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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!! Web API devices list returns 500

PlanPremiumDeviceWeb API My Question or Issue Hello. Trying to call https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ returns 500. I've tried different oAuth tokens (with all permissions or only required ones).

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Plan Premium Device Web API   My Question or Issue   Hello. Trying to call https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/ returns 500. I've tried differ...

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Get recommendation

PlanFreeCountryVietNamDevice Operating System My Question or IssueI am creating a searching similar songs app. I use the get recommendation api of spotify but i got some questions:for example: i want to get songs that similar to "Astronaut in the oce...

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Plan Free Country VietNam Device   Operating System     My Question or Issue I am creating a searching similar songs app. I use the get recommendation api of spotify but i go...

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Add track to queue incorrect call back result

PlanPremiumDevice(iPhone 6s)Operating System(iOS 14.2) My Question or IssueWhen I add track to queue using method ( - (void)enqueueTrackUriNSString*)trackUri callbacknullable SPTAppRemoteCallback)callback;). There is call back with incorrect results,...

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Plan Premium Device (iPhone 6s) Operating System (iOS 14.2)   My Question or Issue When I add track to queue using method (  - (void)enqueueTrackUri😞NSString*)trackUri callback😞n...

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Commercial use of the spotify web api

I am developing an app using the spotify web api which sadly doesn't go with the terms of service of spotify, because it uses for example the logged in user's currently playing track. I am not that familiar with what is legal and what not in this con...

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I am developing an app using the spotify web api which sadly doesn't go with the terms of service of spotify, because it uses for example the logged in user's currently playing track. I am not that f...

formetx

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Submission for Commercial Partnership

Hey there Firstly, sincerely hope you and yours are safe and well. We submitted for Commercial a good while ago now, but we haven't heard anything back yet. Could you be super stars and let us know if (a) you received the submittal safe and well + (b...

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Hey there   Firstly, sincerely hope you and yours are safe and well.   We submitted for Commercial a good while ago now, but we haven't heard anything back yet.   Could you be su...

formetx

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Podcast Embed Url Format

Hi I would like to clarify about the difference between the Url format for embed podcast https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/51ViKYsRjo05WqvA8fLL1Uvshttps://open.spotify.com/embed-podcast/episode/51ViKYsRjo05WqvA8fLL1U I find out you only get the ...

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Hi   I would like to clarify about the difference between the Url format for embed podcast     https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/51ViKYsRjo05WqvA8fLL1U vs https://open.spot...

Hubo

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Find out the Developer Account I registered an app on, knowing the app's client id, secret, etc.

The subject essentially explains my issue. I have released an app approximately one year ago that uses the Spotify Web API and iOS SDK, but now I am trying to find out which account (email) I used to register the account, the password I know. I have ...

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The subject essentially explains my issue. I have released an app approximately one year ago that uses the Spotify Web API and iOS SDK, but now I am trying to find out which account (email) I used to...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Critical bug in search API since today or yesterday?

Hello!Looks like combining year and any other query parameter in search API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/search) while asking for "tracks" stopped working today or yesterday. Any known problems or is it planned (but sudden for us poor devs) change?Exa...

Gig Goer

Hello! Looks like combining year and any other query parameter in search API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/search) while asking for "tracks" stopped working today or yesterday. Any known p...

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SpotifyCares/XJ asked me to write about my problem here

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkMy Question or IssueI have applied for the commercialization of my app. I did it first time December 2019 and since I didn't hear anything, Hubo suggested I re-applied. I did that February 12th, 2021. Still no response.Have I...

Gig Goer

Plan Premium Country Denmark My Question or Issue I have applied for the commercialization of my app. I did it first time December 2019 and since I didn't hear anything, Hubo suggested I re-...

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Superuser Contribution 4/23 update -- iOS app extensions broken

Plan- Premium Country- US Device- iPhone X Operating System- 14.4.2 Spotify iOS App Version- 8.6.20.1146 My Question or IssueI am developing an app that uses an action extension to use the share action on Spotify. My friends all received an update to...

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Plan - Premium   Country - US   Device - iPhone X   Operating System - 14.4.2   Spotify iOS App Version - 8.6.20.1146   My Question or Issue I am develop...

