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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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AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_ERROR for some users

Hello,We integrated the Spotify Authorization API in our app. Some users get AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_ERROR when they try to log in.After investigating this issue it seems that users that did not verified their Spotify login email - will get th...

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Hello, We integrated the Spotify Authorization API in our app. Some users get AUTHENTICATION_SERVICE_UNKNOWN_ERROR when they try to log in. After investigating this issue it seems that us...

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Superuser Contribution About the latest changes to current Web APIs (Deprecations)

Hi, I wanted to know if the deprecation of APIs such as recommendations and track audio features temporary? If not, is there going to be replacement with similar functionalities? As many developers, I've also spent a lot of time building an applicati...

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Hi, I wanted to know if the deprecation of APIs such as recommendations and track audio features temporary? If not, is there going to be replacement with similar functionalities? As many developers, ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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?

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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...

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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?    ...

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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 ...

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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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