[GH-ISSUE #93] [BUG] --discography-only yield no results and artist command only partial info - API broken? #89

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opened 2026-03-13 23:01:47 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @FISSI0N on GitHub (Dec 21, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AliAkhtari78/SpotifyScraper/issues/93

Describe the bug
when trying to export an artists discography in CLI, 0 releases get found consistently. Additionally, the artist command yield no info on popularity, followers and genre and might be broken.

To Reproduce

C:\Users\FISSI0N>spotify-scraper artist --discography-only --pretty https://open.spotify.com/artist/74KM79TiuVKeVCqs8QtB0B
2025-12-21 02:18:25 - spotify_scraper.client - INFO - SpotifyClient initialized
Extracting artist information...
2025-12-21 02:18:25 - spotify_scraper.client - INFO - Getting artist info for https://open.spotify.com/artist/74KM79TiuVKeVCqs8QtB0B
{
"albums": [],
"appears_on": [],
"artist_id": "74KM79TiuVKeVCqs8QtB0B",
"artist_name": "Sabrina Carpenter",
"compilations": [],
"singles": []
}
ℹ Info: Found 0 releases for 'Sabrina Carpenter'

Expected behavior
releases are found and links are exportable

Actual behavior
nothing was found without error messages and the artist command only lists some information

Environment:

OS: Win10
Python version: 3.12.5
SpotifyScraper version: 2.1.5
Installation method: pip

Originally created by @FISSI0N on GitHub (Dec 21, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AliAkhtari78/SpotifyScraper/issues/93 **Describe the bug** when trying to export an artists discography in CLI, 0 releases get found consistently. Additionally, the artist command yield no info on popularity, followers and genre and might be broken. **To Reproduce** C:\Users\FISSI0N>spotify-scraper artist --discography-only --pretty https://open.spotify.com/artist/74KM79TiuVKeVCqs8QtB0B 2025-12-21 02:18:25 - spotify_scraper.client - INFO - SpotifyClient initialized Extracting artist information... 2025-12-21 02:18:25 - spotify_scraper.client - INFO - Getting artist info for https://open.spotify.com/artist/74KM79TiuVKeVCqs8QtB0B { "albums": [], "appears_on": [], "artist_id": "74KM79TiuVKeVCqs8QtB0B", "artist_name": "Sabrina Carpenter", "compilations": [], "singles": [] } ℹ Info: Found 0 releases for 'Sabrina Carpenter' **Expected behavior** releases are found and links are exportable **Actual behavior** nothing was found without error messages and the artist command only lists some information **Environment:** - OS: Win10 - Python version: 3.12.5 - SpotifyScraper version: 2.1.5 - Installation method: pip