Apple Music API - Create Playlist

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Created Feb ’17

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I have been exploring the Apple Music API to see what kind of functionality I can expect to be able to use in an iOS app. I have created a little test app that gains permission from the user and outputs the playlists I have (and songs) to

NSLog

.

MPMediaQuery *myPlaylistsQuery = [MPMediaQuery playlistsQuery];

[myPlaylistsQuery setGroupingType:MPMediaGroupingPlaylist];

NSArray *playlists = [myPlaylistsQuery collections];

for (MPMediaPlaylist *playlist in playlists) {

     NSLog (@"%@", [playlist valueForProperty: MPMediaPlaylistPropertyName]);

     NSArray *songs = [playlist items];

     for (MPMediaItem *song in songs) {

          NSString *songTitle = [song valueForProperty: MPMediaItemPropertyTitle];

          NSLog (@"\t\t%@", songTitle);

So far, so good. What I want to know is:

is there a way of creating a playlist from my app (via the API)?

I know there is an

MPMediaPlaylist

addItem

and

add

method but can't seem to find a way of creating the new playlist itself. I noticed that Shazam creates a 'My Shazam' playlist when you connect their app to Apple Music so there must be something out there.

According to this page it should be possible: https://affiliate.itunes.apple.com/resources/blog/apple-music-api-faq/

Thanks in advance for any help! I'm going round in circles at the moment

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scgough OP

Feb ’17

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I've figured this out. If you use the following code you can generate a new playlist and perform an action on it.

NSUUID *uuid = [NSUUID UUID];

[[MPMediaLibrary defaultMediaLibrary] getPlaylistWithUUID:uuid creationMetadata:[[MPMediaPlaylistCreationMetadata alloc] initWithName:@"YOUR PLAYLIST NAME"] completionHandler:^(MPMediaPlaylist * _Nullable playlist, NSError * _Nullable error) {

    NSLog(@"%@", error);

    if (!error) { NSLog(@"All ok let's do some stuff with the playlist!"); }

}];

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Answer 2

jweston491 OP

Oct ’17

Would you have to use Object-C/Swift code to use the API to create a playlist or would you be able to use other server-side languages such as Python/PHP/Ruby/etc.?

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