Scripts that have worked for years suddenly giving 404 errors

[bodger-uk]

I have 3 scripts that copy auto updating playlists into archive playlists whenever they update. These have been running for years without issue. At the end of November, however, 2 of them stopped working. All three scripts are identical except for the playlist IDs.

import random
import requests
import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth

# Set up your Spotify API credentials
client_id = '**client_id**'
client_secret = '*client_secret**'
redirect_uri = 'http://localhost'

# Set up the scope required for playlist access
scope = 'playlist-read-private playlist-modify-public playlist-read-collaborative playlist-modify-private'

# Create an instance of the Spotify client with authentication
sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(client_id=client_id,
                                               client_secret=client_secret,
                                               redirect_uri=redirect_uri,
                                               scope=scope))

# ID of the playlist you want to archive
playlist_id = '37i9dQZEVXbh5w4wwagITP'

# ID of the archive playlist
archive_playlist_id = '3a7E4UxlsArEpCp9jBUvIG'

def telegram_bot_sendtext(bot_message):

   bot_token = '**bot_token**'
   bot_chatID = '**chat_id**'
   send_text = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot' + bot_token + '/sendMessage?chat_id=' + bot_chatID + '&parse_mode=Markdown&text=' + bot_message

   response = requests.get(send_text)

   return response.json()

# Retrieve the playlist details
playlist = sp.playlist(playlist_id, fields='tracks.items.track.id')

# Retrieve the track IDs from the current playlist
track_ids = set([item['track']['id'] for item in playlist['tracks']['items']])

# Retrieve all track IDs from the archive playlist
archive_track_ids = set()

offset = 0
limit = 100

while True:
    archive_playlist = sp.playlist_tracks(archive_playlist_id, offset=offset, limit=limit)
    track_items = archive_playlist['items']
    
    for item in track_items:
        archive_track_ids.add(item['track']['id'])
    
    if not archive_playlist['next']:
        break
        
    offset += limit

# Add only the new tracks from the playlist to the archive playlist
tracks_to_add = list(track_ids - archive_track_ids)

if tracks_to_add:
    # Split the tracks into batches of 100 and add them to the archive playlist
    for i in range(0, len(tracks_to_add), 100):
        batch = tracks_to_add[i:i+100]
        sp.playlist_add_items(archive_playlist_id, batch)
    print(telegram_bot_sendtext(f"{len(tracks_to_add)} new tracks added to the Release Radar archive playlist."))
else:
    print(telegram_bot_sendtext("No new tracks to add to the Release Radar Archive."))

The response I get back from the 2 that failis

HTTP Error for GET to https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZEVXbh5w4wwagITP with Params: {'fields': 'tracks.items.track.id', 'market': None, 'additional_types': 'track'} returned 404 due to Resource not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 275, in _internal_call
    response.raise_for_status()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 1024, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZEVXbh5w4wwagITP?fields=tracks.items.track.id&additional_types=track

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/Spotify/Release.py", line 37, in <module>
    playlist = sp.playlist(playlist_id, fields='tracks.items.track.id')
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 666, in playlist
    return self._get(
           ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 327, in _get
    return self._internal_call("GET", url, payload, kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py", line 297, in _internal_call
    raise SpotifyException(
spotipy.exceptions.SpotifyException: http status: 404, code:-1 - https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/37i9dQZEVXbh5w4wwagITP?fields=tracks.items.track.id&additional_types=track:
 Resource not found, reason: None

I have confirmed that the playlist IDs haven't changed, the ones listed above are present and correct.

Any help appreciated, as I say, these scripts have been rock solid for years, and I haven't changed anything. Also, one of them still works and is no different!!

[dieser-niko]

#1172

#1175 (comment) is the only known workaround so far.

[bodger-uk]

Of FFS!

Thanks for the update. And FU Spotify!