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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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[Developers] Verification email to create app not sent

PlanPremiumCountryFranceOperating SystemWindows 10/11 My Question or IssueTrying to create my first app with WebAPI, I'm asked first to verify my email in my dashboard. Clicking on Verify button displays a popup "We have sent you an email ..." but no...

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Plan Premium Country France Operating System Windows 10/11   My Question or Issue Trying to create my first app with WebAPI, I'm asked first to verify my email in my dashboard. Clicking ...

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add to playlist bar

Desktop application on Windows 11 Here is the issue, I apparently clicked right at the center of vertical axis, and when I tried to add a song to my playlist, bar that is showing up after hovering on "add to playlist", went crazy. It was showing up, ...

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Desktop application on Windows 11   Here is the issue, I apparently clicked right at the center of vertical axis, and when I tried to add a song to my playlist, bar that is showing up after ho...

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Research Question

I am a researcher at a university in the US. I am interested in the impacts of music on exercise and movement. I wanted to reach out to discuss Spotify's ability to accommodate my research team if we were to use the Spotify platform to conduct our wo...

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I am a researcher at a university in the US. I am interested in the impacts of music on exercise and movement. I wanted to reach out to discuss Spotify's ability to accommodate my research team if we...

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Superuser Contribution The Spotify authorization screen only opens in the browser and not in the app.

I'm using the Spotify Web API and have configured the Authorization Code Flow correctly according to the documentation. However, when the user clicks the link in my app, the authorization screen opens in the browser instead of launching the Spotify a...

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I'm using the Spotify Web API and have configured the Authorization Code Flow correctly according to the documentation. However, when the user clicks the link in my app, the authorization screen open...

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Superuser Contribution "[Errno 98] Address Already in Use" When Using Spotify API with django-crontab

I am working on a Django project where I use a cron job to manage Spotify playlists using the Spotify API. The cron job is scheduled with `django-crontab` and is **intended to add tracks** to multiple Spotify playlists across different accounts.**Pro...

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I am working on a Django project where I use a cron job to manage Spotify playlists using the Spotify API. The cron job is scheduled with `django-crontab` and is **intended to add tracks** to multipl...

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Persisting previous added_at property when re-adding tracks to a playlist

*Using Web API*I'm trying to sort playlist tracks by date added. I'm only trying to sort playlists owned by the user. Things I have tried:1. Clearing playlist tracks with 'Update Playlist Items' passed an empty uris array and then re-adding them with...

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*Using Web API* I'm trying to sort playlist tracks by date added. I'm only trying to sort playlists owned by the user. Things I have tried: 1. Clearing playlist tracks with 'Update Playlist Ite...

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"Waking Up" a Spotify Connect Speaker

PlanPremiumDeviceSpotify Connect Speaker (through SpotifyFHEM on FHEM Home Automation System)Operating System(Raspberry on Bookworm)My Question or IssueHello everyone!I have the following issue / question: I have a Spotify Connect Speaker and I want ...

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Plan Premium Device Spotify Connect Speaker (through SpotifyFHEM on FHEM Home Automation System) Operating System (Raspberry on Bookworm) My Question or Issue Hello everyone! I have the follo...

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How can I use a Spotify playlist analyzer to better understand my music preferences

A Spotify playlist analyzer helps break down your playlist by providing insights into the genres, moods, and even the energy of the songs you listen to. By analyzing your playlist, you can discover patterns in your music preferences, and it may sugge...

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A Spotify playlist analyzer helps break down your playlist by providing insights into the genres, moods, and even the energy of the songs you listen to. By analyzing your playlist, you can discover p...

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Why Does My Spotify Algorithm Suddenly Feel Off?

Lately, my Spotify recommendations have been way off. I usually get a great mix of indie rock and alternative pop, but now it's throwing random genres at me like EDM and country. I haven't changed my listening habits, so I'm not sure what's causing t...

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Lately, my Spotify recommendations have been way off. I usually get a great mix of indie rock and alternative pop, but now it's throwing random genres at me like EDM and country. I haven't changed my...

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Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of them are pretty popular ones) do not have a previe...

