Can't search specific track by Search API

[AntoW]

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

IT

Device

API SEARCH

Operating System

Online api test.

My Question or Issue

Hello, when i try to use the search API from my server or by online spotify website, i can't find some Track. For example:

Artist: Coldplay

Track: feelslikeimfallinginlove

But api return in this case: spotify:track:2nvC4i2aMo4CzRjRflysah

q: remaster%20track:feelslikeimfallinginlove%20artist:coldplay

[AntoW]

Another case:

Track: Perchè No

Artist: Lucio Battisti

Result: 

        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/2SvXqxiG2ntfkEWvuABT7u",        "id": "2SvXqxiG2ntfkEWvuABT7u",        "is_playable": true,        "name": "Il mio canto libero",        "popularity": 61,        "preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/18a42a836437d7deaf3b3b0d614af255ad9e0827?cid=cfe923b2d660439caf2b557b21f31221",        "track_number": 8,        "type": "track",        "uri": "spotify:track:2SvXqxiG2ntfkEWvuABT7u",        "is_local": false

Request: 

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=remaster%2520track%3APerch%C3%A8+No%2520artist%3ALucio+Battisti&type=track&market=IT&limit=1' \
  --header 'Authorization:

[Ximzend]

Hi AntoW,

I noticed that you're including "remaster" in your search queries. This term is part of the pre-filled data to show how you might search for a remastered album, but you don't need to include it in your own searches.

Could you try removing the word "remaster" from your query and see if you get the results you're expecting?

Let me know if this helps or if you have any other questions!

[AntoW]

Without Remaster i get "NO RESULT" for either songs.

  

[Ximzend · Accepted solution]

Thank you for coming back to this post! I appreciate your patience as we work through this issue together.

I believe I understand the problem you're experiencing. When I search for a track, I use plain text without adding URL-encoded characters, such as percent signs (%), and it seems to work correctly. For example, I simply leave spaces as they are, rather than encoding them.

It seems that including percent signs in your query might be causing some issues with incorrect encoding.

Here’s what I recommend: try writing your query as plain text first, and then let a URL encoding function in your code encode the string. This should help resolve the issue you're facing.

Please let me know if this helps or if you have any other questions.

[AntoW]

Thank for your effort. The issue remain.

Q: track: Perchè No artist: Lucio battisti

Result showing song: "Il mio canto Liberto lucio Battisti"

Also for Coldplay

Q: track: feelslikeimfallinginlove artist: Coldplay

Result song: Yellow Coldplay

[AntoW · Accepted solution]

Removing spaces in q between track: NameOfSong and doing track:NameOfSong

solve the problem.