[GH-ISSUE #153] Get album by album ID? #83

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opened 2026-02-28 14:46:53 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-28 14:46:53 +03:00

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Originally created by @trames57 on GitHub (Nov 18, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/153

Since the search only returns 4 entries for Albums, I thought I would try to search using the website and get the album ID then play through spotify-tui.

I tried entering an album ID in the search, but nothing showed up.
Example, for the url from the official web client: https://open.spotify.com/album/36hINABvTw8IboESGhkHV2

I entered 36hINABvTw8IboESGhkHV2 hoping the album would show in the "Albums" section but it did not.

Perhaps I am not doing this correctly or the option does not exist?
I was able to get the album to show up from the search if I entered several more "words" in the search text, but the ID would be a nice shortcut.

I really like this program! I am using it with spotifyd and it works perfectly. spotifyd allows me to control the output device more conveniently.

Originally created by @trames57 on GitHub (Nov 18, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/issues/153 Since the search only returns 4 entries for Albums, I thought I would try to search using the website and get the album ID then play through spotify-tui. I tried entering an album ID in the search, but nothing showed up. Example, for the url from the official web client: https://open.spotify.com/album/36hINABvTw8IboESGhkHV2 I entered 36hINABvTw8IboESGhkHV2 hoping the album would show in the "Albums" section but it did not. Perhaps I am not doing this correctly or the option does not exist? I was able to get the album to show up from the search if I entered several more "words" in the search text, but the ID would be a nice shortcut. I really like this program! I am using it with spotifyd and it works perfectly. spotifyd allows me to control the output device more conveniently.

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2026-02-28 14:46:53 +03:00

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@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2019):

I think we should allow the search input to recieve the spotify URL (rather than just the ID), and open that up.

There is a PR here doing something similar but for playlists https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/pull/91/files

@Rigellute commented on GitHub (Nov 18, 2019): I think we should allow the search input to recieve the spotify URL (rather than just the ID), and open that up. There is a PR here doing something similar but for playlists https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/pull/91/files

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@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2020):

This should be handled by #623, however, you'll have to give the Spotify URI or full share link.

@Utagai commented on GitHub (Oct 19, 2020): This should be handled by #623, however, you'll have to give the Spotify URI or full share link.