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Get Show Episodes

Get Spotify catalog information about an show’s episodes. Optional parameters can be used to limit the number of episodes returned.

Important policy notes
Authorization scopes

Request

  • id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID for the show.

    Example: 38bS44xjbVVZ3No3ByF1dJ
  • 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 episodes

  • 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
    • audio_preview_url
      string
      Required
      Nullable

      A URL to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the episode. null if not available.

      Important policy note
      Example: "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17"
    • description
      string
      Required

      A description of the episode. HTML tags are stripped away from this field, use html_description field in case HTML tags are needed.

      Example: "A Spotify podcast sharing fresh insights on important topics of the moment—in a way only Spotify can. You’ll hear from experts in the music, podcast and tech industries as we discover and uncover stories about our work and the world around us."
    • html_description
      string
      Required

      A description of the episode. This field may contain HTML tags.

      Example: "<p>A Spotify podcast sharing fresh insights on important topics of the moment—in a way only Spotify can. You’ll hear from experts in the music, podcast and tech industries as we discover and uncover stories about our work and the world around us.</p>"
    • duration_ms
      integer
      Required

      The episode length in milliseconds.

      Example: 1686230
    • explicit
      boolean
      Required

      Whether or not the episode has explicit content (true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).

    • Required

      External URLs for this episode.

    • href
      string
      Required

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

      Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
    • id
      string
      Required

      The Spotify ID for the episode.

      Example: "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
    • Required

      The cover art for the episode 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
    • is_externally_hosted
      boolean
      Required

      True if the episode is hosted outside of Spotify's CDN.

    • is_playable
      boolean
      Required

      True if the episode is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.

    • language
      string
      Deprecated

      The language used in the episode, identified by a ISO 639 code. This field is deprecated and might be removed in the future. Please use the languages field instead.

      Example: "en"
    • languages
      array of strings
      Required

      A list of the languages used in the episode, identified by their ISO 639-1 code.

      Example: ["fr","en"]
    • name
      string
      Required

      The name of the episode.

      Example: "Starting Your Own Podcast: Tips, Tricks, and Advice From Anchor Creators"
    • release_date
      string
      Required

      The date the episode was first released, for example "1981-12-15". Depending on the precision, it might be shown as "1981" or "1981-12".

      Example: "1981-12-15"
    • release_date_precision
      string
      Required

      The precision with which release_date value is known.

      Allowed values: "year", "month", "day"Example: "day"
    • Required

      The user's most recent position in the episode. Set if the supplied access token is a user token and has the scope 'user-read-playback-position'.

      • fully_played
        boolean

        Whether or not the episode has been fully played by the user.

      • resume_position_ms
        integer

        The user's most recent position in the episode in milliseconds.

    • type
      string
      Required

      The object type.

      Allowed values: "episode"
    • uri
      string
      Required

      The Spotify URI for the episode.

      Example: "spotify:episode:0zLhl3WsOCQHbe1BPTiHgr"
    • Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

      • reason
        string

        The reason for the restriction. Supported values:

        • market - The content item is not available in the given market.
        • product - The content item is not available for the user's subscription type.
        • explicit - The content item is explicit and the user's account is set to not play explicit content.

        Additional reasons may be added in the future. Note: If you use this field, make sure that your application safely handles unknown values.