Apple Music API Sporadic Behavior

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Created Jul ’20

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Is anyone else seeing the Apple Music API acting sporadically?

The API call we are using is

https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/{0}/search?offset={1}&term={2}&limit=20&types=songs

If we do
https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/US/search?offset=0&term=maroon+5&limit=20&types=songs

and

https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/US/search?offset=20&term=maroon+5&limit=20&types=songs

the returned results from the api call that has an offset of 20 are the same results as the returned api call that had an offset of 0.

We've also seen it where instead of searching maroon+5 we search lady+gaga and that doesn't work either however it is currently working whereas we've searched lionel+richie and that did work but currently is not working thus producing the same behavior as maroon+5.

After changing the limit to 10 to test out that behavior, instead of returning songs 11-20 on the second api call with an offset of 10, (https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/US/search?offset=10&term=maroon+5&limit=10&types=songs) songs 1-10 were returned again where as doing
https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/US/search?offset=0&term=maroon+5&limit=20&types=songs returned songs 1-20

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Answer 1

voporak5 OP

Jul ’20

I can't figure out how to edit the original post, but after all my testing

the first API call will always be good regardless of limit.
Any subsequent api call just returns the results as if the offset is 0.

Anyone have thoughts or a way to raise this as a bug to apple?

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Answer 2

abhoward9 OP

Jul ’20

Seeing similar weirdness. My API call that used to get all albums in my library now gets the first 60-ish and then doesn't get anymore when I change the offset. No idea what is going on. Probably going to ask for code level support.

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Answer 3

voporak5 OP

Jul ’20

Ok that's good that we're not alone. I reported the issue to
https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback
but haven't gotten any replies yet

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Answer 4

voporak5 OP

Jul ’20

I've raised the issue to code level support and they got back to me saying to use feedbackassistant which I've already done a week ago without a response yet.

I've replied to code level support asking if there's a way to raise the severity of the issue.

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Answer 5

OP

Apple

Aug ’20

Is this still happening for you? Please let me know if you still see this offset not being honored or any other issues and if not feel free to mark as resolved

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