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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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embed iframe doesn't work on safari

PlanPremium CountrySingapore DeviceMacbook Air 2022, Iphone Operating SystemiOS My Question or Issuethe app i'm building makes playlists in Spotify. Embedding iframe to share spotify playlists doesn't always work. see attached image. In Chrome, when ...

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  Plan Premium   Country Singapore   Device Macbook Air 2022, Iphone   Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue the app i'm building makes playlists in Spoti...

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ECONNRESET error

Operating SystemMAC My Question or Issue:I am getting an ECONNRESET error when I am using Spotify's public API, specifically recently-played. I have scheduled getting all the recent-played of my users in a cron job. Does anyone know the solution for ...

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Operating System MAC   My Question or Issue: I am getting an ECONNRESET error when I am using Spotify's public API, specifically recently-played. I have scheduled getting all the recent-play...

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Combined genre playlists

I’m not a developer, I’m a carpenter. We listen to Spotify all day in the workshop, and usually listen to artists radio playlists to get a shuffled playlist but then change to a different genre after an hour or so. We like a flow of music and can go ...

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I’m not a developer, I’m a carpenter. We listen to Spotify all day in the workshop, and usually listen to artists radio playlists to get a shuffled playlist but then change to a different genre after...

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Need API Access to fetch Spotify songs in my app

DeviceAndroid and IOS My Question or IssueAccessing Spotify's vast library of songs and playlists within an application requires the utilization of Spotify's Web API. This API provides developers with the tools and endpoints necessary to retrieve son...

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  Device Android and IOS     My Question or Issue Accessing Spotify's vast library of songs and playlists within an application requires the utilization of Spotify's Web API. Thi...

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Need to access music data

We are developing an app and we need to stream music for user's posts in our platform (like Instagram does for user's posts). I did not find any way of contacting spotify team to implement the above mentioned feature

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We are developing an app and we need to stream music for user's posts in our platform (like Instagram does for user's posts).   I did not find any way of contacting spotify team to implement t...

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Need postman collection for upload an sample audio file to spotify

My Question or IssueTo integrate the Spotify APIs I need where to get the API doc for uploading an sample audio file

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My Question or Issue To integrate the Spotify  APIs I need where to get the API doc for uploading an sample audio file

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After a few minutes, /me/player returns null for paused player

I've got a all the auth and access tokens working, and I can display my "Now Playing" track with a call to /me/player. So, in Windows, I pull up the client, start playing. Call the api, get lots of JSON. And if I pause the currently playing track, th...

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I've got a all the auth and access tokens working, and I can display my "Now Playing" track with a call to /me/player.  So, in Windows, I pull up the client, start playing.  Call the api, g...

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Why chartmetric have the rights to resell spotify data to the public?

I'm not sure to be at the right place here but I was wondering how is it possible/legal that I have to pay 1200$ a year to get access to data on users and playlists on spotify?Should those data that Spotify have be free to their users? In the end (as...

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I'm not sure to be at the right place here but I was wondering how is it possible/legal that I have to pay 1200$ a year to get access to data on users and playlists on spotify? Should those data t...

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Not sure about modifying any Spotify visual content

Hi there, I've submitted an extension quota that has been rejected, because: Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing their brand/logo on album artwork (Design Guidelines)But I'm pr...

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Hi there, I've submitted an extension quota that has been rejected, because:   Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing the...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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_...

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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?

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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