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Web API •References / Player / Get Recently Played Tracks

Get Recently Played Tracks

Get tracks from the current user's recently played tracks. Note: Currently doesn't support podcast episodes.

Important policy notes
Authorization scopes

Request

  • limit
    integer

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

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

    A Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Returns all items after (but not including) this cursor position. If after is specified, before must not be specified.

    Example: after=1484811043508
  • before
    integer

    A Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Returns all items before (but not including) this cursor position. If before is specified, after must not be specified.

Response

A paged set of tracks

  • href
    string

    A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request.

  • limit
    integer

    The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).

  • next
    string

    URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)

  • The cursors used to find the next set of items.

    • after
      string

      The cursor to use as key to find the next page of items.

    • before
      string

      The cursor to use as key to find the previous page of items.

  • total
    integer

    The total number of items available to return.

    • The track the user listened to.

      • The album on which the track appears. The album object includes a link in href to full information about the album.

        • 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.

      • 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).

      • Known external IDs for the 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.

      • 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 the requested track has been replaced with different track. The track in the linked_from object contains information about the originally requested 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.

        • popularity
          integer

          The popularity of the track. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular.
          The popularity of a track is a value between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular. The popularity is calculated by algorithm and is based, in the most part, on the total number of plays the track has had and how recent those plays are.
          Generally speaking, songs that are being played a lot now will have a higher popularity than songs that were played a lot in the past. Duplicate tracks (e.g. the same track from a single and an album) are rated independently. Artist and album popularity is derived mathematically from track popularity. Note: the popularity value may lag actual popularity by a few days: the value is not updated in real time.

        • preview_url
          string
          Nullable
          Deprecated

          A link to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the track. Can be null

          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".

          Allowed values: "track"
        • uri
          string

          The Spotify URI for the track.

        • is_local
          boolean

          Whether or not the track is from a local file.

      • played_at
        string [date-time]

        The date and time the track was played.

      • The context the track was played from.

        • type
          string

          The object type, e.g. "artist", "playlist", "album", "show".

        • href
          string

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

        • External URLs for this context.

        • uri
          string

          The Spotify URI for the context.

    endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-playedlimitafterbefore

    Response sample

    {  "href": "string",  "limit": 0,  "next": "string",  "cursors": {    "after": "string",    "before": "string"  },  "total": 0,  "items": [    {      "track": {        "album": {          "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"            }          ]        },        "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_ids": {          "isrc": "string",          "ean": "string",          "upc": "string"        },        "external_urls": {          "spotify": "string"        },        "href": "string",        "id": "string",        "is_playable": false,        "linked_from": {        },        "restrictions": {          "reason": "string"        },        "name": "string",        "popularity": 0,        "preview_url": "string",        "track_number": 0,        "type": "track",        "uri": "string",        "is_local": false      },      "played_at": "string",      "context": {        "type": "string",        "href": "string",        "external_urls": {          "spotify": "string"        },        "uri": "string"      }    }  ]}