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September 9, 2026
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Non-profit music discovery project using Deezer API previews — compliance question

  • September 9, 2026
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Hello,

I’m contacting you regarding our use of the Deezer API on HexaLive, a French non-profit music media project run by a “loi 1901” non-profit association.

Our website is completely non-commercial: no ads, no subscriptions, no sales, and no monetization of any kind. Our sole purpose is editorial and cultural: helping people discover artists and explore music.

We currently use Deezer data, including 30-second preview clips, in a few discovery-oriented features and small music games such as blind tests, audio comparison, and artist discovery by genre.

We do not offer audio downloads, we do not permanently store audio files, and we are actively implementing caching and request-limiting mechanisms in order to keep API usage as low and respectful as possible.

Before expanding these features further, we would simply like to make sure that this type of usage is compliant with Deezer’s current API terms, and to know whether there is any specific framework or process we should follow for a non-profit, non-commercial, ad-free music discovery website.

We can of course provide our website URL, App ID, expected traffic/volume, and more technical details if needed.

Thank you very much for your help.