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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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Solved!! 404 Resource not found for Playlists by Spotify

When using Spotify Web API's "Get Playlist" endpoint on a Playlist made by Spotify, it returns a 404 Resource Not Found Error even though the playlist exists. Tested with several playlists made by Spotify. Playlists made by users works fine. Recreate...

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When using Spotify Web API's "Get Playlist" endpoint on a Playlist made by Spotify, it  returns a 404 Resource Not Found Error even though the playlist exists. Tested with several playlists made...

amooo-ooo

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How to start developing a feature for hardware

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDevicePrivate HardwareOperating SystemNo OS My Question or IssueHello.I´d like to develope some functions/features for private hardware so they can be implmented in Spotify APP. I´d like to know the steps I must follow or ...

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Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Private Hardware Operating System No OS   My Question or Issue Hello. I´d like to develope some functions/features for private hardware so they ...

NicolasEnergy

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Degree project severely impacted by recent changes

Have been working on a Spotify for developers app for a degree module assignment that requires a web application integrating an API, it leaned heavily on track features and recommendations so the majority of its functionality has been lost and I don'...

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Have been working on a Spotify for developers app for a degree module assignment that requires a web application integrating an API, it leaned heavily on track features and recommendations so the maj...

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Discover Weekly playlist appears as null when using Get User Playlists API

I have a simple script that looks through a user's playlists (in this case I use to browse through my own) and I then search for a playlist named "Discover Weekly" which should be my Discover Weekly playlist. Ever since last week, my script no longer...

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I have a simple script that looks through a user's playlists (in this case I use to browse through my own) and I then search for a playlist named "Discover Weekly" which should be my Discover Weekly ...

DisappointedUser1

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Superuser Contribution Issue creating playlist when using Spotify web Api

PlanPremiumCountry Device(iPhone XS)Operating System(iOS 17) My Question or Issuemy account is authenticated. as a matter of fact, I have been able to perform some GET request with the Spotify Api like fetching my playlists, my most played songs, and...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device (iPhone XS) Operating System (iOS 17)   My Question or Issue my account is authenticated. as a matter of fact, I have been able to pe...

LambertSpot

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Superuser Contribution Intermittent 404s Getting Playlist Tracks via API

Starting about two days ago, I began to see intermittent 404s when getting playlist tracks via the Spotify API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/*/tracks). I have seen this when iterating over large playlists via the offset and limit parameters, ...

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Starting about two days ago, I began to see intermittent 404s when getting playlist tracks via the Spotify API (https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/*/tracks).  I have seen this when iterating o...

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[API] /playlists/id returns 404s

I'm getting 404 at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlist when testing the playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdCc7Q1hwtuvThis seems not normal? Its also not one of the deprecated endpoints so I d...

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I'm getting 404 at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-playlist when testing the playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdCc7Q1hwtuv This...

DisappointedUser1

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Academic Use of Spotify API for Mood-Based Music Analysis Research

Hello Spotify Community,I am a master’s student and researcher, conducting academic research on analyzing the characteristics of music corresponding to different moods. My study requires metadata such as artist names and song titles, making the Spoti...

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Hello Spotify Community, I am a master’s student and researcher, conducting academic research on analyzing the characteristics of music corresponding to different moods. My study requires metadata s...

kimun

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License for academic research use

I'm using the Spotify Web API to extract audio features of several tracks for a corpus-based analysis I'm running for my PhD research. I don't make use of user data at any point throughout the process. I have two questions: 1) Is there a recommended ...

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I'm using the Spotify Web API to extract audio features of several tracks for a corpus-based analysis I'm running for my PhD research. I don't make use of user data at any point throughout the proces...

kimun

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Superuser Contribution [Developer][API Limit] Playlist Change limit exception

DeviceAPI My Question or IssueI've a playlist which I manage via API, many changes are applied to this item.Lately, I've started getting the following exception: { "error": { "status": 400, "message": "Unable to modify playlist - Reached maximum chan...

