[Feature Proposal] Expose folders in the api

[tintin10q]

I have a app that allows creating playlists. It would be really great if I could put all the playlist that my app makes into a certain folder so it is in its own nice category.

I propose the api endpoints for folders to  be:

• [GET] me/folders?limit=...&offset=...
  
  • Returns playlist ids of playlists in the folder
  • folder name
  • creation date
  • folder id
• [PUT] me/folders?name="...."
  • You could have playlists_ids in the  body for batch moving playlists to the folder like {"playlist_ids": ["....", "...''], "name":"...."}
  • But you could also just reuse the update playlist details endpoint
• [DELETE] me/folders?id="..."
  • Should probably not delete the playlists in the folder

You could just use the already existing modify playlist details endpoint to move playlists into a folder like so:

• [PUT] /playlists/{playlist_id}
  • Body: {"folder_id":"..."}

It would also be great that when you create a playlist you could specify a folder id. This is nice because it saves a request if you want to put the playlist in the folder anyway.

• [POST] /user/{user_id}/playlist
  • Body: {"folder_id": "...." }

I think the folder endpoints could just fall under the user-library-modify scope

It would be great if this were to be added to the api as it would lead to a lot of new creative uses for the api and managing playlists. People could program their apps to put the playlists that their app creates into separate folders. I think uses would really appreciate this as their library stays much more organized.

[dj-rn]

I would really like to see this feature as well. It has come up as a problem / request multiple times over the years but never gains any traction.

[Cubo]

Sad that I have to bring this post back from the dead after more than a year, but this is by far the best proposal I've seen for the Spotify API. This is a feature that is incredibly needed, and it's clearly already in the user data since folders sync between desktop and iOS. I heavily use folders and it's frustrating when I can't find one of my 300 playlists on any web app or even official (although soon to be e-waste) hardware like the Car Thing. I wish there was more support for this.

[c2k]

Please please please add folder support to the api. For people like me who have a very organized library, this prevents a lot of usability with external apps.

[lobsters-probably]

Bumping this - this would be an incredible addition to the API.

[conexusconnect]

I would love this feature too! This would enable me to make so many apps promoting Spotify by allowing even more advanced usage!

[Naianasha]

+1 this would be great

[Travisco87]

+1 for this as well

[Warmin]

Yes, it would be fine to have a folder for API testing without flooding into main folder, so +

[jojotodos]

+1 for seeing this addition to the API. Thanks for all your efforts in advance.