FAQ¶
Frequently asked questions for ytmusicapi. Contributions are welcome, please
submit a PR.
Setup¶
My library results are empty even though I set up my cookie correctly.¶
Please make sure that you don’t have multiple Google accounts. ytmusicapi might be returning
results from a different account which is currently empty. You can set your account using X-Goog-AuthUser
in your headers file (numeric index) or by providing the id of a brand account with ytmusic = YTMusic(headers, "1234..").
For more details see the Reference.
Usage¶
How do I add a song, album, artist or playlist to my library?¶
- songs: edit_song_library_status . Liking a song using rate_song does not add it to your library, only to your liked songs playlist.
- albums, playlists: rate_playlist
- artists: subscribe_artists . This will add the artist to your Subscriptions tab. The Artists tab is determined by the songs/albums you have added to your library.
How can I get the radio playlist for a song, video, playlist or album?¶
- songs, videos:
RDAMVM+videoId - playlists, albums:
RDAMPL+playlistId
How can I get the shuffle playlist for a playlist or album?¶
Use get_watch_playlist_shuffle
with the playlistId or audioPlaylistId (albums).
How can I get all my public playlists in a single request?¶
Call get_user_playlists
with your own channelId.
Can I download songs?¶
You can use youtube-dl for this purpose.
YouTube Music API Internals¶
Is there a difference between songs and videos?¶
Yes. Videos are regular videos from YouTube, which can be uploaded by any user. Songs are actual songs uploaded by artists.
You can also add songs to your library, while you can’t add videos.
Is there a rate limit?¶
There most certainly is, although you shouldn’t run into it during normal usage. See related issues:
What is a browseId?¶
A browseId is an internal, globally unique identifier used by YouTube Music for browsable content.
Which videoTypes exist and what do they mean?¶
videoType is prefixed with MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_, i.e. MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_OMV.
Currently the following variants of videoType are known:
OMV: Original Music Video - uploaded by original artist with actual video contentUGC: User Generated Content - uploaded by regular YouTube userATV: High quality song uploaded by original artist with cover imageOFFICIAL_SOURCE_MUSIC: Official video content, but not for a single track
Why is ytmusicapi returning more results than requested with the limit parameter?¶
YouTube Music always returns increments of a specific pagination value, usually between 20 and 100 items at a time.
This is the case if a ytmusicapi method supports the limit parameter. The default value of the limit parameter
indicates the server-side pagination increment. ytmusicapi will keep fetching continuations from the server until it has
reached at least the limit parameter, and return all of these results.
Which values can I use for locations?¶
Pick a value from the list below for your desired location and pass it using the location parameter.
Supported locations
| Location | Value |
| Algeria | DZ |
| Argentina | AR |
| Australia | AU |
| Austria | AT |
| Azerbaijan | AZ |
| Bahrain | BH |
| Bangladesh | BD |
| Belarus | BY |
| Belgium | BE |
| Bolivia | BO |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA |
| Brazil | BR |
| Bulgaria | BG |
| Cambodia | KH |
| Canada | CA |
| Chile | CL |
| Colombia | CO |
| Costa Rica | CR |
| Croatia | HR |
| Cyprus | CY |
| Czechia | CZ |
| Denmark | DK |
| Dominican Republic | DO |
| Ecuador | EC |
| Egypt | EG |
| El Salvador | SV |
| Estonia | EE |
| Finland | FI |
| France | FR |
| Georgia | GE |
| Germany | DE |
| Ghana | GH |
| Greece | GR |
| Guatemala | GT |
| Honduras | HN |
| Hong Kong | HK |
| Hungary | HU |
| Iceland | IS |
| India | IN |
| Indonesia | ID |
| Iraq | IQ |
| Ireland | IE |
| Israel | IL |
| Italy | IT |
| Jamaica | JM |
| Japan | JP |
| Jordan | JO |
| Kazakhstan | KZ |
| Kenya | KE |
| Kuwait | KW |
| Laos | LA |
| Latvia | LV |
| Lebanon | LB |
| Libya | LY |
| Liechtenstein | LI |
| Lithuania | LT |
| Luxembourg | LU |
| Malaysia | MY |
| Malta | MT |
| Mexico | MX |
| Montenegro | ME |
| Morocco | MA |
| Nepal | NP |
| Netherlands | NL |
| New Zealand | NZ |
| Nicaragua | NI |
| Nigeria | NG |
| North Macedonia | MK |
| Norway | NO |
| Oman | OM |
| Pakistan | PK |
| Panama | PA |
| Papua New Guinea | PG |
| Paraguay | PY |
| Peru | PE |
| Philippines | PH |
| Poland | PL |
| Portugal | PT |
| Puerto Rico | PR |
| Qatar | QA |
| Romania | RO |
| Russia | RU |
| Saudi Arabia | SA |
| Senegal | SN |
| Serbia | RS |
| Singapore | SG |
| Slovakia | SK |
| Slovenia | SI |
| South Africa | ZA |
| South Korea | KR |
| Spain | ES |
| Sri Lanka | LK |
| Sweden | SE |
| Switzerland | CH |
| Taiwan | TW |
| Tanzania | TZ |
| Thailand | TH |
| Tunisia | TN |
| Turkey | TR |
| Uganda | UG |
| Ukraine | UA |
| United Arab Emirates | AE |
| United Kingdom | GB |
| United States | US |
| Uruguay | UY |
| Venezuela | VE |
| Vietnam | VN |
| Yemen | YE |
| Zimbabwe | ZW |