Bulk API Endpoints To-Be Removed

[RGPZ]

https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2026-02-06-update-on-developer-access-and-platform-security
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/references/changes/february-2026

Seems like they're removing a lot of endpoints that allow us to grab information in bulk, seems like they're not getting rid of many playback information endpoints, however.

[yashikada]

• Development Mode use will require a Spotify Premium account

Maybe all the development IDs created with free accounts will no longer work.
I hope so.

[RGPZ]

To be fair, Librespot requires a Spotify Premium account anyway so it's not like that affects us by much.

[Googolplexed0]

Yes, this will affect us. It also undoes some of the optimizations added by the efficient-api branch, so that is unfortunate. I'll have a fix out before it goes into effect.

[fafamobile]

Would this still require development apps?

[Googolplexed0]

Would this still require development apps?

These changes only serve to make Dev Apps more restricted and less efficient by forcing requests to go out individually per Content. They change nothing about credential accessibility.

But don't lose hope, I may have a lead on how to get around them being a hard requirement. I think it will still prevent some of the nice features like UserItem Queries and Search but it would be way more usable than the current state of the project for those without Dev Apps. All of this assumes the idea works, though.

[RGPZ]

Would this still require development apps?

These changes only serve to make Dev Apps more restricted and less efficient by forcing requests to go out individually per Content. They change nothing about credential accessibility.

But don't lose hope, I may have a lead on how to get around them being a hard requirement. I think it will still prevent some of the nice features like UserItem Queries and Search but it would be way more usable than the current state of the project for those without Dev Apps. All of this assumes the idea works, though.

Just wanna say thanks for all the effort that you've put in to try to support this branch with the amount of content that Spotify keeps changing, thought the app was going to be dead when they changed the login system from mercury to login5.

[Googolplexed0]

With v0.16.0, everything should be prepped for when the API changes retroactively apply to pre-existing Dev Apps. Things (like basic metadata) should now also be functional even without a CLIENT_ID.

Also, I think it is about time to start rolling all these branches back into main. In the meantime, please make new [Bug Reports] for anything that breaks.