[GH-ISSUE #535] Get Category's Playlists API returns null entry #171

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opened 2026-02-27 20:23:32 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @aome510 on GitHub (Sep 1, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ramsayleung/rspotify/issues/535

Originally reported in https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/821.

I observed that when calling the get-a-categories-playlists API on some categories, the following entry will be returned in the playlists list:

{
  "collaborative": false,
  "description": null,
  "external_urls": {
    "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/null"
  },
  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null",
  "id": null,
  "images": [
    {
      "height": null,
      "url": null,
      "width": null
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "owner": {
    "display_name": null,
    "external_urls": {
      "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/null"
    },
    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/null",
    "id": null,
    "type": "user",
    "uri": null
  },
  "primary_color": null,
  "public": true,
  "snapshot_id": null,
  "tracks": {
    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null/tracks",
    "total": null
  },
  "type": "playlist",
  "uri": null
},

For example, I ran

curl --request GET \
      --url https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories/0JQ5DAqbMKFQ00XGBls6ym/playlists \
      --header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

and got a response as follows

{"message":"Hip-Hop","playlists":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories/0JQ5DAqbMKFQ00XGBls6ym/playlists?offset=0&limit=20","items":[{"collaborative":false,"description":"The coldest sounds in hip-hop, coming out of Canada. Cover: \nSavv4x","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX59ogDi1Z2XL"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX59ogDi1Z2XL","id":"37i9dQZF1DX59ogDi1Z2XL","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f000000027b331b5481197322cb34cba9","width":null}],"name":"Northern Bars","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#ffffff","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAAFiEqZluryD/sP3u29/F1MnRPKOH","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX59ogDi1Z2XL/tracks","total":75},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX59ogDi1Z2XL"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"Today's Hip-Hop with Drake, Offset, Gunna, Bryson Tiller, Lithe and Travis Scott.","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWY6tYEFs22tT"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DWY6tYEFs22tT","id":"37i9dQZF1DWY6tYEFs22tT","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f00000002152e989db18a8105bfbd6372","width":null}],"name":"Hip-Hop Central","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#ffffff","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAAF/MW3KJus0A0vHo059wGaQNb4er","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DWY6tYEFs22tT/tracks","total":49},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWY6tYEFs22tT"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"The latest hip-hop, refreshed weekly. Cover: Lithe","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWV1aMSQY91oR"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DWV1aMSQY91oR","id":"37i9dQZF1DWV1aMSQY91oR","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f00000002cd654722fda36b6fad3e760a","width":null}],"name":"New Hip-Hop","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#ffffff","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAACZGepcql/8D3rrJxOpwPDwXVuYx","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DWV1aMSQY91oR/tracks","total":50},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWV1aMSQY91oR"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"The tracks you just keep pulling up. Cover: Travis Scott","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX48TTZL62Yht"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX48TTZL62Yht","id":"37i9dQZF1DX48TTZL62Yht","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f0000000224db992dbb2f15bde5bb5573","width":null}],"name":"Hip-Hop Favourites","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#ffffff","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAAMYAPn95YdUZOlrWhje0nD1EBkZX","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX48TTZL62Yht/tracks","total":100},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX48TTZL62Yht"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"Laid back cratedigger hip-hop from around the world.","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX8Kgdykz6OKj"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX8Kgdykz6OKj","id":"37i9dQZF1DX8Kgdykz6OKj","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f000000028e709fabcdb701b300bf5684","width":null}],"name":"Jazz Rap","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#ffffff","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAAOesjxr2NFYoKVw43UQ3IQNm08oq","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX8Kgdykz6OKj/tracks","total":100},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX8Kgdykz6OKj"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"Le meilleur du hip-hop québécois. Photo: MB, Souldia, White-B, Lost","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWTZeTXqKTge4"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DWTZeTXqKTge4","id":"37i9dQZF1DWTZeTXqKTge4","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f000000025381b34a39101bd7e8cfc61b","width":null}],"name":"Rap québ","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#ffffff","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAAJR09KV6+KhrUQyXPFWqNMthz0PR","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DWTZeTXqKTge4/tracks","total":78},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWTZeTXqKTge4"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"The coldest sounds in hip-hop, coming out of Canada. 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","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0XUsuxWHRQd"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX0XUsuxWHRQd","id":"37i9dQZF1DX0XUsuxWHRQd","images":[{"height":null,"url":"https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f00000002f0f239d143d4384ea33f0aa2","width":null}],"name":"RapCaviar","owner":{"display_name":"Spotify","external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/spotify","id":"spotify","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:spotify"},"primary_color":"#F49B23","public":true,"snapshot_id":"AAAAAAggdzjKS7H1PD6xbWm/008tRYyF","tracks":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZF1DX0XUsuxWHRQd/tracks","total":51},"type":"playlist","uri":"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX0XUsuxWHRQd"},{"collaborative":false,"description":"The official voice of the next generation. 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NOTE: the playlist list might change everyday and might be different for each person, so the issue might be reproducible for me but not for others.

