Web API - preview_url for track is null

anonymusdevelopment — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:01:07 GMT

Country

Italy

Device

Web API

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

I am using the Web-API for a project. I found multiple tracks, where the field "preview_url" is null in the response (nearly half of those I tested). Tried with client credentials authentication and authorization code. I get the same response, with "preview_url" set to null each time. I am wondering why I do not get null when trying the same request with the Spotify API on rapidapi.com (https://rapidapi.com/Glavier/api/spotify23/). Also setting a market where the track is available does not solve the problem.

Example track ids where this occurrs:

37ZJ0p5Jm13JPevGcx4SkF
0QPRDC97rIQB3Jh3hrVJoH
1kPpge9JDLpcj15qgrPbYX
2tGvwE8GcFKwNdAXMnlbfl
4ZtFanR9U6ndgddUvNcjcG
5wANPM4fQCJwkGd4rN57mH
6uxYfENm7zw050dNUi031W

Example URL:

https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks?ids=37ZJ0p5Jm13JPevGcx4SkF&market=IT

Example response:

{ "tracks": [ { "album": { "album_type": "album", "artists": [ { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp", "id": "58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp", "name": "Bon Jovi", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp" } ], "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/album/0kBfgEilUFCMIQY5IOjG4t" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/0kBfgEilUFCMIQY5IOjG4t", "id": "0kBfgEilUFCMIQY5IOjG4t", "images": [ { "height": 64, "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048511336b31b6a1799f0de5807ac", "width": 64 }, { "height": 300, "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e021336b31b6a1799f0de5807ac", "width": 300 }, { "height": 640, "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2731336b31b6a1799f0de5807ac", "width": 640 } ], "name": "Slippery When Wet", "release_date": "1986-08-16", "release_date_precision": "day", "total_tracks": 10, "type": "album", "uri": "spotify:album:0kBfgEilUFCMIQY5IOjG4t" }, "artists": [ { "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp", "id": "58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp", "name": "Bon Jovi", "type": "artist", "uri": "spotify:artist:58lV9VcRSjABbAbfWS6skp" } ], "disc_number": 1, "duration_ms": 249293, "explicit": false, "external_ids": { "isrc": "USPR38619998" }, "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/track/37ZJ0p5Jm13JPevGcx4SkF" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/37ZJ0p5Jm13JPevGcx4SkF", "id": "37ZJ0p5Jm13JPevGcx4SkF", "is_local": false, "is_playable": true, "name": "Livin' On A Prayer", "popularity": 84, "preview_url": null, "track_number": 3, "type": "track", "uri": "spotify:track:37ZJ0p5Jm13JPevGcx4SkF" } ] }

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Web API - preview_url for track is null