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Get Several Episodes

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

Important policy notes
Authorization scopes

Request

  • ids
    string
    Required

    A comma-separated list of the Spotify IDs for the episodes. Maximum: 50 IDs.

    Example: ids=77o6BIVlYM3msb4MMIL1jH,0Q86acNRm6V9GYx55SXKwf
  • 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 episodes

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

      The Spotify ID for the episode.

      Example: "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ"
    • Required

      The cover art for the episode 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_externally_hosted
      boolean
      Required

      True if the episode is hosted outside of Spotify's CDN.

    • is_playable
      boolean
      Required

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

    • language
      string
      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"
    • languages
      array of strings
      Required

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

      Example: ["fr","en"]
    • name
      string
      Required

      The name of the episode.

      Example: "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: "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 episode. 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 episode.

      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.

        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_markets
        array of strings
        Required

        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.

        • text
          string

          The copyright text for this content.

        • type
          string

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

      • description
        string
        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_description
        string
        Required

        A description of the show. This field may contain HTML tags.

      • explicit
        boolean
        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.

      • href
        string
        Required

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

      • id
        string
        Required

        The Spotify ID for the show.

      • Required

        The cover art for the show 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_externally_hosted
        boolean
        Required

        True if all of the shows episodes are hosted outside of Spotify's CDN. This field might be null in some cases.

      • languages
        array of strings
        Required

        A list of the languages used in the show, identified by their ISO 639 code.

      • media_type
        string
        Required

        The media type of the show.

      • name
        string
        Required

        The name of the episode.

      • publisher
        string
        Required

        The publisher of the show.

      • type
        string
        Required

        The object type.

        Allowed values: "show"
      • uri
        string
        Required

        The Spotify URI for the show.

      • total_episodes
        integer
        Required

        The total number of episodes in the show.

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

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      }    }  ]}