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Get Audiobook Chapters

Get Spotify catalog information about an audiobook's chapters.
Note: Audiobooks are only available for the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia markets.

Important policy notes

Request

  • id
    string
    Required

    The Spotify ID for the audiobook.

    Example value: "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 value: "ES"
  • limit
    integer

    The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.

    Example value: 10Default value: 20Range: 0 - 50
  • 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.

    Example value: 5Default value: 0

Response

Pages of chapters

  • 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
    • audio_preview_url
      string
      Required

      A URL to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the episode. null if not available.

      Important policy note
      Example value: "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 value: 1
    • 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 value: "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 value: "<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 value: 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.

    • href
      string
      Required

      A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the episode.

      Example value: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
    • id
      string
      Required

      The Spotify ID for the episode.

      Example value: "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
    • Required

      The cover art for the episode in various sizes, widest first.

    • is_playable
      boolean
      Required

      True if the episode is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.

    • languages
      array of strings
      Required

      A list of the languages used in the episode, identified by their ISO 639-1 code.

    • name
      string
      Required

      The name of the episode.

      Example value: "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 value: "1981-12-15"
    • release_date_precision
      string
      Required

      The precision with which release_date value is known.

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

    • type
      string
      Required

      The object type.

      Allowed values: "episode"
    • uri
      string
      Required

      The Spotify URI for the episode.

      Example value: "spotify:episode:0zLhl3WsOCQHbe1BPTiHgr"

    • Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/audiobooks/{id}/chaptersidmarketlimitoffset

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": [    {      "audio_preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17",      "available_markets": ["string"],      "chapter_number": 1,      "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_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"      }    }  ]}