Academic Use of Spotify API for Mood-Based Music Analysis Research

[kimun]

Hello Spotify Community,

I am a master’s student and researcher, conducting academic research on analyzing the characteristics of music corresponding to different moods. My study requires metadata such as artist names and song titles, making the Spotify API an ideal resource compared to publicly available datasets like The Music Streaming Sessions Dataset.

In my research, I use large language models (LLMs) to analyze the metadata. However, I do not train AI or machine learning models using Spotify Content, and my work is strictly academic and non-commercial.

Could you clarify if my usage aligns with Spotify’s Developer Terms, particularly regarding the clause prohibiting training machine learning models? Additionally, is there a recommended way to cite the Spotify Web API in journal publications, or should I cite Spotify more generally?

Thank you for your time and guidance!

[kimun]

I'm sorry, this is my first time writing here and I'm mistaken for the bulletin board. I'm trying to delete it from this bulletin board, but I couldn't find a way to delete it, so I'm replying to it. If anyone knows how to fix this, I'd really appreciate it if you could reply to the same post on Spotify for Developers bulletin board.