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SearchItems

Get Spotify catalog information about artists, albums, tracks or playlists that match a keyword string.

::: warning You may want to use SearchItemsEscaped if you're processing user-input without validation :::

Parameters

NameDescriptionExample
qThe search query's keywords (and optional field filters and operators), for example q=roadhouse+blues."roadhouse+blues"
typeA list of item types to search across.SearchType.Album
[limit]The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.20
[offset]The index of the first result to return. Default: 00
[market]An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or the string from_token."de"

Returns a SearchItem which contains the properties Paging<FullArtist> Artists,Paging<FullTrack> Tracks, Paging<SimpleAlbum> Albums, Paging<SimplePlaylist> Playlists. They are filled based on your search-type.

Usage

SearchItem item = _spotify.SearchItems("roadhouse+blues", SearchType.Album | SearchType.Playlist);
Console.WriteLine(item.Albums.Total); //How many results are there in total? NOTE: item.Tracks = item.Artists = null

SearchItemsEscaped

Get Spotify catalog information about artists, albums, tracks or playlists that match a keyword string.

Works like SearchItems, but URL escapes all characters