Web API •References / Episodes / Get Episode

Get Episode

Get Spotify catalog information for a single episode identified by its unique Spotify ID.

Important policy notes

Authorization scopes

Request

id
string
Required
The Spotify ID for the episode.
Example: 512ojhOuo1ktJprKbVcKyQ
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 episode

audio_preview_url
string
Required
Nullable
Deprecated
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"
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.
Required
The show on which the episode belongs.
- available_markets
  array of strings
  Required
  A list of the countries in which the show can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
- Required
  The copyright statements of the show.
  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 show. 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 show. This field may contain HTML tags.
- explicit
  boolean
  Required
  Whether or not the show has explicit content (true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).
- Required
  External URLs for this show.
  - spotify
    string
    The Spotify URL for the object.
- href
  string
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the show.
- id
  string
  Required
  The Spotify ID for the show.
- Required
  The cover art for the show 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 all of the shows episodes are hosted outside of Spotify's CDN. This field might be null in some cases.
- languages
  array of strings
  Required
  A list of the languages used in the show, identified by their ISO 639 code.
- media_type
  string
  Required
  The media type of the show.
- name
  string
  Required
  The name of the episode.
- publisher
  string
  Required
  The publisher of the show.
- type
  string
  Required
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "show"
- uri
  string
  Required
  The Spotify URI for the show.
- total_episodes
  integer
  Required
  The total number of episodes in the show.

Response sample

{  "audio_preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17",  "description": "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": "<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": 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_externally_hosted": false,  "is_playable": false,  "language": "en",  "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"  },  "show": {    "available_markets": ["string"],    "copyrights": [      {        "text": "string",        "type": "string"      }    ],    "description": "string",    "html_description": "string",    "explicit": false,    "external_urls": {      "spotify": "string"    },    "href": "string",    "id": "string",    "images": [      {        "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",        "height": 300,        "width": 300      }    ],    "is_externally_hosted": false,    "languages": ["string"],    "media_type": "string",    "name": "string",    "publisher": "string",    "type": "show",    "uri": "string",    "total_episodes": 0  }}