topic Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist? in Spotify for Developers

How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Koteyk0o — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:21:00 GMT

If you use the API https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}/tracks it removes ALL TRACKS from the playlist that match the given URI.

But how can I delete one track? Or a certain number of tracks with such a URI?

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Koteyk0o — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:23:03 GMT

Anyone can help?

There is also a problem with getting the correct URIs for songs via https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks.
If you receive URIs for songs through https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/tracks, then these URIs are different from the URIs in the library.

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Koteyk0o — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:06:06 GMT

Up, help guys

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Hubo — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:14:37 GMT

Hey there, help's here!

Let's dive right into this. You can find more information about removing tracks from a playlist here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#endpoint-remove-tracks-playlist.

You can use that endpoint to remove tracks. Here's an example request:

curl -X "DELETE" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/PLAYLISTID/tracks" --data "{\"tracks\":[{\"uri\":\"TRACKID\"}]}" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer XXXXX"

That should help here. Let me know how you get on!

Have a great day,

Hubo

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Koteyk0o — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:46:40 GMT

Thanks for the answer.

My request is

{"tracks": [{"uri": "spotify:track:1L3AZIJzMvE08VvBkeFJvg"}]}

And API deletes all tracks in playlist, which matches URI spotify:track:1L3AZIJzMvE08VvBkeFJvg

For example, i have 5 songs with URI spotify:track:1L3AZIJzMvE08VvBkeFJvg in playlist, and this request deletes all songs that matches this URI. But i want to delete 1 song, not all.

This is my video with my actions.

https://youtu.be/ZbAOVjb1r4I

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Koteyk0o — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:19:49 GMT

Help

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Peter_Schorn — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:43:31 GMT

There's another format for the body of the request that is missing from the documentation. You can specify the position of the items in the playlist:

{ "tracks": [ { "uri": "spotify:track:4HDLmWf73mge8isanCASnU", "positions": [1, 4] }, { "uri": "spotify:track:0bxcUgWlOURkU6lZt4zog0", "positions":[2, 3] } ] }

Use the same endpoint mentioned in the previous comments.

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Peter_Schorn — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:46:58 GMT

See here: https://developer.spotify.com/console/delete-playlist-tracks/

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

Koteyk0o — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:39:26 GMT

Yeah, thanks, it works.

I tested with position parameter previously, but it didn't work.
Only then I realized that the tracks are added to the end of the playlist, not the beginning 🙂

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

aaysus — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 22:54:52 GMT

is this still supported? can't get positions to work

Re: How delete one or more elements from playlist?

balage4 — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:17:24 GMT

Hello,

For me works.
Just make sure that first it works without the positions.

Then pass in an integer, if you are using variable make sure it is also an integer.

"tracks": [ { "uri": `spotify:track:${songId}`, "positions": [songToRemoveIndex] } ]

songToRemoveIndex -> parseInt(event.target.getAttribute('index'), 10)