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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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Issue with Embedding External Tools in Spotify Integration

Hi developers,I’m working on a project that integrates a third-party service into a Spotify-related app. I’ve been trying to embed an external calculator tool into a custom Spotify playlist webpage, but the tool doesn’t load correctly within an ifram...

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Hi developers, I’m working on a project that integrates a third-party service into a Spotify-related app. I’ve been trying to embed an external calculator tool  into a custom Spotify playlist...

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Superuser Contribution Bug in Get Track/Get Multiple Tracks Web API where availableMarkets is sometimes empty

Operating SystemWeb API My Question or Issue There is a bug in the Spotify Web API where for some tracks availableMarkets is sometimes empty. You can currently try track id 18GLelA5vVdzd9X7WGPmJ8 and see for yourself. Get Track API:https://api.spotif...

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Operating System Web API   My Question or Issue   There is a bug in the Spotify Web API where for some tracks availableMarkets is sometimes empty. You can currently try track id 18GLel...

LambertSpot

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Is it possible to have an utilization of API for a commercial web site ?

Hi ,We are a small website which want display music tabs and we would like to display covert art and artists picture. Our tabs are free for our visitor but we are a commercial web site with guitar lesson membership.Is it possible to use your API for ...

Visitor

Hi , We are a small website which want display music tabs and we would like to display covert art and artists picture. Our tabs are free for our visitor but we are a commercial web site with guitar ...

Ximzend

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Extension on endpoint "Get Playlist" for Spotify owned ones

Hi The recent changes to the API, point 8:Introducing some changes to our Web API | Spotify for Developers Has somewhat broken my app. I was working on a free Editorial Watcher, for artists. So they can keep track of editorial placements across platf...

Gig Goer

Hi 😁 The recent changes to the API, point 8: Introducing some changes to our Web API | Spotify for Developers   Has somewhat broken my app.  I was working on a free Editorial Watche...

gonsodany

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Solved!! Get Available Genre Seeds

why is the GET /recommendations/available-genre-seeds endpoint deprecated?and is there any alternative to get a list of all available genres on Spotify?

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why is the  GET /recommendations/available-genre-seeds endpoint deprecated? and is there any alternative to get a list of all available genres on Spotify?

Seqaeon

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User may not be registered error

PlanPremiumCountryUSA My Question or IssueI get this error when I try running my app Check settings on developer.spotify.com/dashboard, the user may not be registered.It works perfectly for my account, but not my alt that I'm testing with.I'm in dev ...

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Plan Premium Country USA     My Question or Issue I get this error when I try running my app  Check settings on developer.spotify.com/dashboard, the user may not be registe...

Ximzend

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Infinite rate limit

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have a personal project that uses spotipy to get the img link from a song and colorthief to get its dominant color. It makes a call for the current_user_playing_track on...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device PC Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have a personal project that uses spotipy to get the img link from a song and colorthief ...

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Not Understanding the Reason for the Rejection of the Quota Extension Request

Hello,Our application, which we have been developing, has been fully ready for nearly 4 months, and we have been waiting for Spotify's approval of the quota extension request. However, this is the second rejection we have received. First of all, we w...

Music Fan

Hello, Our application, which we have been developing, has been fully ready for nearly 4 months, and we have been waiting for Spotify's approval of the quota extension request. However, this is the ...

Ximzend

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Superuser Contribution /playlists API Endpoint Issue Fixed

We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the behaviour in the “/me/playlists” and “/users/{user_id}/...

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We wanted to provide an update regarding issues identified in the “/playlists” API endpoints. We have investigated the reported concerns of null results appearing in responses and have fixed the beha...

AdrienCompDev

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"Illegal Scope" on my application after quota extension

After receiving a quota extension, I keep getting Illegal Scope when logging into my application, and everything is spelled correctly and all. I know it is because of the Scope Extension being separate, so I just sent that in 2 months after my quota ...

Newbie

After receiving a quota extension, I keep getting Illegal Scope when logging into my application, and everything is spelled correctly and all. I know it is because of the Scope Extension being separa...

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Recent api changes

Hey Spotify Developer Community and Spotify Team,I'm berkay, and for the past three months, I've been developing a mobile app. My goal was to create a simple, customized song recommendation app to help users discover new music based on their favorite...

