[GH-ISSUE #53] Album release date #25

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opened 2026-02-27 23:20:27 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

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

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Originally created by @cmplctdsmplcty on GitHub (Jun 3, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/53

Currently, "artist_albums()" doesn't return the album's release date. The release_date can only be found when calling "album()" or "albums()".

Can we bring this "release_date" field into the artist_albums return data?

Originally created by @cmplctdsmplcty on GitHub (Jun 3, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/53 Currently, "artist_albums()" doesn't return the album's release date. The release_date can only be found when calling "album()" or "albums()". Can we bring this "release_date" field into the artist_albums return data?

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kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:20:28 +03:00

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@joohoi commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2015):

This is due to the Spotify API response values, to merge the release_date to artist_albums() would require spotipy to make two requests to the web backend, and in this case it wouldn't be any different from the user to make those requests themselves.

See return values of:

https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/get-artists-albums/
vs.
https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/get-album/

@joohoi commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2015): This is due to the Spotify API response values, to merge the release_date to artist_albums() would require spotipy to make two requests to the web backend, and in this case it wouldn't be any different from the user to make those requests themselves. See return values of: https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/get-artists-albums/ vs. https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/get-album/

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@stephanebruckert commented on GitHub (Jan 1, 2020):

This should work now, I can now see the release_date as part of the artist_albums() response https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-artist-albums/

@stephanebruckert commented on GitHub (Jan 1, 2020): This should work now, I can now see the `release_date` as part of the `artist_albums()` response https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-artist-albums/

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