Difference in Search Results Between Spotify API Console and Python/Postman Requests

[Firemain]

Hello everyone,

I'm experiencing a strange issue with the Spotify API. Initially, I was making a search request for a specific artist and title from my Python script, but the results weren’t what I expected. I noticed that the track returned wasn’t the one I was looking for.

To troubleshoot, I tried running the exact same request URL in Postman, but I still got the same incorrect results as in my Python script. However, when I use the "Request Sample" feature directly on the Spotify API Console, I get the correct track as expected.

It seems like there’s a discrepancy between the Spotify API Console results and the responses from Postman or my Python code. Has anyone encountered this issue or know why this difference might be happening? Any insights would be really helpful.

Thank you!

[Ximzend]

Hi @Firemain 

Thanks for posting in the Spotify Community, and welcome!

The console uses an access token that is generated through authorization. If you use client credentials (and without specifying a market), you will get different results.

I hope this answers your question. Don't hesitate to ask more if you have any.

Cheers,

[Firemain]

Thank you for your response.

I understand that the console uses an access token generated through authorization, which might explain the differences I'm seeing. However, I'm still unsure about which market to specify. When I try to find a track using the title and artist, I get the correct result in the console, but in Postman, the results differ even with a limit of 20. Could you advise on the best market to use, or if there’s another solution for consistent results?

[Ximzend]

Hi @Firemain 

It's explained in the documentation:

An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. If a country code is specified, only content that is available in that market will be returned.
If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this parameter.
Note: If neither market or user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
Users can view the country that is associated with their account in the account settings.

Cheers!