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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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ApolloInteractive

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Add Track to Playlist

Hello everyone, i am trying to add some tracks to a spotify playlist of mine. But I always get the error Error: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url. Can someone help? Thank you This is my code: def get_auth_header(token return {"Authorization": "B...

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Hello everyone,    i am trying to add some tracks to a spotify playlist of mine. But I always get the error Error: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url. Can someone help? Thank you...

Ximzend

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get the songs genre

I have a project work to predict the songs stream volume for next week but i need data the genre of songs for this prediction. how i can reach to these date consolidated. PlanFree/PremiumCountry,Turkey Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro l...

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I have a project work to predict the songs stream volume for next week but i need data the genre of songs for this prediction. how i can reach to these date consolidated.   Plan Free/Premium ...

Ximzend

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spotify link to distro

is it possible to use a spotify album or spotify link or url etc to find the distro / label / distributor it used. ive seen multiple of old music friends have a discord bot or program that can find the business information and website but i dont unde...

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is it possible to use a spotify album or spotify link or url etc to find the distro / label / distributor it used. ive seen multiple of old music friends have a discord bot or program that can find t...

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Obtaining Artist Status, Personal Details, and Songs from Spotify User Authorization

Hello, Spotify developer community! I'm reaching out to seek guidance on a specific aspect of my application's integration with the Spotify API. I have successfully implemented user authorization using Spotify, allowing users to connect their Spotify...

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Hello, Spotify developer community!   I'm reaching out to seek guidance on a specific aspect of my application's integration with the Spotify API. I have successfully implemented user authoriz...

gideonaa

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"Artist verification"
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Analytics tracking for the click events for the spotify button

Is it possible to track the click events for the spotify play / pause button? I have integrated spotify in my component using iframe and the spotify embed url. I have to track when the user clicks on the spotify play or pause button . I am using adob...

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Is it possible to track the click events for the spotify play / pause button? I have integrated spotify in my component using iframe and the spotify embed url. I have to track when the user clicks on...

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Spotify should pause developer applications until it's caught up on reviews

The current state of Spotify's review backlog is awful and has been since June of last year apparently. It seems most people (who aren't working for big companies) are waiting upwards of 2-3 months.) If Spotify care about their developer community, t...

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The current state of Spotify's review backlog is awful and has been since June of last year apparently. It seems most people (who aren't working for big companies) are waiting upwards of 2-3 months.)...

Naianasha

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Spotify Web API "Update Playlist Items" Endpoint HTTP PUT Returns 405

PlanFree and premium plans are affected CountryUnited States DeviceGoogle Pixel 7 Pro Operating SystemAndroid 14 My Question or IssueI've been using this endpoint for about four years to replace the contents of an existing Spotify playlist. Web API /...

Music Fan

Plan Free and premium plans are affected   Country United States   Device Google Pixel 7 Pro   Operating System Android 14   My Question or Issue I've been using this...

BaumGardine

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Can we have an API for getting several tracks' audio analysis?

Hello, Right now it is possible to query audio features for multiple tracks in a single API call using the following API endpoint : Get Several Tracks' Audio Features(https://api.spotify.com/v1/audio-features) Is it possible to have a similar API for...

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Hello,  Right now it is possible to query audio features for multiple tracks in a single API call using the following API endpoint : Get Several Tracks' Audio Features(https://api.spotify....

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Include Information that song is added by Smart-Shuffle in /currently-playing

it would be nice to have a tag in the currently-playing endpoint to indicate that the song has been added by smart-shuffle is not included in the original playlist.

Roadie

it would be nice to have a tag in the currently-playing endpoint to indicate that the song has been added by smart-shuffle is not included in the original playlist.

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Creating playlist endpoint returning "Missing required filed name: name"

Currently creating an app that uses the spotify web api to create a playlist for the user. The app runs everything server side, auth works well, but the endpoint: https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}/playlists gives me the error: { error: { sta...

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Currently creating an app that uses the spotify web api to create a playlist for the user. The app runs everything server side, auth works well, but the endpoint:   https://api.spotify.com/v1/...

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"playlist"
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Change avatar with API

Hello,Is it possible to change or create avatar for an account with APİ/Endpoint?

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Hello, Is it possible to change or create avatar for an account with APİ/Endpoint?

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Developing new business model

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 would like someone to hear me out for a minute to share my idea. I have no knowledge of cod...

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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 would...

quintanbarnes

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Why disapear some (good) numbers?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  

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Design Guidelines Help

I am working on a personal app to visualize my extended history and I thought I should review some of the Spotify TOS and design guidelines. One of the main conflicting factors in the design guidelines is the restriction on cropping Spotify artwork. ...

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I am working on a personal app to visualize my extended history and I thought I should review some of the Spotify TOS and design guidelines. One of the main conflicting factors in the design gui...

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Solved!! Receiving outdated data from the /browse/new-releases endpoint

Hi everyone,I've encoutered a strange issue where the data I retreive from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/new-releases API endpoint is stuck in april. I've made sure that the offset is set to zero. All of this is through direct requests (curl)...

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Hi everyone, I've encoutered a strange issue where the data I retreive from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/new-releases API endpoint is stuck in april.   I've made sure that the offset...

UBrainFr

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Can The Same Track Have Different Spotify Ids?

I have requested my extended Spotify history and I have logged their Spotify Ids via the "spotify_track_uri"I am trying to get the album image for the song, so I have setup a script to request an artist's albums and then iterate through each one look...

Music Fan

I have requested my extended Spotify history and I have logged their Spotify Ids via the "spotify_track_uri" I am trying to get the album image for the song, so I have setup a script to request...

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Audiobook Api

Hello People,we are trying to retrieve audiobooks in our code. The audiobook API only works in USA, Canada and so on. We are from Germany. So the audiobooks here are categorized as albums. Any idea to filter the audiobooks out of the albums?

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Hello People, we are trying to retrieve audiobooks in our code. The audiobook API only works in USA, Canada and so on. We are from Germany. So the audiobooks here are categorized as albums. Any idea...

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Getting Error 500 while trying to add items to a playlist.

PlanPremiumCountrySpain (ES)DeviceDesktop computerOperating SystemLinux mint 20.2 My Question or IssueI was trying to add some tracks to one of my playlists, and I keep getting the following error response:{"error": {"status": 500, "message": "com.sc...

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Plan Premium Country Spain (ES) Device Desktop computer Operating System Linux mint 20.2   My Question or Issue I was trying to add some tracks to one of my playlists, and I keep getti...

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We are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro.

PlanWe are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro. We would like to use Spotify music as background music (currently we use Apple Music as background music) and would like to ask if it is allowed. Our content is paid for on a monthly subscr...

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Plan We are developing a fitness app on the Apple Vision Pro. We would like to use Spotify music as background music (currently we use Apple Music as background music) and would like to ask if it is...

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I have been waiting for more than six weeks for a response.

Hello spotify team.On 23 February I requested an API extension.It's been more than 6 weeks and I still haven't heard back, no one has reviewed it.I understand you have a lot of work to do, but it's been three months since the application was finished...

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Hello spotify team. On 23 February I requested an API extension. It's been more than 6 weeks and I still haven't heard back, no one has reviewed it. I understand you have a lot of work to do, but ...

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