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Web API •References / Playlists / Get Category's Playlists

Get Category's Playlists

Deprecated

Get a list of Spotify playlists tagged with a particular category.

Request

category_id
string
Required
The Spotify category ID for the category.
Example: dinner
limit
integer
The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.
Default: limit=20Range: 0 - 50Example: limit=10
offset
integer
The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.
Default: offset=0Example: offset=5

Response

A paged set of playlists

message
string
The localized message of a playlist.
Example: "Popular Playlists"
- href
  string
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20"
- limit
  integer
  Required
  The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
  Example: 20
- next
  string
  Required
  Nullable
  URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
- offset
  integer
  Required
  The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)
  Example: 0
- previous
  string
  Required
  Nullable
  URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
- total
  integer
  Required
  The total number of items available to return.
  Example: 4
- Required
  collaborative
  boolean
  true if the owner allows other users to modify the playlist.
  description
  string
  The playlist description. Only returned for modified, verified playlists, otherwise null.
  Known external URLs for this playlist.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  href
  string
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the playlist.
  id
  string
  The Spotify ID for the playlist.
  Images for the playlist. The array may be empty or contain up to three images. The images are returned by size in descending order. See Working with Playlists. Note: If returned, the source URL for the image (url) is temporary and will expire in less than a day.
  url
  string
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
  height
  integer
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
  width
  integer
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
  name
  string
  The name of the playlist.
  The user who owns the playlist
  Known public external URLs for this user.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  href
  string
  A link to the Web API endpoint for this user.
  id
  string
  The Spotify user ID for this user.
  type
  string
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "user"
  uri
  string
  The Spotify URI for this user.
  display_name
  string
  Nullable
  The name displayed on the user's profile. null if not available.
  public
  boolean
  The playlist's public/private status (if it is added to the user's profile): true the playlist is public, false the playlist is private, null the playlist status is not relevant. For more about public/private status, see Working with Playlists
  snapshot_id
  string
  The version identifier for the current playlist. Can be supplied in other requests to target a specific playlist version
  A collection containing a link ( href ) to the Web API endpoint where full details of the playlist's tracks can be retrieved, along with the total number of tracks in the playlist. Note, a track object may be null. This can happen if a track is no longer available.
  href
  string
  A link to the Web API endpoint where full details of the playlist's tracks can be retrieved.
  total
  integer
  Number of tracks in the playlist.
  type
  string
  The object type: "playlist"
  uri
  string
  The Spotify URI for the playlist.

Response sample

{  "message": "Popular Playlists",  "playlists": {    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20",    "limit": 20,    "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",    "offset": 0,    "previous": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",    "total": 4,    "items": [      {        "collaborative": false,        "description": "string",        "external_urls": {          "spotify": "string"        },        "href": "string",        "id": "string",        "images": [          {            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",            "height": 300,            "width": 300          }        ],        "name": "string",        "owner": {          "external_urls": {            "spotify": "string"          },          "href": "string",          "id": "string",          "type": "user",          "uri": "string",          "display_name": "string"        },        "public": false,        "snapshot_id": "string",        "tracks": {          "href": "string",          "total": 0        },        "type": "string",        "uri": "string"      }    ]  }}