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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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Auth attempts all return "code_verifier required" when using non-PKCE auth between iOS and Web

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceiPhone XROperating SystemiOS 17.4.1 My Question or IssueI'm trying to authenticate using non-PKCE between Spotify iOS SDK and Web API. Every time I try to exchange the auth code for tokens, I get a 400 error and the b...

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 17.4.1   My Question or Issue I'm trying to authenticate using non-PKCE between Spotify iOS SDK and Web API....

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Friends are listening to - Concerts

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicePixel 6My Question or Issue I love the concerts feature, super fun and it makes me buy more concert tickets. What would be great, is if it showed you 3 friends who also listen to this artist that you could ask if they...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Pixel 6 My Question or Issue   I love the concerts feature, super fun and it makes me buy more concert tickets. What would be great, is if it showed...

Ximzend

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Search within a playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI have a script for adding songs to a playlist but the problem is that songs are duplicated i...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue I have ...

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Spotify Data

When my user give emotion like sad and happy my ai givesrelated songs listPlanFreeCountryINDIADeviceAll MobilesOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 11,etc.) My Question or Issue

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When my user give emotion like sad and happy my ai givesrelated songs list Plan Free Country INDIA Device All Mobiles Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 11,etc.)   My...

humaia

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Implicit grant for making a playlist using API

PlanPremiumCountryCanada Operating System Windows 10 My Question or IssueI want to make an API call to generate a playlist in my account. I have been using implicit grants throughout the whole thing, it has been working for a year. I don't know if th...

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Plan Premium Country Canada  Operating System  Windows 10   My Question or Issue I want to make an API call to generate a playlist in my account. I have been using implicit gra...

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Create Playlist API
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Are games allowed to use the Spotify API if it's just streaming songs?

I'm creating a Unity Project for a VR Headset where people are assembling tools and I was hoping to add the Spotify API so people can listen to their Spotify playlists from within the game. Spotify would only be used to stream music and has no mechan...

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I'm creating a Unity Project for a VR Headset where people are assembling tools and I was hoping to add the Spotify API so people can listen to their Spotify playlists from within the game. Spoti...

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currently_playing api not working in vercel

PlanPremiumCountryNigeriaDevice Macbook Pro 2019Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI am currently with the spotify currently_playing and recently_played api as fallback if no track is_playing. This works as expected locally - I can see the tr...

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  Plan Premium Country Nigeria Device  Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue I am currently with the spotify currently_playing and recently_played ...

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Token problem

PlanPremiumCountryDE DeviceWindows 11/MS EdgeOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueI have an HTML page that is supposed to show me the currently playing song on my Spotify account. I have gotten as far as getting an access token and working ...

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Plan Premium Country DE   Device Windows 11/MS Edge Operating System Windows 11   My Question or Issue I have an HTML page that is supposed to show me the currently playing song ...

tomjaimz

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Request for API Access for Spotify Song Upload Integration

Sayın Bayan/Bay,Dijital müzik dağıtım şirketi kurma sürecindeyim ve müşterilerimin şarkılarını doğrudan web sitemiz üzerinden Spotify'a yüklemelerini sağlamak için gerekli API'ye erişmem gerekiyor. Lütfen bu API'ye nasıl erişileceğine dair teknik ayr...

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  Sayın Bayan/Bay, Dijital müzik dağıtım şirketi kurma sürecindeyim ve müşterilerimin şarkılarını doğrudan web sitemiz üzerinden Spotify'a yüklemelerini sağlamak için gerekli API'ye erişmem ge...

Ximzend

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Quota Extension Rejected - Need advice

Hi, Our quota extension request was recently rejected and we didn't get a clear explanation and we didn't get a response from our replied email. Very confused as what we're doing is no different to several other apps we've seen implement it the exact...

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Hi,   Our quota extension request was recently rejected and we didn't get a clear explanation and we didn't get a response from our replied email. Very confused as what we're doing is no diffe...

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Using Spotify API for Audio Data and User Feedback

I'm currently working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to create a music recommendation system based on user feedback and audio characteristics. Specifically, I want to explore the following approach: Use the Spotify API to retrieve s...

