Spotify Search API doesn't return results for certain songs

[tfm_matt]

Plan

Premium

Country

United Kingdom

Device

API

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Hi, I've seen similar issues reported, but with no follow up answers so I was wondering if anyone could help with my query. I am writing a little program that searches spotify's database for songs, as part of a larger project involving metadata for my local MP3 files. I have run into an issue where I found a certain song results in no results being returned from spotify, however on their sandbox web test [ found here ] It works just fine! Please see the results from python here:

https://i.imgur.com/nMEMxPu.png

{'tracks': {'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=+Queen+Vs+The+Miami+Project+Another+One+Bites&type=track&offset=0&limit=1', 'items': [], 'limit': 1, 'next': None, 'offset': 0, 'previous': None, 'total': 0}}

And here is the response from spotify's web sandbox that was linked above:

{
  "tracks": {
    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=Queen+Vs+The+Miami+Project+another+one+bites+the+dust&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items": [
      {
        "album": {
          "album_type": "single",
          "artists": [
            {
              "external_urls": {
                "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99"
              },
              "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99",
              "id": "2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99",
              "name": "Queen vs The Miami Project",
              "type": "artist",
              "uri": "spotify:artist:2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99"
            }
          ],
          "available_markets": [
            "AD",
            "AE",
            "AL",
            "AR",
            "AT",
            "AU",
            "BA",
            "BD",
            "BE",
            "BG",
            "BH",
            "BO",
            "BR",
            "BY",
            "CH",
            "CL",
            "CO",
            "CR",
            "CY",
            "CZ",
            "DE",
            "DK",
            "DO",
            "DZ",
            "EC",
            "EE",
            "EG",
            "ES",
            "FI",
            "FR",
            "GB",
            "GH",
            "GR",
            "GT",
            "HK",
            "HN",
            "HR",
            "HU",
            "ID",
            "IE",
            "IL",
            "IN",
            "IS",
            "IT",
            "JO",
            "JP",
            "KE",
            "KR",
            "KW",
            "KZ",
            "LB",
            "LI",
            "LK",
            "LT",
            "LU",
            "LV",
            "MA",
            "MC",
            "MD",
            "ME",
            "MK",
            "MT",
            "MX",
            "MY",
            "NG",
            "NI",
            "NL",
            "NO",
            "NZ",
            "OM",
            "PA",
            "PE",
            "PH",
            "PK",
            "PL",
            "PS",
            "PT",
            "PY",
            "QA",
            "RO",
            "RS",
            "RU",
            "SA",
            "SE",
            "SG",
            "SI",
            "SK",
            "SV",
            "TH",
            "TN",
            "TR",
            "TW",
            "TZ",
            "UA",
            "UG",
            "UY",
            "VN",
            "XK",
            "ZA"
          ],
          "external_urls": {
            "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/album/2n1Az4Mwhf0jWdlflSdWx9"
          },
          "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/2n1Az4Mwhf0jWdlflSdWx9",
          "id": "2n1Az4Mwhf0jWdlflSdWx9",
          "images": [
            {
              "height": 640,
              "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2733117e19e65f3288f5a583b0e",
              "width": 640
            },
            {
              "height": 300,
              "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e023117e19e65f3288f5a583b0e",
              "width": 300
            },
            {
              "height": 64,
              "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048513117e19e65f3288f5a583b0e",
              "width": 64
            }
          ],
          "name": "Another One Bites The Dust",
          "release_date": "2006-12-08",
          "release_date_precision": "day",
          "total_tracks": 6,
          "type": "album",
          "uri": "spotify:album:2n1Az4Mwhf0jWdlflSdWx9"
        },
        "artists": [
          {
            "external_urls": {
              "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99"
            },
            "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99",
            "id": "2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99",
            "name": "Queen vs The Miami Project",
            "type": "artist",
            "uri": "spotify:artist:2YOWSQQzKRsipesbtg9z99"
          }
        ],
        "available_markets": [
          "AD",
          "AE",
          "AL",
          "AR",
          "AT",
          "AU",
          "BA",
          "BD",
          "BE",
          "BG",
          "BH",
          "BO",
          "BR",
          "BY",
          "CH",
          "CL",
          "CO",
          "CR",
          "CY",
          "CZ",
          "DE",
          "DK",
          "DO",
          "DZ",
          "EC",
          "EE",
          "EG",
          "ES",
          "FI",
          "FR",
          "GB",
          "GH",
          "GR",
          "GT",
          "HK",
          "HN",
          "HR",
          "HU",
          "ID",
          "IE",
          "IL",
          "IN",
          "IS",
          "IT",
          "JO",
          "JP",
          "KE",
          "KR",
          "KW",
          "KZ",
          "LB",
          "LI",
          "LK",
          "LT",
          "LU",
          "LV",
          "MA",
          "MC",
          "MD",
          "ME",
          "MK",
          "MT",
          "MX",
          "MY",
          "NG",
          "NI",
          "NL",
          "NO",
          "NZ",
          "OM",
          "PA",
          "PE",
          "PH",
          "PK",
          "PL",
          "PS",
          "PT",
          "PY",
          "QA",
          "RO",
          "RS",
          "RU",
          "SA",
          "SE",
          "SG",
          "SI",
          "SK",
          "SV",
          "TH",
          "TN",
          "TR",
          "TW",
          "TZ",
          "UA",
          "UG",
          "UY",
          "VN",
          "XK",
          "ZA"
        ],
        "disc_number": 1,
        "duration_ms": 202162,
        "explicit": false,
        "external_ids": {
          "isrc": "GBCEE0600225"
        },
        "external_urls": {
          "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/track/24o6TCzFxeI4WUejspf9y4"
        },
        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/24o6TCzFxeI4WUejspf9y4",
        "id": "24o6TCzFxeI4WUejspf9y4",
        "is_local": false,
        "name": "Another One Bites The Dust - Cedric Gervais & Second Sun Radio Edit",
        "popularity": 20,
        "preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/1264fb0099239c385db8a72de982c56abc6bc5f9?cid=774b29d4f13844c495f206cafdad9c86",
        "track_number": 1,
        "type": "track",
        "uri": "spotify:track:24o6TCzFxeI4WUejspf9y4"
      }
    ],
    "limit": 1,
    "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=Queen+Vs+The+Miami+Project+another+one+bites+the+dust&type=track&offset=1&limit=1",
    "offset": 0,
    "previous": null,
    "total": 8
  }
}

 Any help or a fix to this bug would be greatly welcomed.

Looking forward to hearing back,

Matt

[12154780335]

Hi, were you able to solve this? I am having same issue. Thx!

[tfm_matt]

Hi,

Unfortunately not. I just added a manual override in my program for it.

[tomjaimz]

It could be that it is passing the wrong market.  Either try specifying the market or check the market of the user you're using (it will be the "country" value of /v1/me).  For the example you presented, you will get no results for some markets (US for example) and a result for others (UK for example).