Spotify Web API changes (February 2026)

[reima]

Spotify has announced changes to the Web API for integrations in Developer Mode (February 11 for new integrations, March 9 for all existing integrations): Web API Changes - February 2026

From what I could gather this affects the following methods in SpotifyClient:

• create_playlist – endpoint removed, still available for the current user only via POST /me/playlists
• get_artist_top_tracks – endpoint removed
• get_new_releases – endpoint removed
• get_albums – endpoint removed
• get_artists – endpoint removed
• get_audiobooks – endpoint removed
• get_categories – endpoint removed
• get_chapters – endpoint removed
• get_episodes – endpoint removed
• get_category – endpoint removed
• get_playlists_for_user – endpoint removed
• get_user – endpoint removed
• remove_saved_albums – endpoint changed to DELETE /me/library
• remove_saved_audiobooks – endpoint changed to DELETE /me/library
• remove_saved_episodes – endpoint changed to DELETE /me/library
• remove_saved_shows – endpoint changed to DELETE /me/library
• remove_saved_tracks – endpoint changed to DELETE /me/library
• save_albums – endpoint changed to PUT /me/library
• save_audiobooks – endpoint changed to PUT /me/library
• save_episodes – endpoint changed to PUT /me/library
• save_shows – endpoint changed to PUT /me/library
• save_tracks – endpoint changed to PUT /me/library

The changes also affect the following model classes:

• SimplifiedAudiobook – field publisher removed
• Playlist – field tracks renamed to items
• PlaylistTrack – field track renamed to item
• SimplifiedShow – field publisher removed
• UserProfile – fields product and email removed

[joostlek]

Fixed in #763