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Device API   My Question or Issue I've a playlist which I manage via API, many changes are applied to this item. Lately, I've started getting the following exception:   {   &nb...

gdkid

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API Call Blocked?

I'd believed I'd been rate limited originally, however, I am still unable to make API requests. I know my requests had been working as I am using code that had previously been working. For context, I am working on an application that scrapes for all ...

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I'd believed I'd been rate limited originally, however, I am still unable to make API requests. I know my requests had been working as I am using code that had previously been working. For context, I...

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Error Code 411 even after Content-Length: 0

Hello,so I have been experiencing an issue with the /pause request. I can do GET /currently-playing. But when I do /pause I first get 411. Trying to solve this issue with pauseConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length": "0");. Doesnt work. Then l...

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Hello, so I have been experiencing an issue with the /pause request. I can do GET /currently-playing. But when I do /pause I first get 411. Trying to solve this issue with pauseConnection.setRequest...

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Manage Queue

Is there any way I can control the queue, add the song at the index I want or be able to undo the queue and redo it quickly while the current song still plays until the end?

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Is there any way I can control the queue, add the song at the index I want or be able to undo the queue and redo it quickly while the current song still plays until the end?

kyds3k

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Getting 403 error when using sp.audio_features

New to spotipy & trying out some simple examples to get tracks on a playlist and the audio_features for those tracks. Using my client id and client secret, I can get a playlist, get the tracks but once I try to get the audio_features I keep getting a...

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New to spotipy & trying out some simple examples to get tracks on a playlist and the audio_features for those tracks. Using my client id and client secret, I can get a playlist, get the tracks bu...

Ximzend

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Transfer playback returns 500

Hello,I'm calling the transfer playback method of the Web API and always get a 500 response. Other methods seem to work fine. Is this a server issue or am I doing somethign wrong? curl --request PUT --url https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player --header...

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Hello, I'm calling the transfer playback method of the Web API and always get a 500 response. Other methods seem to work fine. Is this a server issue or am I doing somethign wrong?    ...

kyds3k

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Solved!! How can I contact Spotify Developer support for app consultance

I want to create application that connects with Spotify account and users can add slowed+reverb effect to songs. However this is not allowed Spotify SDK usage and I just want to contact them and get a feedback on how I can do it legally. Thanks.

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I want to create application that connects with Spotify account and users can add slowed+reverb effect to songs. However this is not allowed Spotify SDK usage and I just want to contact them and get ...

Ximzend

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Data binding with Authorization code PKCE

Hi, I am learning to code with the Spotify API. I tried playing with the demoware in the web api github repo. I am trying to understand how the data binding works in the example, and when I searched up the syntax, or for 'basic javascript data bindin...

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Hi,   I am learning to code with the Spotify API. I tried playing with the demoware in the web api github repo. I am trying to understand how the data binding works in the example, and when I ...

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I'm using the Get Current User's Playlists API. Why is the following playlists display null?

{ "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/igmddx8viou6ig6s7e3dj0mzd/playlists?offset=0&limit=50&locale=zh-CN,zh;q%3D0.9", "limit": 50, "next": null, "offset": 0, "previous": null, "total": 4, "items": [ null, null, { "collaborative": false, "descri...

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{ "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/igmddx8viou6ig6s7e3dj0mzd/playlists?offset=0&limit=50&locale=zh-CN,zh;q%3D0.9", "limit": 50, "next": null, "offset": 0, "previous": null, "total": ...

timocov

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Who can I ask for details about Spotify branding requirements in our App ?

Hello friends At Spotify, branding is very important. Even the forum is on-brand We're working on a small app for our music magazine. It's mainly long-form writing about music. We are interested in making sure our Spotify integration is savory and we...

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Hello friends 😃 At Spotify, branding is very important.  Even the forum is on-brand 😄 We're working on a small app for our music magazine.  It's mainly long-form writing about music.&nb...

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