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Web API •References / Episodes / Get User's Saved Episodes

Get User's Saved Episodes

Get a list of the episodes saved in the current Spotify user's library.
This API endpoint is in beta and could change without warning. Please share any feedback that you have, or issues that you discover, in our developer community forum.

Authorization scopes

Request

  • 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
  • limit
    integer

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

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

    The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.

    Default: offset=0Example: offset=5

Response

Pages of episodes

  • 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
    • added_at
      string [date-time]

      The date and time the episode was saved. Timestamps are returned in ISO 8601 format as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with a zero offset: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

    • Information about the episode.

      • 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/me/episodesmarketlimitoffset

Response sample

{  "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": [    {      "added_at": "string",      "episode": {        "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        }      }    }  ]}