---
title: "Get Featured Playlists"
method: GET
path: "/browse/featured-playlists"
tags: ["Playlists"]
deprecated: true
---

# Get Featured Playlists

`GET /browse/featured-playlists`

> **Deprecated.**

Get a list of Spotify featured playlists (shown, for example, on a Spotify player's 'Browse' tab).

## Query parameters

- `locale` string — The desired language, consisting of an [ISO 639-1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1) language code and an [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2), joined by an underscore. For example: `es_MX`, meaning &quot;Spanish (Mexico)&quot;. Provide this parameter if you want the category strings returned in a particular language.<br/> _**Note**: if `locale` is not supplied, or if the specified language is not available, the category strings returned will be in the Spotify default language (American English)._
- `limit` integer — The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.
- `offset` integer — The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.

## Response `200`

A paged set of playlists

- PagingFeaturedPlaylistObject
  - `message` string — The localized message of a playlist.
  - `playlists` PagingPlaylistObject
    - `href` string, required — A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request
    - `limit` integer, required — The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
    - `next` string, nullable, required — URL to the next page of items. ( `null` if none)
    - `offset` integer, required — The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)
    - `previous` string, nullable, required — URL to the previous page of items. ( `null` if none)
    - `total` integer, required — The total number of items available to return.
    - `items` SimplifiedPlaylistObject[], required
      - `collaborative` boolean — `true` if the owner allows other users to modify the playlist.
      - `description` string — The playlist description. _Only returned for modified, verified playlists, otherwise_ `null`.
      - `external_urls` ExternalUrlObject
        - `spotify` string — The [Spotify URL](/documentation/web-api/concepts/spotify-uris-ids) for the object.
      - `href` string — A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the playlist.
      - `id` string — The [Spotify ID](/documentation/web-api/concepts/spotify-uris-ids) for the playlist.
      - `images` ImageObject[] — Images for the playlist. The array may be empty or contain up to three images. The images are returned by size in descending order. See [Working with Playlists](/documentation/web-api/concepts/playlists). _**Note**: If returned, the source URL for the image (`url`) is temporary and will expire in less than a day._
        - `url` string, required — The source URL of the image.
        - `height` integer, nullable, required — The image height in pixels.
        - `width` integer, nullable, required — The image width in pixels.
      - `name` string — The name of the playlist.
      - `owner` PlaylistOwnerObject
        - `external_urls` ExternalUrlObject
          - `spotify` string — The [Spotify URL](/documentation/web-api/concepts/spotify-uris-ids) for the object.
        - `href` string — A link to the Web API endpoint for this user.
        - `id` string — The [Spotify user ID](/documentation/web-api/concepts/spotify-uris-ids) for this user.
        - `type` 'user' — The object type.
        - `uri` string — The [Spotify URI](/documentation/web-api/concepts/spotify-uris-ids) for this user.
        - `display_name` string, nullable — The name displayed on the user's profile. `null` if not available.
      - `public` boolean — The playlist's public/private status (if it is added to the user's profile): `true` the playlist is public, `false` the playlist is private, `null` the playlist status is not relevant. For more about public/private status, see [Working with Playlists](/documentation/web-api/concepts/playlists)
      - `snapshot_id` string — The version identifier for the current playlist. Can be supplied in other requests to target a specific playlist version
      - `items` PlaylistTracksRefObject
        - `href` string — A link to the Web API endpoint where full details of the playlist's tracks can be retrieved.
        - `total` integer — Number of tracks in the playlist.
      - `tracks` PlaylistTracksRefObject
        - `href` string — A link to the Web API endpoint where full details of the playlist's tracks can be retrieved.
        - `total` integer — Number of tracks in the playlist.
      - `type` string — The object type: "playlist"
      - `uri` string — The [Spotify URI](/documentation/web-api/concepts/spotify-uris-ids) for the playlist.

## Other responses

- `401` — Bad or expired token. This can happen if the user revoked a token or the access token has expired. You should re-authenticate the user.
- `403` — Bad OAuth request (wrong consumer key, bad nonce, expired timestamp...). Unfortunately, re-authenticating the user won't help here.
- `429` — The app has exceeded its rate limits.

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