topic Re: Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API in Spotify for Developers

Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

timmyvc123 — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:24:02 GMT

Working with the Spotify Web API I have realized so many songs are missing their preview URL's when requested with the API. But if you were to share this song via text message through the Spotify App all songs have a preview URL. It's not just random songs either it's super popular song previews that API is missing.

Re: Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

Hubo — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:16:04 GMT

Hey there, thanks for joining the conversation here.

There's many reasons why a preview URL might be missing from the API response. This can be due to market restrictions or due to specific account settings (for example: explicit content limitations) and other reasons. Let me know if you need more help with this.

Have a great day, happy coding,

Hubo

Re: Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

Jermophobe — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 18:58:30 GMT

How do we solve this?

Re: Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

djmtype — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:53:31 GMT

Same here. I have specified `market=US` in my query, and several preview urls are null that I know I can play in Spotify.

`https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/${userId}/playlists?limit=50&offset=${offset}&market=US`

Is an authorization process with `grant_type: 'client_credentials'` not good enough?

Re: Why are so many Preview URL's missing from the API

djmtype — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 22:11:49 GMT

Also, `is_playable` returns `true` on the tracks that return `null` whatever that's worth.