topic Re: Get Users Playlists returns zero items in Spotify for Developers

Get Users Playlists returns zero items

Vacitus — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:49:25 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

Windows laptop

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

I tried a few ways to get user's playlists - REST api in a python program, cURL, and spotipy. I tried both public and private playlists - with the scope adjustment. Nothing works. I created a Stack Overflow case with the details.

rest - Spotify get_users_playlists api returns zero playlists - Stack Overflow

Re: Get Users Playlists returns zero items

Ximzend — Wed, 07 May 2025 18:35:07 GMT

Hi @Vacitus

Thank you for asking in the Spotify Community, and Welcome!

According to the documentation about Playlist, public and private in the app, does not mean the same thing for the API.

For playlists to show up with the API using Client Credentials, you should add them to your public profile.

Let me know how it goes.

Re: Get Users Playlists returns zero items

Ximzend — Wed, 07 May 2025 18:59:58 GMT

Additionally: since November 27, 2024, newly created apps are unable to get playlists that are owned by Spotify like Mixes, Top 50 lists and Discover Weekly. You can read more about all changes on this page.

Re: Get Users Playlists returns zero items

Vacitus — Thu, 08 May 2025 10:21:10 GMT

Thanks for your response, @Ximzend.

As I understand the information on the page you referenced, it has to do with playlists added through the API. I added my test playlist through the UI. As I tested both private and public, I made those changes through the UI as well.

Question - how do I add a playlist to my public profile? I looked around in the iOS app and the web app but could not figure that out.

Re: Get Users Playlists returns zero items

Ximzend — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:32:05 GMT

Hi @Vacitus

Thank you for coming back to me.

To make a playlist public through the app, you should:

open the playlist
tap the three dots
scroll all the way down
tap "Add to profile"

You can read more about it on this page (about the UI this time)

I hope this helps.

Re: Get Users Playlists returns zero items

Vacitus — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:52:30 GMT

That got 'er! Thanks @ximzend!