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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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How to get up-to-date list of all albums and songs from Spotify API Ask Question

We are making an app where user can search for all albums, tracks and artists on Spotify. The Spotify search API does not provide any endpoint to get all albums or artists present in its stock, so we make use of the search end point to query albums t...

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We are making an app where user can search for all albums, tracks and artists on Spotify. The Spotify search API does not provide any endpoint to get all albums or artists present in its stock, so we...

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Superuser Contribution Getting error=invalid_scope when we authenticate with the Spotify app

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone 11 ProOperating SystemiOS My Question or Issue We are authenticating with the Spotify app but get the following URL callback: smoresapp://spotify-login-callback/?spotify_version=8.7.38.1353#error=invalid_scope This ...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device iPhone 11 Pro Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue   We are authenticating with the Spotify app but get the following URL callback:...

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Get Several Tracks occasionally returns HTTP 500

Calling the /v1/tracks endpoint will occasionally return a HTTP 500 error. The more ids are requested the more often 500 is returned.Example requests that will sometimes yield this error: https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/?ids=7DUY9yMOKsEndED75nhc7W%...

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Calling the /v1/tracks endpoint will occasionally return a HTTP 500 error. The more ids are requested the more often 500 is returned. Example requests that will sometimes yield this error:   ...

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Superuser Contribution quota extension still waiting 2 weeks; Email follow up ignored, status is unreviewed

CountryUSDeviceN/A – developer app query My Question or IssueHi, Our company submitted an app called TIYA, a couple of weeks back for a quota extension. That was 14 days ago and we've not heard anything at all. Our coworker checked yesterday and noti...

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Country US Device N/A – developer app query   My Question or Issue Hi,   Our company submitted an app called TIYA, a couple of weeks back for a quota extension.    That ...

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Spotify for Composers, Producers, and Songwriters

Providing opportunities for credited (preferably Songview and Muso.ai to gain access to Spotify stream data similar to Spotify for Artists, but specific for composer and songwriter. PlanFree/PremiumCountry - Worldwide Deviceiphone, Samsung, android, ...

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Providing opportunities for credited (preferably Songview and Muso.ai to gain access to Spotify stream data similar to Spotify for Artists, but specific for composer and songwriter.  Plan ...

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Add tracks to playlist API returns 50x

I created a new playlist with create playlist API. After I called API to add tracks to the playlist. As a result I got 500 or 503 errorI'm using spotify-web-api-node package for Node.js

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I created a new playlist with create playlist API. After I called API to add tracks to the playlist. As a result I got 500 or 503 error I'm using spotify-web-api-node package for Node.js

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution new access token are directly invalid since 1 day

Plan: FreeCountry: NetherlandsDevice: APII'm using the Spotify API and since about one day the service built on it doesn't work anymore. After some research I figured out that accesstokens are directly invalid. I'm able to obtain an accesstoken with ...

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Plan: Free Country: Netherlands Device: API I'm using the Spotify API and since about one day the service built on it doesn't work anymore. After some research I figured out that accesstoke...

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Solved!! Is there a possible way to change a playlist speed to 1.25x (all songs in playlist is 1.25x speed)

Hi, I have been using Spotify for a while now and there is one thing I have really wanted. Is there any possible way to change a playlist's speed? I am on a Windows Laptop and have a playlist I really want to change to a 1.25x speed.

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Hi, I have been using Spotify for a while now and there is one thing I have really wanted. Is there any possible way to change a playlist's speed?  I am on a Windows Laptop and have a playlist I...

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Superuser Contribution WebPlayback SDK stopped emitting account_error for non-Premium user's playback attempt

PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceWeb Playback SDK (Google Chrome Version 101.0.4951.41 (Official Build) (64-bit))Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04 My Question or Issue Hi there, Yesterday the Web Playback SDK stopped emitting "account_error" events for us when...

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Plan Free Country Germany Device Web Playback SDK (Google Chrome Version 101.0.4951.41 (Official Build) (64-bit)) Operating System Ubuntu 20.04   My Question or Issue   Hi t...

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download song from API and use it as background music in video

PlanFree My question is, Is it possible to download song From Spotify API and after converting it in mp3 we can set it as background music of a video same like ticktock videos, in which user can set any background music for video and post the video w...

