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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 403 User not approved for app

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceDesktop / Firefox / ChromeOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am currently considering to develop a Spotify-enabled webapp using the Web API in conjunction with the Web Playback SDK.I established the basic fun...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop / Firefox / Chrome Operating System Windows   My Question or Issue I am currently considering to develop a Spotify-enabled webapp using the ...

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User not registered in the Developer Dashboard 403 on /me endpoint

PlanPremiumCountry: USA DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS 11.5.1 My Question or IssueI've got my test app running for myself, but when I add another user they always get the 403 from the /me endpoint saying "User not registered in the Devel...

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Plan Premium Country: USA   Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS 11.5.1   My Question or Issue I've got my test app running for myself, but when I add another user they ...

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Spotify App Remote built-in authorization

I am working on an app that uses the SpotifyAppRemote package to control playbackfrom spotify. I currently am using only built-in authentication. I do not need more that this.Is there a limit to the number of users that I can have install my app?

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I am working on an app that uses the SpotifyAppRemote package to control playback from spotify. I currently am using only built-in authentication. I do not need more that this. Is there a limit to ...

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Playlist performance

I run a small record label, so I have the access to approx 30-40 artist profiles. I have a few playlists that I promote with ads - where I place my artists' songs too.Right now I track the playlists' performance by going to each added song's playlist...

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I run a small record label, so I have the access to approx 30-40 artist profiles. I have a few playlists that I promote with ads - where I place my artists' songs too. Right now I track the playlist...

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Developer Site Web-API guides Docs not working

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(Macbook Pro late 2020) My Question or IssueHi, seems that the guides portal of Web API Docs is not working. It is an empty page for my side. Anyone encountered similar issue?

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (Macbook Pro late 2020)   My Question or Issue Hi, seems that the guides portal of Web API Docs is not working. It is an empty page for my side. A...

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Submitting an app to the developer showcase!

Hi, I made an app using Spotify's API, it's not commercial in any way. So far only me and some of my friends have been messing around with it. I was wondering if there's a way to submit it to the Spotify developer showcase? It's hosted on one of my i...

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Hi, I made an app using Spotify's API, it's not commercial in any way. So far only me and some of my friends have been messing around with it. I was wondering if there's a way to submit it to the Spo...

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Question regarding no-mixing policy

Snippet from COMPLYING WITH SPOTIFY'S DEVELOPER POLICY Disallowed Use case:DJ/Mixes: Using Spotify’s catalog to segue, mix, re-mix, or overlap any Spotify Content with any other audio content (including other Spotify content). I am playing around wit...

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Snippet from COMPLYING WITH SPOTIFY'S DEVELOPER POLICY   Disallowed Use case: DJ/Mixes: Using Spotify’s catalog to segue, mix, re-mix, or overlap any Spotify Content with any other ...

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Change the volume for the Spotify web widget

I want to be able to change the volume in the Spotify widget on my site. Is it possible to create a volume slider for it?PlanFree

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I want to be able to change the volume in the Spotify widget on my site. Is it possible to create a volume slider for it? Plan Free <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"...

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Goofy: JavaScript library for Spotify API

OK, maybe it's time to share it here.Goofy is a very useful tool for advanced users.In some ways it repeats Smarter Playlists, but is more fun, because it lets you write your own stuff.Documentation is in Russian, so you have to use Chrome extension....

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  OK, maybe it's time to share it here. Goofy is a very useful tool for advanced users. In some ways it repeats Smarter Playlists, but is more fun, because it lets you write your own stuff. ...

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Solved!! Required parameter volume_percent missing, even though it is sent

PlanPremiumCountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI am making calls to the Spotify API using the Python Requests module, attempting to change the volume of the player programmatically. My code:def setVolume(volume=-1): if 0 >...

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Plan Premium Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I am making calls to the Spotify API using the Python Requests module, attempting to change the vol...

Peter_Schorn

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Subscription Plan and Pricing Details for Developers's Using public APis

what are plans for developer's using Music public apis and i would like to know pricing part. and it would be for Android and commercial use.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, And...

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what are plans for developer's using Music public apis and  i would like to know pricing  part. and it would be for Android and commercial use. Plan Free/Premium Country   Device ...

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Spotify linking on Safari in iOS

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndiaDeviceAll iPhonesOperating SystemiOS My Question or IssueWhen a user clicks on linking their Spotify account on our app using the Safari browser, it just doesn't go through. This successfully happens on Chrome and other br...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country India Device All iPhones Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue When a user clicks on linking their Spotify account on our app using the Safari b...

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Exclusion playlists

It would be great if one could create an exclusion playlist. So, one could add songs to a "exclusion playlist" and Spotify would exclude them from it's algorithms i.e. if i would like to listen a radio based on certain artist, Spotify would not sugge...

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It would be great if one could create an exclusion playlist. So, one could add songs to a "exclusion playlist" and Spotify would exclude them from it's algorithms i.e. if i would like to listen a rad...

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Generate Spotify Code from uri

Is there a way to get the Spotify qr code for a specific track using something like the uri for a song. I've looked through the web api reference but haven't been able to find anything about getting the qr codes.

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Is there a way to get the Spotify qr code for a specific track using something like the uri for a song. I've looked through the web api reference but haven't been able to find anything about getting ...

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Is in-app sonos integration going to be deprecated?

Hello, I install home automation systems like RTI and Savant along with doing whole home audio distribution in general. One of the main selling points for some clients was that Savant (I'm sure other systems do/did too) allowed them to control everyt...

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  Hello,   I install home automation systems like RTI and Savant along with doing whole home audio distribution in general.   One of the main selling points for some clients was t...

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Access international playlists / Get International Playlist ID

Hi all, I am a student located in Munich, Germany. I am planning to write my Master thesis around the topic of Data Analytics with Spotify. More precisely, I want to find out if the behavior of Spotify users from different countries can be matched to...

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Hi all,   I am a student located in Munich, Germany. I am planning to write my Master thesis around the topic of Data Analytics with Spotify. More precisely, I want to find out if the behavior...

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Superuser Contribution Server Error Web Playback SDK

Access to fetch at 'https://apresolve.spotify.com/?type=dealer&type=spclient' from origin 'https://sdk.scdn.co' is giving a 502 error. It seems what is trying to access is down, and is causing problems for web playback

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Access to fetch at 'https://apresolve.spotify.com/?type=dealer&type=spclient' from origin 'https://sdk.scdn.co' is giving a 502 error. It seems what is trying to access is down, and is causing pr...

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Quote Extension with no update??

We are launching an application and need to get the quote extension for Spotify API usage. Are you able to expedite the process somehow??PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceDesktop EnvOperating SystemAll My Question or IssueWe are launching an appli...

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We are launching an application and need to get the quote extension for Spotify API usage.   Are you able to expedite the process somehow?? Plan Premium Country United States Device Desk...

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Solved!! Podcast API doesn't have basic functionality

PlanPremium My Question or IssueHi Could someone please explain to me how to get this endpoint:https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/playto play a specific episode of a podcast.When sending a request like this: curl -X "PUT" "https://api.spotify.com/v...

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  Plan Premium   My Question or Issue Hi   Could someone please explain to me how to get this endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play to play a specific episode of...

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Solved!! OEmbed API missing CORS headers

It's not possible to hit the oembed endpoint from client-side JS. Try running this in your browser console on any non-Spotify domain: await fetch('https://open.spotify.com/oembed?url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6fHxL22apYBSywdSSZlp6h').then(r => r...

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It's not possible to hit the oembed endpoint from client-side JS. Try running this in your browser console on any non-Spotify domain:     await fetch('https://open.spotify.com/oembed?url...

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