Web API •References / Episodes / Get Several Episodes

Get Several Episodes

Deprecated

Get Spotify catalog information for several episodes based on their Spotify IDs.

Important policy notes

Authorization scopes

Request

idsstring
Required
A comma-separated list of the Spotify IDs for the episodes. Maximum: 50 IDs.
Example: ids=77o6BIVlYM3msb4MMIL1jH,0Q86acNRm6V9GYx55SXKwf
marketstring
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 episodes

Required
- audio_preview_urlstring
  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"
- descriptionstring
  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_descriptionstring
  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_msinteger
  Required
  The episode length in milliseconds.
  Example: 1686230
- explicitboolean
  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.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
- hrefstring
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the episode.
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
- idstring
  Required
  The Spotify ID for the episode.
  Example: "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
- Required
  The cover art for the episode in various sizes, widest first.
  urlstring
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
  heightinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
  widthinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
- is_externally_hostedboolean
  Required
  True if the episode is hosted outside of Spotify's CDN.
- is_playableboolean
  Required
  True if the episode is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.
- languagestring
  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"
- languagesarray of strings
  Required
  A list of the languages used in the episode, identified by their ISO 639-1 code.
  Example: ["fr","en"]
- namestring
  Required
  The name of the episode.
  Example: "Starting Your Own Podcast: Tips, Tricks, and Advice From Anchor Creators"
- release_datestring
  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_precisionstring
  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_playedboolean
  Whether or not the episode has been fully played by the user.
  resume_position_msinteger
  The user's most recent position in the episode in milliseconds.
- typestring
  Required
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "episode"
- uristring
  Required
  The Spotify URI for the episode.
  Example: "spotify:episode:0zLhl3WsOCQHbe1BPTiHgr"
- Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.
  reasonstring
  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_marketsarray of strings
  Required
  Deprecated
  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.
  textstring
  The copyright text for this content.
  typestring
  The type of copyright: C = the copyright, P = the sound recording (performance) copyright.
  descriptionstring
  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_descriptionstring
  Required
  A description of the show. This field may contain HTML tags.
  explicitboolean
  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.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  hrefstring
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the show.
  idstring
  Required
  The Spotify ID for the show.
  Required
  The cover art for the show in various sizes, widest first.
  urlstring
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
  heightinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
  widthinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
  is_externally_hostedboolean
  Required
  True if all of the shows episodes are hosted outside of Spotify's CDN. This field might be null in some cases.
  languagesarray of strings
  Required
  A list of the languages used in the show, identified by their ISO 639 code.
  media_typestring
  Required
  The media type of the show.
  namestring
  Required
  The name of the episode.
  publisherstring
  Required
  Deprecated
  The publisher of the show.
  typestring
  Required
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "show"
  uristring
  Required
  The Spotify URI for the show.
  total_episodesinteger
  Required
  The total number of episodes in the show.

Response sample

{  "episodes": [    {      "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      }    }  ]}