--- title: Spotify’s API Isn’t What It Used to Be, Here’s the... description: Spotify's Web API has become increasingly restrictive, removing key endpoints like audio analysis and recommendations that developers relied on. As an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spotify-s-api-isn-t-what-it-used-to-be-here-s-the-alternative-i-m-using-ryshvlmhs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Spotify’s API Isn’t What It Used to Be, Here’s the Alternative I’m Using | daily.dev og:description: Spotify's Web API has become increasingly restrictive, removing key endpoints like audio analysis and recommendations that developers relied on. As an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spotify-s-api-isn-t-what-it-used-to-be-here-s-the-alternative-i-m-using-ryshvlmhs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rYShVLMHs.png og:image:alt: Spotify’s API Isn’t What It Used to Be, Here’s the Alternative I’m Using og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Spotify’s API Isn’t What It Used to Be, Here’s the Alternative I’m Using **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Spotify's Web API has become increasingly restrictive, removing key endpoints like audio analysis and recommendations that developers relied on. As an alternative, AudioMeta.io is presented as a music data aggregator that consolidates metadata from multiple sources into a single consistent API, covering BPM, musical key, social stats, play counts, and more — reducing the need to stitch together multiple services like Spotify, MusicBrainz, and custom scrapers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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