[GH-ISSUE #861] Unable to catch Spotify Exception using spotipy.SpotifyException #531

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opened 2026-02-27 23:23:10 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:23:10 +03:00

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Originally created by @chaitanya-gvs on GitHub (Sep 26, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/861

Describe the bug
I am unable to catch the exception thrown by Spotify using spotipy's SpotifyException objection or with generic error handling.

Your code

songURIList = []
for idx,_ in tqdm(dfBillboards[5660:5670].iterrows()):
    artist = dfBillboards['Artist'][idx]
    track = dfBillboards['Song'][idx]
    year = dfBillboards['Year'][idx]

    try:
        searchResults = sp.search(q=f"{artist}, {track}, {year}",type='track')
        if len(searchResults['tracks']['items'])>0:
            songURI = searchResults['tracks']['items'][0]['uri']
        else:
            songURI = 'Unavailable'
    except spotipy.SpotifyException:
        songURI = 'Unavailable'
    songURIList.append(songURI)

Expected behavior
I would normally expect the error to be caught and excepted. But that doesn't seem to be the case and I am unable to catch it with any method.

Environment:

OS: Windows 11
Python version: 3.8.8
spotipy version: 2.2
IDE : Jupyter Notebook IDE

Originally created by @chaitanya-gvs on GitHub (Sep 26, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/issues/861 **Describe the bug** I am unable to catch the exception thrown by Spotify using spotipy's SpotifyException objection or with generic error handling. **Your code** songURIList = [] for idx,_ in tqdm(dfBillboards[5660:5670].iterrows()): artist = dfBillboards['Artist'][idx] track = dfBillboards['Song'][idx] year = dfBillboards['Year'][idx] try: searchResults = sp.search(q=f"{artist}, {track}, {year}",type='track') if len(searchResults['tracks']['items'])>0: songURI = searchResults['tracks']['items'][0]['uri'] else: songURI = 'Unavailable' except spotipy.SpotifyException: songURI = 'Unavailable' songURIList.append(songURI) **Expected behavior** I would normally expect the error to be caught and excepted. But that doesn't seem to be the case and I am unable to catch it with any method. **Environment:** - OS: Windows 11 - Python version: 3.8.8 - spotipy version: 2.2 - IDE : Jupyter Notebook IDE