Originally created by @aome510 on GitHub (Sep 1, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ramsayleung/rspotify/issues/535 Originally reported in https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/821. I observed that when calling the [`get-a-categories-playlists` API](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-categories-playlists) on some categories, the following entry will be returned in the `playlists` list: ``` { "collaborative": false, "description": null, "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/null" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null", "id": null, "images": [ { "height": null, "url": null, "width": null } ], "name": null, "owner": { "display_name": null, "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/null" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/null", "id": null, "type": "user", "uri": null }, "primary_color": null, "public": true, "snapshot_id": null, "tracks": { "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null/tracks", "total": null }, "type": "playlist", "uri": null }, ``` For example, I ran ``` curl --request GET \ --url https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories/0JQ5DAqbMKFQ00XGBls6ym/playlists \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ``` and got a response as follows ``` {"message":"Hip-Hop","playlists":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/browse/categories/0JQ5DAqbMKFQ00XGBls6ym/playlists?offset=0&limit=20","items":[{"collaborative":false,"description":"The coldest sounds in hip-hop, coming out of Canada. 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kerem commented

2026-02-27 20:23:33 +03:00

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@ramsayleung commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2025):

I can re-produce the issue by the given test data:

#[test]
#[wasm_bindgen_test]
fn test_null_playlist() {
    let json = r#"
{
  "collaborative": false,
  "description": null,
  "external_urls": {
    "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/null"
  },
  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null",
  "id": null,
  "images": [
    {
      "height": null,
      "url": null,
      "width": null
    }
  ],
  "name": null,
  "owner": {
    "display_name": null,
    "external_urls": {
      "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/null"
    },
    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/null",
    "id": null,
    "type": "user",
    "uri": null
  },
  "primary_color": null,
  "public": true,
  "snapshot_id": null,
  "tracks": {
    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null/tracks",
    "total": null
  },
  "type": "playlist",
  "uri": null
},
"#;
    let playlist: SimplifiedArtist = deserialize(json);
    assert!(playlist.href.unwrap().len() > 0)
}

---- test_null_playlist stdout ----
from_str

thread 'test_null_playlist' panicked at tests/test_models.rs:1419:38:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Error("invalid type: null, expected a string", line: 17, column: 14)
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

the problem is that:

href is defined as String but JSON has null
id is defined as PlaylistId<'static> but JSON has null
name is defined as String but JSON has null
snapshot_id is defined as String but JSON has null

It just gives an impression that almost all the fields are nullable, and the doc doesn't tell which field is required and which field is nullable as well.

@ramsayleung commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2025): I can re-produce the issue by the given test data: ``` #[test] #[wasm_bindgen_test] fn test_null_playlist() { let json = r#" { "collaborative": false, "description": null, "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/null" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null", "id": null, "images": [ { "height": null, "url": null, "width": null } ], "name": null, "owner": { "display_name": null, "external_urls": { "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/null" }, "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/null", "id": null, "type": "user", "uri": null }, "primary_color": null, "public": true, "snapshot_id": null, "tracks": { "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/null/tracks", "total": null }, "type": "playlist", "uri": null }, "#; let playlist: SimplifiedArtist = deserialize(json); assert!(playlist.href.unwrap().len() > 0) } ``` ``` ---- test_null_playlist stdout ---- from_str thread 'test_null_playlist' panicked at tests/test_models.rs:1419:38: called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: Error("invalid type: null, expected a string", line: 17, column: 14) note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace ``` the problem is that: 1. `href` is defined as `String` but JSON has `null` 2. `id` is defined as `PlaylistId<'static>` but JSON has `null` 3. `name` is defined as `String` but JSON has `null` 4. `snapshot_id` is defined as `String` but JSON has `null` It just gives an impression that almost all the fields are nullable, and the [doc](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-a-categories-playlists) doesn't tell which field is required and which field is nullable as well.