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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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Not able to retrieve currently playing track.

PlanPremiumCountryUSMy Question or IssueI'm trying to write a Python application to get my currently playing track (and it's album art). The problem is that I keep getting "Oops! Something went wrong" as an error. My client ID and Secret are correct,...

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Plan Premium Country US My Question or Issue I'm trying to write a Python application to get my currently playing track (and it's album art). The problem is that I keep getting "Oops! Something ...

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Elaboration on 'have a mechanism for users to disconnect from the app'

I applied for the extension request for one of my apps using Spotify API. The request was rejected with reason given: You must have a mechanism for users to disconnect from the app. I am not able understand this reason as I am just using the login, s...

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I applied for the extension request for one of my apps using Spotify API. The request was rejected with reason given: You must have a mechanism for users to disconnect from the app.   I a...

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API blocked for Premium users?

PlanFreeCountry My Question or IssueI am developing a first app on Spotify using Authorization if there is no token. The app generates a random song, and tries again if it's not able to load it.It works for my Spotufy account which is free, but with ...

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Plan Free Country   My Question or Issue I am developing a first app on Spotify using Authorization if there is no token. The app generates a random song, and tries again if it's not able t...

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Cant use the webplayback eventhough I am premium

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaOperating System Windows 10My Question or IssueI am trying to use the web playback SDK on my website but it gives me "not a premium user" even though I am a premium member. Even when I call the 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me' e...

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Plan Premium Country India Operating System  Windows 10 My Question or Issue I am trying to use the web playback SDK on my website but it gives me "not a premium user" even though I am a ...

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Implicit grant and get user's queue

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 want to create an app that retrieves the user's queue and allows to pushes tracks into this...

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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 I want ...

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스마트셔플 기능을 해제하고 싶습니다

스마트셔플 기능을 사용하지 않을때는 해제할 수 있는 설정이 있었으면 좋겠습니다스마트 셔플 때문에 재생목록에 계속되는 오류가 생겨납니다 스마트셔플 쓰고 싶지 않습니다ㅜㅠ!!!!!!

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스마트셔플 기능을 사용하지 않을때는 해제할 수 있는 설정이 있었으면 좋겠습니다 스마트 셔플 때문에 재생목록에 계속되는 오류가 생겨납니다 스마트셔플 쓰고 싶지 않습니다ㅜㅠ!!!!!!

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Using SDK on multiple web browsers

Hello, for a project I wanted to use the Web Playback SDK to warn me and display the pending songs and update the display each time a new song is added I managed to make everything work when my user is the owner of the account, but when I try for use...

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Hello, for a project I wanted to use the Web Playback SDK to warn me and display the pending songs and update the display each time a new song is added   I managed to make everything work when...

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Get Playlist endpoint doesn't show playlists that go from public to private and back to public

I noticed this the other day while testing things out, but I had a bunch of public playlists, turned them private and back to public again, and now the get playlists endpoint doesn't recognize them.Has this happened to any of you before?

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I noticed this the other day while testing things out, but I had a bunch of public playlists, turned them private and back to public again, and now the get playlists endpoint doesn't recognize them. ...

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Solved!! Extension Request Feedback

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceM1 Macbook 2022, iPhone 14 ProOperating SystemiOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.3.1 My Question or IssueI received a rejection email for my quota extension request from **bleep**. I wasn't sure if they would respond via email so ...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device M1 Macbook 2022, iPhone 14 Pro Operating System iOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.3.1   My Question or Issue I received a rejection email for my quota ...

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Get playlist items can not filter out tracks which are unable to be played

Plan: PremiumCountry: NL Device: all My Question or Issue:Whenever I fetch a users playlist tracks (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlists-tracks) there is no option to filter out the tracks which are unable to be...

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Plan: Premium Country: NL   Device: all   My Question or Issue: Whenever I fetch a users playlist tracks (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playli...

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Adding songs to queue via Spotify API even if the user is not listening to anything

For context: We are developing a song recommendation platform called https://songslikex.com. We would like to create a new interaction into the user journey with an "Add song to Spotify Queue" functionality. We were implementing it based on the Devel...

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For context: We are developing a song recommendation platform called https://songslikex.com.   We would like to create a new interaction into the user journey with an "Add song to Spotify Qu...

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Why does my code return an error finding devices?

I have some code to get my tokenand this code to get my available playersdef find_player(token): url = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices" headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}" } response = requests.get(url, headers=headers) print...

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I have some code to get my token and this code to get my available players def find_player(token): url = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices" headers = { "Authorization...

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How can I get TYPE for campaign api ADS

I'm using the API ADS to get info from the campaigns that I created in spotify ADS, and I need to get the type of campaign or something similar to or am I getting wrong? I mean, I need to know if campaign is type audio, video, image or event or artis...

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I'm using the API ADS to get info from the campaigns that I created in spotify ADS, and I need to get the type of campaign or something similar to or am I getting wrong?  I mean, I need to kn...

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How can use the Start/Resume Playback command with an artist and music

When using the Start/Resume Playback with an album I'm able to use offset for selecting the 5th song for that album for example, I would like to do the same when selecting an artist, selecting not the first song from that artist but maybe the 5th or ...

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When using the Start/Resume Playback with an album I'm able to use offset for selecting the 5th song for that album for example, I would like to do the same when selecting an artist, selecting not th...

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Retrieve the affinities calculated for artists

Hello, Is there any way to be able to access the specific affinities that Spotify calculates when requesting top artists for a specific user?

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Hello,   Is there any way to be able to access the specific affinities that Spotify calculates when requesting top artists for a specific user?  

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Is there a way to implement the web playback sdk with spotify auth token stored in http only cookie

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceWeb dev, widget, Pc Operating SystemWindows My Question or IssueHi, i'm implementing spotify auth token inside my app. We put it inside the cookie of browser, with flag http-only , then the frontend can't read the token ...

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Plan Premium Country France Device Web dev, widget, Pc  Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue Hi, i'm implementing spotify auth token inside my app. We put it inside the...

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token API returning 403

PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceWindows PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue So I am developing a way to add spotify to my AI bot, however when I am trying to setup a function to start playing my spotify, I get 403 no matter what w...

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Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Windows PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   So I am developing a way to add spotify to my AI bot, however when I am...

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Spotify force switches apps

iPhone 14 pro, ios 16, U.S., premium Spotify forces me out of other apps and onto Spotify. It happens usually while I am in the car. I will be on any other app and it randomly pops up, constantly.

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iPhone 14 pro, ios 16, U.S., premium   Spotify forces me out of other apps and onto Spotify. It happens usually while I am in the car. I will be on any other app and it randomly pops up, const...

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