diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26f9ed5c..5e16ab30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 -   Pin Github Actions Runner to Ubuntu 20 for Py27
 -   Fixed potential error where `found` variable in `test_artist_related_artists` is undefined if for loop never evaluates to true
 -   Fixed false positive test `test_new_releases` which looks up the wrong property of the JSON response object and always evaluates to true
+-   Fixed playlist_add_items() to accept only URIs and URLs and not IDs, since 'track' and 'episode' cannot be inferred from ID only
 
 ## [2.21.0] - 2022-09-26
 
diff --git a/examples/add_tracks_to_playlist.py b/examples/add_tracks_to_playlist.py
index 28e6cf49..eaaa6637 100644
--- a/examples/add_tracks_to_playlist.py
+++ b/examples/add_tracks_to_playlist.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 def get_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Adds track to user playlist')
-    parser.add_argument('-t', '--tids', action='append',
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--uris', action='append',
                         required=True, help='Track ids')
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--playlist', required=True,
                         help='Playlist to add track to')
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
     args = get_args()
 
     sp = spotipy.Spotify(auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(scope=scope))
-    sp.playlist_add_items(args.playlist, args.tids)
+    sp.playlist_add_items(args.playlist, args.uris)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index a0222328..65432954 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -846,8 +846,27 @@ def user_playlist_add_tracks(
                 - tracks - a list of track URIs, URLs or IDs
                 - position - the position to add the tracks
         """
+        tracks = [self._get_uri("track", tid) for tid in tracks]
         return self.playlist_add_items(playlist_id, tracks, position)
 
+    def user_playlist_add_episodes(
+        self, user, playlist_id, episodes, position=None
+    ):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "You should use `playlist_add_items(playlist_id, episodes)` instead",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        """ Adds episodes to a playlist
+
+            Parameters:
+                - user - the id of the user
+                - playlist_id - the id of the playlist
+                - episodes - a list of track URIs, URLs or IDs
+                - position - the position to add the episodes
+        """
+        episodes = [self._get_uri("episode", tid) for tid in episodes]
+        return self.playlist_add_items(playlist_id, episodes, position)
+
     def user_playlist_replace_tracks(self, user, playlist_id, tracks):
         """ Replace all tracks in a playlist for a user
 
@@ -1032,14 +1051,17 @@ def playlist_add_items(
 
             Parameters:
                 - playlist_id - the id of the playlist
-                - items - a list of track/episode URIs, URLs or IDs
+                - items - a list of track/episode URIs or URLs
                 - position - the position to add the tracks
         """
+        for item in items:
+            if not self._is_uri(item) and not self._is_url(item):
+                raise RuntimeError("playlist_add_items() only accepts URIs and URLs.")
         plid = self._get_id("playlist", playlist_id)
-        ftracks = [self._get_uri("track", tid) for tid in items]
+        items = [self._url_to_uri(item) if self._is_url(item) else item for item in items]
         return self._post(
             "playlists/%s/tracks" % (plid),
-            payload=ftracks,
+            payload=items,
             position=position,
         )
 
@@ -1945,6 +1967,13 @@ def _get_uri(self, type, id):
     def _is_uri(self, uri):
         return uri.startswith("spotify:") and len(uri.split(':')) == 3
 
+    def _is_url(self, url):
+        return url.startswith("http")
+
+    def _url_to_uri(self, url):
+        splitted = url.split("/")
+        return "spotify:" + splitted[-2] + ":" + splitted[-1]
+
     def _search_multiple_markets(self, q, limit, offset, type, markets, total):
         if total and limit > total:
             limit = total
diff --git a/tests/integration/user_endpoints/test.py b/tests/integration/user_endpoints/test.py
index d2568499..ec035771 100644
--- a/tests/integration/user_endpoints/test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/user_endpoints/test.py
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
             "spotify:episode:7cRcsGYYRUFo1OF3RgRzdx",
         ]
 
+        cls.tracks_and_episodes = [
+            "spotify:track:3F5CgOj3wFlRv51JsHbxhe",
+            "http://open.spotify.com/track/5mCPDVBb16L4XQwDdbRUpz",
+
+            "spotify:episode:7AY0yaj2k0W3obOSCfm6m4",
+            "https://open.spotify.com/episode/5AJB2BTp7RExSGpbQlIsXI"
+        ]
+
         scope = (
             'playlist-modify-public '
             'user-library-read '
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ def test_current_user_follow_playlist(self):
     def test_playlist_replace_items(self):
         # add tracks to playlist
         self.spotify.playlist_add_items(
-            self.new_playlist['id'], self.four_tracks)
+            self.new_playlist['id'], self.tracks_and_episodes)
         playlist = self.spotify.playlist(self.new_playlist['id'])
         self.assertEqual(playlist['tracks']['total'], 4)
         self.assertEqual(len(playlist['tracks']['items']), 4)