[GH-ISSUE #293] Include album artist in the response when retrieving history #227

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opened 2026-02-27 22:08:42 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-02-27 22:08:42 +03:00

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Originally created by @Aktimoose on GitHub (Sep 13, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/293

When retrieving the last track in history, it doesn't return the album artist.

With the code

history = ytmusic.get_history()
print(history[0])

It returned

{'videoId': '2M_dR5nyRtw', 'title': 'Quiet', 'artists': [{'name': 'C418', 'id': None}], 'album': {'name': 'I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Original Soundtrack)', 'id': 'MPREb_2eA4zi7KMNQ'}, 'likeStatus': 'INDIFFERENT', 'thumbnails': [{'url': 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OebYJmQIw2VvyjOm7EhTkEUNIh2Ajlu_P7ClfkdHQPJZedVQj73rxo5zeZygTc7fiQzJBh5ECsc9_2g=w60-h60-l90-rj', 'width': 60, 'height': 60}, {'url': 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OebYJmQIw2VvyjOm7EhTkEUNIh2Ajlu_P7ClfkdHQPJZedVQj73rxo5zeZygTc7fiQzJBh5ECsc9_2g=w120-h120-l90-rj', 'width': 120, 'height': 120}], 'isAvailable': True, 'isExplicit': False, 'duration': '5:51', 'duration_seconds': 351, 'feedbackToken': 'CgoKCkknbSBhIGNyZWVweSBnb2JsaW4hCgoKCgpJJ20gYSBjcmVlcHkgZ29ibGluIQoKCgoKSSdtIGEgY3JlZXB5IGdvYmxpbi', 'played': 'Today'}

In this example, the album artist should be "Various Artists".

Originally created by @Aktimoose on GitHub (Sep 13, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/293 When retrieving the last track in history, it doesn't return the album artist. With the code ``` history = ytmusic.get_history() print(history[0]) ``` It returned `{'videoId': '2M_dR5nyRtw', 'title': 'Quiet', 'artists': [{'name': 'C418', 'id': None}], 'album': {'name': 'I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Original Soundtrack)', 'id': 'MPREb_2eA4zi7KMNQ'}, 'likeStatus': 'INDIFFERENT', 'thumbnails': [{'url': 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OebYJmQIw2VvyjOm7EhTkEUNIh2Ajlu_P7ClfkdHQPJZedVQj73rxo5zeZygTc7fiQzJBh5ECsc9_2g=w60-h60-l90-rj', 'width': 60, 'height': 60}, {'url': 'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OebYJmQIw2VvyjOm7EhTkEUNIh2Ajlu_P7ClfkdHQPJZedVQj73rxo5zeZygTc7fiQzJBh5ECsc9_2g=w120-h120-l90-rj', 'width': 120, 'height': 120}], 'isAvailable': True, 'isExplicit': False, 'duration': '5:51', 'duration_seconds': 351, 'feedbackToken': 'CgoKCkknbSBhIGNyZWVweSBnb2JsaW4hCgoKCgpJJ20gYSBjcmVlcHkgZ29ibGluIQoKCgoKSSdtIGEgY3JlZXB5IGdvYmxpbi', 'played': 'Today'}` In this example, the album artist should be "Various Artists".

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2022):

The dict you posted contains an artist "C418", is that not correct?

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2022): The dict you posted contains an artist "C418", is that not correct?

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@Aktimoose commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2022):

The dict you posted contains an artist "C418", is that not correct?

That is the track artist, not the album artist. For some tracks they are different fields.

@Aktimoose commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2022): > The dict you posted contains an artist "C418", is that not correct? That is the track artist, not the album artist. For some tracks they are different fields.

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2022):

They may be different fields, yes. But the album artist is not actually shown on the history page, as far as I am aware.

https://music.youtube.com/history

In most cases, ytmusicapi can only retrieve data shown on the web, as the API responses are quite tailored to what's shown on the site.

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Sep 16, 2022): They may be different fields, yes. But the album artist is not actually shown on the history page, as far as I am aware. https://music.youtube.com/history In most cases, ytmusicapi can only retrieve data shown on the web, as the API responses are quite tailored to what's shown on the site.