There are endpoints for Artist, Album and Track. Playlist is missing. How do I search for a playlist?
Such endpoint is not available at this time.
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Is it possible to ge an artist's social media (like Twitter, Instagram) from Spotify API? Basically this question about Soundcloud
Based on the spotify documentation that is not possible. However, it appears that an artist social media is available under more info in the app so I guess the info is not exposed via the API. Have you considered using the social medias API instead to look for artists?
I am creating a music app using Spotify APIS. I want to list artists from Spotify without using any IDs.
if we have any id then we can fetch artist details.
link:GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}
If there are multiple artists IDS.
link: GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists
Are there any options to get Spotify artist details without using any IDS?
You can Search for Artists on Spotify using Search for an Item and select the artist type then you just need the name of the artist, you'll then get the basic artist information, along with their Id which you could use in other calles to get information about that Artist from Spotify
I've looked everywhere in the Spotify API documentation as well as spending an hour or so circumventing plan A, by trying to use Rovi's API (Spotify's data provider, I think...). Rovi's music api access is a mess, btw.
Anybody have success in retrieving an artist's biography text data? (see ex image)
Artist's biography it's just not added in any endpoint of the Spotify's API. If you see the biography in Spotify app that's probably because the app uses a closed API whose documentation it's not available to the public.
I am thinking of doing a web app that uses keywords to query Spotify web API for public user playlists, and then do an online mashup with my own music retrieval system. Is it allowed? Can the playlist names and tracks be cached for the purpose of categorization.
I read through the Terms of Use and saw this:
"Do not improperly access, alter or store the Spotify Service or Spotify Content, including (i) using any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other tool to retrieve, duplicate, or index any portion of the Spotify Service or Spotify Content (which includes playlist data) or collect information about Spotify users for any unauthorized purpose;"
Paul Lamere does something similar with Playlist Miner: https://github.com/plamere/playlistminer. But he is an EchoNest employee.
Is it possible to get the userid of the person who added a track to a collaborative playlist within the Spotify Apps API?
In short — no. The Apps API exposes no usernames at all at this time.