topic Re: Search using UPC no longer works in Spotify for Developers

Search using UPC no longer works

aaguiasymdistro — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:31:06 GMT

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I am using the WEB API for developers using search by UPC: 889176232909 no longer takes information. It used to work 3 days ago.

I got an error no response with this seaerch query=upc%3A889176232909&type=album using https://api.spotify.com/v1/search

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

Ximzend — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:33:02 GMT

It also does not work anymore in the app.

Searching songs with ISRC does not work anymore either.

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

LambertSpot — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:59:39 GMT

Works when I try it, I get an album by Fouryo's for the upc code provided. Does it work for you as well now?

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

Ximzend — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:37:38 GMT

Nope.

Get Album Global Warming 4aawyAB9vmqN3uQ7FjRGTy > upc 886443671584 > search album upc:886443671584 > No Global Warming in results.

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

LambertSpot — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:57:24 GMT

When I search with query `upc:886443671584`, I do get Global Warming as the top result.

Are we doing something differently?

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

Ximzend — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:16:28 GMT

It looks like it is fixed now. Global Warming does come up as one of the only results.

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

Ximzend — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:56:22 GMT

I know what I did wrong possibly: using upper-case letters instead of lower-case.

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

aaguiasymdistro — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:24:58 GMT

I just retry... its seems with some upc works but not specifically with this one. If I tried using the albumId we dont get issues just the use of this specific upc. If we used insted UPC in upper case I got results 800 albums but UPC should be unique so I dont think that the issue because it bring data using other upc and also bring the data using the albumid

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

aaguiasymdistro — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:08:24 GMT

The result using the upc search its not getting any results

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

aaguiasymdistro — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:09:13 GMT

I use lowercase still the same issue

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

aaguiasymdistro — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:13:13 GMT

I still dont get any result using album it seems composition or single its no longer an option

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

Ximzend — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:09:59 GMT

Hi @aaguiasymdistro

You can try copying the Album ID of the expected album from Spotify and pasting it into the Get Album console. Then, use the UPC code from the data to search. Does this still not return the expected album?

This can help you determine whether the album isn’t recognized by Spotify under this UPC code, or if UPC-based searching isn’t functioning as expected.

Re: Search using UPC no longer works

aaguiasymdistro — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:55:18 GMT

Actually, using the albumID api I get the UPC, then if I used that UPC in the search API doesnt work