Spotify Song Recommender - Using the Spotify API in 2026
Spotify's AI-powered playlists are bad Landing page for the Song Recommender At least, back when they first launched. I tried making playlists based on various text descriptions, and was thoroughly unimpressed by the generated playlist. Songs would be irrelevant to the prompt, or have the right name but be by the wrong artist, or countless other issues. However, I saw the point of having AI-generated playlists, and was curious if it would be possible to make one that didn't suck. What I really wanted was the option to send a playlist as input, with the instruction of "find more music like this", and then have a nice new playlist of songs to check out. 2025: Spotify's changing API restrictions In mid-2025, Spotify issued some new rules for use of their API. If you wanted to make an app that used their Web API, you need to be: A registered company Already launched to the public Have at least 250,000 monthly users And more! This completely locks out indie develope...