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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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Monetization of an app using Android/iOS remote SDK

Hi. I'd like some help understanding terms of the developer policy regarding commercial use/monetization of apps. From what I understand, I'm not allowed to earn any money from an app that would stream music directly from the API. This is clear to me...

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Hi. I'd like some help understanding terms of the developer policy regarding commercial use/monetization of apps. From what I understand, I'm not allowed to earn any money from an app that would stre...

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Obtain list of liked albums through non-interactive script

Hi I'm trying to write a script that can be run periodically (cron) and fetches the albums I saved/liked/followed to my library and writes the list to json. Accessing this endpoint requires the 'user-library-read' scope.https://developer.spotify.com/...

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Hi   I'm trying to write a script that can be run periodically (cron) and fetches the albums I saved/liked/followed to my library and writes the list to json.   Accessing this endpoint ...

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No encuentro mi musica :(

No llevo 1 mes en spotify y no he encontrado 5 canciones, creo que necesitan una comunidad para aportar versiones de canciones, y canciones que no están y no es una queja es una sugerencia saludos

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No llevo 1 mes en spotify y no he encontrado 5 canciones, creo que necesitan una comunidad para aportar versiones de canciones, y canciones que no están y no es una queja es una sugerencia saludos

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Look PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhy is Spotify free so bad? At least let me get a feel for the service before I spend mo...

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Look 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 W...

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Spotify API using python

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 Is there a way to automatically add users to the "users and access" that i add in my spotify...

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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   ...

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Get Current User's Playlists returning incorrect "collaborative" value

When using the following endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlistsvia https://developer.spotify.com/console/with a token that includes the scopes:["playlist-read-collaborative", "playlist-read-private"]The boolean value for "collaborative" co...

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When using the following endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playlists via https://developer.spotify.com/console/ with a token that includes the scopes: ["playlist-read-collaborative", "p...

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ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR (-337).

Plan - Student PremiumCountry - UK Device - MacBook Pro 13-Inch 2018 2.3GHz Core i5Operating System - macOS Ventura 13.0.1 My Question or Issue The Hero advertising banner on the Spotify for Desktop (Mac) is failing to load. I'm not sure if this is a...

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Plan - Student Premium Country - UK   Device - MacBook Pro 13-Inch 2018 2.3GHz Core i5 Operating System - macOS Ventura 13.0.1   My Question or Issue   The Hero advertising ban...

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Account Data Include Offline Listens

Does the account data one can download about an account include offline listens aswell in listening history? I have been playing around with the data and noticed (comparing to my wrapped) that the total amount of time listened is off. I have already ...

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Does the account data one can download about an account include offline listens aswell in listening history?   I have been playing around with the data and noticed (comparing to my wrapped) th...

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API Search: Second artist doesent show up on track when search for

Title might be confusing so here is an example. If I search with the following url then I get the expected JSON response which includes Avril Lavigne as an artist an the items array."https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=track%3AFlames%20artist%3AMod%2...

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Title might be confusing so here is an example.  If I search with the following url then I get the expected JSON response which includes Avril Lavigne as an artist an the items array. "https://...

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Spotify API integration to play special album musics in React app with Spotify Client Credientials F

Currently I'm developing react, node.js application by integrating spotify api, I want to play music when users visit home page, and play another music when users visit another pages from any specific album(I have album id).The problem: Since all mus...

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Currently I'm developing react, node.js application by integrating spotify api, I want to play music when users visit home page, and play another music when users visit another pages from any specifi...

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Redirect Created App to another account

I want to redirect my create app on Spotify developer account to another Spotify developer account but i can't find right way to do this. any suggestions?

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I want to redirect my create app on Spotify developer account to another Spotify developer account but i can't find right way to do this.  any suggestions?  

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Spotify App Remote for Commercial use

Would anyone be able to clarify whether the app remote sdk is classed as a streaming SDA for an android app? As all streaming is offloaded to the Spotify app on the users device, which they must have installed. I wanted to build in basic functionalit...

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Would anyone be able to clarify whether the app remote sdk is classed as a streaming SDA for an android app? As all streaming is offloaded to the Spotify app on the users device, which they must have...

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please add "my playlists" tab to your library!

in "your library" there is a button "playlists", but to find exactly the ones I created, I have to constantly enter my username in the search bar

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in "your library" there is a button "playlists", but to find exactly the ones I created, I have to constantly enter my username in the search bar

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503 API Error: "upstream dependency failed: DeviceCapabilitiesClient"

I'm trying to use the web SDK (as instructed in https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/) but am constantly running into the same error when initially connecting the player: "code": 14, "message": "upstream dependency...

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I'm trying to use the web SDK (as instructed in https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-playback-sdk/quick-start/) but am constantly running into the same error when initially conne...

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Are there any params to get a track’s language ?

PlanPremiumCountryFrance My Question or IssueAs someone who speaks and listens to music in multiple languages, my playlists and recommendations are a quite a mix. I’d love build and maintain a separate app that can filter my playlists and recommendat...

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  Plan Premium Country France   My Question or Issue As someone who speaks and listens to music in multiple languages, my playlists and recommendations are a quite a mix.   I’...

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Insert song into running playlist without restarting it

I'm using the Web API to insert a song into the currently running playlist right after the currently playing track. So at first my playlist looks like this: Song A Song B <-- Currently playing Song C Then after my API call, it looks like this: Song A...

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I'm using the Web API to insert a song into the currently running playlist right after the currently playing track.   So at first my playlist looks like this:   Song A Song B <-- Cur...

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Playback-bar font readability

PlanFreeCountryBelgiumOperating SystemArch Linux x86_64ApplicationWeb playerMy Question or IssueThe playback-bar font should be a monospaced font, otherwise all the time digits will move each time the current time update.I attached 2 videos showing h...

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Plan Free Country Belgium Operating System Arch Linux x86_64 Application Web player My Question or Issue The playback-bar font should be a monospaced font, otherwise all the time digits will...

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ID3 Tag APIC Not Updating on Spotify Local Files

When editing tags using the mutagen library through python, the artist name and song name both update perfectly but when it comes to editing the album art tag, the change is not seen in Spotify's local files. For some reason, updating the art through...

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When editing tags using the mutagen library through python, the artist name and song name both update perfectly but when it comes to editing the album art tag, the change is not seen in Spotify's loc...

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Status Code 500 When Saving a Song to my Library

I have built an app that displays a users top 10 tracks, artists, and 10 most recently played songs and I would like to add a "save to library" button. However whenever I click the button I receive a 500 status code back from the API which the docs d...

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I have built an app that displays a users top 10 tracks, artists, and 10 most recently played songs and I would like to add a "save to library" button. However whenever I click the button I receive a...

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Get a podcast category

Hi, I am fetching a podcast attributes from https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/id I want to get a podcasts's category, but there is no category attribute in podcast show response. How can I do that? Cheers.

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Hi,   I am fetching a podcast attributes from https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/id   I want to get a podcasts's category, but there is no category attribute in podcast show response. &n...

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