Tailorlist: How I Built a Spotify Analytics App After Spotify Killed Its Own API

📰 Medium · Data Science

Learn how to build a Spotify analytics app using an indie API and pre-scraped tracks after Spotify deprecated its own API

intermediate Published 22 May 2026

Action Steps

Scrape tracks using an indie API
Pre-process 3.3 million tracks for ML model training
Build a working ML platform using the pre-processed data
Configure the platform to provide Spotify analytics
Test the platform with real-world data
Deploy the platform for public use

Who Needs to Know This

Data scientists and developers can benefit from this tutorial to build their own music analytics platforms, and product managers can learn how to navigate API deprecations

Key Insight

💡 You can build a working ML platform using pre-scraped data and an indie API even after an official API deprecation