generate a complete list of playlists containing text string

[morgan_wills]

Hi! For Black History Month I wanted to generate a list of playlists on Spotify that contain the string "Black History Month" - this search query works great

https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=black+history+month&type=playlist&market=US&locale=en-US%2Cen%3Bq%3D0.9&offset=0&limit=30

What is the methodology for what 30 results are getting returned? Is it alphabetical, most played?

However, I'd like a comprehensive list, so I tried taking off the "limit" parameter entirely, and it generates 20 results in that case haha!

Trying a larger number like 100 generates this error:

 "error": {
    "status": 400,
    "message": "Invalid limit"

Is it possible to get a comprehensive list? This isn't for an ongoing app purpose, it's for developing a visualization of what is on people's Black History Month playlists. 

If it's not possible to get a comprehensive list, is there a way I can maybe get playlists with the string "Black History Month" by most followed or played?

[Justin0122 · Accepted solution]

I'm assuming you've read this. It states that the default limit is set to 20, and 100 is invalid because: Range: 0 - 50
Use offset to implement pagination.

I believe the results are sorted the same way as they are in the spotify app itself, which I believe is by relevance, so by name and popularity.

[morgan_wills]

Hello, thanks so much! 

Wanted to report back with how I ended up using the API, I settled on 40 playlists haha 🙂 https://blog.kumu.io/endless-data-possibilities-utilizing-apis-for-data-import-into-kumu-869c9e32872...