topic Re: Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil? in Spotify for Developers

Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

timmyvc123 — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:19:23 GMT

I'm using a get request to get a random track from the entire Spotify library and display its name, the artist's name, cover art and play the previewURL. Why do so many of these random songs (most of them are pretty popular ones) do not have a previewURL? But if you take the same song that says the previewURL is nil and share it with a friend through iMessage via Spotify it has a preview URL?

Re: Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

Hubo — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:45:09 GMT

Hey there, help's here!

Hmm, could you try specifying a market parameter in your request? Does the same thing happen? Let me know how you get on!

Have a good one,
Hubo

Re: Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

timmyvc123 — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 05:42:33 GMT

Hey sorry for the late response. I tried with specifying US as the market and got the same issues. Any other advice?

Re: Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

lhendo — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:16:24 GMT

Please continue this i am having the same issue with no luck, it seems many popular artists songs who for sure have previews of their tracks (as seen by viewing via the app) cant be accessed via an api call, did we ever find a fix to this??

Re: Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

EdenXiao — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:20:54 GMT

I used the API test on the API documentation page and it worked. I also saw that Tinder also used the search interface and it also returned results normally. I really don't know how to deal with this.

Re: Why are so many tracks preview URL's set to nil?

Ximzend — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:18:10 GMT

Hi everyone,

I was able to replicate the issue, but only when using Client Credentials. When I switch to user authorization, I receive a preview URL.

In short: a user must be logged in to access or provide track previews.

Hope this helps!