topic Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue in Spotify for Developers

Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

zack_johnston — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 19:28:45 GMT

Working on developing an application, and I have to use this endpoint:

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/get-queue

I need to obtain the full user queue, but what this endpoint returns is only the first 20 songs queued (despite 20+ songs queued). I've tested in Postman too with the same problem, so it's not an app-specific issue.

Is this an intentional limit? Is there some parameter not documented I can pass in to set a limit or offset?

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

zack_johnston — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 19:56:33 GMT

Additionally, this endpoint returns an empty list if a device isn't currently playing (even if there are many songs queued).

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

mfatica — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:00:36 GMT

I have the same issue, but only 2 songs returned

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

spotifyjosh — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:57:29 GMT

Hey @zack_johnston, welcome to the developer board. This endpoint doesn't support fetching additional pages of queue items right now. It would be great to hear more about the app you are building — can you tell us more about the use case?

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

zack_johnston — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:24:36 GMT

Hi @spotifyjosh !

That's too bad the queue endpoint doesn't support pagination! So I've tested this endpoint even more, and it behaves even more strangely than I first outlined. Sometimes it returns only 2 songs (despite a full queue) like @mfatica observed. Sometimes it returns 14 songs (despite queue # > 14) for no rhyme or reason. Sometimes it will return a list of 20 songs, alternating in repetition (e.g. [Superstition, Sir Duke, Superstition, Sir Duke, Superstition, Sir Duke, Superstition, Sir Duke, Superstition, Sir Duke, Superstition, Sir Duke]). Sometimes it even returns 20 songs when less than 20 songs have been queued (the remainder of songs in the returned queue alternate [as I outlined above] until it hits 20).

I'm getting other strange behaviours than what I outlined above, with no clue how to reproduce it. Each time, I'm receiving a 200 status code--and I test in Postman to confirm the results in my app, so it's not an app-specific problem. To test, I've queued varying numbers of songs--I've tried different combinations of mobile queueing and desktop queueing. Sorry I can't give you a better idea about specific use cases! I'm having a hard time myself trying to reproduce these problems consistently to isolate causes.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

Muck92 — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:42:01 GMT

I have the same issue. @zack_johnston described the situation perfectly.

Is there a fix/workaround?

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

Christina77 — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:42:54 GMT

The issue still persists, most of the time it only returns the next 2 tracks. I was excited the endpoint got finally added after several years of everyone here begging for it only to be completely broken and inconsistent.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

vildzi — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:07:24 GMT

Same issue... how is this not fixed yet?

This route is practically useless in its current state.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

spotifyjosh — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:24:41 GMT

Thanks for elaborating here, Zack - we are looking into the issue you described involving the length of the response array. I'll update this thread as soon as I know more.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

wiiwiiw — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:47:55 GMT

Please prioritize this fix.

API returns only 2 songs when player is not shuffling, if shuffle is enabled then 20 songs are always returned even if there are actually less songs in the queue!

I described it in more detail and with examples in other thread:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Inconsistent-behaviour-of-me-player-queue-endpoint/m-p/5450923#M6864

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

wiiwiiw — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:10:18 GMT

This issue is still not fixed, hopefully it's still on Spotify team's radar

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

nate250 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 23:01:46 GMT

Any idea when this is going to be fixed? Currently working on a Java application to allow my vintage Reel to Reel and Cassette tape decks to control the playback of the Spotify client, and not having this endpoint fully functional is really making things a bit harder coding wise. Now I rely on manual selecting and loading of playlist and albums.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

Christina77 — Thu, 18 May 2023 07:44:39 GMT

Still NOT fixed. Some of my users are affected by this, and it's rather annoying the bug has been around forever, especially since there's no other way to grab the queue.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

Nightfold — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 11:50:03 GMT

Still not fixed! Only getting 20 songs total.

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

wiiwiiw — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:57:51 GMT

Still not fixed...please Spotify!

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

wiiwiiw — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:03:00 GMT

This issue is still not fixed, can you please forward it to the team?

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

upgrader-dev — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:22:18 GMT

I have a similar issue with queue : queue is juste... false. When my current album/playlist reaches the last track, the queue is displaying nothing. But when the current track is now out of the album/playlist (automatically added by Spotify's recommendations), the queue given by this endpoint is false. On my app I have for example : "Good Riddance Time of your life" as first element, and the endpoint is returning as first element "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over". It seems that when Spotify is playing recommendations without user's interaction, the app isn't showing you the user's queue anymore but the "recommendations's queue".

And it seems there's no way to know that Spotify is in "recommendations mode".

Any idea about that?

Have a look at the screenshots below showing the queue being returned by the API endpoint, and the queue of Spotify App running on MacOS

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

bakhaw — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:16:01 GMT

Im facing the same problem @upgrader-dev

Try to change your Spotify preferences: disable Autoplay

The queue should be synchronized with the /player/queue endpoint now

This is not a satisfying solution, but hopefully a fix is coming ??

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

Resutrox — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:06:41 GMT

still not fixed...

Re: Get User Queue Doesn't Return Full Queue

upgrader-dev — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:12:23 GMT

I confirm this solution is not satisfying for me as I need auto play but thank you.