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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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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...

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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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"Windows" "Bug"
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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 ?   

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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...

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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...

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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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Possible Bug
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Too many API requests

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueSo basically, Im working on my app where users can see their statistics, search for a songs etc. Everything worked fine. I started working on playlists creation, where user can create playlis...

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  Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue So basically, Im working on my app where users can see their statistics, search for a songs etc. Everything ...

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Solved!! can't get Followed Artists - Client credentials authentication not allowed

I am trying to get Followed Artists:https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-followedI am requesting Access Token: CLIENT_ID= &&\ CLIENT_SECRET= &&\ SCOPES=user-follow-read curl -X POST "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token...

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  I am trying to get Followed Artists: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-followed I am requesting Access Token:     CLIENT_ID=<client_id> ...

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API Support
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Api to get songs

If a create an account as developer and use an api to get songs list.Is it required for users to login with Spotify account to access api's ?

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If a create an account as developer and use an api to get songs list.Is it required for users to login with Spotify account to access api's ?

Ximzend

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Mobile streaming SDK

The post where Spotify told us that third party apps using your mobile streaming SDK will not any longer have access to streaming Spotify content in a way that works for slowing down audio has moved (disappeared?). The bad news were published here:ht...

Music Fan

The post where Spotify told us that third party apps using your mobile streaming SDK will not any longer have access to streaming Spotify content in a way that works for slowing down audio has moved ...

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Current song playing endpoint returning null

Hi! Ive made an app that requires people to authenticate with spotify and then that allows my app to fetch their currently playing song. The problem I have is that whenever I fetch a user's currently playing song, all fields return as null. I am conf...

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Hi! Ive made an app that requires people to authenticate with spotify and then that allows my app to fetch their currently playing song. The problem I have is that whenever I fetch a user's currently...

Ximzend

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Solved!! Scan waveform codes

PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device/Operating SystemWin 11 My Question or IssueI am currently working on a project that I would like to add a feature to. Is it possible to scan waveform codes like these through some sort of API endpoint or SDK? Or are t...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device / Operating System Win 11   My Question or Issue I am currently working on a project that I would like to add a feature to. Is it possible...

Ximzend

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/v1/playlists/ returns data for deleted playlists

When I call the "playlists" endpoint with the ID of a deleted playlist I find no indication that the playlist has been deleted!Is that really so? How could I find out?

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When I call the "playlists" endpoint with the ID of a deleted playlist I find no indication that the playlist has been deleted! Is that really so? How could I find out?

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Being returned a 500 Server error from /v1/me/tracks endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhen I attempt to make a CURL (or HTTP) request to the /v1/me/tracks endpoint I am being returned a JSON object:{"error" : {"status" : 500,"message" : "Server erro...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue When I attempt to make a CURL (or HTTP) request to the /v1/me/tracks endpoint I am bein...

Ximzend

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