Spotify Album API. Send an album link or ID.

Full tracklist with plays, label and UPC. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns a public Spotify album, single or EP from its link, share link, URI or ID, with its full tracklist and each track's exact play count. It also has the label, UPC, copyright lines, release date, cover, credited artists, total length, popularity score and explicit flag.

GET /v1/spotify/album

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20 typed fields null when unknown
url is all it needs, e.g. https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4
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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4

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GET /v1/spotify/albumTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album",
    params={"url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => 'https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [
      "released_at"
    ],
    "artist_name": "Rick Astley",
    "artists": [
      {
        "avatar_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb854861dff9a24a1ed3dfdc7d",
        "display_name": "Rick Astley",
        "id": "0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
        "username": null
      }
    ],
    "copyrights": [
      {
        "text": "(P) 1987 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited",
        "type": "p"
      }
    ],
    "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273255e131abc1410833be95673",
    "description": null,
    "duration_ms": 2214250,
    "genres": [],
    "id": "6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4",
    "is_explicit": false,
    "label": "Sony Music CG",
    "metrics": {
      "track_count": 10
    },
    "platform": "spotify",
    "platform_specific": {
      "spotify": {
        "is_playable": true,
        "is_pre_release": false,
        "popularity": 3,
        "pre_release_ends_at": null,
        "release_date_precision": "day"
      }
    },
    "released_at": "1987-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "title": "Whenever You Need Somebody",
    "tracks": [
      {
        "artist_name": "Rick Astley",
        "artists": [
          {
            "avatar_url": null,
            "display_name": "Rick Astley",
            "id": "0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "username": null
          }
        ],
        "disc_number": 1,
        "duration_ms": 213573,
        "id": "4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC",
        "is_explicit": false,
        "isrc": null,
        "metrics": {
          "view_count": 1200207819
        },
        "play_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/40a780b231e5ed130483bec7917b6c9a4f8a4708",
        "title": "Never Gonna Give You Up",
        "track_number": 1,
        "url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC"
      },
      {
        "artist_name": "Rick Astley",
        "artists": [
          {
            "avatar_url": null,
            "display_name": "Rick Astley",
            "id": "0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "username": null
          }
        ],
        "disc_number": 1,
        "duration_ms": 233666,
        "id": "6aiKIFjPwa3UvDCD5ecoJj",
        "is_explicit": false,
        "isrc": null,
        "metrics": {
          "view_count": 24633284
        },
        "play_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/0882466928469699e0e06e4f3c2fe4904bb5e238",
        "title": "Whenever You Need Somebody",
        "track_number": 2,
        "url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/6aiKIFjPwa3UvDCD5ecoJj"
      },
      {
        "artist_name": "Rick Astley",
        "artists": [
          {
            "avatar_url": null,
            "display_name": "Rick Astley",
            "id": "0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt",
            "username": null
          }
        ],
        "disc_number": 1,
        "duration_ms": 205533,
        "id": "76QJgXPE3oc1cnkE4PFHEn",
        "is_explicit": false,
        "isrc": null,
        "metrics": {
          "view_count": 218756612
        },
        "play_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/232347ea8e18d9cc6e7df7d227dbe98d7d999f36",
        "title": "Together Forever",
        "track_number": 3,
        "url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/76QJgXPE3oc1cnkE4PFHEn"
      }
    ],
    "type": "album",
    "unknown_fields": [
      "genres"
    ],
    "upc": "035627515026",
    "url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "spotify",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 543,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "album",
      "id": "6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4",
      "url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.spotify.album.get({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album")
        .query(&[("url", "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/albumLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 2 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Spotify doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The release: its link (open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4, also under /intl-de/ and /embed/, with any share parameters), a share link (spotify.link/…), its URI (spotify:album:6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4) or its 22-character ID.
Write one parser
Spotify and Apple Music answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (applemusic, spotify, soundcloud, …).
idstring: Platform-native album ID (string), the one in its page's URL.
urlstring: Canonical album page URL.
typestring: What kind of release it is, as the platform says: album, single, ep or compilation; null when the platform does not say. New values may be added; treat unknown values as album.
titlestring: The release's title as the platform shows it (with an edition or a suffix like "- Single" where it writes one).
descriptionstring: About the release, as plain text (the service's editorial notes, or what its uploader wrote); null when it has none or the platform shows none.
artist_namestring: Who the platform credits for the release, as one display string (it can name more people than have an account linked: artists holds the linked ones); null when the source does not name them.
artistsobject[]: The platform accounts of the artists credited on the release, main artist first, in the platform's order; [] when none is linked, as on a Various Artists compilation (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them).

What teams build with the Spotify Album API.

Match releases across services by UPC
Compare plays across an album's tracks
Find a release's label and rights holders
Build an album page from a shared link

Good to know before you build.

tracks holds the whole release, however long. If part of a very long one can't be read, tracks is listed in approximate_fields.
released_at has no time and is listed in approximate_fields, and platform_specific.spotify.release_date_precision says when it is only a month or a year.
genres is [] and listed in unknown_fields, because Spotify files no genres under a release. A track's ISRC comes from the Spotify Track API.
tracks[].play_url is Spotify's preview, a short clip, and null when the track has none.
platform_specific.spotify.is_playable is for the country we request from, which may not be yours.
tracks[].metrics.view_count is null, not 0, for a track below the threshold where Spotify starts showing plays.
An album link that highlights one track (?highlight=spotify:track:…) is that track's link: the Spotify Track API takes it.
When Spotify's main API fails, the answer comes from the embed page without type, date, label, UPC, copyright, plays, track positions or artist IDs, which are null or listed in unknown_fields, and a very long release's tracks may stop short (listed in approximate_fields).

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Spotify Album API. Send an album link or ID.

Spotify Album API at a glance

Send one request. Get 20 fields back.

One schema on 2 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the Spotify Album API.

Match releases across services by UPC

Compare plays across an album's tracks

Find a release's label and rights holders

Build an album page from a shared link

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the Spotify Album API.

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Spotify API. 12 endpoints, one key.

Try it on a link you already have.