fix #582

tests/mixins/test_search.py

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ def test_search_localized(self):
         yt_local = YTMusic(language="it")
         results = yt_local.search("ABBA")
         assert all(result["resultType"] in ALL_RESULT_TYPES for result in results)
+        assert len([x for x in results if x["resultType"] == "album"]) <= 10  # album is default fallback
+
+        results = yt_local.search("ABBA", filter="songs")
+        assert all(item["resultType"] == "song" for item in results)
 
     def test_search_filters(self, yt_auth):
         query = "hip hop playlist"

ytmusicapi/mixins/search.py

@@ -205,38 +205,44 @@ def search(
             filter = scopes[1]
 
         for res in section_list:
+            result_type = category = None
+            search_result_types = self.parser.get_search_result_types()
+
             if "musicCardShelfRenderer" in res:
                 top_result = parse_top_result(
                     res["musicCardShelfRenderer"], self.parser.get_search_result_types()
                 )
                 search_results.append(top_result)
                 if not (shelf_contents := nav(res, ["musicCardShelfRenderer", "contents"], True)):
                     continue
-                type = category = None
                 # if "more from youtube" is present, remove it - it's not parseable
                 if "messageRenderer" in shelf_contents[0]:
                     category = nav(shelf_contents.pop(0), ["messageRenderer", *TEXT_RUN_TEXT])
 
             elif "musicShelfRenderer" in res:
                 shelf_contents = res["musicShelfRenderer"]["contents"]
                 category = nav(res, MUSIC_SHELF + TITLE_TEXT, True)
-                type_filter = filter or category
 
-                type = type_filter[:-1].lower() if type_filter else None
+                # if we know the filter it's easy to set the result type
+                # unfortunately uploads is modeled as a filter (historical reasons),
+                #  so we take care to not set the result type for that scope
+                if filter and not scope == scopes[1]:
+                    result_type = filter[:-1].lower()
 
             else:
                 continue
 
-            search_result_types = self.parser.get_search_result_types()
-            search_results.extend(parse_search_results(shelf_contents, search_result_types, type, category))
+            search_results.extend(
+                parse_search_results(shelf_contents, search_result_types, result_type, category)
+            )
 
             if filter:  # if filter is set, there are continuations
 
                 def request_func(additionalParams):
                     return self._send_request(endpoint, body, additionalParams)
 
                 def parse_func(contents):
-                    return parse_search_results(contents, search_result_types, type, category)
+                    return parse_search_results(contents, search_result_types, result_type, category)
 
                 search_results.extend(
                     get_continuations(

ytmusicapi/parsers/search.py

@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ def parse_search_result(data, search_result_types, result_type, category):
 
     # try to determine the result type based on the first run
     if result_type not in ALL_RESULT_TYPES:  # i.e. localized result_type
-        result_type = get_search_result_type(get_item_text(data, 1), search_result_types)
+        if not result_type:
+            result_type = get_item_text(data, 1)
+        result_type = get_search_result_type(result_type, search_result_types)
 
     # determine result type based on browseId
     #  if there was no category title (i.e. for extra results in Top Result)