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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.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
- 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.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  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.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  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.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  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.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  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.
  isrc
  string
  International Standard Recording Code
  ean
  string
  International Article Number
  upc
  string
  Universal Product Code
- 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.

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    }  ]}