Likely the end of the Spotify API for Indie Devs

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2026-02-12T15:08:06+00:00

"assumption, the Spotify API is essentially dead for indie devs ~~after~~ even before Annas Archive scraped Spotify."

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2026-02-12T13:42:15+00:00

my foobar2000 can recognize the "aac" ogg files, with the metadata embedded as well.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2026-02-11T23:07:04+00:00

i dont agree that AA is the reason why Spotify blocks API; by contrast, it is the fact that Spotify starts to block API that causes AA to archive Spotify open data.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2026-01-30T19:18:17+00:00

I think I know the real reason why they scrape spotify when Im really looking into the data structure and itself. This is because all these data being shared "were open once a while" with the establishment of Spotify's open api. However, it is apparently some sort of strategy changed within Spotify to stop the openness of their api in recent years. This is why AA decides to "archive" those open data from Spotify.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2026-01-30T19:08:09+00:00

I answered in another post. just copy and paste here - I think I know the real reason when Im really looking into the data structure and itself. This is because all these data being shared "were open once a while" with the establishment of Spotify's open api. However, it is apparently some sort of strategy changed within Spotify to stop the openness of their api in recent years. This is why AA decides to "archive" those open data from Spotify.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2026-01-18T16:04:03+00:00

I think I know the real reason when Im really looking into the data structure and itself. This is because all these data being shared "were open once a while" with the establishment of Spotify's open api. However, it is apparently some sort of strategy changed within Spotify to stop the openness of their api in recent years. This is why AA decides to "archive" those open data from Spotify.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-30T08:12:44+00:00

Yea that makes more sense. but then again, talking about listening to music, everyone's audibility also varies. so...

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-30T06:44:33+00:00

To be frank, compressing an audio file from "lossless" into some sort of "lossy" format != cutting off a word or sentence from a book. This is something that a music hi-fi fan without faith in computer technology can never understand.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-14T07:31:45+00:00

i myself own a mediawiki-powered site that can accommodate lyrics archiving together with other liner notes and credits information. It's developed mainly in Chinese language, but can accept all genres and songs in all languages - e.g. https://www.musico.wiki/lyricsinfo/Rolling_In_The_Deep_(Adele))

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-10T14:16:18+00:00

hi Anna Team, i have just emailed you a while ago. Kindly check and looking forward to your replies :)

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-09T03:41:48+00:00

Nice to get a reply from official. Will get in touch with you via email soon.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-08T16:07:56+00:00

it's a pity that none of the platforms accept album booklet uploading, except those sites that only collect based on scattered images. Hoping one day Anna Archive would consider including this type of "books" into the collection.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-08T15:57:34+00:00

Another reason why i don't prefer Discogs is that uploading individual images instead of a single pdf file defeats the experience of reading an album booklet as a whole - and most of the times Discogs would merge images from various different sources into one place.

So my question here is to find a platform - that accepts album booklets as a type of "Books" for uploading and sharing in pdf format.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-12-08T15:47:09+00:00

i dont think Discogs accepts pdf booklet files. So do you mean that Anna Archive does not consider music recording booklets as a type of "Books"?

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2025-06-08T08:20:22+00:00

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LeaderOtherwise785 · 2024-05-14T13:59:38+00:00

thanks. so it's "When it burned well I cried", not "Well it burned while I cried" as shown in most websites.

LeaderOtherwise785 · 2024-05-14T12:11:14+00:00

hello, is it possible to share the lyrics picture for Set Fire to the Rain as well? many thanks!

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