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[Desktop][Developer] Command Line Parameters in Windows

So I have IFTTT set up.I want to be able to set parameters so that when I run Spotify I can pass commands from the command line, like- /P - to start spotify and play specified playlist- /A - to start spotify and play specified album (only first of ...

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So I have IFTTT set up. I want to be able to set parameters so that when I run Spotify I can pass commands from the command line, like - /P <playlist> - to start spotify and play specified pl...

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Playlist tracks API returns 304 Not Modified with Content-Length 0

Device: custom Android tablet; Squid My Question or IssueBackground: In our environment, we're required to filter web traffic, so the clients (the tablets) are configured to allow a proxy to intercept HTTPS traffic; we use Squid for this. The playlis...

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Device: custom Android tablet; Squid   My Question or Issue Background: In our environment, we're required to filter web traffic, so the clients (the tablets) are configured to allow a proxy ...

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Access to currently playing song on desktop app

Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueI'm trying to make an extension for the windows spotify app that needs to access the song currently playing on the app. It's supposed to work even when the app is in offline mode, so I can't use the web ...

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Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue I'm trying to make an extension for the windows spotify app that needs to access the song currently playing on the app. It's supposed to wo...

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Can I play music through browser for multiple users?

Hi, I'm building a webapp for live online fitness classes and I'd like my fitness instructors to play their favorite music from Spotify through the browser for the other participants joining the class. Can I do this with the Spotify Web Playback SDK ...

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Hi,  I'm building a webapp for live online fitness classes and I'd like my fitness instructors to play their favorite music from Spotify through the browser for the other participants joining t...

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get liked tracks of an artist with api

Hello, Is there any way to get user's liked tracks of an specific artist through api? on pc/android, when we are on an artist's page, we can see in a section the liked tracks of him: https://imgur.com/E091iC7 Thanks!

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Hello,   Is there any way to get user's liked tracks of an specific artist through api?   on pc/android, when we are on an artist's page, we can see in a section the liked tracks of him...

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Lyrics & audio Snippets

Hello, I am looking to create an app, i have read over the developer API but can't find the relevant information I need and wondered if the forum could help.I am looking to do the follow 1: FROM THE API GET THE SONG / SONG LYRICS2: PLAY SELECTED LYRI...

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Hello, I am looking to create an app, i have read over the developer API but can't find the relevant information I need and wondered if the forum could help. I am looking to do the follow   ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify 8.6.20 Totally Breaks iOS SDK

Spotify version 8.6.20 totally breaks the iOS SDK. Via iOS SDK, our App asks Spotify if Spotify is active, Spotify returns that is not active (but it is active). Spotify also returns a token that is no longer active. Therefore, every request from our...

Music Fan

Spotify version 8.6.20 totally breaks the iOS SDK.  Via iOS SDK, our App asks Spotify if Spotify is active, Spotify returns that is not active (but it is active).  Spotify also returns a...

Rzn8

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Android SDK/Web API endpoint: Recommendation for Similar Artist, Similar Album and Similar Playlist

My Question or Issue:In Spotify, I have found that the recommendation is being updated on the frequent basis for Similar album, similar playlist, similar radio and similar artists. I am aware of the Content Api interface in the Android SDK which gene...

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My Question or Issue: In Spotify, I have found that the recommendation is being updated on the frequent basis for Similar album, similar playlist, similar radio and similar artists.   I am aw...

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Recommendation for Similar Artist
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Design Guidelines: Default icon for spotify entities

Spotify has provided the design guidelines for using the Spotify logo on the given URL - https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/design-and-branding/ My Question:I have a question regarding the default icons used in the various entities o...

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Spotify has provided the design guidelines for using the Spotify logo on the given URL - https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/design-and-branding/   My Question: I have a ...

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Can't get my refresh token anymore?

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceESP8266 My Question or IssueI've been developing an ESP8266 project for a while now, and until now everythign was fine.Come today, and the access token can't be refreshed. I went and tried to create a new app, to get a ...

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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device ESP8266   My Question or Issue I've been developing an ESP8266 project for a while now, and until now everythign was fine. Come today, and the access...

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