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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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Spotify mobile app Connect behavior/protocol (when switching account?)

Hello all,Can someone point me to some detailed description of the algorithm used to implement Spotify Connect in the mobile app, so I can understand the following behavior? As far as I see, the phone queries over 5353 (mDNS) and the Connect-capable ...

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Hello all, Can someone point me to some detailed description of the algorithm used to implement Spotify Connect in the mobile app, so I can understand the following behavior?   As far as I se...

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Solved!! Playlist Folders

PlanPremium Suggestion:I have a million playlists and it can sometimes get messy having them all mixed together. I think it'd be a great feature to be able to have playlist folders so that I can organize all my playlists and not have such a long list...

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Plan Premium   Suggestion: I have a million playlists and it can sometimes get messy having them all mixed together. I think it'd be a great feature to be able to have playlist folders so th...

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Authenticate problem in Spotify.

I want to authenticate Spotify without having app or without opening webView on android and iOS? Please reply soon.

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 I want to authenticate Spotify  without having app or without opening webView on android and iOS?  Please reply soon.          

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Can I load shows with client credentials?

Code BaseVue + Axios My Question or IssueI'm wondering if it's possible to load shows data with client credentials or whether I need user auth? What's the best way to pull the latest episodes for a show? Perhaps an example in libraries could help.

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Code Base Vue + Axios   My Question or Issue I'm wondering if it's possible to load shows data with client credentials or whether I need user auth?   What's the best way to pull the l...

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Sharing Playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueSharing playlists and making playlist friends is a great feature in Spotify. However, the onl...

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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 Sharing...

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Android Apps - Controlling volume? Web API endpoint broken for Android devices?

First question: there is currently no way to control and android device's Spotify volume through the Spotify Android SDK, correct? Secondly - if there isn't, I see some Web API endpoints that may be able to do the job, but I'm getting a strange resul...

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First question: there is currently no way to control and android device's Spotify volume through the Spotify Android SDK, correct?   Secondly - if there isn't, I see some Web API endpoints tha...

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Query a specific playlist by ID

Why can't we query a specific playlist by ID? We can do this with a track. There simply is no id or playlist_id argument within the playlists field. In GraphQL, I simply can't filter by playlist id: {spotify {me {playlists(id: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx") {...

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Why can't we query a specific playlist by ID? We can do this with a track.    There simply is no id or playlist_id argument within the playlists field.    In GraphQL, I simply...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Web API - Play tracks directly on the page instead

I'm using the Web API and Nuxt to return tracks from my playlists onto a web page. I'd like the tracks to play directly on the page. I thought wrapping them inside the uri would suffice. Instead it opens the standalone player on desktop or app on the...

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I'm using the Web API and Nuxt to return tracks from my playlists onto a web page. I'd like the tracks to play directly on the page. I thought wrapping them inside the uri would suffice. Instead it o...

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Spotify Health Check app is not working

Hi, I'm using the Spotify Health check app - https://squadhealthcheck.info/but for some reason today it works extremely slow - I'm getting a timeout errors when trying to login or start a new Health Check.Please help

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Hi, I'm using the Spotify Health check app - https://squadhealthcheck.info/ but for some reason today it works extremely slow - I'm getting a timeout errors when trying to login or start a new ...

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Superuser Contribution hls stream from spotify

Is there a way to get an HLS stream URL for a music file in spotify ? I'd like to take this URL and paste it into VLC's Media/Open Network Stream to actually stream the file into an non-spotify player like VLC.

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Is there a way to get an HLS stream URL for a music file in spotify ? I'd like to take this URL and paste it into VLC's Media/Open Network Stream to actually stream the file into an non-spotify playe...

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Feature Request: Airplay flag on player api

There are many aspects of using the API that it would be very important to know a user is using Airplay to play from their device. Airplay adds a 2 second delay to the playback and if you are developing an app that needs to be in sync to the music it...

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There are many aspects of using the API that it would be very important to know a user is using Airplay to play from their device. Airplay adds a 2 second delay to the playback and if you are develop...

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Alexa App to add spotify songs to playlists

I am a developer just out of college and have created this brand new Playlist Helper alexa app which allows you to add songs you are playing with Alexa to your created Spotify playlists! If anyone wants to check this out and give me some feedback! Al...

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I am a developer just out of college and have created this brand new Playlist Helper alexa app which allows you to add songs you are playing with Alexa to your created Spotify playlists!  &nbsp...

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Issue of Analytics API

Our HTTPS Client does not support SNI, Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:00:00 +0000 access was successful.But after Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:00:02 +0000 access fails.These two hostaccounts.spotify.com ( edge-web-russia.dual-gslb.spotify.com )provider-api.spotify.com (...

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Our HTTPS Client does not support SNI, Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:00:00 +0000 access was successful. But after Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:00:02 +0000 access fails. These two host accounts.spotify.com (...

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Superuser Contribution Feature Request: PubSub instead of Polling

It would really simplify a lot of app logic to be able to register to a publishing server. Ideally the server would dispatch events to clients registered for the information relevant to them. Events such as user play/pause, FF/RW, adding tracks to pl...

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It would really simplify a lot of app logic to be able to register to a publishing server. Ideally the server would dispatch events to clients registered for the information relevant to them. Events ...

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[Possible Bug] Some preview urls for tracks are null when using App Authentication

Endpoints:GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlistId}/tracksScopes:App Authentication (Client Credentials Flow)User Authentication (Authorisation Code Flow, no additional scopes)Steps to reproduce:Get a...

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Endpoints: GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/ GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlistId}/tracks Scopes: App Authentication (Client Credentials Flow) User Authentication (Author...

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[iOS] Can I get a list of most played song near by location

Anyone have an idea about iOS API which can provide most played songs nearby my location using Spotify?

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Anyone have an idea about iOS API which can provide most played songs nearby my location using Spotify?

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Using API authentication for SDK

Hello, I'm currently using Spotify development resources to create an mobile application. In this app, I'm using the Spotify API for music and user data. For a specific feature, I now also need to use the Spotify SDKs (Android and iOS). I was wonderi...

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Hello,   I'm currently using Spotify development resources to create an mobile application. In this app, I'm using the Spotify API for music and user data. For a specific feature, I now also n...

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SpotifyCharts CSV export error for latest available date data

Hi - My issue deals with www.spotifycharts.com Specifically, when pulling data for the latest day. For example, Chart is available for 7/29...today 7/30 When I try to download the chart for 7/29, I can click the "Download to CSV" button and hit the U...

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Hi - My issue deals with www.spotifycharts.com   Specifically, when pulling data for the latest day.   For example, Chart is available for 7/29...today 7/30   When I try to downl...

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