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Web API •References / Albums / Get Album

Get Album

Get Spotify catalog information for a single album.

Important policy notes

Request

  • id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID of the album.

    Example value: "4aawyAB9vmqN3uQ7FjRGTy"
  • 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

An album

  • album_type
    string
    Required

    The type of the album.

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

    The number of tracks in the album.

    Example value: 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 value: ["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 value: "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
  • Required

    The cover art for the album 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
  • 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 value: "1981-12"
  • release_date_precision
    string
    Required

    The precision with which release_date value is known.

    Example value: "year"Allowed values: "year", "month", "day"

  • 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 value: "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.

  • Required

    The tracks of the album.

    • href
      string
      Required

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

      Example value: "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 value: 20
    • next
      string
      Required
      Nullable

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

      Example value: "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 value: 0
    • previous
      string
      Required
      Nullable

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

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

      The total number of items available to return.

      Example value: 4
    • Required
  • Required

    The copyright statements of the album.

    • text
      string

      The copyright text for this content.

    • type
      string

      The type of copyright: C = the copyright, P = the sound recording (performance) copyright.

  • Required

    Known external IDs for the album.

  • genres
    array of strings
    Required

    A list of the genres the album is associated with. If not yet classified, the array is empty.

    Example value: ["Egg punk","Noise rock"]
  • label
    string
    Required

    The label associated with the album.

  • popularity
    integer
    Required

    The popularity of the album. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular.