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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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webdevmorgan

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When using the API to Get Recently Played Tracks, Context is Null / empty

When using the API to Get Recently Played Tracks, I am able to successfully get all the tracks I need, but the information returned is incomplete. Specifically, the Context field is always null.There is 1 method of getting context to appear, and that...

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When using the API to Get Recently Played Tracks, I am able to successfully get all the tracks I need, but the information returned is incomplete. Specifically, the Context field is always null. T...

Ximzend

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Developer Dashboard isn't working

On my desktop my the spotify developer page wont load but on my laptop on the same network it will

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On my desktop my the spotify developer page wont load but on my laptop on the same network it will

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Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try again later.

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI keep getting the same error message when trying to log in to the Developer Dashboard. I have tried logging in on multiple browsers (Chrome/Firefox) and get the same error me...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I keep getting the same error message when trying to log in to the Developer Dashboard. I have trie...

Chromes

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Webplayer SDK sometimes stuck on same song

I'm developing a web app using the Javascript SDK and I've noticed sometimes it gets stuck on one song seemingly forever. If I press next, it just keeps playing the same song. If I press back, however, it will go to a different song on the playlist (...

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I'm developing a web app using the Javascript SDK and I've noticed sometimes it gets stuck on one song seemingly forever. If I press next, it just keeps playing the same song. If I press back, howeve...

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Organizing musics in playlists

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceRedmi 10 PrimeOperating SystemAndroid 13 My Question or IssueI would like to talk about two options that would make life easier for some mobile users The option to place a playlist inside another (at least the private pl...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Redmi 10 Prime Operating System Android 13   My Question or Issue I would like to talk about two options that would make life easier for some mobile ...

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Facilitating organization
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Can't connect to Webplayer SDK

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePC, Windows 10, firefox or chrome I'm trying to use the access token which returns after I log in to my premium account, it does work then i get the access token and try to use it to connect the sdk player. Here is my...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device PC, Windows 10, firefox or chrome   I'm trying to use the access token which returns after I log in to my premium account, it does work then i get th...

axion777

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Song Previews

This is for the developers out there. Not all songs on Spotify have a preview available. Which is a bit annoying. Why can't we have the ability to pass the song_id, start_time, end_time and have it return a preview of the song? Limit it to 30 seconds...

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This is for the developers out there.  Not all songs on Spotify have a preview available.  Which is a bit annoying.  Why can't we have the ability to pass the song_id, start_time, end_...

axion777

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Solved!! How to iterate over a playlist in reversed order?

I am writing a simple program using python and library spotipy. How can I iterate over a collection "Liked Songs" in reversed order?

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I am writing a simple program using python and library spotipy. How can I iterate over a collection "Liked Songs" in reversed order?

Ximzend

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Please reconsider shutting down iOS/Android streaming SDKs

Like Rolf and their Amazing Slow Downer app, Zeyu and their MixOnSet app, Prady and their Boom app, Jukestar also uses the Mobile Streaming SDK to bring thousands of people to Spotify each week. Jukestar uses the Mobile Streaming SDK to take control ...

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Like Rolf and their Amazing Slow Downer app, Zeyu and their MixOnSet app, Prady and their Boom app, Jukestar also uses the Mobile Streaming SDK to bring thousands of people to Spotify each week. &nb...

JoeH76

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IP restricted - response.status_code == 403

Hi all, I'm doing a project using phyton to get to know how to use API. I'm basically reading the track features from playlists. After some running of my script i got my IP blocked, looks like i have response.status_code == 403 could you please help ...

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Hi all,   I'm doing a project using phyton to get to know how to use API. I'm basically reading the track features from playlists. After some running of my script i got my IP blocked, looks li...

Ximzend

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iOS iPhone: Move Searchfield to the bottom

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceiPhone XOperating SystemiOS 16 My Question or IssueCould you move the search field from the top to the bottom of the screen?this approach is already been used by the safari browser and eased the single-handed usage of t...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 16   My Question or Issue Could you move the search field from the top to the bottom of the screen? this approach is ...

miegaael

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Solved!! Web API search with a query > 144 characters returns 404

Plan: PremiumHello, third party app developer here.I hit a strange issue in development while searching for a very long track title.It appears that there is a hard limit of 144 characters for the `q` query parameter in the Web API /search endpoint.Se...

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Plan: Premium Hello, third party app developer here. I hit a strange issue in development while searching for a very long track title. It appears that there is a hard limit of 144 chara...

czac1

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Uzbek language

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpoiler (Highlight to read)UzbekistanUzbekistanDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue My question: We need to add the Uzbek language...

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

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Is Dashboard down?

I tried to login into developer platform, but the top right button keep showing login even after a successful login, and we I tried to open my project directly with the link it shows "Something went wrong, we could not load this dashboard page. Try a...

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I tried to login into developer platform, but the top right button keep showing login even after a successful login, and we I tried to open my project directly with the link it shows " Something w...

Ximzend

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Solved!! Authorization code flow on backend/server

I'm working on a project using the Spotify API that I'm migrating from my local machine over to an Azure Function. It uses the Authorization Code Flow for access to the Spotify data of whomever logs in on my program. The issue is, of course, that the...

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I'm working on a project using the Spotify API that I'm migrating from my local machine over to an Azure Function. It uses the Authorization Code Flow for access to the Spotify data of whomever logs ...

Ximzend

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Solved!! Error when trying to access user's profile

I have created an application on Spotify Dashboard that converts all my songs from the collection liked songs to a playlist using a programming language Python. Everything was fine untill yesterday, when I encountered the following issue and I do not...

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I have created an application on Spotify Dashboard that converts all my songs from the collection liked songs to a playlist using a programming language Python. Everything was fine untill yesterday, ...

TumFlyG

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Solved!! iFrame API script not working

Since yesterday the iFrame API widget stopped working. https://open.spotify.com/embed/iframe-api/v1 includes the script https://embed-cdn.spotifycdn.com/embed/_next/static/iframe_api.e0ba1237fa40e188feef.jswhich can no longer be found (404). Either t...

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Since yesterday the iFrame API widget stopped working.   https://open.spotify.com/embed/iframe-api/v1 includes the script https://embed-cdn.spotifycdn.com/embed/_next/static/iframe_api.e0...

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BUG | DELETE 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' not working

I'm trying to Remove Playlist Item with the below request:DELETE https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks I'm getting the Response Status: 200 OKAnd in the response body, I can see:{ "snapshot_id": "SnapshotIdText"} But when I make a...

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I'm trying to Remove Playlist Item with the below request: DELETE https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks   I'm getting the Response Status: 200 OK And in the response...

Jaspal

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Trouble with displaying public artist info on NextJS/Typescript App

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'm trying to display a list of artist albums by artist ID - with this code snippet & a clien...

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"Artists page"
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change DJ voice

I like the DJ function but would you please offer an option to CHANGE the DJ voice?

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I like the DJ function but would you please offer an option to CHANGE the DJ voice?

jpslyrix

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