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Web API •References / Audiobooks / Get an Audiobook

Get an Audiobook

Get Spotify catalog information for a single audiobook. Audiobooks are only available within the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia markets.

Important policy notes

Request

id
string
Required
The Spotify ID for the audiobook.
Example: 7iHfbu1YPACw6oZPAFJtqe
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

Response

An Audiobook

Required
The author(s) for the audiobook.
- name
  string
  The name of the author.
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.
- text
  string
  The copyright text for this content.
- type
  string
  The type of copyright: C = the copyright, P = the sound recording (performance) copyright.
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: "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.
- spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
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.
- 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
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.
- name
  string
  The name of the Narrator.
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.
Required
The chapters of the audiobook.
- 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
  Deprecated
  A URL to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the chapter. null if not available.
  Important policy note
  Example: "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: 1
  description
  string
  Required
  A description of the chapter. HTML tags are stripped away from this field, use html_description field in case HTML tags are needed.
  Example: "We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky."
  html_description
  string
  Required
  A description of the chapter. This field may contain HTML tags.
  Example: "<p>We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.</p>"
  duration_ms
  integer
  Required
  The chapter length in milliseconds.
  Example: 1686230
  explicit
  boolean
  Required
  Whether or not the chapter has explicit content (true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).
  Required
  External URLs for this chapter.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  href
  string
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the chapter.
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
  id
  string
  Required
  The Spotify ID for the chapter.
  Example: "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
  Required
  The cover art for the chapter 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_playable
  boolean
  Required
  True if the chapter is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.
  languages
  array of strings
  Required
  A list of the languages used in the chapter, identified by their ISO 639-1 code.
  Example: ["fr","en"]
  name
  string
  Required
  The name of the chapter.
  Example: "Starting Your Own Podcast: Tips, Tricks, and Advice From Anchor Creators"
  release_date
  string
  Required
  The date the chapter 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"
  The user's most recent position in the chapter. 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 chapter.
  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.
  
  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.

Response sample

{  "authors": [    {      "name": "string"    }  ],  "available_markets": ["string"],  "copyrights": [    {      "text": "string",      "type": "string"    }  ],  "description": "string",  "html_description": "string",  "edition": "Unabridged",  "explicit": false,  "external_urls": {    "spotify": "string"  },  "href": "string",  "id": "string",  "images": [    {      "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",      "height": 300,      "width": 300    }  ],  "languages": ["string"],  "media_type": "string",  "name": "string",  "narrators": [    {      "name": "string"    }  ],  "publisher": "string",  "type": "audiobook",  "uri": "string",  "total_chapters": 0,  "chapters": {    "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": [      {        "audio_preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17",        "available_markets": ["string"],        "chapter_number": 1,        "description": "We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.",        "html_description": "<p>We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.</p>",        "duration_ms": 1686230,        "explicit": false,        "external_urls": {          "spotify": "string"        },        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",        "id": "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",        "images": [          {            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",            "height": 300,            "width": 300          }        ],        "is_playable": false,        "languages": ["fr", "en"],        "name": "Starting Your Own Podcast: Tips, Tricks, and Advice From Anchor Creators",        "release_date": "1981-12-15",        "release_date_precision": "day",        "resume_point": {          "fully_played": false,          "resume_position_ms": 0        },        "type": "episode",        "uri": "spotify:episode:0zLhl3WsOCQHbe1BPTiHgr",        "restrictions": {          "reason": "string"        }      }    ]  }}