Web API •References / Shows / Get Show Episodes

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.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
- 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.