topic Re: Spotify API cannot find public playlists from user Spotify in Spotify for Developers

Spotify API cannot find public playlists from user Spotify

mgpoirot — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:00:00 GMT

I want to fetch playlist popularity data using the spotify API, among which playlists from user Spotify.

I can find many public playlists:
```
import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials
spotify_api = spotipy.Spotify(
client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials()
)
playlists = spotify_api.user_playlists(user='spotify')
```
I cannot fetch any info about any playlist from user Spotfy:
`spotify_api.playlist('1JuraqRjLX4CmhyvvuXiPF')` > 404 ERROR

But I can for public playlists from other users:
`spotify_api.playlist('4rnleEAOdmFAbRcNCgZMpY')` > WORKS

Is this expected behaviour?

Re: Spotify API cannot find public playlists from user Spotify

Ximzend — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:01:16 GMT

Hi @mgpoirot

Thanks for posting in the Spotify Community, and welcome!

This is expected behaviour. Getting playlist with Spotify as the user is no longer possible due to changes introduced to the Web API on November 27, 2024. You can find more details on this page.

I hope this answers your question. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

Cheers!