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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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Superuser Contribution Question about developer policy

Question about the recently updated developer policy. Are there any examples of the below, or more specifically what this means?III. Some prohibited applications Do not create any product or service which is integrated with streams or content from an...

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Question about the recently updated developer policy.   Are there any examples of the below, or more specifically what this means? III. Some prohibited applications   Do not create an...

dexter10

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Search api

PlanFree/PremiumCountryIndia DeviceWindowOperating SystemWindows My Question or IssueI am using the Spotify search api , I am passing the type audiobook, show , episodebut it always return only these type {artists , albums ,tracks , playlists} not au...

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Plan Free/Premium Country India  Device Window Operating System Windows    My Question or Issue I am using the Spotify search api , I am passing the type audiobook, show , ep...

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App review and quota extension

I know it states review can take up to 6 weeks or longer but I applied for mine back in February and it's been over 12 weeks with it being in the unreviewed/undecided stage. Just wondering if anyone applied at the same time I did or after it and got ...

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I know it states review can take up to 6 weeks or longer but I applied for mine back in February and it's been over 12 weeks with it being in the unreviewed/undecided stage.   Just wondering i...

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Getting Artist ID base on Artist Name

const response = await fetch(`https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=${artistName}&type=artist&limit=1`to get artist ID. But it is getting the wrong artist... for example artistName is George Benson and it return wes Montgomery. artistName is Thelonious...

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const response = await fetch(`https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=${artistName}&type=artist&limit=1` to get artist ID. But it is getting the wrong artist... for example artistName is Georg...

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Spotify widget

PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceIPhone XR Max Operating SystemIOS 17 My Question or Issuehello, I love Spotify, but with the new update of iOS 17, Apple has introduced interactive widgets. Apple has already introduced this into their Music app, and would love...

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Plan Free Country US Device IPhone XR Max   Operating System IOS 17   My Question or Issue hello, I love Spotify, but with the new update of iOS 17, Apple has introduced interacti...

hjack2111

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Superuser Contribution Enhanced Song Recommendations Based on Sound features

PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook m1 2020, XiaomiOperating SystemMacOS, Android 11 My Question or IssueHey team,I have a feature request. Often, when we like a song, we search for similar ones to add to our playlists. The current recommendations a...

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Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook m1 2020, Xiaomi Operating System MacOS, Android 11   My Question or Issue Hey team, I have a feature request. Often, when we like a song, we ...

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Feature Request
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coalition for app fairness

I’m scratching my head trying to work out Spotifys stance on App fairness? Is this only pertain to Apple? we have been denied extension of Quota by Spotify twice. After taking 12 weeks each time to come to that decision. Now I’m happy to be denied th...

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I’m scratching my head trying to work out Spotifys stance on App fairness? Is this only pertain to Apple?  we have been denied extension of Quota by Spotify twice. After taking 12 weeks eac...

JammNatio

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Change aspect of cover image!

Hi, I'm making a web app and I want to know if it is legal to round un the cover image of the music that is currently being played. I want to inform that this app will not be used for any commercial reasons, it will be just a simple project app for m...

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Hi, I'm making a web app and I want to know if it is legal to round un the cover image of the music that is currently being played.  I want to inform that this app will not be used for any comm...

practical_hen

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Album Art Usage

I am developing a Spotify App right now and was wondering what breaks TOS and what doesn't (I know it's complicated). I know I cannot overlay, crop, or modify the album art in any way but what about putting albums next to each other. I.E. putting the...

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I am developing a Spotify App right now and was wondering what breaks TOS and what doesn't (I know it's complicated). I know I cannot overlay, crop, or modify the album art in any way but what about ...

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Apple TV deeplink integration not working?!

My Question or IssueI build a radio-app for iOS, macOS and AppleTV called: radioNED+. I integrated Spotify with iOS. It works great. When a song in radioNED+ is also found on Spotify it shows a link to Spotify. Clicking on the link opens the song in ...

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My Question or Issue I build a radio-app for iOS, macOS and AppleTV called: radioNED+. I integrated Spotify with iOS. It works great. When a song in radioNED+ is also found on Spotify it shows a lin...

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Solved!! Android SDK ContentAPI.getRecommendedContentItems("default") crashes with ClassCastException

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSony Xperia 5 IVOperating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueRecently, Spotify App Control for Android (both 0.7.2 and 0.8.0) has stopped returning Browse results to my client app. It seems that Spotify is returning some ...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Sony Xperia 5 IV Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue Recently, Spotify App Control for Android (both 0.7.2 and 0.8.0) has stopped returni...

hufman

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Web Api Docs should list all device types

The docs only mention Device type, such as "computer", "smartphone" or "speaker".I found this list on GH , which lists all the devices.IMO, this should be in the official docs.

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The docs only mention Device type, such as "computer", "smartphone" or "speaker". I found this list on GH , which lists all the devices. IMO, this should be in the official docs.

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Quota extension request for an AI based APP

PlanPremiumCountryFrance My Question or IssueI have already made 2 extension requests for my app, which were rejected for the following reason: "Do not use the Spotify Content to train a machine learning or AI model or otherwise ingest Spotify Conten...

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Plan Premium Country France   My Question or Issue I have already made 2 extension requests for my app, which were rejected for the following reason: "Do not use the Spotify Content to tra...

Juan1210

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution IDs limit incorrect for V1 get tracks in Spotify api web docs

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHaving a list of 100 track ids in GET /tracks request does not work like stated in the API do...

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 Havin...

LambertSpot

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play playlist with offset greater than 8763 throughs back error

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceevery device over the api My Question or Issuei have a script that starts a playlist at an offset every day 5 higher. The playlist has over 9000 tracks.when my script hits an offset of 8764 or higher it throughs back an...

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Plan Premium Country Germany Device every device over the api     My Question or Issue i have a script that starts a playlist at an offset every day 5 higher.  The playlist h...

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I'm running the win10 desktop app and the web app and both songs aren't changing at the same time

PlanPremium DuoCountryUSADeviceWin10My Question or Issuemy desktop app will not update on the dev portal but the web app works fine how do I fixhttps://chatgpt.com/share/b826d815-5fd2-4175-a230-eb79040cf5fbI've been talking to chat support already an...

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Plan Premium Duo Country USA Device Win10 My Question or Issue my desktop app will not update on the dev portal but the web app works fine how do I fix https://chatgpt.com/share/b826d815-5fd2...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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