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  Plan Free     My question is, Is it possible to download song From Spotify API and after converting it in mp3 we can set it as background music of a video same like ticktock vid...

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Mighty Vibe - Spotify MP3 Player

Hi, I was looking for an MP3 player that could connect to Spotify and play these songs offline without the need for a smartphone. I found the Mighty Vibe where the user can connect to Spotify via an app and then sync their playlist to the small MP3 p...

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Hi,   I was looking for an MP3 player that could connect to Spotify and play these songs offline without the need for a smartphone.   I found the Mighty Vibe where the user can connect ...

Hubo

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[API] How to get public playlists that aren't on a user's profile?

I want to be able to get a list of my own public playlists from the API regardless of whether they have been added to my profile or not. Currently when I make a request against /playlists I get the public playlists on my profile, but not those public...

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I want to be able to get a list of my own public playlists from the API regardless of whether they have been added to my profile or not. Currently when I make a request against /playlists I get the p...

Hubo

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Listener data by city

I notice that services such as SoundCharts & ChartMetric have paid plans where you can access monthly listener data for an artist that even displays listeners by city.Is this information accurate?Also, how are they accessing this data, I can't seem t...

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I notice that services such as SoundCharts & ChartMetric have paid plans where you can access monthly listener data for an artist that even displays listeners by city. Is this information accura...

Hubo

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the play button on unadded music

Spotify should add the music play button back on unadded songs so that we can hear a snippet of the song from pressing it, I'm not sure why they took it off but it was a good feature/tool.

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Spotify should add the music play button back on unadded songs so that we can hear a snippet of the song from pressing it, I'm not sure why they took it off but it was a good feature/tool.  

Hubo

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increase plays artificially?

so, i have coded an app using the Spotify api to reward users for streaming music on Spotify. user can be rewarded for any song, no exclusions. when requesting an upgrade to the API (so that i can make the app public) the response was: The Spotify Pl...

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so, i have coded an app using the Spotify api to reward users for streaming music on Spotify. user can be rewarded for any song, no exclusions. when requesting an upgrade to the API (so that i can ma...

Hubo

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Superuser Contribution 403 Accessing /me/top/artists or /me/player/recently-played

PlanFree/PremiumCountryAustralia DeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)Operating SystemOSX My Question or IssueI am using the web API from React using axios to get player information successfully by calling:https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/playerhttps://api....

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Plan Free/Premium Country Australia   Device MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) Operating System OSX    My Question or Issue I am using the web API from React using axios to g...

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Where can I get the eSDK?

I'd like to try out the eSDK (non commercially). On the webpage it states that for commercial products you need to apply as a partner before you can sell it (same as the other SDK's). Which makes me assume that non commercially it's available for eve...

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I'd like to try out the eSDK (non commercially). On the webpage it states that for commercial products you need to apply as a partner before you can sell it (same as the other SDK's). Which makes me ...

samlerner

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iOS SDK returning code = XXX instead of access_token = XXX

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone, iPad)Operating System(iOS 14+) My Question or IssueHi all! We use SPTSessionManager from the iOS SDK to get authorization. When doing SPTSessionManager.initiateSession, we used to get back access_token = XXX URL...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone, iPad) Operating System (iOS 14+)   My Question or Issue Hi all! We use SPTSessionManager from the iOS SDK to get authorization. When do...

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Superuser Contribution 404 when trying to access streams

PlanFreeCountryUK DeviceMacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)Operating SystemMonterey 12.4 My Question or Issue Hi there I've been successfully accessing the audio-features part of the API, but trying to access the streams I'm getting a 404. I have pro...

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Plan Free Country UK   Device MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020) Operating System Monterey 12.4   My Question or Issue   Hi there   I've been successfully accessing...

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Add Items to Playlist 404 Errors

Hello! We've been receiving many intermittent 404 errors upon hitting the Add Items to Playlist route through the Spotify Web API. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong the playlists in question here (They exist when we look them up via their URI a...

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Hello!   We've been receiving many intermittent 404 errors upon hitting the Add Items to Playlist route through the Spotify Web API. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong the playlists in qu...

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