Spotify's audio_features API died in 2024. Here's what I built to replace it

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Spotify's audio_features API was deprecated in 2024, and the author built a replacement using Python

intermediate Published 11 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Identify the deprecated API and its replacement requirements
Design a new API using Python to extract music features such as BPM, key, energy, and danceability
Implement the new API using libraries like spotipy
Test and validate the new API to ensure it meets the requirements

Who Needs to Know This

Developers and data scientists who rely on Spotify's API for music features can benefit from this replacement, and product managers can use this as an example of adapting to API deprecations

Key Insight

💡 API deprecations can be mitigated by building replacements using programming languages like Python