From 051e6d49af3a5f222bebc689ed2f63523ce359e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niko <github@dieserniko.link>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:39:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add warning when regex for uri fails

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 2 ++
 spotipy/client.py | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2865cdd..77834f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Add your changes below.
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added a warning if the URI regex did not match the input.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index 92fe1da..6981f88 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -2140,6 +2140,7 @@ class Spotify:
 
     def _get_uri(self, type, id):
         if self._is_uri(id):
+            warnings.warn(f"{repr(id)} did not match the Spotify URI RegEx.", UserWarning)
             return id
         else:
             return "spotify:" + type + ":" + self._get_id(type, id)