[V1 API Search] q (query) parameter appears to have a limit of 100 characters as of today

[DEFSER]

Plan

API

Country

NL

Device

-

Operating System

-

My Question or Issue

As of today the following request wil result in:

Query: artist:"Joseph Haydn"+track:"Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob.XXI:3: Der Sommer (Summer): Ach! das Ungewitter naht (Chorus)"

https://api.spotify.com/v1/search/?market=NL&limit=5&q=artist:"Joseph Haydn"+track:"Die Jahreszeiten...

{
  "error" : {
    "status" : 404,
    "message" : "Not found."
  }
}

But if i shrink the q parameter to 100 characters it works:

Query: artist:"Joseph Haydn"+track:"Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob.XXI:3: Der Sommer (Summer): Ach! d"

https://api.spotify.com/v1/search/?market=NL&limit=5&q=artist:"Joseph Haydn"+track:"Die Jahreszeiten...

{
    "tracks": {
        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=artist%3A%22Joseph+Haydn%22+track%3A%22Die+Jahreszeiten+%28The+Seasons%29%2C+Hob.XXI%3A3%3A+Der+Sommer+%28Summer%29%3A+Ach%21+d%22&type=track&market=NL&offset=0&limit=5",
        "items": [
            {
                "album": {
                    "album_type": "album",
                    "artists": [
                        {
                            "external_urls": {
                                "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6"
                            },
                            "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6",
                            "id": "656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6",
                            "name": "Franz Joseph Haydn",
                            "type": "artist",
                            "uri": "spotify:artist:656RXuyw7CE0dtjdPgjJV6"
                        }

Is this a bug or do we need to limit our q parameter to 100 chars?

[_stephane]

I also have this issue since the end of April 2022:

 - returning a 404 Not Found doesn't make sense, it should return a 400 Bad Request,

 - the change is not documented in the doc,

 - many tracks have 100-chars long artist+track and now can't be properly searched.

Can we please get feedback on this? Thanks

[mstemag]

I also have the same issue. 

[_stephane]

Thanks this is now returning a 400, but the API reference doesn't reflect that https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/search

• it should mention that query cannot be > 100
• 400 should be part of the possible responses, currently there are only 200 401 403 429