[GH-ISSUE #323] `Spotify.artist_albums` acts as `Spotify.artist` when passing HTTP artist URL #185

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opened 2026-02-27 23:21:16 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-02-27 23:21:16 +03:00

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Originally created by @ritiek on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/323

When Spotify.artist_albums is given an HTTP artist URL like https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY?si=M3PrzRC4TBOZu8YyLYc-tA, it behaves same as Spotify.artist and instead of returning the albums, it just returns artist info. However, it works fine if artist URI is passed like spotify:artist:7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY and then it returns albums as expected.

For example:

>>> import spotipy
>>> import spotipy.oauth2 as oauth2

>>> credentials = oauth2.SpotifyClientCredentials(
...         client_id=CLIENT_ID,
...         client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET)

>>> token = credentials.get_access_token()
>>> spotify = spotipy.Spotify(auth=token)

>>> greenday_http = 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY?si=M3PrzRC4TBOZu8YyLYc-tA'
>>> artist_as_http = spotify.artist(greenday_http)

>>> greenday_uri = 'spotify:artist:7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY'
>>> artist_as_uri = spotify.artist(greenday_uri)

>>> artist_as_http == artist_as_uri
True

>>> artist_albums_as_http = spotify.artist_albums(greenday_http)
# `Spotify.artist_albums` acts same as `Spotify.artist`
>>> artist_albums_as_http == artist_as_http
True

>>> artist_albums_as_uri = spotify.artist_albums(greenday_uri)
# `Spotify.artist_albums` does not act same as `Spotify.artist` as expected
>>> artist_albums_as_uri == artist_as_http
False

Originally created by @ritiek on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/323 When `Spotify.artist_albums` is given an HTTP artist URL like `https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY?si=M3PrzRC4TBOZu8YyLYc-tA`, it behaves same as `Spotify.artist` and instead of returning the albums, it just returns artist info. However, it works fine if artist URI is passed like `spotify:artist:7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY` and then it returns albums as expected. For example: ```python >>> import spotipy >>> import spotipy.oauth2 as oauth2 >>> credentials = oauth2.SpotifyClientCredentials( ... client_id=CLIENT_ID, ... client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET) >>> token = credentials.get_access_token() >>> spotify = spotipy.Spotify(auth=token) >>> greenday_http = 'https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY?si=M3PrzRC4TBOZu8YyLYc-tA' >>> artist_as_http = spotify.artist(greenday_http) >>> greenday_uri = 'spotify:artist:7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY' >>> artist_as_uri = spotify.artist(greenday_uri) >>> artist_as_http == artist_as_uri True >>> artist_albums_as_http = spotify.artist_albums(greenday_http) # `Spotify.artist_albums` acts same as `Spotify.artist` >>> artist_albums_as_http == artist_as_http True >>> artist_albums_as_uri = spotify.artist_albums(greenday_uri) # `Spotify.artist_albums` does not act same as `Spotify.artist` as expected >>> artist_albums_as_uri == artist_as_http False ```

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2026-02-27 23:21:16 +03:00

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2026-02-27 23:21:17 +03:00

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@ritiek commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2018):

I get this part of the URL ?si=<some_weird_key> (https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY?si=M3PrzRC4TBOZu8YyLYc-tA) at the end only when selecting copy link from the Spotify desktop app. Searching on the web for spotify artists/songs does not contain this part in the URL.

@ritiek commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2018): I get this part of the URL `?si=<some_weird_key>` (`https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oPftvlwr6VrsViSDV7fJY?si=M3PrzRC4TBOZu8YyLYc-tA`) at the end only when selecting copy link from the Spotify desktop app. Searching on the web for spotify artists/songs does not contain this part in the URL.

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2026-02-27 23:21:17 +03:00

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@ritiek commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2020):

Fixed by #420.

@ritiek commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2020): Fixed by #420.

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