[GH-ISSUE #1217] Spotify no longer allows `localhost` #711

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opened 2026-02-28 00:01:05 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @zlonghofer on GitHub (Nov 6, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/1217

Per this article, Spotify won't allow localhost as a redirect URI and expect all clients to migrate by this month. All references to localhost in the documentation should be updated to reflect 127.0.0.1 instead.

Originally created by @zlonghofer on GitHub (Nov 6, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/1217 Per [this article](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/redirect_uri#:~:text=localhost%20is%20not%20allowed%20as%20redirect%20URI.), Spotify won't allow `localhost` as a redirect URI and expect all clients to migrate by this month. All references to `localhost` in the documentation should be updated to reflect `127.0.0.1` instead.