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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 can I get the Contents by WebAPI of "fetchRecommendedContentItemsForType"?

Hello, I want to use webapi to get the desktop contents of spotify which is the first screen content of spotify. Like:"Made for X", "for today's drive" ,"The state of music today" These contents can be got by ios sdk "fetchRecommendedContentItemsForT...

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    Hello, I want to use webapi to get the desktop contents of spotify which is the first screen content of spotify. Like:"Made for X", "for today's drive" ,"The state of music today" &nbs...

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SpotifyApi.NetCore - Spotify Web API Wrapper for .NET Core

Hi there, Just letting you know that there is a new .NET Core wrapper library for Spotify Web API: SpotifyApi.NetCore. The library is open source and licensed under MIT. If you are writing C# or .NET or Blazor apps you should check it out: https://gi...

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Hi there, Just letting you know that there is a new .NET Core wrapper library for Spotify Web API: SpotifyApi.NetCore. The library is open source and licensed under MIT. If you are writing C# or...

RoguePlanetoid

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Recommendation seed track ranking

PlanPremiumCountryINDIA My Question or IssueI was going through the Spotify API for recommendations over here . I am working on creating something and I have a question. I am currently using the following variables:1. Limit2. Seed track I get a list ...

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Plan Premium Country INDIA   My Question or Issue I was going through the Spotify API for recommendations over here . I am working on creating something and I have a question. I am cu...

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Superuser Contribution Web API Browse API Get Categories returns duplicates in pagination

In my web app I let the user browse categories, that I fetch via pagination:https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?offset=0https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?offset=20https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?offset=40Every now and...

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In my web app I let the user browse categories, that I fetch via pagination: https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?offset=0 https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories?offset=20 https://...

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Advertising on a spotify web api site

PlanFree/PremiumCountryCanada Websitesongtaste.cf Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I have seen in the General Restrictions that “commercial use” of t...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Canada   Website songtaste.cf   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)...

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[Playlists] My playlist user behavior

Hello, is that possible to see user behavior via Spotify Web API of my playlist, I hope I can know basic user information like who(user name and email...etc) currently play my playlist and who like/save the playlist. Do your web API has this part ope...

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Hello, is that possible to see user behavior via Spotify Web API of my playlist, I hope I can know basic user information like who(user name and email...etc) currently play my playlist and who like/s...

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Web App for song suggestions

Hey guys,my name is Philipp and I want to create a web app, so that you can go to my website and there you can search for a song on spotify and basically put it into a spotify playlist or database. So on the first page, you can search for songs/artis...

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Hey guys, my name is Philipp and I want to create a web app, so that you can go to my website and there you can search for a song on spotify and basically put it into a spotify playlist or database....

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Commercial License Request

PlanPremiumCountryUKMy Question or IssueI submitted an application for a commercial license around 2 months ago and am super keen to get my app released as its finished and tested and ready to launch. I understand you receive heaps of license request...

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Plan Premium Country UK My Question or Issue I submitted an application for a commercial license around 2 months ago and am super keen to get my app released as its finished and tested and ...

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API limit exceeded : ERROR

CountryUSADevice(Iphone)Operating System(iOS) My Question or IssueWe have been using the Spotify SDK go lang wrapper for Spotify web api. https://github.com/zmb3/spotify We have recently hit an error API limit exceeded : ERROR We believe there was a ...

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Country USA Device (Iphone) Operating System (iOS)   My Question or Issue We have been using the Spotify SDK go lang wrapper for Spotify web api. https://github.com/zmb3/spotify ...

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Reporting empty tracks bug on a RISE playlist (possibly with other playlists)

I was using the Web API to call the Playlist tracks (by way of"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists//tracks"). All my playlists except this one (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWVzlTZFHBHNN) could not decode. Upon further inspection, I sa...

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I was using the Web API to call the Playlist tracks (by way of "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/<playlist_id>/tracks"). All my playlists except this one (https://open.spotify.com/pla...

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Where I can get the written approval for my app?

