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Spotify Search API does not return tracks if the query is an artist name

PassAuxly — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 06:03:12 GMT

GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/search

When I use the above Spotify Web Search API with type=track and q={some artist name}, the API (usually) returns no results. For example, If I search "Cage the Elephant" or "Kanye West" the API will return no results rather than tracks by those artists. Is this a known bug with the API? I should be able to query tracks by artist name as I can in the Spotify App.

Re: Spotify Search API does not return tracks if the query is an artist name

Hubo — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:27:34 GMT

Hey @PassAuxly, help's here!

I've taken a look and it seems that I'm not able to replicate this on my end. I made this request:

https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=Cage%20The%20Elephant&type=track

And this is the response I received: https://pastebin.com/zKm2KgNs which looks expected to me.

Could you tell me the exact request you made? I'll do some digging.

Thanks, have a good one,

Hubo