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Soundcloud's API SC.get set to return 6 results, only return 4

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by reproducing the SC.get('/tracks') request with q='x', limit=6, and linked_partitioning=1, then compare the requested limit with the returned items. Inspect the SDK request path and the linked API response to determine whether four results are expected behavior or an SDK issue. Done means documenting the cause or identifying a specific change needed.

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Description

Using SC.get() to search for tracks with the letter 'x' with a limit of 6 results for every linked_partition, I seem to recieve only 4 results for the first call.

js:

var get_url = '/tracks';
            var get_options =  {
                q:'x',
                limit:6,
                linked_partitioning: 1
            }       

            SC.get(get_url,get_options)
            .then(function(data){
                console.log(data);
            });

url for result: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks?q=x&limit=6&linked_partitioning=1&format=json&client_id=ANY_CLIENT_ID. limit is set to 6 and only 4 items return.

why?

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