API does not appear to support renaming a saved podcast show
Summary
Thanks for publishing save-to-spotify. I was able to create/upload a podcast show and it eventually appeared on Spotify, which is great.
The main thing I ran into afterward is that I could not find a way to rename the show through the API or this workflow once it existed. The public Spotify Web API appears to provide read access for shows, but not an update endpoint equivalent to the playlist rename/update endpoint.
That leaves a created show in a difficult state if the original title needs to be corrected.
What I tried
- Created/uploaded a podcast show through the workflow.
- Waited for the show to appear publicly on Spotify.
- Looked for a Web API endpoint or CLI path to update the show name.
- Found show read endpoints, but no show metadata update endpoint.
Expected behavior
Ideally, there would be a documented way to update the show title after creation, either through:
- a supported Spotify API endpoint,
- an option in this workflow,
- or clear documentation explaining that show names are immutable through the API once created.
Actual behavior
The show is visible on Spotify, but I do not see an API-supported way to rename it.
As a side note, I also tried using Spotify for Creators as a manual workaround. That did not work in this case because the Creator claim flow asked me to verify ownership through an inaccessible generated email address similar to 20...@does-not-exist.spotify.com. So even the manual UI path was not available for this particular show.
Impact
This makes it easy to end up with a public show whose name cannot be corrected through the same tool/API path that created it.
It would be helpful to know whether this is an expected Spotify platform limitation, and if so, whether save-to-spotify can document the limitation before users create a show.
Friendly suggestion
If show renaming is not supported by Spotify's API, maybe the docs could mention that the initial show title should be treated as final, or explain any available recovery path.
If the workflow controls the creator/RSS owner metadata, it might also be useful to allow a real user email to be supplied so Spotify for Creators can be used as a fallback management path.
API does not appear to support renaming a saved podcast show
Summary
Thanks for publishing
save-to-spotify. I was able to create/upload a podcast show and it eventually appeared on Spotify, which is great.The main thing I ran into afterward is that I could not find a way to rename the show through the API or this workflow once it existed. The public Spotify Web API appears to provide read access for shows, but not an update endpoint equivalent to the playlist rename/update endpoint.
That leaves a created show in a difficult state if the original title needs to be corrected.
What I tried
Expected behavior
Ideally, there would be a documented way to update the show title after creation, either through:
Actual behavior
The show is visible on Spotify, but I do not see an API-supported way to rename it.
As a side note, I also tried using Spotify for Creators as a manual workaround. That did not work in this case because the Creator claim flow asked me to verify ownership through an inaccessible generated email address similar to
20...@does-not-exist.spotify.com. So even the manual UI path was not available for this particular show.Impact
This makes it easy to end up with a public show whose name cannot be corrected through the same tool/API path that created it.
It would be helpful to know whether this is an expected Spotify platform limitation, and if so, whether
save-to-spotifycan document the limitation before users create a show.Friendly suggestion
If show renaming is not supported by Spotify's API, maybe the docs could mention that the initial show title should be treated as final, or explain any available recovery path.
If the workflow controls the creator/RSS owner metadata, it might also be useful to allow a real user email to be supplied so Spotify for Creators can be used as a fallback management path.