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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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Getting Spotify approval for an application

Reading through the app questionnaire, I noticed several questions request information from an existing app (website, privacy agreement). I have an idea and have verified that it is possible to build what I'm looking for via the available Spotify API...

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Reading through the app questionnaire, I noticed several questions request information from an existing app (website, privacy agreement). I have an idea and have verified that it is possible to ...

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Searching podcasts by characters

I am trying to use the search API to find podcasts with a specific language. Because the language field isn't searchable I want to find all of those that use the specific characters for that country. I was thinking of looking for all of those that be...

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I am trying to use the search API to find podcasts with a specific language. Because the language field isn't searchable I want to find all of those that use the specific characters for that cou...

Peter_Schorn

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User's Playlist Items

Dear Spotify team, We need immediate help; in our project we are using 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' to fetch playlist items. For better user experience for our users we need that in reverse order is it possible to query...

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Dear Spotify team, We need immediate help; in our project we are using 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks' to fetch playlist items. For better user experience for our users we...

Peter_Schorn

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Show API

There is an option to authorize user to use shows' API by client-ID.https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/ My Question or Issue 1. Is there any option to get authorization by sending username/email and passwor...

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There is an option to authorize user to use shows' API by client-ID. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization-guide/   My Question or Issue   1. Is ther...

Peter_Schorn

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Explicit content broken

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice(Laptop)Operating System(Linux) My Question or IssueWhen you click on your profile settings the option for 'Explicit Content' is disabled and shows the message 'Explicit content cant be played on this Family account'. I hav...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device (Laptop) Operating System (Linux)   My Question or Issue When you click on your profile settings the option for 'Explicit Content' is disabled and shows...

Peter_Schorn

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Unable to follow on Spotify by clicking "Follow" button - Chrome, Edge, Safari - All devices

PlanFree and PremiumCountryUK, UA Deviceall devices I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a template for embedding "Follow on Spotify" buttons on a website. But seems the "follow-f...

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Plan Free and Premium Country UK, UA   Device all devices   I used https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/widgets/generate/follow-button/ to create code to use as a t...

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Web API rate limit

I want to build a website based heavily on the Spotify API, but I'm a little bit concerned about the rate-limiting. Obviously, it won't be a problem initially, but if my website gains in popularity, I end up risking hitting the rate limit. Does Spoti...

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I want to build a website based heavily on the Spotify API, but I'm a little bit concerned about the rate-limiting. Obviously, it won't be a problem initially, but if my website gains in popularity, ...

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Solved!! Invalid Access Code when using multiple scopes.

PlanPremiumCountryIreland My Question or Issue When following the authorisation flow, everything works as expected if I use just one scope. E.g. scopes = 'user-read-currently-playing'url = Request('GET', 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize',param...

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  Plan Premium Country Ireland       My Question or Issue   When following the authorisation flow, everything works as expected if I use just one scope. E.g.&n...

Briry12

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Generated playlist isn't shown immediately

Operating SystemiOS 14 & Windows 10 My Question or IssueI've made a web app that generates playlists with only songs the user hasn't listened to before. The problem: When the app sends the user to the generated playlist (via a Spotify URI) there some...

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Operating System iOS 14 & Windows 10    My Question or Issue I've made a web app that generates playlists with only songs the user hasn't listened to before.   The problem: W...

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Solved!! Logic behind progress bar updates

How does one update the progress bar?Are we supposed to poll the API (ttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/)every X milliseconds and update the UI?

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How does one update the progress bar? Are we supposed to poll the API (ttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/) every X milliseconds and update the UI?

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Superuser Contribution Are donations commercial use?

Hi there, Do donations count as a "commercial use" for SDAs, including streaming SDAs? These might be donations to my project, or to artists which I feature (I may take a 5% processing fee) Donations, of course, imply they are purely optional. Thanks...

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Hi there,   Do donations count as a "commercial use" for SDAs, including streaming SDAs? These might be donations to my project, or to artists which I feature (I may take a 5% processing fee) ...

ohej

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Solved!! /v1/me/player does not support episodes

PlanFree/Premium (tested on accounts with both plans)CountryBelgiumDeviceSamsung J5 (2016 version) / laptopOperating SystemAndroid 6.0.1 / Windows 10 / Ubuntu My Question or IssueExample response:{ "device": { "id": "my_device_id", "is_active": true,...

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Plan Free/Premium (tested on accounts with both plans) Country Belgium Device Samsung J5 (2016 version) / laptop Operating System Android 6.0.1 / Windows 10 / Ubuntu   My Question or Is...

Peter_Schorn

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How to export list of followers (of myself or another artist)

Hi! I'm new here and have a question I've been playing around with the Spotify API and see that for a given artist, we can export albums and songs and attributes of those songs, but is there a way to export the artist's list of followers (e.g. into c...

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Hi! I'm new here and have a question 🙂 I've been playing around with the Spotify API and see that for a given artist, we can export albums and songs and attributes of those songs, but is there a way...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution /token endpoint - CORS Error

My Question or IssueWhen sending an request to: https://accounts.spotify.com/token Access to fetch at 'https://accounts.spotify.com/token' from origin 'http://localhost:3000' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is...

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My Question or Issue When sending an request to: https://accounts.spotify.com/token           Access to fetch at 'https://accounts.spotify.com/token' from origin 'http...

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Using Spotify API in iPhone

PlanPremium Device(iPhone) My Question or Issue I have integrated Spotify API on my website. When an alarm goes off, a playing song will pause and play in few seconds. This does not work on iPhone after some time. (Probably because Spotify app gets s...

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Plan Premium   Device (iPhone)   My Question or Issue   I have integrated Spotify API on my website. When an alarm goes off, a playing song will pause and play in few seconds. ...

Peter_Schorn

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Spotify embedded follow button is not working

My Question or IssueMy spotify embedded follow button seems to open spotify and then (without following) immediately opens google chrome with a message that says "You are logged in. This window should automatically close in a few seconds. If not, ple...

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My Question or Issue My spotify embedded follow button seems to open spotify and then (without following) immediately opens google chrome with a message that says "You are logged in. This window sho...

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GET /v1/me/player incorrectly returns 204 and an empty response

A `GET` request to the `/v1/me/player` endpoint returns 204, even when Spotify is open and playing on my desktop. Interestingly, if I open Spotify in the browser, I get a 200 as expected. I started facing this issue about a week ago. I've also notice...

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A `GET` request to the `/v1/me/player` endpoint returns 204, even when Spotify is open and playing on my desktop. Interestingly, if I open Spotify in the browser, I get a 200 as expected. I started f...

bstrauch24

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[Developer] Podcaster Audience metrics API

Podcaster data via API call Would like to use API calls to collect audience numbers for each of my podcasts each day/week/month.

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Podcaster data via API call  Would like to use API calls to collect audience numbers for each of my podcasts each day/week/month. 

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify API doesn't give access to people even after Quota Extension

My Question or Issue I recently made a small web application using the Spotify API. The app was made in the relatively newly announced development mode. After I finished making the app, I added a few people to the Users and Access list. It worked fin...

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My Question or Issue   I recently made a small web application using the Spotify API. The app was made in the relatively newly announced development mode. After I finished making the app, I ad...

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