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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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Allowing users to customise audio playback

Hello, I would like to know whether my idea would be in compliance with the Spotify SDA Terms.My website would allow users to stream audio using the spotify web player. This would only be available to premium users (Spotify premium users, not premium...

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Hello,  I would like to know whether my idea would be in compliance with the Spotify SDA Terms. My website would allow users to stream audio using the spotify web player. This would only be av...

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spotify search function not working

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issuei use the spotipy library to use python to get metadata about albums. i use the searhc function to find the albums but now everytime my script gets at the search it does not...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue i use the spotipy library to use python to get metadata about albums. i use the searhc functio...

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Question about commercial SDA and synchronisation

PlanFree/PremiumMy Question or IssueHi, I have a few questions on integrating Spotify SDK to our app as it's quite unclear whether we can integrate. 1 - Our app plays videos but if we implement a Spotify integration, we would mute all audio, and play...

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Plan Free/Premium My Question or Issue Hi, I have a few questions on integrating Spotify SDK to our app as it's quite unclear whether we can integrate.   1 - Our app plays videos but if w...

Ximzend

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Superuser Contribution Animated 30-Second Ad for Spotify

Hi! My name is Maddie Hansen, and I created a 30-second animated ad for Spotify.I would love to get contact info for someone on the Spotify design team so they can take a look at it and see if they'd be interested in using it. Here is a link to the i...

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Hi! My name is Maddie Hansen, and I created a 30-second animated ad for Spotify. I would love to get contact info for someone on the Spotify design team so they can take a look at it and see if they...

Joan

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Need help figuring how to not run into a Server to Server Rate Limit

I am building a Web-App that includes a Spotify Integration.Essentially, I am grabbing a User's Followed Artists and building a cache to later display them and do stuff like automatic (complex) playlist generation, notifications, ect.For this I've se...

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I am building a Web-App that includes a Spotify Integration. Essentially, I am grabbing a User's Followed Artists and building a cache to later display them and do stuff like automatic (complex) p...

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remove device

Spotify got connected to an unknown device when I did not choose to switch devices. How to delete/remove devices that are definitely not mine to prevent this from happening again

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Spotify got connected to an unknown device when I did not choose to switch devices. How to delete/remove devices that are definitely not mine to prevent this from happening again

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v1/search offset paremeter changes total results

CountryUnited StatesOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen using the '/v1/search' API endpoint, it returns a total amount of search results relating to the query. However, when attempting to change the offset, this total amount of result...

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  Country United States Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When using the '/v1/search' API endpoint, it returns a total amount of search results relating to the query...

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Cannot load App Dashboard site to create an App

Plan PremiumCountry Spain Device DesktopOperating System Windows 11 Pro My Question or IssueI can't access the URL https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create. Whenever I try I found this error on a top bar: Spoiler (Highlight to read)We could not...

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Plan Premium Country Spain   Device Desktop Operating System Windows 11 Pro   My Question or Issue I can't access the URL https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/create. Wh...

Migamo

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Social Impact - Select Listening

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceVariedOperating SystemVaried My Question or IssueGreetings! This note is intended for your Social Impact Department. Let me first thank you for your awesome service! I love my Spotify account and appreciate the access to so...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Varied Operating System Varied   My Question or Issue Greetings! This note is intended for your Social Impact Department.   Let me first thank yo...

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Spotify Authorization error

PlanFreeCountryIndiaDeviceSamsungOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueAm trying to integrate Spotify with Flutter app, I have created project in Spotify developer portal and given details like app package name, SHA1 fingerprint and redirect...

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Plan Free Country India Device Samsung Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Am trying to integrate Spotify with Flutter app, I have created project in Spotify developer p...

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Does the public user API endpoint now require user authentication?

I am currently building a server-side application using the Spotify API. Since I don't want to interact with any private user resources, I use client credentials for authentication. While this works for all the music data endpoints, I am having issue...

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I am currently building a server-side application using the Spotify API. Since I don't want to interact with any private user resources, I use client credentials for authentication.   While th...

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Using songs on spotify for commercial reasons

hello we are developing an app where users are creating their own videos now we also want to add music into their videos. Can we use spotify api to use songs on spotify commercially?

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hello we are developing an app where users are creating their own videos now we also want to add music into their videos. Can we use spotify api to use songs on spotify commercially?  

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Playlists com autodestruição.

Apenas uma sugestão: Poderia haver uma forma de criar uma Playlist de música com "Timer" de autodestruição com tempo a escolher para audestruição (Exemplo 1 dia, ou 1 semana, ou 1 mês e destruição a qualquer momento posterior. Tempo maior seria desne...

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Apenas uma sugestão:  Poderia haver uma forma de criar uma Playlist de música com "Timer" de autodestruição com tempo a escolher para audestruição (Exemplo 1 dia, ou 1 semana, ou 1 mês e destrui...

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playlists autodestruição
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Bringing Spotify onto Amazfit Smartwatches on ZeppOS

My Question or IssueI'm looking to bring Spotify's features onto the Amazfit smartwatches such as controlling playback and accessing playlists. I looked at the developer SDKs and was wondering if it was possible? The watches use ZeppOS which has a Ja...

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My Question or Issue I'm looking to bring Spotify's features onto the Amazfit smartwatches such as controlling playback and accessing playlists. I looked at the developer SDKs and was wondering if i...

Myrddid

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Getting 429 error(Too Many Request)

I’m a developer using your paid service and have subscribed for my app development. However, I’m consistently facing an issue with the following error:Request failed with status code 429. Rate limit exceeded. Retry after 762 seconds.I’m encountering ...

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I’m a developer using your paid service and have subscribed for my app development. However, I’m consistently facing an issue with the following error: Request failed with status code 429. Rate limi...

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Rate limit unreasonably high after one single 429 response.

Im currently developing a web application utilizing the spotify web api. At first I didnt completely read through the documentation and soon encountered 429 errors. As I didn't have any mechanisms implemented to prevent my application from requesting...

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Im currently developing a web application utilizing the spotify web api. At first I didnt completely read through the documentation and soon encountered 429 errors. As I didn't have any mechanisms im...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Inconsistent IDs

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktopOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen using the Web API, specifically the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint, searching for some IDs will return results containing a completely different...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Desktop Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When using the Web API, specifically the https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{id} endpoint, ...

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Likes Songs Background

So, I think Spotify should add a feature where you can edit the background of the playlist or liked songs playlist because it is boring to look at the same heart symbol when I open my liked songs. So, how about we add this feature?

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So, I think Spotify should add a feature where you can edit the background of the playlist or liked songs playlist because it is boring to look at the same heart symbol when I open my liked songs. So...

Ximzend

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Spotify remote sdk for Android tv

I created a custom app that uses the auth & remote sdk to allow my users to login to their Spotify account and browse through the Spotify content and see what's currently playing.This works extremely well via mobile apps, but once I ran a TV based ve...

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I created a custom app that uses the auth & remote sdk to allow my users to login to their Spotify account and browse through the Spotify content and see what's currently playing. This works ext...

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Web Player Api view connection failed

Plan: PremiumCountry: NetherlandsDevice: PCOperating System: Windows 10Hello, can you please help me? I can't get the Spotify Web Player to work using the Spotify API.I have a Premium account.I have enabled the required settings on the Spotify Develo...

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Plan: Premium Country: Netherlands Device: PC Operating System: Windows 10 Hello, can you please help me? I can't get the Spotify Web Player to work using the Spotify API. I have a Premium acco...

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