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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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ApolloInteractive

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S4D
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Recommendation Endpoint 404

Im developing a web application that allows users to generate songs based on their prompts. As part of this, I'm using the Spotify Web API to fetch song recommendations based on genre seeds. However, when I make a request to the recommendation endpoi...

Casual Listener

Im developing a web application that allows users to generate songs based on their prompts. As part of this, I'm using the Spotify Web API to fetch song recommendations based on genre seeds. However,...

vineestfu

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Parental Controls

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of America Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(Samsung Galaxy A14, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThere are kids online that are in this community please a...

Roadie

Plan Free/Premium Country United States of America  Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (Samsung Galaxy A14, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) &...

Billy-J

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How to get my Spotify plugin for ChatGPT reviewed. Please help to unblock this.

I developed a plugin for ChatGPT that allows to create playlists with the music by giving a description: "Create a playlist with the top hits from the 80s", "Make it more metal", etc. Here is the demo https://matrix.dog/gptdj-full-demo.webmI submitte...

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I developed a plugin for ChatGPT that allows to create playlists with the music by giving a description: "Create a playlist with the top hits from the 80s", "Make it more metal", etc. Here is the dem...

ChatgptGratisCl

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Search API Returning Obscure Tracks Only for Broad Genres

PlanPremiumCountryUS My Question or IssueUntil recently, searching for tracks via year and or genre would return generally popular tracks. Now genres such as "rap" with or without a year tag return tracks with mostly 0 popularity. Was this changed in...

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Plan Premium Country US   My Question or Issue Until recently, searching for tracks via year and or genre would return generally popular tracks. Now genres such as "rap" with or without a ...

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Possible Bug
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Get features from a track

How can I get features from a track, energy,valence... in python. Thanks

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How can I get features from a track, energy,valence... in python. Thanks  

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Feature Request
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Please help with ESP32 api problems

Plan Premium Country America Device (ESP32) Operating System windows(to code it in) My Question or Issue I have an ESP32 that i wanted to use to control my spotify. However, due to the spotify API changes that dont let me use HTTP anymore, I cannot s...

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Plan Premium Country America Device (ESP32) Operating System windows(to code it in) My Question or Issue I have an ESP32 that i wanted to use to control my spotify. However, due to ...

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Re: Updating the Criteria for Web API Extended Access

Hello Spotify team and developer community,Hope you are doing well.I have an application for which I was granted a quota extension some time ago. I am now implementing new functionality that requires an additional scope which I didn't include in my o...

Casual Listener

Hello Spotify team and developer community, Hope you are doing well. I have an application for which I was granted a quota extension some time ago. I am now implementing new functionality that requ...

Ximzend

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Solved!! Communication within the app

PlanFree/Premium CountryUnited States of America Device(Samsung Galaxy A14, iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016,)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueAdd a call button in Spotify community so you c...

Roadie

Plan Free/Premium  Country United States of America  Device (Samsung Galaxy A14, iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016,) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Wind...

Basketball_66

Roadie

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Feature Request
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Receive Error When Copying Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueWhenever I attempted to get the links to share a certain playlist I get the following error: And if I hit show code it doesn't paste correctly into my Wordpress site:

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Plan Premium Country USA Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue Whenever I attempted to get the links to share a certain playlist I get the following error: ...

Ximzend

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Crawl data using specified genre

Hi everyone, I’m facing a problem with my thesis. First, I want to cluster R&B songs based on their mood using valence and energy. However, when I conducted some research, I found that it’s possible to crawl or obtain track data using a specific keyw...

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Hi everyone, I’m facing a problem with my thesis. First, I want to cluster R&B songs based on their mood using valence and energy. However, when I conducted some research, I found that it’s possi...

Ximzend

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Depending on deprecated Audio Features API for my Thesis. Help!

Hi!I found out today that the Audio Features API has been discontinued. For the last 6 months (and for the next few months) I've been working on my master's degree thesis, which basically depends on the Audio Features API. Without it, I'm going to ha...