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I'm currently working on a project that involves using the Spotify API to create a music recommendation system based on user feedback and audio characteristics. Specifically, I want to explore the fo...

tomjaimz

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how to add new entries from different charts in a new playlist

Viral charts, on country level, are updated daily. I am tired of checking new entries every day per country. I want to create a playlist which adds new entries in various charts, so I can listen the new entries in one playlist rather than checking ch...

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Viral charts, on country level, are updated daily. I am tired of checking new entries every day per country. I want to create a playlist which adds new entries in various charts, so I can listen the ...

Ximzend

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Constantly getting ~24-hour Rate-Limited during development

Hey!I got a development app setup and am using it's id/secret in my local environment.During local development I am regularly rebuilding my DB which will produce the exact same API Calls - my default development data is static (albeit growing).After ...

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Hey! I got a development app setup and am using it's id/secret in my local environment. During local development I am regularly rebuilding my DB which will produce the exact same API Calls - my d...

kingosticks4

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Request for Full-Length Access to Spotify API for Chord.cat Nonprofit Project

Hello Spotify Team,I hope you’re all doing well. My name is Josh, and I’ve recently created a nonprofit organization, Chord.cat, which is aimed at providing students and others with easy access to lofi music on our website. The mission behind Chord.c...

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Hello Spotify Team, I hope you’re all doing well. My name is Josh, and I’ve recently created a nonprofit organization, Chord.cat, which is aimed at providing students and others with easy access...

Ximzend

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Spotify Keeps switching what I am listening to

The main issue is that 10 to 20 seconds into any song I play I keep getting met with a switch of the content to a podcast made by GUILT. I do nothing after putting my songs of choice on and it getting really frustrating.

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The main issue is that 10 to 20 seconds into any song I play I keep getting met with a switch of the content to a podcast made by GUILT. I do nothing after putting my songs of choice on and it gettin...

Ximzend

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Refresh Token API returning CORS errors

Hello,I am a developer consuming the Web API and suddenly today all my requests to Refresh Access Tokens are not working on the browser. Postman works fine, but the browser is throwing CORS errors. No change to code on my end, and if I get an access ...

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Hello, I am a developer consuming the Web API and suddenly today all my requests to Refresh Access Tokens are not working on the browser. Postman works fine, but the browser is throwing CORS errors....

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Accessing all of the tracks in a given album

Alright so I want to access, let's just say for the sake of simplicity, the first track of an album.Using react native, when I write {album.name} it gives me the album name (im not providing a lot of lines of code for the sake of simplicity) {album.a...

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Alright so I want to access, let's just say for the sake of simplicity, the first track of an album. Using react native, when I write <Text> {album.name} </Text> it gives me the album ...

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Custom playlist length

PlanPremiumCountryUkraineDeviceiPhone 12 miniOperating SystemiOS 18 My Question or IssueI have a custom playlist where I add my favorite albums and listen to them.However, I encountered the limitation of 10000 songs for the playlist.Could that limita...

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Plan Premium Country Ukraine Device iPhone 12 mini Operating System iOS 18   My Question or Issue I have a custom playlist where I add my favorite albums and listen to them. However, ...

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אפליקציית ספוטיפיי לבעלי מוגבלויות

אני ממליץ מאוד שתהיה אפשרות של אפליקציה ייעודית לבעלי מוגבלויות שלדוגמה יתאפשר שם להשתמש במקשי טלפון רגיל ולא עם מסך מגע, אני יודע שזה פחות נפוץ כיום אבל זה בהחלט קיים.

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אני ממליץ מאוד שתהיה אפשרות של אפליקציה ייעודית לבעלי מוגבלויות שלדוגמה יתאפשר שם להשתמש במקשי טלפון רגיל ולא עם מסך מגע, אני יודע שזה פחות נפוץ כיום אבל זה בהחלט קיים.  

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נגישות
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Solved!! Design Guideliness

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceMacBookOperating SystemMac OSMy Question or IssueHello I wanted to know if my app would pass design guidelines of Spotify or I should get a new design in mind. I saw crop, rounded cannot be done but in my design I can rem...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device MacBook Operating System Mac OS My Question or Issue Hello I wanted to know if my app would pass design guidelines of Spotify or I should get a new design i...

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