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class="col docItemCol_3FnS"><div class="docItemContainer_33ec"><article><span class="badge badge--secondary">Version: 6.X</span><div class="tocCollapsible_1PrD tocMobile_3Hoh"><button type="button" class="clean-btn tocCollapsibleButton_2O1e">On this page</button></div><div class="markdown"><header><h1 class="h1Heading_27L5">IPlayableItem</h1></header><p>When working with playlists or the current playing context, you will encounter the <code>IPlayableItem</code> type, which only contains a <code>Type</code> property. Spotify recently introduced shows/episodes to the API, and thus had to adapt API endpoints which previously just returned track objects. Now, playlists and the current playing context can include two types: tracks and episodes. To reflect this in our models, we introduced <code>IPlayableItem</code>.</p><div class="codeBlockContainer_K1bP"><div class="codeBlockContent_hGly csharp"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-csharp codeBlock_23N8 thin-scrollbar" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><code class="codeBlockLines_39YC"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">var spotify = new SpotifyClient(&quot;YourAccessToken&quot;);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block">
</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">var playlist = await spotify.Playlists.Get(&quot;37i9dQZEVXbMDoHDwVN2tF&quot;);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">foreach (PlaylistTrack&lt;IPlayableItem&gt; item in playlist.Tracks.Items)</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">{</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> // When was it added</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Console.WriteLine(item.AddedAt);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> // The only propety on item is item.Type, it&#x27;s a IPlayableItem</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Console.WriteLine(item.Track.Type);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">}</span></span></code></pre><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_Ue-o clean-btn">Copy</button></div></div><p>Now, this type per se is probably useless to you. You&#x27;re interested in the name, uri or artist of the episode/track. To get that info, you have to type cast the <code>IPlayableItem</code> to the respective type:</p><div class="codeBlockContainer_K1bP"><div class="codeBlockContent_hGly csharp"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-csharp codeBlock_23N8 thin-scrollbar" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><code class="codeBlockLines_39YC"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">foreach (PlaylistTrack&lt;IPlayableItem&gt; item in playlist.Tracks.Items)</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">{</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> if (item.Track is FullTrack track)</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> {</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> // All FullTrack properties are available</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Console.WriteLine(track.Name);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> }</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> if (item.Track is FullEpisode episode)</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> {</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> // All FullTrack properties are available</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> Console.WriteLine(episode.Name);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain"> }</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">}</span></span></code></pre><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_Ue-o clean-btn">Copy</button></div></div><p>To this day, <code>IPlayableItem</code> can only be <code>FullTrack</code> or <code>FullEpisode</code>.</p><h2><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2LWZ" id="fields"></a>Fields<a class="hash-link" href="#fields" title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h2><p>When requesting just a subset of fields using the <code>fields</code> query parameter, the call might fail with an exception similar to <code>Received unknown playlist element type</code>. For example, the following call fails:</p><div class="codeBlockContainer_K1bP"><div class="codeBlockContent_hGly csharp"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-csharp codeBlock_23N8 thin-scrollbar" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><code class="codeBlockLines_39YC"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">var playlistGetItemsRequest = new PlaylistGetItemsRequest();</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">playlistGetItemsRequest.Fields.Add(&quot;items(track(name))&quot;);</span></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">var playlistItems = await spotify.Playlists.GetItems(&quot;YourPlaylistId&quot;, playlistGetItemsRequest);</span></span></code></pre><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_Ue-o clean-btn">Copy</button></div></div><p>By requesting just the track name from the items, we don&#x27;t have any kind of type information of the item itself. Thus, we&#x27;re unable to cast it to the correct model. To fix this, include the type in the fields as well:</p><div class="codeBlockContainer_K1bP"><div class="codeBlockContent_hGly csharp"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-csharp codeBlock_23N8 thin-scrollbar" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><code class="codeBlockLines_39YC"><span class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">playlistGetItemsRequest.Fields.Add(&quot;items(track(name,type))&quot;);</span></span></code></pre><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_Ue-o clean-btn">Copy</button></div></div></div><footer class="row docusaurus-mt-lg"><div class="col"><a href="https://github.com/JohnnyCrazy/SpotifyAPI-NET/edit/master/SpotifyAPI.Docs/docs/iplayableitem.md" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><svg fill="currentColor" height="20" width="20" viewBox="0 0 40 40" class="iconEdit_2_ui" aria-hidden="true"><g><path d="m34.5 11.7l-3 3.1-6.3-6.3 3.1-3q0.5-0.5 1.2-0.5t1.1 0.5l3.9 3.9q0.5 0.4 0.5 1.1t-0.5 1.2z m-29.5 17.1l18.4-18.5 6.3 6.3-18.4 18.4h-6.3v-6.2z"></path></g></svg>Edit this page</a></div><div class="col lastUpdated_3DPF">Last updated on <b><time datetime="2022-05-19T04:06:24.000Z">5/19/2022</time></b> by <b>Alex Yeo</b></div></footer></article><nav class="pagination-nav docusaurus-mt-lg" aria-label="Docs pages navigation"><div class="pagination-nav__item"><a class="pagination-nav__link" href="/SpotifyAPI-NET/docs/retry_handling"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">« Retry Handling</div></a></div><div class="pagination-nav__item pagination-nav__item--next"><a class="pagination-nav__link" href="/SpotifyAPI-NET/docs/unit_testing"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">Unit Testing »</div></a></div></nav></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_35-E thin-scrollbar"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a href="#fields" class="table-of-contents__link">Fields</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></main></div></div><footer class="footer footer--dark"><div class="container"><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class="footer__copyright">Copyright © 2022 Jonas Dellinger. 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