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Get Audio Features for a Track
Get audio feature information for a single track identified by its unique Spotify ID.
Endpoint
GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/audio-features/{id}
Request Parameters
Path Parameters
Path Parameter | Value |
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id | Required. The Spotify ID for the track. |
Header Fields
Header Field | Value |
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Authorization | Required. A valid access token from the Spotify Accounts service: see the Web API Authorization Guide for details. |
Response Format
On success, the HTTP status code in the response header is 200 OK
and the response body contains an audio features object in JSON format. On error, the header status code is an error code and the response body contains an error object.
Examples
Get audio features for a track
curl -X GET "https://api.spotify.com/v1/audio-features/06AKEBrKUckW0KREUWRnvT" -H "Authorization: Bearer {your access token}"
{
"duration_ms" : 255349,
"key" : 5,
"mode" : 0,
"time_signature" : 4,
"acousticness" : 0.514,
"danceability" : 0.735,
"energy" : 0.578,
"instrumentalness" : 0.0902,
"liveness" : 0.159,
"loudness" : -11.840,
"speechiness" : 0.0461,
"valence" : 0.624,
"tempo" : 98.002,
"id" : "06AKEBrKUckW0KREUWRnvT",
"uri" : "spotify:track:06AKEBrKUckW0KREUWRnvT",
"track_href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/06AKEBrKUckW0KREUWRnvT",
"analysis_url" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/audio-analysis/06AKEBrKUckW0KREUWRnvT",
"type" : "audio_features"
}
Audio Features Object
Key | Value Type | Value Description |
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duration_ms | int | The duration of the track in milliseconds. |
key | int | The estimated overall key of the track. Integers map to pitches using standard Pitch Class notation . E.g. 0 = C, 1 = C♯/D♭, 2 = D, and so on. If no key was detected, the value is -1. |
mode | int | Mode indicates the modality (major or minor) of a track, the type of scale from which its melodic content is derived. Major is represented by 1 and minor is 0. |
time_signature | int | An estimated overall time signature of a track. The time signature (meter) is a notational convention to specify how many beats are in each bar (or measure). |
acousticness | float | A confidence measure from 0.0 to 1.0 of whether the track is acoustic. 1.0 represents high confidence the track is acoustic. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
danceability | float | Danceability describes how suitable a track is for dancing based on a combination of musical elements including tempo, rhythm stability, beat strength, and overall regularity. A value of 0.0 is least danceable and 1.0 is most danceable. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
energy | float | Energy is a measure from 0.0 to 1.0 and represents a perceptual measure of intensity and activity. Typically, energetic tracks feel fast, loud, and noisy. For example, death metal has high energy, while a Bach prelude scores low on the scale. Perceptual features contributing to this attribute include dynamic range, perceived loudness, timbre, onset rate, and general entropy. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
instrumentalness | float | Predicts whether a track contains no vocals. “Ooh” and “aah” sounds are treated as instrumental in this context. Rap or spoken word tracks are clearly “vocal”. The closer the instrumentalness value is to 1.0, the greater likelihood the track contains no vocal content. Values above 0.5 are intended to represent instrumental tracks, but confidence is higher as the value approaches 1.0. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
liveness | float | Detects the presence of an audience in the recording. Higher liveness values represent an increased probability that the track was performed live. A value above 0.8 provides strong likelihood that the track is live. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
loudness | float | The overall loudness of a track in decibels (dB). Loudness values are averaged across the entire track and are useful for comparing relative loudness of tracks. Loudness is the quality of a sound that is the primary psychological correlate of physical strength (amplitude). Values typical range between -60 and 0 db. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
speechiness | float | Speechiness detects the presence of spoken words in a track. The more exclusively speech-like the recording (e.g. talk show, audio book, poetry), the closer to 1.0 the attribute value. Values above 0.66 describe tracks that are probably made entirely of spoken words. Values between 0.33 and 0.66 describe tracks that may contain both music and speech, either in sections or layered, including such cases as rap music. Values below 0.33 most likely represent music and other non-speech-like tracks. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
valence | float | A measure from 0.0 to 1.0 describing the musical positiveness conveyed by a track. Tracks with high valence sound more positive (e.g. happy, cheerful, euphoric), while tracks with low valence sound more negative (e.g. sad, depressed, angry). The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
tempo | float | The overall estimated tempo of a track in beats per minute (BPM). In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece and derives directly from the average beat duration. The distribution of values for this feature look like this: ![]() |
id | string | The Spotify ID for the track. |
uri | string | The Spotify URI for the track. |
track_href | string | A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the track. |
analysis_url | string | An HTTP URL to access the full audio analysis of this track. An access token is required to access this data. |
type | string | The object type: “audio_features” |