Not receiving results when searching by ISRC

[ndubs]

I'm trying to search the web api for songs by ISRC but I no longer receive any results, only an empty items array. My search query looks like this: https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc:USLZJ1613311

I've even tried on the spotify web console but that no longer gives me results either, just an empty items array. Just a few days ago this worked in both my app and on the web console.

[Ximzend]

Hi @ndubs

I've just tested it, and I did get a result when specifying the required type track.

I hope this helps.

Cheers!

[ndubs]

My apologies @Ximzend  I totally didn't add that in the query on my initial post. This is query including the type=track:  https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSLZJ1613311&type=track

I just tried this and I'm still not receiving any results

[Ximzend]

No problem.

The other thing I noticed now is that you use the word query instead of the letter q. It has to be a q.

[ndubs]

What about when I plug it into the console on the docs? 

[Ximzend]

Thank you for the screenshot.

I have reported this bug of the console, so someone can look into it.

[ndubs]

Sounds good, thank you for your help.

[LambertSpot]

Both `q` and `query` should work, but you need to choose one of them, you cannot use both in the same request. I was also able to do the request mentioned in this thread and get back a matching track. Is this still an issue?

[ndubs]

It's still not working for me. I attempted the query again both in my own app and on the console and it's giving me an empty items array as a result:

https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc:USLZJ1613311&type=track

[eric_chunge]

It's also not working for me.

 

[112766196]

I have two spotify accounts. It's working on one, but not the other.

[ndubs]

I just tested the same on a new account and it worked for me but not the other as well. Would love to know what's going on.

[LambertSpot]

After URL encoding : into %3A I am getting a result (isrc%3AUSLZJ1613311), are you able to reproduce this as well?

When testing with two different accounts, are all other things identical?

[tuannamnguyen]

it's also not working for me

[ndubs]

When testing with the two different accounts things are identical. I went ahead a tried to use the %3A for the colon and it didn't work for me. The api returns results but the results are completely unrelated to the isrc that I'm searching for.

[tuannamnguyen]

other filters are not working for me as well, not just isrc

[tuannamnguyen]

encoding works however none of the returned results are relevant to my search terms

[LambertSpot]

I tried changing the query to "artist%3Aeminem" and I get a result featuring eminem. But some that are not related to eminem.. will continue to investigate..

[LambertSpot · Accepted solution]

Okay, we figured it out. There was an ongoing experiment within an upstream system that was causing this issue for users part of that experiment. We have stopped the experiment and I am able to verify that "artist:eminem" is returning the correct tracks as expected (and as users not part of the experiment were getting). Are you able to confirm this on your end as well?

[ndubs]

Just confirmed that it is working now with my original query.