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Hey there,

I used your code as the underlying foundation for a project involving Spotify and google scripts.

I wanted to mention that I think I found a better way of updating playlists, especially considering the six minute time limit Google Scripts has for any one function:

https://github.com/gardinermichael/UpcomingShowsSpotifySyncGoogle/blob/main/app/Main.gs#L170
https://github.com/gardinermichael/UpcomingShowsSpotifySyncGoogle/blob/main/app/Main.gs#L248

The basic gist is that instead of adding or removing songs one by one, you take a giant array of track URIs (in the order that you want them in) and cut that up into smaller arrays of about 30 tracks each. This is because there is a URL size limit for URLFetch. Once you do that, you run a for loop going through each array hitting a url containing just those URIs. The trick is that for the first array in the array of arrays, you use this PUT call:

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/reorder-or-replace-playlists-tracks
https://developer.spotify.com/console/put-playlist-tracks/

What this does is wipe the entire playlist to those first 30 tracks. However, when you're processing the subsequent arrays, you use the regular POST call to the same url that appends tracks to the playlist instead.

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/#/operations/add-tracks-to-playlist
https://developer.spotify.com/console/post-playlist-tracks/

It significantly decreases the processing time for editing the playlists, while still working with your CURRENT/LOG dashboard setup in Google Sheets.

Please let me know what you think or if anything doesn't make sense.