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Web API •References / Albums / Get Several Albums

Get Several Albums

Get Spotify catalog information for multiple albums identified by their Spotify IDs.

Important policy notes

Request

  • ids
    string
    Required

    A comma-separated list of the Spotify IDs for the albums. Maximum: 20 IDs.

    Example: ids=382ObEPsp2rxGrnsizN5TX,1A2GTWGtFfWp7KSQTwWOyo,2noRn2Aes5aoNVsU6iWThc
  • 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

A set of albums

  • Required
    • album_type
      string
      Required

      The type of the album.

      Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation"Example: "compilation"
    • total_tracks
      integer
      Required

      The number of tracks in the album.

      Example: 9
    • available_markets
      array of strings
      Required

      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.

    • href
      string
      Required

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

    • id
      string
      Required

      The Spotify ID for the album.

      Example: "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
    • Required

      The cover art for the album 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
    • name
      string
      Required

      The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.

    • release_date
      string
      Required

      The date the album was first released.

      Example: "1981-12"
    • release_date_precision
      string
      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.

      • reason
        string

        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"
    • type
      string
      Required

      The object type.

      Allowed values: "album"
    • uri
      string
      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.

      • href
        string

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

      • id
        string

        The Spotify ID for the artist.

      • name
        string

        The name of the artist.

      • type
        string

        The object type.

        Allowed values: "artist"
      • uri
        string

        The Spotify URI for the artist.

    • Required

      The tracks of the album.

      • 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

        • The artists who performed the track. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.

          • Known external URLs for this artist.

          • href
            string

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

          • id
            string

            The Spotify ID for the artist.

          • name
            string

            The name of the artist.

          • type
            string

            The object type.

            Allowed values: "artist"
          • uri
            string

            The Spotify URI for the artist.

        • available_markets
          array of strings

          A list of the countries in which the track can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

        • disc_number
          integer

          The disc number (usually 1 unless the album consists of more than one disc).

        • duration_ms
          integer

          The track length in milliseconds.

        • explicit
          boolean

          Whether or not the track has explicit lyrics ( true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).

        • External URLs for this track.

        • href
          string

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

        • id
          string

          The Spotify ID for the track.

        • is_playable
          boolean

          Part of the response when Track Relinking is applied. If true, the track is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.

        • Part of the response when Track Relinking is applied and is only part of the response if the track linking, in fact, exists. The requested track has been replaced with a different track. The track in the linked_from object contains information about the originally requested track.

          • Known external URLs for this track.

          • href
            string

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

          • id
            string

            The Spotify ID for the track.

          • type
            string

            The object type: "track".

          • uri
            string

            The Spotify URI for the track.

        • 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.

        • name
          string

          The name of the track.

        • preview_url
          string
          Nullable
          Deprecated

          A URL to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the track.

          Important policy note
        • track_number
          integer

          The number of the track. If an album has several discs, the track number is the number on the specified disc.

        • type
          string

          The object type: "track".

        • uri
          string

          The Spotify URI for the track.

        • is_local
          boolean

          Whether or not the track is from a local file.

    • Required

      The copyright statements of the album.

      • text
        string

        The copyright text for this content.

      • type
        string

        The type of copyright: C = the copyright, P = the sound recording (performance) copyright.

    • Required

      Known external IDs for the album.

    • genres
      array of strings
      Required
      Deprecated

      Deprecated The array is always empty.

      Example: []
    • label
      string
      Required

      The label associated with the album.

    • popularity
      integer
      Required

      The popularity of the album. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular.

endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/albumsidsmarket

Response sample

{  "albums": [    {      "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"        }      ],      "tracks": {        "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": [          {            "artists": [              {                "external_urls": {                  "spotify": "string"                },                "href": "string",                "id": "string",                "name": "string",                "type": "artist",                "uri": "string"              }            ],            "available_markets": ["string"],            "disc_number": 0,            "duration_ms": 0,            "explicit": false,            "external_urls": {              "spotify": "string"            },            "href": "string",            "id": "string",            "is_playable": false,            "linked_from": {              "external_urls": {                "spotify": "string"              },              "href": "string",              "id": "string",              "type": "string",              "uri": "string"            },            "restrictions": {              "reason": "string"            },            "name": "string",            "preview_url": "string",            "track_number": 0,            "type": "string",            "uri": "string",            "is_local": false          }        ]      },      "copyrights": [        {          "text": "string",          "type": "string"        }      ],      "external_ids": {        "isrc": "string",        "ean": "string",        "upc": "string"      },      "genres": [],      "label": "string",      "popularity": 0    }  ]}