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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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[API] Adding to currently playing playlist via api doesn't also add to queue

If, using the spotify desktop client, I create a playlist, add a track and start playing, the second time I add a track, my playlist looks like this:And my queue looks like this: However, if I create a new player with the WebPlayback SDK, transfer pl...

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If, using the spotify desktop client, I create a playlist, add a track and start playing, the second time I add a track, my playlist looks like this: And my queue looks like this:   H...

KevAdsett

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mein spotify verbindet sich mit irgendwelche geräte die ich nicht kenne

wenn ich Music höre verbindet sich irgendein gäret mit mein spotify acc und spielt irgendwelche music die ich nicht kenne

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wenn ich Music höre verbindet sich irgendein gäret mit mein spotify acc und spielt irgendwelche music die ich nicht kenne

Prague

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Unable to view Quota Extension Request

I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted. How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Request and confirm that it was properly submitted? One of our t...

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I am unable to view the status of our Scope Extension request, we are preparing for a launch and need to confirm that it was submitted.   How do you view the status of the Quota Extension Requ...

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How can i get the spotify app bundle id and ea session string?

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 open spotify app with app launch message of iap2, but i don't know the bundle id, h...

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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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Reducing the Spotify API usage and avoiding rate limiting

Hello, i'm currently creating a browser extension that needs to know the current track the user is listening to.I'm currently using the nowPlaying endpoint but the extension needs to send a request every ~5seconds.The user logs in using the Oauth flo...

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Hello, i'm currently creating a browser extension that needs to know the current track the user is listening to. I'm currently using the nowPlaying endpoint but the extension needs to send a request...

Murk404

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What are the 6 mood categories from Spotify Wrapped 2021's Audio Aura feature?

https://engineering.atspotify.com/2021/12/the-audio-aura-story-mystical-to-mathematical/ In this article, the author stated that the Spotify Wrapped team defined six broad mood categories (happy, calm, hopeful...), which then corresponds to the six c...

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https://engineering.atspotify.com/2021/12/the-audio-aura-story-mystical-to-mathematical/     In this article, the author stated that the Spotify Wrapped team defined six broad mood categ...

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How can I get Spotify live api credentials ?

I just completed my web app in which we introduces the spotify so our audience would able to listent their spotify playlist directly in our newly introduces dating platforms, and the problem is that in sandbox we mode we've to manually insert each sp...

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I just completed my web app in which we introduces the spotify so our audience would able to listent their spotify playlist directly in our newly introduces dating platforms, and the problem is that ...

Ximzend

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Lyrics

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBrazilDeviceSamsung S22+Operating SystemiOS My Question or IssueWhy don't you make it a feature such as Wikipedia where users can contribute with the lyrics, maybe even with the system with likes and dislikes, where users could...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Brazil Device Samsung S22+ Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue Why don't you make it a feature such as Wikipedia where users can contribute with the l...

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New API Bug 12/13 March: Recommendation Endpoint returns empty list if seed is only genre.

Hey! I have been using the recommendation API endpoint GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations with a genre seed for several months, and it was working fine.As of last weekend (12th / 13th) March 2023, it returns an empty list: {"tracks": [],"...

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Hey!   I have been using the recommendation API endpoint GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/recommendations with a genre seed for several months, and it was working fine. As of last weekend (12th...

jsfuller77

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Dashboard TOS not working

I try to open the dashboard, then I have to accept the TOS but if I click the button, noting happens

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I try to open the dashboard, then I have to accept the TOS but if I click the button, noting happens

eyko

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Inconsistency in audio analysis for tracks with same ISRC

Hi,I'm new to the spotify API. As far as I understand, the ISRC code should uniquely identifying any sound.I noticed, that there can be more than one track for a isrc at spotify. This happens for example when the same song is published multiple times...

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Hi, I'm new to the spotify API.   As far as I understand, the ISRC code should uniquely identifying any sound. I noticed, that there can be more than one track for a isrc at spotify. This ...

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Is it allowed to use the API to update a playlist?

hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from playlists? I was in doubt and would not want to do an...

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hello, using python's spotipy, is it allowed to create a script to insert songs in several playlists of my user? and is it also allowed to extract information, such as the number of followers from pl...

Ximzend

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Group-Session [Android SDK] or [WEB API]

PlanPremiumCountryUkraine Operating System(Android) My Question or IssueI want to add certain endpoints to my android server with Android SDK to host/join group sessions, so then i can use these endpoints in the desktop app. But i can't find anything...

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine   Operating System (Android)   My Question or Issue I want to add certain endpoints to my android server with Android SDK to host/join group sessions, ...

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Additional monetization methods

Hi, I have made an app which has been approved for scope request. Since then multiple people have asked me to add a tipping jar in the app, but in the application I only mentioned that I might add ads to the website of the app, which was approved, su...

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Hi, I have made an app which has been approved for scope request. Since then multiple people have asked me to add a tipping jar in the app, but in the application I only mentioned that I might add ad...

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WkWebView login issue 13.03.2023

PlanFree/PremiumCountryBY Device(iPhone 13)Operating System(iOS 16.1) My Question or IssueWe have faced issue with login thru WkWebView https://accounts.spotify.com/authorizeEach time we are trying to login, no code has been returned for https://acco...

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Plan Free/Premium Country BY   Device (iPhone 13) Operating System (iOS 16.1)   My Question or Issue We have faced issue with login thru WkWebView https://accounts.spotify.com/au...

ViktorBY

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Api for song scrubbing data

Is there an API that lets user fetch the timestamp at which the song has been scrubbed to the most?

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Is there an API that lets user fetch the timestamp at which the song has been scrubbed to the most?

Prague

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Help me Lyrics song

PlanPremiumget(f"https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{track_id}/lyrics", headers=headers)Good day brother, does anyone know if with the "get" instruction I can get the lyrics of the song from soptify to show it in my widget? The problem or error that i...

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Plan Premium get(f"https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{track_id}/lyrics", headers=headers) Good day brother, does anyone know if with the "get" instruction I can get the lyrics of the song from sop...

Prague

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How to interpret pitch and timbre values from audio_analysis?

I am currently working on a project that will read notes from a song, I would like to investigate the values for pitch and timbre, which are available in audio_analysis, in segments section, which is very convenient and great! But how do I interpret ...

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I am currently working on a project that will read notes from a song, I would like to investigate the values for pitch and timbre, which are available in audio_analysis, in segments section, which is...

Prague

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Help with some tracks with msPlayed: 0

PlanPremiumCountryMXOS W11 My Question or IssueI don't understand why in the StreamingHistory, some tracks have the field "msPlayed" with 0 as a value. Example: "endTime" : "2022-03-30 20:08", "artistName" : "Ludovico Einaudi", "trackName" : "Two Tre...

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Plan Premium Country MX OS  W11   My Question or Issue I don't understand why in the StreamingHistory, some tracks have the field "msPlayed" with 0 as a value.   Example:...

Prague

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