I’m working with the Spotify Developer API and I can see there’s a model for individual playlists in the documentation. However, I can’t find any information about creating playlist groups or folders that can contain multiple playlists inside them.
I noticed that the main spotify application has a function called core.library.createPlaylistGroup() but this seems to be restricted and not available for third-party developers using the public API.
Has anyone found a way to programmatically create these playlist containers through the available API endpoints? I’m looking for any workarounds or official methods that might allow this functionality.
Nope, playlist folders aren’t supported in Spotify’s public API at all. I hit this same wall building a playlist tool last year and spent way too much time digging through docs and testing endpoints. That core.library.createPlaylistGroup() function you found is part of Spotify’s internal API - they use it for their own apps, but we can’t touch it. There’s no way to authenticate or access that functionality from third-party apps. My workaround was using a naming convention where playlists in the same ‘group’ share a prefix or suffix. Users can visually organize their playlists even without real folders. Not perfect, but it’s the only option with current API limits.
Unfortunately, the option to create playlist folders is still not available in Spotify’s official API. I faced the same limitation when I was developing a music application two years back, and nothing has changed since then. Playlist folders are exclusively functional in Spotify’s own applications, and these internal endpoints are not accessible to third-party developers. It appears that Spotify has chosen to restrict organizational capabilities like this to maintain a consistent user experience. The public API focuses primarily on basic music functionalities, leaving advanced library management unsupported. In my case, I devised a workaround by implementing a separate system for grouping playlists, which stored metadata independently of Spotify. This allowed users to create virtual folders within my application that linked to their actual playlists via ID. While this solution worked effectively for organizing extensive collections, the downside is that the organization is confined to my app and won’t be visible in Spotify itself.