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Hey Spotify Developer Community and Spotify Team, I'm berkay, and for the past three months, I've been developing a mobile app. My goal was to create a simple, customized song recommendation ap...

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My project is paused. How can I restore it?

안녕하세요,현재 스포티파이 디벨로퍼에서 "Rhythm" 프로젝트를 운영하고 있는 사용자입니다. 최근 프리미엄 계정을 취소하고 다시 결제한 후, 프로젝트가 일시 중지된 상태입니다. 프로젝트 대시보드에 "The project 'Rhythm' is currently paused. All of your project's data is still intact, but your project is inaccessible while paused. Resto...

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안녕하세요, 현재 스포티파이 디벨로퍼에서 "Rhythm" 프로젝트를 운영하고 있는 사용자입니다. 최근 프리미엄 계정을 취소하고 다시 결제한 후, 프로젝트가 일시 중지된 상태입니다. 프로젝트 대시보드에 "The project 'Rhythm' is currently paused. All of your project's data is still intact,...

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Solved!! "Get Recently Played Tracks" returns different version of the song I actually played

I have a playlist that I adjust regularly to remove songs that I already listened to recently (using the "Get Recently Played Tracks" API).The playlist contains this song https://open.spotify.com/track/26QxDu518aR3rkHucaqwzM which never gets removed....

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I have a playlist that I adjust regularly to remove songs that I already listened to recently (using the "Get Recently Played Tracks" API). The playlist contains this song https://open.spotify.com/t...

EchoExplorer

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Proposition for better performance of application

Hi, My name is Kamran Abbaszade, software engineer with over 7 years of experience and data scientist with close to 3 years of experience in Audio AI. I was working on new approach for better music genre classification and I developed an outstanding ...

Newbie

Hi,   My name is Kamran Abbaszade, software engineer with over 7 years of experience and data scientist with close to 3 years of experience in Audio AI.   I was working on new approach ...

BoyCott

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Query for Top 500 artists from a specific country

Hi, I was thinking if it's possible to query top 500 artists in Poland. I'm trying to see who the most listened artists are within one country. Anyone knows if it's possible?

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Hi, I was thinking if it's possible to query top 500 artists in Poland. I'm trying to see who the most listened artists are within one country.   Anyone knows if it's possible?

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Background Login in SKD API

Hello, is there no way to use the SDK API with my own API Client ID and Secret - without redirect to the Login Page?I want to play full Spotify Songs (start/pause/stop/restart) in my webpage with my Spotify account - the Website user should need no l...

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Hello,   is there no way to use the SDK API with my own API Client ID and Secret - without redirect to the Login Page? I want to play full Spotify Songs (start/pause/stop/restart) in my web...

Ximzend

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Copy/Create Playlist from existing Playlist URL

I have a list of Spotify playlists in URL format. Such as: https://open.spotify.com/user/xxxxx/playlist/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx They are playlists that other users have created. I would like to create my own playlist from each one, so that I can modify the co...

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I have a list of Spotify playlists in URL format. Such as:   https://open.spotify.com/user/xxxxx/playlist/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx    They are playlists that other users have created. I woul...

Ximzend

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Endpoint "Transfer Playback" returns 500 error when all devices is not active

PlanPremium CountryUS DeviceiPhone + Android Tablet My Question or Issue First, I called endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices to get deviceId. All devices were inactive (for example, deviceId = XX and deviceId = YY).Then I called the...

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Plan Premium   Country US   Device iPhone + Android Tablet   My Question or Issue   First, I called endpoint https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/devices to g...

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Why there is no field 'languages' to determine languages which are used in each song?

Hello everyone. I want to create an app for Ukrainians that will parse Spotify tracks with language only 'ua' or something like that, but there is no link between the song and language. Why don't you add a 'languages' field in every song object to al...

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  Hello everyone. I want to create an app for Ukrainians that will parse Spotify tracks with language only 'ua' or something like that, but there is no link between the song and language. Why d...

Repuls

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Improve AutoPlay Song List

Dear Spotify Development Team,As a dedicated user of Spotify, I would like to share some suggestions to enhance the auto song suggestion feature, drawing inspiration from the effective methods used by platforms like YouTube Music.1. Improved Personal...

Newbie

Dear Spotify Development Team, As a dedicated user of Spotify, I would like to share some suggestions to enhance the auto song suggestion feature, drawing inspiration from the effective methods used...

Ximzend

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