Playlists

The playlists API allows for the creation and editing of lists of recordings

GET /1/user/(playlist_user_name)/playlists

Fetch playlist metadata in JSPF format without recordings for the given user. If a user token is provided in the Authorization header, return private playlists as well as public playlists for that user.

Parameters

  • count (int) – The number of playlists to return (for pagination). Default DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_PLAYLISTS_PER_CALL

  • offset (int) – The offset of into the list of playlists to return (for pagination)

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GET /1/user/(playlist_user_name)/playlists/createdfor

Fetch playlist metadata in JSPF format without recordings that have been created for the user. Createdfor playlists are all public, so no Authorization is needed for this call.

Parameters

  • count (int) – The number of playlists to return (for pagination). Default DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_PLAYLISTS_PER_CALL

  • offset (int) – The offset of into the list of playlists to return (for pagination)

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GET /1/user/(playlist_user_name)/playlists/collaborator

Fetch playlist metadata in JSPF format without recordings for which a user is a collaborator. If a playlist is private, it will only be returned if the caller is authorized to edit that playlist.

Parameters

  • count (int) – The number of playlists to return (for pagination). Default DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_PLAYLISTS_PER_CALL

  • offset (int) – The offset of into the list of playlists to return (for pagination)

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POST /1/playlist/create

Create a playlist. The playlist must be in JSPF format with MusicBrainz extensions, which is defined here: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/jspf . To create an empty playlist, you can send an empty playlist with only the title field filled out. If you would like to create a playlist populated with recordings, each of the track items in the playlist must have an identifier element that contains the MusicBrainz recording that includes the recording MBID.

When creating a playlist, only the playlist title and the track identifier elements will be used – all other elements in the posted JSPF wil be ignored.

If a created_for field is found and the user is not an approved playlist bot, then a 403 forbidden will be raised.

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Status Codes

  • 200 OK – playlist accepted.

  • 400 Bad Request – invalid JSON sent, see error message for details.

  • 401 Unauthorized – invalid authorization. See error message for details.

  • 403 Forbidden – forbidden. The submitting user is not allowed to create playlists for other users.

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POST /1/playlist/edit/(playlist_mbid)

Edit the private/public status, name, description or list of collaborators for an exising playlist. The Authorization header must be set and correspond to the owner of the playlist otherwise a 403 error will be returned. All fields will be overwritten with new values.

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  • 200 OK – playlist accepted.

  • 400 Bad Request – invalid JSON sent, see error message for details.

  • 401 Unauthorized – invalid authorization. See error message for details.

  • 403 Forbidden – forbidden. The subitting user is not allowed to edit playlists for other users.

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GET /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)

Fetch the given playlist.

Parameters

  • playlist_mbid (str) – The playlist mbid to fetch.

  • fetch_metadata (bool) – Optional, pass value ‘false’ to skip lookup up recording metadata

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GET /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/xspf

Fetch the given playlist as XSPF.

Parameters

  • playlist_mbid (str) – The playlist mbid to fetch.

  • fetch_metadata (bool) – Optional, pass value ‘false’ to skip lookup up recording metadata

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POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/item/add
POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/item/add/(int: offset)

Append recordings to an existing playlist by posting a playlist with one of more recordings in it. The playlist must be in JSPF format with MusicBrainz extensions, which is defined here: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/jspf .

If the offset is provided in the URL, then the recordings will be added at that offset, otherwise they will be added at the end of the playlist.

You may only add MAX_RECORDINGS_PER_ADD recordings in one call to this endpoint.

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Status Codes

  • 200 OK – playlist accepted.

  • 400 Bad Request – invalid JSON sent, see error message for details.

  • 401 Unauthorized – invalid authorization. See error message for details.

  • 403 Forbidden – forbidden. the requesting user was not allowed to carry out this operation.

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POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/item/move

To move an item in a playlist, the POST data needs to specify the recording MBID and current index of the track to move (from), where to move it to (to) and how many tracks from that position should be moved (count). The format of the post data should look as follows:

{
    "mbid": "<mbid>",
    "from": 3,
    "to": 4,
    "count": 2
}
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  • 200 OK – move operation succeeded

  • 400 Bad Request – invalid JSON sent, see error message for details.

  • 401 Unauthorized – invalid authorization. See error message for details.

  • 403 Forbidden – forbidden. the requesting user was not allowed to carry out this operation.

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POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/item/delete

To delete an item in a playlist, the POST data needs to specify the recording MBID and current index of the track to delete, and how many tracks from that position should be moved deleted. The format of the post data should look as follows:

{
    "index": 3,
    "count": 2
}
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  • 200 OK – playlist accepted.

  • 400 Bad Request – invalid JSON sent, see error message for details.

  • 401 Unauthorized – invalid authorization. See error message for details.

  • 403 Forbidden – forbidden. the requesting user was not allowed to carry out this operation.

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POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/delete

Delete a playlist. POST body data does not need to contain anything.

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POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/copy

Copy a playlist – the new playlist will be given the name “Copy of <playlist_name>”. POST body data does not need to contain anything.

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POST /1/playlist/(playlist_mbid)/export/(service)

Export a playlist to an external service, given a playlist MBID.

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Parameters

  • playlist_mbid – The playlist mbid to export.

  • is_public – Should the exported playlist be public or not?

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POST /1/playlist/export-jspf/(service)

Export a playlist to an external service from JSPF POSTed to this endpoint.

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  • is_public – Should the exported playlist be public or not?

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