title: Is the Spotify search API no longer available without authentication?
body: <p>For years I've been using Spotify's search API for various projects. It has always been available to use without authentication.</p>
  
  <p>Example:
  <a href="https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=kanye%20west&amp;type=track" rel="noreferrer">https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=kanye%20west&amp;type=track</a></p>
  
  <p>Now starting just today it is responding with the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "error": {
      "status": 401,
      "message": "No token provided"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can't find anything stating that they've changed their search API, but the docs now say authentication is required.
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/I0Gso.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/I0Gso.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>It has previously stated that requests without an auth token would be rate limited. Now it says a token is required. Does anyone know if they've updated their API, or if this is a permanent thing? I find it hard to believe they would make such a drastic change to their API without notice.</p>