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Get Artist's Albums

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums.

Important policy notes

Request

  • id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID of the artist.

    Example: 0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg
  • include_groups
    string

    A comma-separated list of keywords that will be used to filter the response. If not supplied, all album types will be returned.
    Valid values are:
    - album
    - single
    - appears_on
    - compilation
    For example: include_groups=album,single.

    Example: include_groups=single,appears_on
  • market
    string

    An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. If a country code is specified, only content that is available in that market will be returned.
    If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this parameter.
    Note: If neither market or user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
    Users can view the country that is associated with their account in the account settings.

    Example: market=ES
  • limit
    integer

    The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.

    Default: limit=20Range: 0 - 50Example: limit=10
  • offset
    integer

    The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.

    Default: offset=0Example: offset=5

Response

Pages of albums

  • href
    string
    Required

    A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request

    Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20"
  • limit
    integer
    Required

    The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).

    Example: 20
  • next
    string
    Required
    Nullable

    URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)

    Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
  • offset
    integer
    Required

    The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)

    Example: 0
  • previous
    string
    Required
    Nullable

    URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)

    Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
  • total
    integer
    Required

    The total number of items available to return.

    Example: 4
  • Required
    • album_type
      string
      Required

      The type of the album.

      Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation"Example: "compilation"
    • total_tracks
      integer
      Required

      The number of tracks in the album.

      Example: 9
    • available_markets
      array of strings
      Required

      The markets in which the album is available: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. NOTE: an album is considered available in a market when at least 1 of its tracks is available in that market.

      Example: ["CA","BR","IT"]
    • Required

      Known external URLs for this album.

    • href
      string
      Required

      A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the album.

    • id
      string
      Required

      The Spotify ID for the album.

      Example: "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
    • Required

      The cover art for the album in various sizes, widest first.

      • url
        string
        Required

        The source URL of the image.

        Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
      • height
        integer
        Required
        Nullable

        The image height in pixels.

        Example: 300
      • width
        integer
        Required
        Nullable

        The image width in pixels.

        Example: 300
    • name
      string
      Required

      The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.

    • release_date
      string
      Required

      The date the album was first released.

      Example: "1981-12"
    • release_date_precision
      string
      Required

      The precision with which release_date value is known.

      Allowed values: "year", "month", "day"Example: "year"
    • Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

      • reason
        string

        The reason for the restriction. Albums may be restricted if the content is not available in a given market, to the user's subscription type, or when the user's account is set to not play explicit content. Additional reasons may be added in the future.

        Allowed values: "market", "product", "explicit"
    • type
      string
      Required

      The object type.

      Allowed values: "album"
    • uri
      string
      Required

      The Spotify URI for the album.

      Example: "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
    • Required

      The artists of the album. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.

      • Known external URLs for this artist.

      • href
        string

        A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.

      • id
        string

        The Spotify ID for the artist.

      • name
        string

        The name of the artist.

      • type
        string

        The object type.

        Allowed values: "artist"
      • uri
        string

        The Spotify URI for the artist.

    • album_group
      string
      Required

      This field describes the relationship between the artist and the album.

      Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation", "appears_on"Example: "compilation"