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Web API •References / Audiobooks / Get Audiobook Chapters

Get Audiobook Chapters

Get Spotify catalog information about an audiobook's chapters. 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
  • limit
    integer

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

    Default: limit=20Range: 0 - 50Example: limit=10
  • 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.

    Default: offset=0Example: offset=5

Response

Pages of chapters

  • 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.

    • 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.

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": "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"      }    }  ]}