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Get a Chapter

Get Spotify catalog information for a single chapter.
Note: Chapters are only available for the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia markets.

Important policy notes

Request

  • id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID for the chapter.

    Example value: "0D5wENdkdwbqlrHoaJ9g29"
  • 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 value: "ES"

Response

A Chapter

  • audio_preview_url
    string
    Required

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

    Important policy note
    Example value: "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17"
  • available_markets
    array of strings

    A list of the countries in which the chapter can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

  • chapter_number
    integer
    Required

    The number of the chapter

    Example value: 1
  • 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 value: "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 value: "<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 value: 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 value: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
  • id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID for the episode.

    Example value: "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
  • Required

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

    • url
      string
      Required

      The source URL of the image.

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

      The image height in pixels.

      Example value: 300
    • width
      integer
      Required
      Nullable

      The image width in pixels.

      Example value: 300
  • is_playable
    boolean
    Required

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

  • languages
    array of strings
    Required

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

  • name
    string
    Required

    The name of the episode.

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

    The precision with which release_date value is known.

    Example value: "day"Allowed values: "year", "month", "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 value: "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.
      • payment_required - Payment is required to play the content item.

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

  • Required

    The audiobook for which the chapter belongs.

    • Required

      The author(s) for the audiobook.

    • available_markets
      array of strings
      Required

      A list of the countries in which the audiobook can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

    • Required

      The copyright statements of the audiobook.

    • description
      string
      Required

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

    • html_description
      string
      Required

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

    • edition
      string

      The edition of the audiobook.

      Example value: "Unabridged"
    • explicit
      boolean
      Required

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

    • Required

      External URLs for this audiobook.

    • href
      string
      Required

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

    • id
      string
      Required

      The Spotify ID for the audiobook.

    • Required

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

    • languages
      array of strings
      Required

      A list of the languages used in the audiobook, identified by their ISO 639 code.

    • media_type
      string
      Required

      The media type of the audiobook.

    • name
      string
      Required

      The name of the audiobook.

    • Required

      The narrator(s) for the audiobook.

    • publisher
      string
      Required

      The publisher of the audiobook.

    • type
      string
      Required

      The object type.

      Allowed values: "audiobook"
    • uri
      string
      Required

      The Spotify URI for the audiobook.

    • total_chapters
      integer
      Required

      The number of chapters in this audiobook.