HTTP 401 when downloading artist/album

[DeadLumina]

System OS

Linux

Python Version

3.12.4 (CPython)

Install Source

pip / PyPi

Install version / commit hash

4.2.5

Expected Behavior vs Actual Behavior

Expected: Download should start after querying artists / albums.
Actual: Most times an exception is thrown with error HTTP 401. After multiple attempts however it works.

Steps to reproduce - Ensure to include actual links!

1. Start spotdl download https://open.spotify.com/artist/7HxWNbJlF1jfvUOej0aVPY?si=351f251c1c45498f(any artist/album/song will do)
2. ???
3. Sometimes it happens and other times it doesn't

Traceback

[06:08:40 PM] DEBUG    MainThread - Downloader settings: {'audio_providers': ['youtube-music', 'youtube', 'piped'], 'lyrics_providers': ['genius', 'musixmatch', 'azlyrics'], 'playlist_numbering': False, 'scan_for_songs': False, 'm3u': None, 'output': '{album-artist}/{album}/{artist} -              downloader.py:131
                       {title}.{output-ext}', 'overwrite': 'skip', 'search_query': None, 'ffmpeg': 'ffmpeg', 'bitrate': '0', 'ffmpeg_args': '-threads 24 -hide_banner -compression_level 0', 'format': 'mp3', 'save_file': '/home/me/.spotdl/save.spotdl', 'filter_results': True, 'album_type': None,                      
                       'threads': 7, 'cookie_file': '/home/me/.spotdl/cookies.txt', 'restrict': None, 'print_errors': False, 'sponsor_block': False, 'preload': False, 'archive': None, 'load_config': True, 'log_level': 'DEBUG', 'simple_tui': False, 'fetch_albums': False, 'id3_separator': '/',                        
                       'ytm_data': False, 'add_unavailable': False, 'generate_lrc': False, 'force_update_metadata': False, 'only_verified_results': False, 'sync_without_deleting': False, 'max_filename_length': None, 'yt_dlp_args': "--ignore-config -6 --no-part --extractor-args --extractor-args                      
                       'youtube:skip=translated_subs;player_client=web,ios,web_safari'", 'detect_formats': None, 'save_errors': None, 'ignore_albums': None, 'proxy': None, 'skip_explicit': False, 'log_format': None, 'redownload': False, 'skip_album_art': False, 'create_skip_file': False,                            
                       'respect_skip_file': False}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
[06:08:40 PM] DEBUG    MainThread - FFmpeg path: ffmpeg                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    downloader.py:149
[06:08:40 PM] DEBUG    MainThread - Found 0 known songs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    downloader.py:184
[06:08:41 PM] DEBUG    MainThread - Archive: 0 urls                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        downloader.py:231
[06:08:41 PM] DEBUG    MainThread - Downloader initialized                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 downloader.py:233
[06:08:41 PM] INFO     MainThread - Processing query: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7HxWNbJlF1jfvUOej0aVPY?si=351f251c1c45498f                                                                                                                                                                               search.py:137
[06:08:43 PM] DEBUG    MainThread - Took 1 seconds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        entry_point.py:156
HTTP Error for GET to https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/1yrKtItFzrZIQvjEOivCeg with Params: {} returned 401 due to None
[06:08:43 PM] ERROR    MainThread - An error occurred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     entry_point.py:159
                       ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py:275 in _internal_call                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │    272 │   │   │   │   timeout=self.requests_timeout, **args                                                                                                                                                                                                                   │                   
                       │    273 │   │   │   )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │    274 │   │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               │                   
                       │ ❱  275 │   │   │   response.raise_for_status()                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 │                   
                       │    276 │   │   │   results = response.json()                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   │                   
                       │    277 │   │   except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_error:                                                                                                                                                                                                             │                   
                       │    278 │   │   │   response = http_error.response                                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/requests/models.py:1024 in raise_for_status                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   1021 │   │   │   )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │   1022 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   │                   
                       │   1023 │   │   if http_error_msg:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │ ❱ 1024 │   │   │   raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │   1025 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │   1026 │   def close(self):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │   1027 │   │   """Releases the connection back to the pool. Once this method has been                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯                   
                       HTTPError: 401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url: https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/1yrKtItFzrZIQvjEOivCeg                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/console/entry_point.py:142 in console_entry_point                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   139 │   try:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 │                   
                       │   140 │   │   # Pick the operation to perform                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  │                   
                       │   141 │   │   # based on the name and run it!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  │                   
                       │ ❱ 142 │   │   OPERATIONS[arguments.operation](                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 │                   
                       │   143 │   │   │   query=arguments.query,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │   144 │   │   │   downloader=downloader,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │   145 │   │   )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/console/download.py:25 in download                                                                                                                                                                                         │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   22 │   """                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   │                   
                       │   23 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │                   
                       │   24 │   # Parse the query                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │ ❱ 25 │   songs = get_simple_songs(                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             │                   
                       │   26 │   │   query,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            │                   
                       │   27 │   │   use_ytm_data=downloader.settings["ytm_data"],                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │   28 │   │   playlist_numbering=downloader.settings["playlist_numbering"],                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/utils/search.py:264 in get_simple_songs                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   261 │   │   elif "open.spotify.com" in request and "album" in request:                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │   262 │   │   │   lists.append(Album.from_url(request, fetch_songs=False))                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │   263 │   │   elif "open.spotify.com" in request and "artist" in request:                                                                                                                                                                                                      │                   
                       │ ❱ 264 │   │   │   lists.append(Artist.from_url(request, fetch_songs=False))                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │   265 │   │   elif "open.spotify.com" in request and "user" in request:                                                                                                                                                                                                        │                   
