Issue with Search API returning different results

74pfe9-e_xawo — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:44:18 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to use the Search API to search for a podcast via a Spotify application.

When I try to use the Web Console, everything works fine. However, when I try to run the same logic via a Python script, the API response is different - potentially missing data. Here is the API response I receive from my script:

{'shows': {'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=dear+hank+%26+john&type=show&offset=0&limit=20',
  'items': [None, None],
  'limit': 20,
  'next': None,
  'offset': 0,
  'previous': None,
  'total': 2}}

I'd appreciate it if someone can point me in the right direction of figuring the error out from my side.

Re: Issue with Search API returning different results

Hubo — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:04:36 GMT

Hey there, thanks for reaching out here!

Hmm, let's dive into this! Could you try to do this search without the "'" (apostrophe)? Does the API return the right results? Let me know how you get on!

Have a good one,
Hubo

Re: Issue with Search API returning different results

Freedom_Dev — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:51:23 GMT

We are seeing exactly the same problem

Simple example to lookup track by isrc:USSM11906291

Result returned by OAuth token from search console (and expected result)

https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=&market=&limit=1&offset=&include_external=

curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxx"
{
  "tracks" : {
    "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items" : [ ],
    "limit" : 1,
    "next" : null,
    "offset" : 0,
    "previous" : null,
    "total" : 0
  }
}{
  "tracks" : {
    "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items" : [ {
      "album" : {
        "album_type" : "single",
        "artists" : [ {
          "external_urls" : {
            "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
          },
          "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
          "id" : "1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
          "name" : "Tyla Yaweh",
          "type" : "artist",
          "uri" : "spotify:artist:1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
        } ],
        "available_markets" : [ "AE", "BH", "BY", "EG", "ID", "IN", "JO", "KR", "KW", "LB", "MY", "OM", "PH", "PS", "QA", "SA", "ZA" ],
        "external_urls" : {
          "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/album/5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd"
        },
        "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd",
        "id" : "5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd",
        "images" : [ {
          "height" : 640,
          "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273fed5753dfd79d9ccabd1c8ab",
          "width" : 640
        }, {
          "height" : 300,
          "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02fed5753dfd79d9ccabd1c8ab",
          "width" : 300
        }, {
          "height" : 64,
          "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00004851fed5753dfd79d9ccabd1c8ab",
          "width" : 64
        } ],
        "name" : "I Think I Luv Her (feat. YG)",
        "release_date" : "2019-09-27",
        "release_date_precision" : "day",
        "total_tracks" : 1,
        "type" : "album",
        "uri" : "spotify:album:5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd"
      },
      "artists" : [ {
        "external_urls" : {
          "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
        },
        "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
        "id" : "1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
        "name" : "Tyla Yaweh",
        "type" : "artist",
        "uri" : "spotify:artist:1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
      }, {
        "external_urls" : {
          "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY"
        },
        "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY",
        "id" : "0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY",
        "name" : "YG",
        "type" : "artist",
        "uri" : "spotify:artist:0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY"
      } ],
      "available_markets" : [ "AE", "BH", "BY", "EG", "ID", "IN", "JO", "KR", "KW", "LB", "MY", "OM", "PH", "PS", "QA", "SA", "ZA" ],
      "disc_number" : 1,
      "duration_ms" : 160742,
      "explicit" : false,
      "external_ids" : {
        "isrc" : "USSM11906291"
      },
      "external_urls" : {
        "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/track/46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg"
      },
      "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg",
      "id" : "46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg",
      "is_local" : false,
      "name" : "I Think I Luv Her (feat. YG)",
      "popularity" : 1,
      "preview_url" : "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/c09049f6f62d361c78e1d2d97318b15900a4a4fd?cid=774b29d4f13844c495f206cafdad9c86",
      "track_number" : 1,
      "type" : "track",
      "uri" : "spotify:track:46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg"
    } ],
    "limit" : 1,
    "next" : null,
    "offset" : 0,
    "previous" : null,
    "total" : 1
  }
}

However, results returned by using token generated from client id/secret

curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Barer xxxx"
{
  "tracks" : {
    "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items" : [ ],
    "limit" : 1,
    "next" : null,
    "offset" : 0,
    "previous" : null,
    "total" : 0
  }

While other ISRC seems to work fine? ex: USWB11902981

Re: Issue with Search API returning different results

Freedom_Dev — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 01:46:26 GMT

Additionally, we have found following ISRCs returns data after client auth
USSM11600446
USWB11901040
USWB11901041
USWB11901840

However, using in spotify console with user auth, these ISRC returns no data for some reason

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