[Developer] Access private playlists in folders (no need for a new endpoint)

[ombudsmannen]

I know there is no API endpoint for folders and the idea for this has been posted several times. But as soon as playlists are put into a folder I cannot retrieve them from the API. 

Would be amazing to be able to access all private playlists (regardless of whether they are contained inside folders or not).

Best wishes,

Shahryar

[Icyicicle]

I would also love for folders to be in the API! If Spotify does this, then they would be unstoppable. But for now, other API-using applications have to come up with 3rd party solutions. Why would Spotify want a terrible user experience about folders? They don't, so please add this!

[djk-tel]

I use folders all the time.

and I have no problem accessing any of the playlists within them.

you may have to wait for the system to refresh before you request for access to the playlists again.

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yes having an API to work with folders would be very useful.

currently I use a shell script to scrape my local Mac cache that contains the playlist folders and the IDs of the playlists they contain.

i create a JSON from it and use it recreate My  own tree structure. as i Parse it, I create the folders, get the contained playlist IDs, then fetch the playlist name and playlist tracks IDs. I add the playlist and the track IDs.

in my program when the user selects a folder or a playlist.   I then use the contained track IDs and GET the track data, parse

it and add it to the playlist

[ombudsmannen]

Hey, sorry for the very late reply - I don't frequent the forum as much as I should.

That's actually a good interim solution for me. Will give it a go and see if it still works. 

Thanks.