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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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Unplayable Album

PlanPremiumCountry Morocco DeviceiPhone 11Operating SystemiOS 16 My Question or IssueMore than half of the album Aladdin Sane is unplayable in Morocco which is very frustrating and upsetting thing since it's a pretty popular and great album. Please l...

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  Plan Premium Country  Morocco   Device iPhone 11 Operating System iOS 16   My Question or Issue More than half of the album Aladdin Sane is unplayable in Morocco whi...

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Issue using spotify web api in flutter

i want to use custom scheme for redirect uri in my flutter app eg = com.example.beatflow://oauth2/callback?code=abcdef123456but the spoitfy api automatically add http as prefix to it

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i want to use custom scheme for redirect uri in my flutter app  eg = com.example.beatflow://oauth2/callback?code=abcdef123456 but the spoitfy api automatically add http as prefix to it

mitshah2403

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Only 30s preview on Android WebView embeds

Plan- all plans tried Free/Premium and with/without accountCountry- Germany Device- Android with a "normal" WebView element and a "normal" WebViewClient Operating System- no relevance recognized We are already using Spotify web embeds on our iOS and ...

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Plan - all plans tried Free/Premium and with/without account Country - Germany   Device - Android with a "normal" WebView element and a "normal" WebViewClient  Operating System - no...

PurviSanghani

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Bearer token request results in 403 Error: "This request requires user authentication."

My Question or IssueI am trying to edit a playlist using the Spotify API and Python. To do this, I first make a request for a new bearer token: credentials = f"{client_id}:{client_secret}" encoded_credentials = b64encode(credentials.encode("ascii"))....

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My Question or Issue I am trying to edit a playlist using the Spotify API and Python. To do this, I first make a request for a new bearer token:             &nbs...

hannah194

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Playback tracks without active devices

Hi everyone!I'm building an app for iOS devices using Spotify Web API.The problem is that without active devices track playback does not work, the server returns the response:Response data: {"error" : {"status" : 404,"message" : "Player command faile...

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Hi everyone! I'm building an app for iOS devices using Spotify Web API. The problem is that without active devices track playback does not work, the server returns the response: Response data: { ...

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Want to Embed Spotify with QT Application

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceAsus LaptopOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHello, we are developing one QT application which is based on C++ language and there is one requirement, we want to link spotify in QT application as a 3rd party applica...

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Plan Free Country India Device Asus Laptop Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hello, we are developing one QT application which is based on C++ language and there is one r...

Bhaumik1

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Quota Extension

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have submitted a quota extension over 6 weeks ago and haven’t gotten any update. We ...

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

omazing16

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500 Response error when creating playlist

My task is to build a program that first scraps songs from billboard.com, and then uses the Spotify API to search for these songs and create a playlist. The scrapping part and seach parts are working. The problem arises when I try to create a playlis...

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My task is to build a program that first scraps songs from billboard.com, and then uses the Spotify API to search for these songs and create a playlist.   The scrapping part and seach parts ar...

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Audio Features for a Track

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHello!I am writing a math paper using data from the "Get Audio Features for a Track" page (li...

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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 Hello! ...

lonetrack

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Strange result coming from the search end point

I originally started with the search and point and it was working just win, but then I transitioned into making the front-end ext., and when I came back to try to use the end point it was giving very strange results for instance. this is the call:f'h...

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I originally started with the search and point and it was working just win, but then I transitioned into making the front-end ext., and when I came back to try to use the end point it was giving very...

cmijack

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Submission issue: We didn't receive the email because we deactivate the email account by mistake

PlanPremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHi, I had a problem with the review process of my project, I hope you can help me.My project w...

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

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Why embed playlist displays page not found

I am copying/looking at the share playlist with embed code and the result is "Page not found" - what might be the problem?

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I am copying/looking at the share playlist with embed code and the result is "Page not found" - what might be the problem?

jex8-7_s6q7v

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Commercial App Examples

Does anyone have any examples of commercial 3rd Party Spotify Applications? I am considering making a commercial application but can't find any examples of live 3rd party commercial applications. Thanks!

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Does anyone have any examples of commercial 3rd Party Spotify Applications? I am considering making a commercial application but can't find any examples of live 3rd party commercial applications. Tha...

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Getting final URL with a URL that redirects using Python

The Spotify API sends you back a URL when authenticating. This URL, redirects you to a previously specified redirect URI (in my case http://localhost:5000) with some parameters that I am after. But so far I can only get to this final URL if I copy pa...

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The Spotify API sends you back a URL when authenticating. This URL, redirects you to a previously specified redirect URI (in my case http://localhost:5000) with some parameters that I am after. But s...

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How can I get the Spotify ID for all podcast episodes?

We have over 1000 podcast episodes so it doesn't make sense to try and get them all one-by-one, we need some API or automated way to get them. Everything I see in the API docs requires you to already have the Spotify ID, but how can I get it programm...

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We have over 1000 podcast episodes so it doesn't make sense to try and get them all one-by-one, we need some API or automated way to get them. Everything I see in the API docs requires you to already...

skilander

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Solved!! release date discrepancy

I have print code for the release date (print("Data premiery:", release_date)). There is a different date in spotify and different in print for the same release. Release: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CSWCjpem975OAr1HyOE7M Release date in spotify: ...

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I have print code for the release date (print("Data premiery:", release_date)). There is a different date in spotify and different in print for the same release.    Release: https://...

Prague

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How to add tracks to a playlist I own?

I'd like to use the web api to add tracks to my playlist.The 1st issue is how to get the access token. I see a few questions on this board about this issue. None of them has an answer that shows how to get an access token that has enough privilege to...

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I'd like to use the web api to add tracks to my playlist. The 1st issue is how to get the access token. I see a few questions on this board about this issue. None of them has an answer that shows ho...

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INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueI created an app where I fetch data from the Spotify API and use it to make a playlist. The app works perfectly on my computer but on other devices I have a problem. When other people have to log into th...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country USA     My Question or Issue I created an app where I fetch data from the Spotify API and use it to make a playlist. The app works perfectly on my c...

Prague

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Funk category is missing from the API

The /browse/categories endpoint returns a category "funk"curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?limit=0&offset=50' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer 1PO....'{ "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories/fun...

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The /browse/categories endpoint returns a category "funk" curl --request GET \ --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?limit=0&offset=50' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer 1PO......

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How to get access token to modify my private playlist?

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: curl or httpieMy Question: how can I get an access token so that I can access/modify my spotify account (e.g. create/list playlists, add/remove tracks to a playlist) with curl? I don't need to write any web/phone app.

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Plan: Premium Country: US Device: curl or httpie My Question: how can I get an access token so that I can access/modify my spotify account (e.g. create/list playlists, add/remove tracks to a p...

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