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Get User's Top Items

Get the current user's top artists or tracks based on calculated affinity.

Authorization scopes

Request

  • type
    string
    Required

    The type of entity to return. Valid values: artists or tracks

    Allowed values: "artists", "tracks"
  • time_range
    string

    Over what time frame the affinities are computed. Valid values: long_term (calculated from several years of data and including all new data as it becomes available), medium_term (approximately last 6 months), short_term (approximately last 4 weeks). Default: medium_term

    Example value: "medium_term"Default value: "medium_term"
  • limit
    integer

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

    Example value: 10Default value: 20Range: 0 - 50
  • 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.

    Example value: 5Default value: 0

Response

Pages of artists or tracks

  • href
    string
    Required

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

    Example value: "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 value: 20
  • next
    string
    Required
    Nullable

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

    Example value: "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 value: 0
  • previous
    string
    Required
    Nullable

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

    Example value: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
  • total
    integer
    Required

    The total number of items available to return.

    Example value: 4
  • items
    array of oneOfs
    Required
    Will be one of the following:
endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/me/top/{type}type
time_rangelimitoffset

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": [    {      "external_urls": {        "spotify": "string"      },      "followers": {        "href": "string",        "total": 0      },      "genres": ["Prog rock", "Grunge"],      "href": "string",      "id": "string",      "images": [        {          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",          "height": 300,          "width": 300        }      ],      "name": "string",      "popularity": 0,      "type": "artist",      "uri": "string"    }  ]}