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February 2026 Spotify for Developers update: thread

Hey everyone, I’ve created this thread to provide an open space for discussion, feedback, concerns or ideas on an upcoming update to Spotify for Developers access. We’ve shared a blog post that explains what’s changing and why. Please use this thread...

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Modifying Spotify Embed Player's Transparency and Height

Subject Line: Query About Modifying Spotify Embed Player's Transparency and HeightPlan: PremiumCountry: United StatesDevice: Macbook Pro 2022 M2Operating System: macOS (specify your macOS version) I would like to know if it's permissible to modify th...

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Subject Line: Query About Modifying Spotify Embed Player's Transparency and Height Plan: Premium Country: United States Device: Macbook Pro 2022 M2 Operating System: macOS (specify your macOS v...

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"test credentials" for an application that checks long term music listening habits

hi! i wanted to submit a quota extension request for my spotify application., but i'm kinda stumped on this "free demo/test account" thing. the main functionality of my application is that it generates recommendations based on your music listening ha...

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hi!   i wanted to submit a quota extension request for my spotify application., but i'm kinda stumped on this "free demo/test account" thing. the main functionality of my application is that i...

xx-ludis

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Extension Requests
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Should I reapply for commercial use after I get Extended Quota?

I have an old app I created in 2019 and tried to submit a request for commercial license for using the playback API. Weeks gone by, no reply from Spotify, so I scraped the idea of playback API integration and monetize my app without it. I did not che...

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I have an old app I created in 2019 and tried to submit a request for commercial license for using the playback API. Weeks gone by, no reply from Spotify, so I scraped the idea of playback API integr...

rfb001

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Commercial API
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Download on PC windows 11

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI can't download Spotify on my PC, I have Windows 11, and when i try to download it, it says " Unable to download spotify" and then it give me error 52 and error 4. Can so...

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  Plan Premium Country France Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I can't download Spotify on my PC, I have Windows 11, and when i try to download it, it...

Thyys

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Redirect URI issues with Railway

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI have built out a web app running on localhost that works great and am trying to get it deployed. When swapping my environment variables for the redirect uri ...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook Pro Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue I have built out a web app running on localhost that works great and am trying to g...

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Web API artist top tracks endpoint is requiring "market" as mandatory request parameter

Even if in the documentation is explicitly mentioned that "If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this parameter" (see https://developer.spotify.com/docume...

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Even if in the documentation is explicitly mentioned that "If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this p...

pauldvlp

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Lyrics - Get 403 (spclient.wg.spotify.com)

PlanFamilyCountryGermany Operating SystemWindows 11Server: Debian 12 (Apache2) Hello,i have a problem. I want to get the lyrics from the API "spclient.wg.spotify.com". But the Problem is: Sometimes it works, sometimes it dont. Sometimes I just get ju...

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Plan Family Country Germany   Operating System Windows 11 Server: Debian 12 (Apache2)   Hello, i have a problem. I want to get the lyrics from the API "spclient.wg.spotify.com". B...

NicolasDA

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Dare to Be Different: Unveil Your Spotify Uniqueness Score!

Hello fellow Spotify developers and music enthusiasts!Today, I'd like to propose an innovative idea that could significantly enhance our user experience on Spotify: the introduction of a "Uniqueness Score." This feature would analyze a user's listeni...

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Hello fellow Spotify developers and music enthusiasts! Today, I'd like to propose an innovative idea that could significantly enhance our user experience on Spotify: the introduction of a "Uniquen...

jul77100

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Recently Played Tracks API Not Working

 As the title suggests, the Recently Played Tracks endpoint has suddenly stopped returning any results. Trying from the Sporify Dev console also returns the same results.   Has anyone else experienced this?

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 As the title suggests, the Recently Played Tracks endpoint has suddenly stopped returning any results.  Trying from the Sporify Dev console also returns the same results.     H...

Testf45rgf5rg

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Cannot recive verify email in developer dashboard

My Question or IssueI press the verify button at https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard, but I don't get an email.The other emails seem to be working, so it's probably an issue with the `.dev` email, as I've had the same issue a few times on other s...

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My Question or Issue I press the verify button at https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard, but I don't get an email. The other emails seem to be working, so it's probably an issue with the `.dev` e...

gofelishago

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CTRL + A is not working any more on the windows app

PlanPremiumCountry : France Device: HP desktop (dragonfly)Operating System: Windows 10 My Question or Issue: CTRL + A is not working any more on the windows app! How to get this corrected?The help section (ctrl + /) indicates it should still be avail...

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Plan Premium Country : France   Device: HP desktop (dragonfly) Operating System: Windows 10   My Question or Issue: CTRL + A is not working any more on the windows app! How...

AC011

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Regional Listening Data

Is there a way to pull listening data from a geographic location (say a 5 mile area)? Or would one have to accumulate listening data over time and link it to an end-users location (with permission of course)?

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Is there a way to pull listening data from a geographic location (say a 5 mile area)? Or would one have to accumulate listening data over time and link it to an end-users location (with permission of...

zakthebrit

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Get 500 Internal Server Error on https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/tracks

Hi, I'm trying to do a GET request on /me/top/tracks but I get a 500 internal server error.I first do a POST request for a bearer token:curl --location --request POST 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token?grant_type=client_credentials&scope=user-to...

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Hi,   I'm trying to do a GET request on /me/top/tracks but I get a 500 internal server error. I first do a POST request for a bearer token: curl --location --request POST 'https://accounts.s...

Ximzend

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api 500 tracks
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API data fetch from label profile, label playlists

DeviceMac pro max m1 2022 My Question or IssueWe have different playlists that include only label releases. We run ads for those, so we want to know how many streams it's gathering daily, so we can cross data to know how effective they are. Today wha...

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Device Mac pro max m1 2022   My Question or Issue We have different playlists that include only label releases. We run ads for those, so we want to know how many streams it's gathering daily...

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[API] Is there an efficient way to get a list of artists by the amount of liked songs?

The challenge: I would like to automate following artists for whom I have an variable threshold of tracks liked (in my liked songs). Or rather, I would like to search my liked songs and match artists that I've liked more than say 5 times and give tho...

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The challenge:   I would like to automate following artists for whom I have an variable threshold of tracks liked (in my liked songs). Or rather, I would like to search my liked songs and matc...

Ximzend

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Search Endpoint Bug - Response Inconsistency With Bearer Tokens

The search endpoint is returning different responses based on the bearer token given. When I use the bearer token generated by the web API documentation interface at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/search - I get results...

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The search endpoint is returning different responses based on the bearer token given. When I use the bearer token generated by the web API documentation interface at https://developer.spotify.co...

Ximzend

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Talking to a human regarding incorporating spotify into my game

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI need to speak to someone in regards to incorporating Spotify into my game.I cannot find a c...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I need ...

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API retrieving my data not user data

My Question or Issue I created a small app. A part of it displays a list of a user's playlists for them to select from. First I had issues with users being able to log in again as I had a cache folder in my git repository that was pushing old tokens....

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My Question or Issue   I created a small app. A part of it displays a list of a user's playlists for them to select from. First I had issues with users being able to log in again as I had a ca...

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Getting Started

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am a first year high school, computer science teacher. I teach a course called Programming ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I am a ...

Ximzend

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