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Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler

Reputation: 1807

Getting Invalid context uri when calling Spotify API start playback

I'm trying to start playback of a playlist with this endpoint https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/start-a-users-playback/

It works for artist and album if my body json is this:

{"context_uri":"spotify:artist:1FcB6xMihhP9Hb6AdGVbWe"}

but not for playlists with this:

{"context_uri:"spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWVl5gPCRkquk"}

In the documentation it says I can specify playlists, artists, or albums, but I get the below response when trying to play a playlist:

Status code: 400, response : {  "error" : {    "status" : 400,    "message" : "Invalid context uri"  }}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1647

Answers (2)

chocy2646
chocy2646

Reputation: 11

The format for context_uris for playlists is:

"spotify:user:{user_id}:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWVl5gPCRkquk"

Where user_id is your username.

Upvotes: 1

user2410689
user2410689

Reputation:

The valid uri should be e.g. "spotify:playlist:aaclI7AQBATZ5XXJF73BZK"

Upvotes: 0

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