Reading the docs I found this "Before you build and release any product or experience integrated with Spotify, you need to apply and receive our written approval for a commercial integration" But it didn't get my clear where I can start that workflow...

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Reading the docs I found this    "Before you build and release any product or experience integrated with Spotify, you need to apply and receive our written approval for a commercial integ...

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Developer Restrictions

I was reading through the general developer restrictions here:https://developer.spotify.com/legal/general-restrictions/ One of the points is:Games / Trivia Quizzes: Incorporating Spotify into any gaming or quiz functionality without prior approval. I...

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I was reading through the general developer restrictions here: https://developer.spotify.com/legal/general-restrictions/   One of the points is: Games / Trivia Quizzes: Incorporating Spotify...

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Majority of 404 errors on tracks endpoint

Hello, since July 7th - 11:30 UTC more than 95% of my requests to the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint end up in 404 error.Was there any updates or any known issue that could cause these requests to fail ?

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Hello, since July 7th - 11:30 UTC more than 95% of my requests to the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint end up in 404 error. Was there any updates or any known issue that could ...

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Superuser Contribution 30-second song preview not showing up for song

Hello! I'm looking to secure a 30-second preview for Eminem's Lose Yourself with Get a Track, as I have successfully done for numerous other songs. Unfortunately, it's not appearing so curious if anyone else has experienced this and any workarounds.T...

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Hello! I'm looking to secure a 30-second preview for Eminem's Lose Yourself with Get a Track, as I have successfully done for numerous other songs. Unfortunately, it's not appearing so curious i...

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Python api playlist

Hello to all , i want to create a playlist with python , but iv'e some issues . for example, is there a way to print artists id from a certain playlist or in general ? is it possible without even needing to manually searched artist_id to print it ?.

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Hello to all ,  i want to create a playlist with python , but iv'e some issues . for example, is there a way to print artists id from a certain playlist or in general  ? is it possible&nbs...

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Response code 400: grant_type parameter is missing

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Odroid H2Operating System: Linux 19.10 My Question or IssueI am working on a Java client. I have been able to access the whole API with no problem with the ironic exception of authorization. I would be quite happy if ...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Odroid H2 Operating System: Linux 19.10   My Question or Issue I am working on a Java client. I have been able to access the whole API with no problem wi...

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Superuser Contribution Undocumented `total_episodes` returned in currently playing

PlanPremiumCountryFinland My IssueWhen retrieving playback information (both "playback" and "currently playing") of episodes, the simplified show member of a full episode object contains an undocumented `total_episodes` member. It seems to be missing...

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Plan Premium Country Finland   My Issue When retrieving playback information (both "playback" and "currently playing") of episodes, the simplified show member of a full episode object cont...

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Will the Android Spotify SDK include the search API soon?

As the title states, the Android SDK does a lot, but it's also missing a lot.Are there plans for these gaps to be filled in? Specifically will the search API get an SDK wrapper anytime soon? In the mean time I can use an unofficial wrapper e.g.https:...

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As the title states, the Android SDK does a lot, but it's also missing a lot. Are there plans for these gaps to be filled in? Specifically will the search API get an SDK wrapper anytime soon? &nbsp...

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Best Practices for using Spotify image URLs in web application

I am developing a web application that helps users organize some of their media. Obviously this involves a lot of pictures like Album covers and whatnot that spotify provides. Is it ok to use Spotify image URLs on the front end of my app or should I ...

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I am developing a web application that helps users organize some of their media. Obviously this involves a lot of pictures like Album covers and whatnot that spotify provides. Is it ok to use Spotify...

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Solved!! Playlist API Tracks endpoint does not using a Paging object for more than 100 results

PlanPremium FamilyCountrySwitzerlandDevicePC, iPhoneOperating SystemWindows 10 2004, iOS 13.5.1 My Question or IssueAccording to https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference-beta/#endpoint-get-playlists-tracks, the /tracks endpoint o...

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Plan Premium Family Country Switzerland Device PC, iPhone Operating System Windows 10 2004, iOS 13.5.1   My Question or Issue According to https://developer.spotify.com/documentat...

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