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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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Can't access API anymore, did I exceed limits?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue Hi folks, I was starting to make a music search app and was able to keep querying the API fo...

Music Fan

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   ...

axion777

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api calls no longer working
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The player API returns HTTP response 202 instead of 204

The documentation about the play / pause functionality of the Web Player API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/pause-a-users-playback) lists 204 as the expected response to a successful request, but instead the API return...

Music Fan

  The documentation about the play / pause functionality of the Web Player API (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/pause-a-users-playback) lists 204 as the expected r...

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SDA app status "blocked and disabled" randomly

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSDeviceWeb BrowserOperating SystemWindows 10, MacOS, etc. My Question or IssueI am currently developing a web app, mostly for the purpose of playlist generation. I was going through the steps of complying with the Developer Po...

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Plan Free/Premium Country US Device Web Browser Operating System Windows 10, MacOS, etc.   My Question or Issue I am currently developing a web app, mostly for the purpose of playlist ...

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Documentation error on get-users-saved-tracks

Hello, There is a minor error in the API documentation of the `get-users-saved-tracks`:All examples are using the `v1/me/shows` API endpoint instead of `v1/me/tracks`.Not a roadblock. Just so it can be fixed. Have a nice day.

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Hello,   There is a minor error in the API documentation of the `get-users-saved-tracks`: All examples are using the `v1/me/shows` API endpoint instead of `v1/me/tracks`. Not a roadblock. ...

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api documentation
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can't accept ToS

PlanPremium My Question or Issuecan't accept ToS PUT https://api.spotify.com/webapi-provisioning/user-developer-info 502

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Plan Premium     My Question or Issue can't accept ToS   PUT https://api.spotify.com/webapi-provisioning/user-developer-info 502  

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Can't access Dev Dashboard

Hi, I'm facing the following new issue: I'm logged in into https://developer.spotify.com. If I now try to access the dashboard I have to accept new Developer Terms. But this doesn't work on any browser. I always get a popup message that an error is o...

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Hi, I'm facing the following new issue: I'm logged in into https://developer.spotify.com. If I now try to access the dashboard I have to accept new Developer Terms. But this doesn't work on any ...

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Start/Resume Playback API "uris" Question

Hello I am trying to use the Start/Resume playback endpoint to play a selection of tracks for the user in a certain order. However, I noticed that when I insert a JSON array of the track uris that I want to play, the order of the array is not preserv...

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Hello I am trying to use the Start/Resume playback endpoint to play a selection of tracks for the user in a certain order. However, I noticed that when I insert a JSON array of the track uris that I ...

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Spotify API to get artist total stream month and day wise

My Question or Issue I am trying to implement the spotify APIs into my site is there any way to get artist total stream data month wise? i searched for the same thing an there are some third party API which is providing the data i want but is there a...

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My Question or Issue   I am trying to implement the spotify APIs into my site is there any way to get artist total stream data month wise? i searched for the same thing an there are some third...

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Analytics
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SpotifyAPI use in app that also uses MusicKit

Im making an app for dancers that has a custom music player with some custom features but I want to cater both to the Spotify and Apple Music users/dancers out there. So, I was wondering if I can use the Spotify API to load a user’s library and contr...

Newbie

Im making an app for dancers that has a custom music player with some custom features but I want to cater both to the Spotify and Apple Music users/dancers out there. So, I was wondering if I can use...

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api.spotify.com dns lookup tooks ~30 seconds

Operating System(Ubuntu) My Question or Issue Hey, I just tried to request from Postman application to api.spotify.com, when Postman initial request to api.spotify.com dns lookup toks 30 seconds. When the postman caches dns, response returns immedite...

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Operating System (Ubuntu)   My Question or Issue   Hey,   I just tried to request from Postman application to api.spotify.com, when Postman initial request to api.spotify.com dn...

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dns
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Jupyter Kernel Freezes using spotipy

My Question or Issue I am using the spotify API for developers for school. I am doing a data cleaning class and the algorithm I have I do send a lot of requests but not enough to be considered a threat (as I believe). It works sometimes however, half...

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My Question or Issue   I am using the spotify API for developers for school. I am doing a data cleaning class and the algorithm I have I do send a lot of requests but not enough to be consider...

dckook10

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Bug/Error for your advertisement

PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceSpotify app on high-end computer on windows 10Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issueit is not really inconvenient for me but I was thinking about repporting it because I assume that ads are in part founding the app...

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  Plan Free Country Canada Device Spotify app on high-end computer on windows 10 Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue it is not really inconvenient for me but I was...

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Transfer Account

Hello, i want to transfer a spotify for developer app to another account. How can I do that ?

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Hello, i want to transfer a spotify for developer app to another account. How can I do that ?   

Ximzend

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error: 28 Failed to connect to api.spotify.com

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands/UKDevicePHP/spotify-web-api-phpOperating SystemLinux My Question or IssueSince a couple of day I get the following error on multiple Spotify apps I have created. It seems like the ip address of our (shared) server is blo...

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  Plan Premium Country Netherlands/UK Device PHP/spotify-web-api-php Operating System Linux   My Question or Issue Since a couple of day I get the following error on multiple Spo...

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Please stop playing with the like button

Plan: PremiumCountry: USDevice: iPhone 13Operating System: 16.5.1Spotify user here for nearly a decade, just wanted to ask if we could please stop moving the like/“heart” button. It seems like every update it gets changed. Most of us are right handed...

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Plan: Premium Country: US Device: iPhone 13 Operating System: 16.5.1 Spotify user here for nearly a decade, just wanted to ask if we could please stop moving the like/“heart” button. It se...

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Unauthorized even though I'm using correct Access Token

PlanPremiumCountryIsraelDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm learning the Spotify API, and I've properly created a script that auto-generates a temporary Access Token for my application. To automate that process.I'm receiving a ...

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Plan Premium Country Israel Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm learning the Spotify API, and I've properly created a script that auto-generates a temporar...

Ximzend

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What is the best way to support Apple Music and Spotify in iOS app?

I am looking to support Apple Music and Spotify in an iOS app (Swift specifically) andI was wondering what the best way to support would be?Should I just use MusicKit and Spotify iOS SDK and then make models to support data from both?If so, then how ...

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I am looking to support Apple Music and Spotify in an iOS app (Swift specifically) and I was wondering what the best way to support would be? Should I just use MusicKit and Spotify iOS SDK and ...

Ximzend

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rate limits

Hi,I started playing around with the api last night and was able to query for track listings.. my code got stuck in a for loop searching for songs, and eventually it did hang. I got a message about resources had been used up, and since then my app wo...

Music Fan

Hi, I started playing around with the api last night and was able to query for track listings.. my code got stuck in a for loop searching for songs, and eventually it did hang.  I got a message...

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Enpoint (Add Items to Playlist) stop working

Hi everyone! I am in the last phase of development of a personal project with the spotify api, everything works perfect when I am in the local host but when I change the domains to those offered by vercel the Add Items to Playlist enpoint stops worki...

Newbie

Hi everyone!   I am in the last phase of development of a personal project with the spotify api, everything works perfect when I am in the local host but when I change the domains to those off...

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