Casual Listener

Hi! I found out today that the Audio Features API has been discontinued.   For the last 6 months (and for the next few months) I've been working on my master's degree thesis, which basically ...

faaf

Music Fan

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Audio Features
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Spotify API

My name is Hussein, and I’m part of Hack Club, a nonprofit that helps high school students learn to code by building real projects. Right now, we’re running a program where teens get Spotify Premium if they build an app using the Spotify API. It's be...

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My name is Hussein, and I’m part of Hack Club, a nonprofit that helps high school students learn to code by building real projects. Right now, we’re running a program where teens get Spotify Premium ...

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Request to be able to filter out "Various Artists" and other similar "Artists" records from search.

When searching for albums, tracks, and artists, there should be a way to ignore "Various Artists" and similar profiles. There should be a mode just for real artists, not groupings made by Spotify. An issue these "Various Artists" profiles cause is th...

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When searching for albums, tracks, and artists, there should be a way to ignore "Various Artists" and similar profiles. There should be a mode just for real artists, not groupings made by Spotify. An...

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Feature Request
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New App to use API extend access

I am building an app which I would like to allow users to connect to their Spotify account with. At the moment I am using the 25 user invite only limit. While this is fine for testing, this doesn't allow me to open up the app publicly. When applying ...

Casual Listener

I am building an app which I would like to allow users to connect to their Spotify account with. At the moment I am using the 25 user invite only limit. While this is fine for testing, this doesn't a...

gsdv

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Solved!! [Developer] Spotify Web API Preleases

CountryUSDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI am trying to make a Web API call to get an album that is pre release and see how much time is remaining till release. However the usual albums endpoint doesn’t work. Is there an endpoi...

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Country US Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I am trying to make a Web API call to get an album that is pre release and see how much time is remaining till rel...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Spotify community

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited States of AmericaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueCan yall make a communication app so we can communicate in the Spotify...

Roadie

Plan Free/Premium Country United States of America Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question...

osornios

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Google nest skipping podcast episodes

Plan: PremiumCountry: Taiwan Device: iPhone SE2 & Macbook M1 My Question or IssueThis issue has existed since last night. Whenever I try to cast my Spotify podcast to Google Mini, the podcast episode keeps skipping to the next 4-5 episodes. Also, Goo...

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Plan: Premium Country: Taiwan   Device: iPhone SE2 & Macbook M1    My Question or Issue This issue has existed since last night. Whenever I try to cast my Spotify podcast to ...

oscarb610

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Samsung Galaxy authorization

DeviceVarious models of Samsung Galaxy phones. Such as A53.Operating SystemAndroid My Question or IssueI developed an Android application, using Kotlin. When Spotify is installed on the phone, the application will connect to it and show the track tha...

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Device Various models of Samsung Galaxy phones. Such as A53. Operating System Android   My Question or Issue I developed an Android application, using Kotlin. When Spotify is installed on ...

Ximzend

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Android
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Recommendations endpoint returning 404 for my app

Hi, I’m hitting a consistent 404 issue with the /v1/recommendations endpoint and would appreciate guidance. My app is set up with Authorization-Code flow; other endpoints (e.g., /v1/me and /v1/tracks/{id}) respond with 200 when I use the same bearer ...

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Hi,   I’m hitting a consistent 404 issue with the /v1/recommendations endpoint and would appreciate guidance.   My app is set up with Authorization-Code flow; other endpoints (e.g., /v1...

Ximzend

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Web API - Issues with Get Recently Played Tracks endpoint

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDevice(Poco F1/M6 pro, macbook m1 pro)Operating System(Android, Mac os) My Question or Issue Hi All, I've been trying to use spotify's recently played web api endpoint to keep personal stats of songs and artists that I listen t...

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Plan Premium Country India Device (Poco F1/M6 pro, macbook m1 pro) Operating System (Android, Mac os)   My Question or Issue   Hi All, I've been trying to use spotify's recently ...

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