Web API •References / Artists / Get Artist's Albums

Get Artist's Albums

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums.

Important policy notes

Request

idstring
Required
The Spotify ID of the artist.
Example: 0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg
include_groupsstring
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
marketstring
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
limitinteger
The maximum number of items to return. Default: 5. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 10.
Default: limit=5Range: 0 - 10Example: limit=5
offsetinteger
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

hrefstring
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"
limitinteger
Required
The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
Example: 20
nextstring
Required
Nullable
URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)
Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
offsetinteger
Required
The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)
Example: 0
previousstring
Required
Nullable
URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)
Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
totalinteger
Required
The total number of items available to return.
Example: 4
Required
- album_typestring
  Required
  The type of the album.
  Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation"Example: "compilation"
- total_tracksinteger
  Required
  The number of tracks in the album.
  Example: 9
- available_marketsarray of strings
  Required
  Deprecated
  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.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
- hrefstring
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the album.
- idstring
  Required
  The Spotify ID for the album.
  Example: "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
- Required
  The cover art for the album in various sizes, widest first.
  urlstring
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
  heightinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
  widthinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
- namestring
  Required
  The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.
- release_datestring
  Required
  The date the album was first released.
  Example: "1981-12"
- release_date_precisionstring
  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.
  reasonstring
  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"
- typestring
  Required
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "album"
- uristring
  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.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  hrefstring
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.
  idstring
  The Spotify ID for the artist.
  namestring
  The name of the artist.
  typestring
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "artist"
  uristring
  The Spotify URI for the artist.
- album_groupstring
  Required
  Deprecated
  This field describes the relationship between the artist and the album.
  Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation", "appears_on"Example: "compilation"

Response sample

{  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20",  "limit": 20,  "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",  "offset": 0,  "previous": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",  "total": 4,  "items": [    {      "album_type": "compilation",      "total_tracks": 9,      "available_markets": ["CA", "BR", "IT"],      "external_urls": {        "spotify": "string"      },      "href": "string",      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",      "images": [        {          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",          "height": 300,          "width": 300        }      ],      "name": "string",      "release_date": "1981-12",      "release_date_precision": "year",      "restrictions": {        "reason": "market"      },      "type": "album",      "uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",      "artists": [        {          "external_urls": {            "spotify": "string"          },          "href": "string",          "id": "string",          "name": "string",          "type": "artist",          "uri": "string"        }      ],      "album_group": "compilation"    }  ]}