I can't use the API to backup Discover Weekly.

[BlinkBP]

Restricting APIs because of AI scraping is reasonable. But Spotify (and other companies) could still allow low rate API usage with some daily or monthly request caps, so that not every API user is affected.
It's unreasonable to punish and alienate your whole user base.

[yournatalita]

Oh, yeah, AI ruined another thing that was so dear to me: my stupid pet projects where I could play with Spotify API. I mean it's Spotify's data and they can do whatever they want with it and I agree they shouldn't share it with third party. Everything good comes to an end and it was too good to be true for so long.

With that in mind, I would expect AI music not getting into my recommendations (or platform in general), but who I am to judge their priorities.

[iammarkjohnson]

Thanks for sharing the update. Appreciate the focus on security — I’ll check the blog for details. Glad to know you’re open to feedback.