[GH-ISSUE #376] Unable to search artists (Hebrew language) #222

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

kerem commented

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

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Originally created by @dorsht on GitHub (May 15, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/376

Hello,

I'm trying to use spotipy in order to find some data about songs.
It works flawlessly with English, but when I'm trying to work with Hebrew, there are no results.
I tried to search the problem in Google, but I couldn't find anything relevant.
Code example:
client_credentials_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials(Some user info...)
spotify = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager)
name = 'שלמה ארצי'
results = spotify.search(q='artist:'+name, type='artist')
print(results)

When I tried to search the artist with English name, It worked also.

Thank You.

Originally created by @dorsht on GitHub (May 15, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/376 Hello, I'm trying to use spotipy in order to find some data about songs. It works flawlessly with English, but when I'm trying to work with Hebrew, there are no results. I tried to search the problem in Google, but I couldn't find anything relevant. Code example: client_credentials_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials(Some user info...) spotify = spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager) name = 'שלמה ארצי' results = spotify.search(q='artist:'+name, type='artist') print(results) When I tried to search the artist with English name, It worked also. Thank You.

kerem closed this issue

2026-02-27 23:21:28 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:21:28 +03:00

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@stephanebruckert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2020):

Hi, this works:

spotify.search(q='שלמה ארצי', type='artist')

~~No need for artist: because you already specify type='artist'. Read more about query here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference-beta/#writing-a-query---guidelines.~~

~~We will try to include this "how-to" in the spotipy doc and as part of https://github.com/plamere/spotipy/issues/268~~

@stephanebruckert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2020): Hi, this works: spotify.search(q='שלמה ארצי', type='artist') ~~No need for `artist:` because you already specify `type='artist'`. Read more about `query` here https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference-beta/#writing-a-query---guidelines.~~ ~~We will try to include this "how-to" in the spotipy doc and as part of https://github.com/plamere/spotipy/issues/268~~

kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:21:28 +03:00

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@stephanebruckert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2020):

You were correct, I just found that "artist:'שלמה ארצי'" does not work while "artist:'Eminem'" does.

I created the issue in web-api for you https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/1435

@stephanebruckert commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2020): You were correct, I just found that [`"artist:'שלמה ארצי'"`](https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=%22artist%3A%27%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94%20%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%99%27%22&type=artist&market=&limit=&offset=) does not work while [`"artist:'Eminem'"`](https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=%22artist:%27Eminem%27%22&type=artist&market=&limit=&offset=) does. I created the issue in web-api for you https://github.com/spotify/web-api/issues/1435

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2026-02-28 00:01:56 +03:00

[PR #222] [CLOSED] Update create_playlist.py #822