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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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dougcamplejohn

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Solved!! Understanding the usage of the web api

Hi, I want to use the web api from spotify for developers but I want to make sure of some things about it. I read the docs, but I want to be sure that I understood them clearly. If I go with authorization code with PKCE that means I won't need the cl...

Regular

Hi, I want to use the web api from spotify for developers but I want to make sure of some things about it. I read the docs, but I want to be sure that I understood them clearly.   If I go with...

DeEduard

Regular

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Spotify Web API
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Spotify For Business

Can I stream Spotify at a restaurant, and separately go out and buy the licensing for those songs. I want to do this because Spotify has a great API I want to use that the "business licensed" services don't have. How would I go about buying these lic...

Visitor

Can I stream Spotify at a restaurant, and separately go out and buy the licensing for those songs. I want to do this because Spotify has a great API I want to use that the "business licensed" service...

Shari23

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Country RO - Romania displayed incorrectly

PlanPremiumCountryRomania DeviceIssue reproduced on both Android and iPhone devices. IssueWhen accessing ‘Find Tickets’ or ‘See all events’ for an artist, my location is displayed as ‘Romani’ instead of ‘Romania’. The devices are configured to Englis...

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Plan Premium Country Romania  Device Issue reproduced on both Android and iPhone devices.  Issue When accessing ‘Find Tickets’ or ‘See all events’ for an artist, my location is d...

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Possible Bug
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Api Intigration Documentation for flutter Framework

My Question or IssueRequested Sir/Ma'am, How do I put spotify songs in my own application? You guys don't have any documentation of the application.So one of my requests is that you guys should also provide a documentation in Flutter framework so tha...

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    My Question or Issue Requested Sir/Ma'am, How do I put spotify songs in my own application? You guys don't have any documentation of the application. So one of my requests is tha...

Venny1

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Flutter developer requirment
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add-tracks-to-playlist is returning the wrong response code.

The response code for add-tracks-to-playlist has changed. It used to be that a success response returned 201, but lately it is returning 200. This is the second time in the past year you all have changed a response code and broken my app. Please foll...

Gig Goer

The response code for add-tracks-to-playlist has changed.  It used to be that a success response returned 201, but lately it is returning 200.   This is the second time in the past year y...

simpamusic

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Possible Bug
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My songs to continue my playlist are disappearing?

Whenever I hit my playlist to listen and I exit out of the app completely and go back in. Instead of being able to hit play it disappears and I have to restart the whole playlist.

Visitor

Whenever I hit my playlist to listen and I exit out of the app completely and go back in. Instead of being able to hit play it disappears and I have to restart the whole playlist.

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andriod spotify sdk error Val cannot be reassigned

plugins { alias(libs.plugins.android.application) alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android) } android { namespace = "com...." compileSdk = 34 defaultConfig { applicationId = "com...." minSdk = 30 targetSdk = 34 versionCode = 1 versionName = "1.0" ...

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      plugins { alias(libs.plugins.android.application) alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android) } android { namespace = "com...." compileSdk = 34 defaultC...

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andriod
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Web API does not create public playlist

My Question or IssueAlthough public parameter is set to true the created is playlist is not public.

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My Question or Issue Although public parameter is set to true the created is playlist is not public.

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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Possible Bug
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Inquiry About API for Publishing Podcasts on Spotify

I am currently working with a podcast hosting platform, and we are very interested in integrating our service with Spotify to allow our users to directly publish their podcasts on Spotify through an API. Is There any plane and or API to do that?

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I am currently working with a podcast hosting platform, and we are very interested in integrating our service with Spotify to allow our users to directly publish their podcasts on Spotify through an ...

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api
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Podcast API to submit automatically

Hello, Does Spotify have or plan to have a podcast show publishing API? Automatically like others platforms. Thanks, Best,

Newbie

Hello,   Does Spotify have or plan to have a podcast show publishing API? Automatically like others platforms.   Thanks,   Best,

Riad_Alkhateeb

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feed
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submit
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Retrieve music genre, specific language

HiDoes the API provides the ability to retrieve some data, like Music Genres, localized in a specific language ? ThanksLoic

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Hi Does the API provides the ability to retrieve some data, like Music Genres, localized in a specific language ?   Thanks Loic

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api
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playlist rate limiting

my app calls the API to get playlists (<1000) and then calls it again to get the tracks and some track features from those playlists, which ends up being around 10000 tracks. is there a better way to do this to avoid rate limiting? playlist_data = []...

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my app calls the API to get playlists (<1000) and then calls it again to get the tracks and some track features from those playlists, which ends up being around 10000 tracks. is there a better way...

nightrainlily

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"playlist"
API rate limit
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Problems with Change Playlist Details endpoint

Description:I am experiencing issues with the Spotify API's Change Playlist Details endpoint. Specifically, I am trying to update the details of a playlist, but the endpoint does not appear to be functioning as expected.Details:I am using the Spotify...

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Description: I am experiencing issues with the Spotify API's Change Playlist Details endpoint. Specifically, I am trying to update the details of a playlist, but the endpoint does not appear to be f...

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I have been waiting for a month for a second revision, how long does it take more or less?

This whole process started at the beginning of the year in February, I was from that month until May, 3 months, waiting for them to review the app and they rejected it without even testing it.There is effort behind it and I love spotify, but I think ...

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This whole process started at the beginning of the year in February, I was from that month until May, 3 months, waiting for them to review the app and they rejected it without even testing it. There...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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api
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audio_features error: Max Retries, reason: too many 429 error responses

Operating SystemUbuntu & Windows 10 I'm trying to use Spotipy to extract audio features from multiple albums/playlists and write the response to a csv file for analysis which was working fine for a couple hours and then I started getting the error "M...

Visitor

  Operating System Ubuntu & Windows 10   I'm trying to use Spotipy to extract audio features from multiple albums/playlists and write the response to a csv file for analysis which w...

Ximzend

Spotify Star

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429 response
Audio Features
Error 429
Retry-After
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What is the cooldown on 429 Too many requests?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueThe Spotify OAuth app is in dev mode. Did not sign up for extended quota mode.It's been more ...

Music Fan

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 The Spo...

wireframed

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Discussion
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Search bar for non-letters

PlanPremium CountryGermany DeviceIPhone 11 Pro Operating SystemIOS 17.5.1 My IssueI have a playlist with the name „…“ and I can’t search for it in the search bar of my Library.It doesn’t work for e.g. (.,?!‘-/:;()&“) but works for e.g. (€ 123 abc).

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  Plan Premium   Country Germany   Device IPhone 11 Pro    Operating System IOS 17.5.1   My Issue I have a playlist with the name „…“ and I can’t search fo...

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bug
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Solved!! Can't seek position of next track with the SKD player (autoplay)

PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMac mini 2023Operating SystemMacOS 14.2.1 My Question or IssueHello, I'm creating an application using the Spotify SDK, but I've been facing an issue: When the track comes to the end and the next one starts, I can't cont...

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Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Mac mini 2023 Operating System MacOS 14.2.1   My Question or Issue Hello, I'm creating an application using the Spotify SDK, but I've been facing an ...

muusic3

Music Fan

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Possible Bug
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Playing Spotify Web Player using WKWebView

CountryPortugalDeviceiPhone SE 2020Operating SystemiOS 17.2 Hey guys,I'm currently building an In App Browser feature for an iOS app and I'm struggling to make the Web Player play inside WKWebView. Clicking the button doesn't trigger any event.Can yo...

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Country Portugal Device iPhone SE 2020 Operating System iOS 17.2   Hey guys, I'm currently building an In App Browser feature for an iOS app and I'm struggling to make the Web Player pla...

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