Audio Features Deprecated? 403 Response

[s2t2]

I am trying to get audio features for a given track, using the audio_features method.

creds = SpotifyClientCredentials(client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)
client = Spotify(client_credentials_manager=creds)

track_ids = ["5xTtaWoae3wi06K5WfVUUH"]

client.audio_features(track_ids) #> 403

However it is returning a 403.

I was able to fetch normal metadata about the track using the track method without any issues.

I thought maybe using my user access token auth might help, but no luck.

I read this method may have been deprecated?
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-audio-features

Any assistance or information would be appreciated. Thank you!

[AlexanderWangY]

https://developer.spotify.com/blog/2024-11-27-changes-to-the-web-api

I believe the changes introduced to the spotify web API have deprecated some of the features you are trying to access. Specifically the audio features method.

[s2t2]

😭

[syphernl]

See #1172

[s2t2]

Really surprising mismanagement of their API without warning or recourse to keep the functionality.

[lemesdaniel]

Is there any alternative to get this data somewhere else?

[dieser-niko]

Really surprising mismanagement of their API without warning or recourse to keep the functionality.

Honestly, it's not that surprising anymore. Spotify has done something like this before, changing an endpoint without warning (I think it was deleting a specific track from a playlist).

[richyxi]

for anybody who is interested: https://essentia.upf.edu/models.html

you can use Essentia which is a library focused on audio analysis. There are a plethora on models u can use to extract features.

Spotify won't take us down.

[omasseau]

for anybody who is interested: https://essentia.upf.edu/models.html

you can use Essentia which is a library focused on audio analysis. There are a plethora on models u can use to extract features.

Spotify won't take us down.

But you need the audio file, right ?