Add Tracks to Playlist Changed ; No URIs Provided error

[ctmiller11]

Did the API change the functionality of adding tracks to a playlist? I have my code load in TrackIds and use them to add tracks to a playlist but just today I got an error saying that I did not provide any URIs. Did something change in the backend that no longer will allow me to provide TrackIds instead of URIs?

I am using the spotipy Python package and another user commented below that their own web app has this same issue.

Error code 400: No uris provided., reason: None

ISSUE RESOLVED: My python code using spotipy now works as expected and the function playlist_add_items works perfect now. Thank you to whoever made this correction.

[Ximzend]

The documentation says you should provide track/item URIs for years.

[slipstream422]

Hi Spotify,

issue

• i have a spotify based web app that has been online for 2.75 years that allow users to copy tracks from one playlist to another and it has worked fine up until today.
• the web app copy feature is now getting an   Error:  400 "No uris provided."

here is an example for adding 1 track to a playlist

method = POST

url = 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/1n2STXHae0Wg6ZV0OYwToy/tracks'

data = '["spotify:track:5G4JTc4HlIsg7CyiDwoPV2"]'

•  this spotify web api call now returns an error:  400  "No uris provided."
•  this spotify web api call has worked for the last 2.75 years but is now failing
• my code has not changed and the above example worked a few days ago
• thinking the spotify server code has changes

questions
- is this a known issue that is being worked on?

- do i need to change my code?

- is there anything i can do to help sort this out?

Thanks,

Louie

[Ximzend]

The request body should be:

{

    "uris": [

        "uri1","uri2","urietc"

    ],

    "position": 0

}

Like it is documented at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-tracks-to-playlist

[ctmiller11]

It must be an error on the Spotify side. I am using the Python package spotipy and wasn't sure if it was an issue there or in the backend. Hoping Spotify will address this issue shortly.

[slipstream422]

-yep i agree that is what the docs say.

-i have been using the spotipy web api wrapper for 2.75 years to add tracks to another playlist.

-it worked fine a few days ago

-my code has not changed

-today when i attempt to add a track to another playlist i now get Error:  400 "No uris provided."

-it seems to me that spotify has changed the code on the server

-was this change intentional?

-if this was intentional it seems like the v1 in the url would need to be bumped to v1+ because a change like this will break a lot of spotipy user apps

[Ximzend]

@slipstream422 there was a deprecation warning in Spotipy since at least version 2.22.1 of January 23, 2023 and did not accept track IDs since December 16, 2023. Source1, Source2

I tested to add a track with its URI to a playlist with Spotipy, and it just worked.

[slipstream422]

@Ximzend excellent it is working. thanks for testing the spotipy api.

a couple of questions:

1) what version of the spotipy pkg did you use.

2) can you paste an example of the 'items' param you passed into spotipy: playlist_add_items(self, playlist_id, items, position=None)

fyi...i had to modify spotipy: playlist_add_items() to stop getting the Error:  400 "No uris provided."

see modified code in a later post

btw... if you are interested you might google spotifyfinder.com to have a look at the web app...

         the move and copy features are currently busted.

Thanks,

Louie

[timych84]

Have same problem today, i'm using spotipy and 

user_playlist_add_tracks stopped working with 

spotipy.exceptions.SpotifyException: http status: 400, code:-1 - https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1E36UCcYuaeLMW/tracks:
No uris provided., reason: None

[slipstream422]

the spotify server appears to no longer accept
items = ['spotify:track:6HG5MFydepB9F8DAP0ejDD', 'spotify:track:3yQ4dy23XekcMsdeaBXZR6']

if you do this you get Error:  400 "No uris provided."

you must now pass in
items = {'uris': ['spotify:track:6HG5MFydepB9F8DAP0ejDD', 'spotify:track:3yQ4dy23XekcMsdeaBXZR6']}

if you do this it works fine

- had to modify spotipy: playlist_add_items() to make it work
- use the passed in items param directly
def playlist_add_items(elf, playlist_id, items, position=None):
    plid = self._get_id("playlist", playlist_id)
    # ftracks = [self._get_uri("track", tid) for tid in items]
    ftracks = items
    return self._post(
        "playlists/%s/tracks" % (plid),
        payload=ftracks,
        # position=position)

i wonder if spotify knows they broke spotipy?

both spotipy 2.22.1 and spotipy 2.23.0 are broken

[ctmiller11]

It looks like Spotify fixed the issue overnight. The python program works as expected now with no issues using the function playlist_add_items. Thank you!