                       │   266 │   │   │   lists.extend(get_all_user_playlists(request))                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   267 │   │   elif "album:" in request:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/types/song.py:306 in from_url                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   303 │   │   - The SongList object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │   304 │   │   """                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │   305 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │ ❱ 306 │   │   metadata, songs = cls.get_metadata(url)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │   307 │   │   urls = [song.url for song in songs]                                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │   308 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │   309 │   │   if fetch_songs:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/types/artist.py:87 in get_metadata                                                                                                                                                                                         │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │    84 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │    85 │   │   songs = []                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │    86 │   │   for album in albums:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             │                   
                       │ ❱  87 │   │   │   album_obj = Album.from_url(album, fetch_songs=False)                                                                                                                                                                                                         │                   
                       │    88 │   │   │   songs.extend(album_obj.songs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │    89 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │    90 │   │   # Very aggressive deduplication                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/types/song.py:306 in from_url                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   303 │   │   - The SongList object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │   304 │   │   """                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │   305 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │ ❱ 306 │   │   metadata, songs = cls.get_metadata(url)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │   307 │   │   urls = [song.url for song in songs]                                                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │   308 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │   309 │   │   if fetch_songs:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/types/album.py:42 in get_metadata                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │    39 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │    40 │   │   spotify_client = SpotifyClient()                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 │                   
                       │    41 │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │ ❱  42 │   │   album_metadata = spotify_client.album(url)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │    43 │   │   if album_metadata is None:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │    44 │   │   │   raise AlbumError(                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            │                   
                       │    45 │   │   │   │   "Couldn't get metadata, check if you have passed correct album id"                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py:476 in album                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │    473 │   │   if market is not None:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │    474 │   │   │   return self._get("albums/" + trid + '?market=' + market)                                                                                                                                                                                                    │                   
                       │    475 │   │   else:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │ ❱  476 │   │   │   return self._get("albums/" + trid)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │    477 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │    478 │   def album_tracks(self, album_id, limit=50, offset=0, market=None):                                                                                                                                                                                                  │                   
                       │    479 │   │   """ Get Spotify catalog information about an album's tracks                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotdl/utils/spotify.py:195 in _get                                                                                                                                                                                               │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │   192 │   │   retries = self.max_retries  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=E1101                                                                                                                                                                                               │                   
                       │   193 │   │   while response is None:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          │                   
                       │   194 │   │   │   try:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │                   
                       │ ❱ 195 │   │   │   │   response = self._internal_call("GET", url, payload, kwargs)                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │   196 │   │   │   except (requests.exceptions.Timeout, requests.ConnectionError) as exc:                                                                                                                                                                                       │                   
                       │   197 │   │   │   │   retries -= 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             │                   
                       │   198 │   │   │   │   if retries <= 0:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │ /home/me/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/spotipy/client.py:297 in _internal_call                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                │                   
                       │    294 │   │   │   │   method, url, args.get("params"), response.status_code, msg                                                                                                                                                                                              │                   
                       │    295 │   │   │   )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           │                   
                       │    296 │   │   │                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               │                   
                       │ ❱  297 │   │   │   raise SpotifyException(                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │    298 │   │   │   │   response.status_code,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   │                   
                       │    299 │   │   │   │   -1,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     │                   
                       │    300 │   │   │   │   f"{response.url}:\n {msg}",                                                                                                                                                                                                                             │                   
                       ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯                   
                       SpotifyException: http status: 401, code:-1 - https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/1yrKtItFzrZIQvjEOivCeg:                                                                                                                                                                                              
                        None, reason: None

Other details

• Linux Distro: Fedora-40_x86_64
• My own client_id and client_secret was used.
• Possibly related to 429/500/404 Errors and Rate Limiting Issues #2142 ?
• no_cache is set to true

Raw JSON Response:

{
  "error": {
    "status": 401,
    "message": "No token provided"
  }
}

UPDATE as of 2024-08-18:

I have continued downloading large amounts of songs, and I haven't encountered the problem in a few days. Maybe a problem on Spotify's side?

[DrMxrcy]

Getting the same here on my end for some downloads

[guerda]

I have the same issues with different playlists. Is it possible that the client ID is throttled?

[DrMxrcy]

I have the same issues with different playlists. Is it possible that the client ID is throttled?

I have tried rotating between 3 Different Client IDs. I am not sure

[xnetcat]

I have tried rotating between 3 Different Client IDs. I am not sure

Either this or threre's an issue on the spotify's side

closing in favor of #2142