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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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start/resume and pause player throw FORBIDDEN

I have application that is in extended quota mode. I got 403 FORBIDDEN error when I want to make PUT request to endpoints start/resume or pause on player. The error message isError: Bad OAuth request (wrong consumer key, bad nonce, expired timestamp....

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I have application that is in extended quota mode. I got 403 FORBIDDEN error when I want to make PUT request to endpoints start/resume or pause on player.  The error message is Error: Bad OA...

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API feature request: Replace Saved Tracks

My Question or Issue Would like to be able to replace Saved Tracks. It would work exactly like the `URIs` parameter on web-api/reference/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks . Many times a track may get replaced with another version for some reason. i...

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My Question or Issue   Would like to be able to replace Saved Tracks. It would work exactly like the `URIs` parameter on web-api/reference/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks .   M...

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Incorrect songs in me/top/tracks endpoint

Hello,The results for /me/top/tracks?limit=50&time_range=short_term seem to be very inaccurate, songs that I've listened to only once appear in the top 10 while some songs that I've listened to more than once don't even appear in the top 50.Can someo...

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Hello, The results for /me/top/tracks?limit=50&time_range=short_term seem to be very inaccurate, songs that I've listened to only once appear in the top 10 while some songs that I've list...

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Request for Interview Participation – Academic Research on Leadership at Spotify Nigeria

Hello, My name is Ovie Otete, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of the West of England. I am currently conducting an academic research project titled: “Leadership Challenges in Implementing and Managing Advanced Information Systems: A...

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Hello, My name is Ovie Otete, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of the West of England. I am currently conducting an academic research project titled: “Leadership Challenges in Implem...

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Get 404 Resource not found on a playlist

When I use the WebAPI (get playlist items) I get an 404 Resource not found on this playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUW2bvSkjcJ6It's only on this playlist ID. With other (like this 2ix7HSpjdZCTMFG2TMYwL7) it's working.

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When I use the WebAPI (get playlist items) I get an 404 Resource not found on this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUW2bvSkjcJ6 It's only on this playlist ID. With other (li...

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Solved!! Request failed 404

Hello everyone, a question. We are trying to do an analysis on the playlists of different countries (top 50). We really thought of it for a university project and to practice. I don't have a problem with any other public list, but whenever I use one ...

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  Hello everyone, a question. We are trying to do an analysis on the playlists of different countries (top 50). We really thought of it for a university project and to practice. I don't have a ...

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Solved!! Design & Branding Guidelines question for an app

Hello! I’m using track and playlist artworks in my app and have a question about branding requirements. If I retrieve these artworks from track and playlist links, do I need to apply rounded corners as specified in the branding and design guidelines?...

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Hello! I’m using track and playlist artworks in my app and have a question about branding requirements.   If I retrieve these artworks from track and playlist links, do I need to apply rounded...

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How to stream a track?

I'm using the Web API to get the users playlists and playlist songs. I want to stream tracks from the ID I got with the playlist and song requests is there any way to do this? I looked into the Web playback SDK but did not find much. I'm working on a...

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I'm using the Web API to get the users playlists and playlist songs. I want to stream tracks from the ID I got with the playlist and song requests is there any way to do this? I looked into the Web p...

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Spotify API cannot find public playlists from user Spotify

I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify.I can find many public playlists:```import spotipyfrom spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentialsspotify_api = spotipy.Spotify( client_credent...

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I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify. I can find many public playlists: ``` import spotipy from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyC...

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Liked Songs URL

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceWeb API (N/AOperating SystemN/A My Question or IssueIs there a way to find the URL for the 'Liked Songs" playlist? I am trying to call this playlist from another application (home assistant) via the API.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Web API (N/A Operating System N/A   My Question or Issue Is there a way to find the URL for the 'Liked Songs" playlist? I am trying to call this playlis...

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How to find the Artist Album Link

I don't know where to look, but the thread topic posted about this is unanswered, and wanted to confirm what could be done to solve this?

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I don't know where to look, but the thread topic posted about this is unanswered, and wanted to confirm what could be done to solve this?

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Unable to Log In to Spotify Developer Dashboard

I am experiencing an issue when trying to access the Spotify Developer Dashboard. After receiving a "session expired" error message, I attempted to log in again by navigating back to the main page and clicking the "Login" button. However, nothing hap...

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I am experiencing an issue when trying to access the Spotify Developer Dashboard. After receiving a "session expired" error message, I attempted to log in again by navigating back to the main page an...

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Get list of all genres/top genres?

Trying to understand how to get a list of all the available Spotify genres while using the "Get Available Genre Seeds" endpoint. Any suggestions? Furthermore, is there a way to get the top 50 Spotify genres?

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Trying to understand how to get a list of all the available Spotify genres while using the "Get Available Genre Seeds" endpoint. Any suggestions?   Furthermore, is there a way to get the top 5...

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Solved!! What is a streaming SDA?

My Question or IssueI am trying to understand what a streaming SDA is and therefore, what a non-streaming SDA is. Who can point me to somewhere that I can read more specifially where the difference is? Thank you.

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My Question or Issue I am trying to understand what a streaming SDA is and therefore, what a non-streaming SDA is.   Who can point me to somewhere that I can read more specifially where the d...

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Deprecated API endpoints returns 404 with valid token

Hi, I am aware of the recent API changes, but my application was put in extended mode well before this, so I have access to (now deprecated) endpoints. However, while I am quite sure I applied for all permission for said endpoints, I cannot check thi...

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Hi,   I am aware of the recent API changes, but my application was put in extended mode well before this, so I have access to (now deprecated) endpoints. However, while I am quite sure I appli...

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Quota Extension Request Refused

Hello, The quota extension request for Arties has been refused twice for the following reasons : Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images on album artwork, placing their brand/logo on album artwork (Design G...

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Hello,   The quota extension request for Arties has been refused twice for the following reasons :  Modifies any Spotify visual content, e.g. cropping album artwork, overlaying images o...

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GOAT.com

So, I made this album ranking page as a school project, and quite a few people enjoyed it so I think I'll expand this idea using Spotify's API. I am a near beginner coder, but I was just curious if the idea would work. The first page will be a genre ...

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So, I made this album ranking page as a school project, and quite a few people enjoyed it so I think I'll expand this idea using Spotify's API. I am a near beginner coder, but I was just curious if t...

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[API/Compliance] Custom User Metrics

Hi, I'm currently developing a app, which allows users to rate and review songs, similar to letterboxd, each review for a song would add the respective song into a listened folder for users and would therefore provide custom metrics for users. Does t...

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Hi, I'm currently developing a app, which allows users to rate and review songs, similar to letterboxd, each review for a song would add the respective song into a listened folder for users and would...

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Solved!! [API/Compliance] Enhanced features to a "Add To Streamer's Queue" web app

I'm wanting to create an open source web app for streamers to connect their Spotify to allow viewers to add songs to the streamer's current listening queue. the monetization part is paying to add more than one song per hour or adding it up next.HOWEV...

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I'm wanting to create an open source web app for streamers to connect their Spotify to allow viewers to add songs to the streamer's current listening queue. the monetization part is paying to add mor...

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Getting a user's followers

I'm working on building a simple webapp project that can display all of the user's followers.Clearly, the WebAPI doesn't support this.However, the list of a user's followers is publicly available, i.e. without authentication at https://www.open.spoti...

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I'm working on building a simple webapp project that can display all of the user's followers. Clearly, the WebAPI doesn't support this. However, the list of a user's followers is publicly a...

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