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I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of...

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Preview URL NULL? when making API call?

I just built a practice website yesterday using the Spotify API and used the preview_url to play a song preview with a button to listen to full song on spotifynow today all my API calls return NULL ONLY for the preview_url What gives?? PlanFree/Premi...

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I just built a practice website yesterday using the Spotify API and used the preview_url to play a song preview with a button to listen to full song on spotify now today all my API calls return NULL...

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GTM Spotify tag accessibility issue

I am conducting a WCAG check of our site, which we are failing due to an issue with the GTM Spotify tag. The particular issue is around adding aria-hidden="true" attribute to the Spotify iframe. This way you tell screenreaders this is not a content e...

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I am conducting a WCAG check of our site, which we are failing due to an issue with the GTM Spotify tag. The particular issue is around adding aria-hidden="true" attribute to the Spoti...

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Solved!! Spotify contact for academic researcher

Hello, I am an academic researcher and would like your help with my research query. In my research, I am using Spotify community data which are posts and comments in the spotify community. Can anyone tell me whom I can contact at spotify to get appro...

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Hello, I am an academic researcher and would like your help with my research query. In my research, I am using Spotify community data which are posts and comments in the spotify community. Can anyo...

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Delay in Spotify API Data Availability for New Releases

Hi everyone,I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any insights or solutions.I have a cron job set up to search for new song releases precisely at midnight.However, I’ve noticed that while new releases become visible on S...

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Hi everyone, I’m encountering an issue with the Spotify API and would appreciate any insights or solutions. I have a cron job set up to search for new song releases precisely at midnight. ...

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Is there a request limit (not rate limit) for the API ?

I have a list of 15,000+ track names and I am attempting to retrieve trackids for each one through the Spotify API. I keep running into the same issue of the API freezing when it reaches a certain amount - in this case right around 2500 requests. I'v...

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I have a list of 15,000+ track names and I am attempting to retrieve trackids for each one through the Spotify API. I keep running into the same issue of the API freezing when it reaches a certain am...

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How do i get an access token in javascript?

I've been trying to develop a web app using the spotify api, but the documentation uses curl for api curls and I'm having a bit of trouble trying to figure out how to get an access token using javascript's fetch api. Any help will be appreciated.

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I've been trying to develop a web app using the spotify api, but the documentation uses curl for api curls and I'm having a bit of trouble trying to figure out how to get an access token using javasc...

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Spotify API: Unknown owner of Discover Weekly playlists

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceWeb APIOperating SystemLinuxMy Question or IssueHello Spotify team,Please forward this to the dev department I really like my Spotify Weeklies, so I built a python script for weekly backups using spotipy.I also pinned m...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device Web API Operating System Linux My Question or Issue Hello Spotify team, Please forward this to the dev department 🙂 I really like my Spotify Weekli...

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Getting several tracks audio features returning error 429

Hello, I'm working on a web app, I code in Python and using Spotipy. I want to build a large datasets for my saved tracks that retrieves different track features. For that I'm using the audio_features as well. When going through my code line, it retu...

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Hello,  I'm working on a web app, I code in Python and using Spotipy. I want to build a large datasets for my saved tracks that retrieves different track features. For that I'm using the audi...

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[AAOS] Deeplinking on Android Automotive not working

DeviceAndroid (1024p landscape) API 32 EmulatorOperating SystemAndroid Automotive 12L Sv2 My Question or Issue Hello, I am implementing the Spotify API on an Android Automotive application and am currently trying to deeplink to the native Android aut...

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Device Android (1024p landscape) API 32 Emulator Operating System Android Automotive 12L Sv2   My Question or Issue   Hello,   I am implementing the Spotify API on an Android ...

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Retrieving "What's new" items via API

Hi all. The "What's New" feature currently available in the mobile app is pretty useful. I like being able to see new songs/albums from followed artists right as they're pushed into Spotify without having to wait for Friday's Release Radar. I curate ...

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Hi all. The "What's New" feature currently available in the mobile app is pretty useful. I like being able to see new songs/albums from followed artists right as they're pushed into Spotify without h...

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