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Web API •References / Playlists / Change Playlist Details

Change Playlist Details

Change a playlist's name and public/private state. (The user must, of course, own the playlist.)

Authorization scopes

Request

  • playlist_id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID of the playlist.

    Example: 3cEYpjA9oz9GiPac4AsH4n
supports free form additional properties
  • name
    string

    The new name for the playlist, for example "My New Playlist Title"

  • public
    boolean

    The playlist's public/private status (if it should be added to the user's profile or not): true the playlist will be public, false the playlist will be private, null the playlist status is not relevant. For more about public/private status, see Working with Playlists

  • collaborative
    boolean

    If true, the playlist will become collaborative and other users will be able to modify the playlist in their Spotify client.
    Note: You can only set collaborative to true on non-public playlists.

  • description
    string

    Value for playlist description as displayed in Spotify Clients and in the Web API.

Response

Playlist updated

endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/{playlist_id}playlist_id

Request body

Response sample

empty response