[GH-ISSUE #745] get_playlist no longer respects `limit` parameter and always returns 100 songs from playlist #480

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opened 2026-02-27 23:01:01 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 23:01:01 +03:00

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Originally created by @srajangarg on GitHub (Feb 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/745

Describe the bug
Seems like due to API changes, get_playlist no longer gets more than 100 songs in the playlist. Here's a playlist with 179 tracks: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP

To Reproduce

>>> from ytmusicapi import YTMusic

>>> playlist = YTMusic().get_playlist("PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP", limit=20)
>>> print(len(playlist['tracks']))
100

>>> playlist = YTMusic().get_playlist("PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP", limit=200)
>>> print(len(playlist['tracks']))
100

>>> playlist = YTMusic().get_playlist("PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP", limit=None)
>>> print(len(playlist['tracks']))
100

This also replicates with authenticated requests too.

This is probably an API behaviour change from Youtube Music, quite annoying!

Originally created by @srajangarg on GitHub (Feb 17, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/745 **Describe the bug** Seems like due to API changes, get_playlist no longer gets more than 100 songs in the playlist. Here's a playlist with 179 tracks: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP **To Reproduce** ``` >>> from ytmusicapi import YTMusic >>> playlist = YTMusic().get_playlist("PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP", limit=20) >>> print(len(playlist['tracks'])) 100 >>> playlist = YTMusic().get_playlist("PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP", limit=200) >>> print(len(playlist['tracks'])) 100 >>> playlist = YTMusic().get_playlist("PLk-hv2A7usN3ONTCOr9MBNHUZnIxf-nPP", limit=None) >>> print(len(playlist['tracks'])) 100 ``` This also replicates with authenticated requests too. This is probably an API behaviour change from Youtube Music, quite annoying!