topic Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently in Spotify for Developers

Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

sconnorc — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:37:23 GMT

In my application, I make updates to playlist descriptions using Spotify's API. Despite receiving 200 OK responses from the https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlsitId} endpoint, I've found that the playlist description does not always update. In other words, making the same PUT API request multiple times results in a different outcome.

Any guidance on on this is greatly appreciated. Happy to provide logs for specific requests as needed.

Request:

PUT https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlsitId}

data: {

description: "test"

}

Response:

200 OK

data: ""

I'm including authN/authZ as documented here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/

Re: Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

Ximzend — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:58:35 GMT

I sometimes have the same issue when creating a new playlist. When I include a description in the “creates playlist” request, it sometimes leaves the description field blank.

Re: Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

kodyyuen — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:22:12 GMT

I have the same exact issue. I tried changing the public flag to see if it was an issue with public/private playlists, but I haven't found a way to consistently add a description when creating a playlist.

Re: Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

steinjnkreu — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 12:10:41 GMT

I too have the same issue. Setting the description of the created playlist is really important for the application I'm developing.

My current work-around (which is also not reliable) is to keep updating the description of the playlist, if it was not set during creation. (with a cap on the amount of retries)

However since the update endpoint, just like the playlist creation endpoint, sometimes skips the description, this is not very reliable.

Re: Playlist Description Update via API Fails Intermittently

kane123 — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:12:24 GMT

Anyone have better luck with this? It's clear they don't really maintain this API