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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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KyrooTales

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Hardware Partner Application No Response

CountryUnited States My Question or IssueMy company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some way to get a status update? We would like to integrate Spotify in...

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Country United States   My Question or Issue My company has submitted a hardware partner application over a month ago and has not received any communication from Spotify yet, is there some w...

JerreMeister

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Response to commercial license application

Hi there! I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API. Unfortunately I still have not heard back, and am curious about the best way to get this resolv...

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Hi there!   I submitted an application for a commercial license around 6 months ago while I was developing an application that makes use of the Spotify API.   Unfortunately I still have...

JerreMeister

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commercial license
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Get access to Spotify Connect eSDK and Hardware Partner Application

Country: HongKongDevice: Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakersOperating System: Linux My Question or Issue:We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our device. We have diligently followed the instructions provided on your website an...

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Country: HongKong Device:  Music Streamer with DAC, wireless audio speakers Operating System: Linux   My Question or Issue: We would like to integrate Spotify Connect with our devi...

JerreMeister

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Submit an extension request

Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a link to the app on the App Store. Is it possible to...

Music Fan

Hello, my app is currently in development mode and hasn't been released on the App Store yet. I want to switch the app to extended quota mode, but when I apply for extended quota mode, it asks for a ...

Ximzend

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Leverage Spotify API's to get music and play complete songs in a custom app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Device(iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc) My Question or IssueHi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of spotify's web-api and enables user to add songs. Others can listen to those songs...

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Plan Premium Country United States   Device (iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 etc)   My Question or Issue Hi, we are building a custom application in react native that makes use of sp...

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Spotify Developer Portal Down

Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an extension request. I've been a spotify developer for ...

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Hello, I'm a developer and have spent the last several weeks building a spotify app. But the dev portal seems to be down. I cannot add new users to the developer allow list, and I cannot submit an ex...

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Possible Bug
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When I try to add a User in Developer Dashboard I a Error.

When I enter a E-Mail & Name and click "Add User" this Error shows:the string did not match the expected pattern

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When I enter a E-Mail & Name and click "Add User" this Error shows: the string did not match the expected pattern

Adrilumedina

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Songs preview stopped working a couple of hours ago

Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.

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Can't make songs preview work. Is it just me or does somebody else also have my same problem? If I try to open the URL on the browser it returns 404.

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preview_url
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can I use Spotify API to create commercial use product that modifies user playback realtime?

Hi, The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs. Thanks!

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Hi,   The thought is to have the tool, when enabled by the user, monitor user play and alter realtime playback, such as add songs to queue and skipping songs.   Thanks!     ...

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API Legalities
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More 429 error on all "playlist" endpoints

Hi!Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not the others:/playlists/XXXX/users/XXXX/playlists/play...

Roadie

Hi! Since a couple of days, we are getting more and more HTTP 429 error while not doing more requests than before (I confirm we are "quota extension granted") on these endpoints specifically and not...

blackarcanis

Roadie

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Possible Bug
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Playlist stream data

Hi! I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the playlist. I found that the website isitagoodplaylist.com offers ...

Regular

Hi!   I'm considering developing a system that would allow users to see the estimated number of streams a song might receive from a specific playlist, depending on its position within the play...

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Add music to My playlists
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artists
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Playlists Data
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Sign up artist

My app allows spotify artist to sign up and we use spotify to verify their identity, is there a way to know that an account belongs to a spotify artist and get the spotify artist id ?

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My app allows spotify artist to sign up and we use spotify to verify their identity, is there a way to know that an account belongs to a spotify artist and get the spotify artist id ?

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Question
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500 errors from me/tracks

My API app has been basically unable to get Liked Tracks for the last day or two. The console is full of 500 errors, and the same call to me/tracks will often fail 2-4 times but then succeed, and then the same thing with the next page. This was worki...

Spotify Legend

My API app has been basically unable to get Liked Tracks for the last day or two. The console is full of 500 errors, and the same call to me/tracks will often fail 2-4 times but then succeed, and the...

_brown

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Integration of API with my DB

Is it possible to use Spotify's search engine and display my internal pages? In other words, is there a way to link, for example, between a specific artist on Spotify and my internal page for that artist? There is a challenge in linking them because ...

Newbie

Is it possible to use Spotify's search engine and display my internal pages? In other words, is there a way to link, for example, between a specific artist on Spotify and my internal page for that ar...

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Solved!! create playlist track api give error

I'm having trouble with playlist add track api on spotipy, i'm trying to add playlist_id which provide by the create playlist api of playlist id i found the error "Invalid base62 id"

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I'm having trouble with playlist add track api on spotipy, i'm trying to add playlist_id which provide by the create playlist api of playlist id  i found the error  "Invalid base62 id"

Bhumika12

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Free
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Superuser Contribution streams by country and artist

Does anyone know if the web api retrieve information about streams, peaks etc, by country and artist? or there is another third party API that can handle it?

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Does anyone know if the web api retrieve information about streams, peaks etc, by country and artist? or there is another third party API that can handle it?  

LambertSpot

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Solved!! Add Custom Playlist Cover Image

The response from my actionstatus: 413,ok: false,status Text: 'Request Entity Too Large',But I make sure that the image size is <= 256 KBAnd it was converted to base64

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The response from my action status: 413, ok: false, status Text: 'Request Entity Too Large', But I make sure that the image size is <= 256 KB And it was converted to base64

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Possible Bug
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Spotify returning some tracks as null

I've been using the Spotify API for some time and since a little while, some of the tracks that it returns when asking for a playlist items are null. If I manually get that track ID and make the request for /tracks/{id}, it makes it correctly.I assum...

Newbie

I've been using the Spotify API for some time and since a little while, some of the tracks that it returns when asking for a playlist items are null. If I manually get that track ID and make the requ...

jaydenpriestley

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Building a commercial playlist organizer app

I'm new to the Spotify developer community and interested in building a mobile app that allows users to organize their playlists into folders, with the ability to play a song or start a playlist directly from the app. Is this functionality permitted ...

Casual Listener

I'm new to the Spotify developer community and interested in building a mobile app that allows users to organize their playlists into folders, with the ability to play a song or start a playlist dire...

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