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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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Add Tracks to Playlist Changed ; No URIs Provided error

Did the API change the functionality of adding tracks to a playlist? I have my code load in TrackIds and use them to add tracks to a playlist but just today I got an error saying that I did not provide any URIs. Did something change in the backend th...

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Did the API change the functionality of adding tracks to a playlist? I have my code load in TrackIds and use them to add tracks to a playlist but just today I got an error saying that I did not provi...

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Changes to Web API

The news published late November last year seems to have been the end of the app I've developed earlier that year and was in the final testing phase before launch. Afraid I already know the answer but I have a questions which I'd appreciate if someon...

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The news published late November last year seems to have been the end of the app I've developed earlier that year and was in the final testing phase before launch. Afraid I already know the answer bu...

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Na troca de assinatura perde a playlist no repeat?

Vou fazer a troca de assinatura, do premium para universitario, irei perder as playlists no repeat que tenho salva?

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Vou fazer a troca de assinatura, do premium para universitario, irei perder as playlists no repeat que tenho salva?

Ximzend

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Extension Request - Modification/View Submission

Hello,I am looking to check the log in details I provided for my extension review but it doesn't seem to have any way to view this once submitted which seems odd. Has anyone got any experience with this? Thank you

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Hello, I am looking to check the log in details I provided for my extension review but it doesn't seem to have any way to view this once submitted which seems odd.  Has anyone got any expe...

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Top 200 Daily Chart Data

I'd like to download about 8 years' worth of top 200 daily chart data.Please tell me how to get data using r studio.

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I'd like to download about 8 years' worth of top 200 daily chart data. Please tell me how to get data using r studio. 

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Monetization Approval Process

Hello, I'm a developer building a web application using Spotify's API. We're at the stage of integrating monetization and I'm hoping to find the appropriate team to reach out to or process to follow in order to ensure we're compliant with the develop...

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Hello, I'm a developer building a web application using Spotify's API. We're at the stage of integrating monetization and I'm hoping to find the appropriate team to reach out to or process to follow ...

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Web Playback SDK Skipping to Next Track and Seeking

PlanPremium DeviceIPhone 12Operating SystemiOS 18 My Question or IssueI'm trying to have my Player skip to the next track and seek to the 20 second mark, but the audio keeps playing at the beginning of the song and then seek to the 20 second mark and...

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Plan Premium   Device IPhone 12 Operating System iOS 18   My Question or Issue I'm trying to have my Player skip to the next track and seek to the 20 second mark, but the audio kee...

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The quiz game, maybe it's time to answer?

The rules forbid making games like "guess the name of the song" and so on.Can you explain what this is about?I wanted to use preview songs, show the artist and a link to his spotify.All such posts on the forum remained unanswered.So I'll try my luck ...

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The rules forbid making games like "guess the name of the song" and so on. Can you explain what this is about? I wanted to use preview songs, show the artist and a link to his spotify. All such po...

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Solved!! Board game app integration

PlanFree/PremiumCountryGermany Operating System(iOS, Android) My Question or IssueDear Spotify Team,We represent a board game project that incorporates musical elements, and we would like to use the Spotify platform to allow players to listen to and ...

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  Plan Free/Premium Country Germany  Operating System (iOS, Android)   My Question or Issue Dear Spotify Team, We represent a board game project that incorporates musical ele...

MarvinBrouwer

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`resume_point` inconsistent

My Question or Issue When obtaining episode information from the API, the returned resume_point is sometimes inconsistent. When running repeatedly against the same endpoint, fully_played is sometime set to false without playing the episode or doing a...

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My Question or Issue   When obtaining episode information from the API, the returned resume_point is sometimes inconsistent. When running repeatedly against the same endpoint, fully_played is ...

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Can't access developer dashboard

When going to the developer dashboard I get: "Your session has expired, please login again."I tried it in Brave and Chromium web browser, cleaned cookies and Incognito mod too, didn't help same scree/issue.Plan: PremiumOS: Win 10

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When going to the developer dashboard I get: "Your session has expired, please login again." I tried it in Brave and Chromium web browser, cleaned cookies and Incognito mod too, didn't help s...

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Create pre-save on website

My Question or IssueHi! I'm creating this post because I am wondering if anyone has ever created a pre-save on an artists website (or a website at all actually). I work with digital marketing and it's very important that I am able to track everything...

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My Question or Issue Hi!   I'm creating this post because I am wondering if anyone has ever created a pre-save on an artists website (or a website at all actually).     I work wi...

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My app quota approval process

Hello fellow developers Since my app recently launched, I wanted to share my quota approval process for those who are still in the process.I started working on the app concept about a year ago, we worked with the basic quota and it was enough for dev...

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Hello fellow developers 🙂 Since my app recently launched, I wanted to share my quota approval process for those who are still in the process. I started working on the app concep...

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Using Historical Data to Enhance Playlist Recommendations

Hello Spotify Developer Community,Incorporating historical data into algorithmic recommendations has proven to be an effective way to enhance personalization. Recently, I came across an article detailing the evolution of FESCO (Faisalabad Electric Su...

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Hello Spotify Developer Community, Incorporating historical data into algorithmic recommendations has proven to be an effective way to enhance personalization. Recently, I came across an article det...

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Transfer playback to null device

Is it possible to transfer playback to a null device with the Spotify API? Aka clear the active device?I did this but it's not working:static async clearDevicePlayback(): Promise {try {// Simply clear the active device by setting empty device_idsawai...

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Is it possible to transfer playback to a null device with the Spotify API? Aka clear the active device? I did this but it's not working: static async clearDevicePlayback(): Promise<void&g...

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Superuser Contribution Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs

We have been using those SDKs since they became available. Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify. The "ios-streaming-sdk" is a beautifully designed framework...

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We have been using those SDKs since they became available.   Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify....

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Update Playlist Items Endpoint 502 Error when passing in an empty URIs array

This started happening yesterday 2025-02-19. Obviously a small but very critical bug. The issue I see is that for some reason, the API no longer allows us to send an empty array of URIs, which we use to clear out playlists.Request: Request URL: https...

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This started happening yesterday 2025-02-19. Obviously a small but very critical bug. The issue I see is that for some reason, the API no longer allows us to send an empty array of URIs, which we use...

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Solved!! Extension request help

I just received a denial for my extension request after waiting a month. I did some research and apparently resubmitting means I have to wait another month or longer. Since this is a guess and check process I need some help before this turns into a 6...

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I just received a denial for my extension request after waiting a month. I did some research and apparently resubmitting means I have to wait another month or longer.   Since this is a guess a...

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Showing transcript next to embedded audiofile

Hi there, We are about to embed audiobooks to our website but we are not sure if it is possible to also show the transcript. So our users can read along whilst listening.Does anyone know how to show the transcript as well? Thank you, Bob PlanFree

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Hi there,   We are about to embed audiobooks to our website but we are not sure if it is possible to also show the transcript. So our users can read along whilst listening. Does anyone know...

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