topic Re: Restored playlists are not retrieved when requesting API endpoint in Spotify for Developers

Restored playlists are not retrieved when requesting API endpoint

Nohanna — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:09:03 GMT

I just noticed that restored playlists are not retrieved when requesting API endpoint (https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/playlists/get-a-list-of-current-users-playlists/).

I first thought that my playlists were cached but I disabled cache from my server and removed it from my browser, and then tried to create a new playlist. It retrieved my new playlist but still no restored playlists.

Re: Restored playlists are not retrieved when requesting API endpoint

spotifyjosh — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 13:51:58 GMT

Hi @Nohanna! Welcome to the forum. Do you mean playlists that were restored using this page? https://www.spotify.com/us/account/recover-playlists/
Keep in mind that the API returns a maximum of 20 playlists by default. If you have more than 20 playlists, then you'll want to use the offset and limit parameters to page through the results.

Re: Restored playlists are not retrieved when requesting API endpoint

Nohanna — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 13:56:31 GMT

Hi ! Yes I used this page to restore playlists and I've less than 20 playlists.

Re: Restored playlists are not retrieved when requesting API endpoint

Nohanna — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:59:48 GMT

I found out what was going on, actually restored playlists are private by default. Even if the restored playlist was public, it is restored as private. I don't know if it is the expected behavior on your side.