Spotify Playlist API. Send a playlist link or ID.
Exact followers, owner and last update. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Spotify Playlist API at a glance
Returns a public Spotify playlist from its link, share link, URI or ID, with its exact follower count, owner, item count and when it was last changed. It also has the title, description, cover, creation date, whether it is collaborative, and whether it is Spotify's own and made by its algorithm. The Spotify Playlist Tracks API returns its tracks.
GET /v1/spotify/playlist
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- 13 typed fields null when unknown
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5Mconst params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/playlist?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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/playlist",
params={"url": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"},
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/playlist")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M')
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/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/playlist?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/playlist?"+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/playlist' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [],
"description": "The hottest 50. Cover: Tame Impala",
"id": "37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M",
"is_collaborative": false,
"metrics": {
"post_count": 50
},
"owner": {
"avatar_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6775700000ee8555c25988a6ac314394d3fbf5",
"display_name": "Spotify",
"id": null,
"is_verified": null,
"url": "https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify",
"username": "spotify"
},
"platform": "spotify",
"platform_specific": {
"spotify": {
"created_at": null,
"follower_count": 33626571,
"is_algorithmic": false,
"is_collaborative": false,
"is_deleted_by_owner": false,
"is_user_created": false,
"updated_at": "2026-10-30T04:01:22Z"
}
},
"platform_type": "playlist",
"thumbnail_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f00000002960019ea66cba66a44fdd4c2",
"title": "Today’s Top Hits",
"type": "playlist",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "spotify",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 317,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "playlist",
"id": "37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M",
"url": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"
},
"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.playlist.get({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M" });
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/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/playlist?" + 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/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/playlist?" + 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/playlist")
.query(&[("url", "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M")])
.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/playlistDocs One schema on 6 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 playlist: its link (open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M, also under /intl-de/ and /embed/, the old /user/<name>/playlist/… form, with any share parameters), a share link (spotify.link/…), its URI (spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M, or the old spotify:user:<name>:playlist:…) or its 22-character ID.
Write one parser
Spotify, TikTok, Instagram and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, facebook, …).
idstring- Platform-native playlist ID (string): TikTok's playlist (mix) or collection ID, YouTube's list ID (PL…), Facebook's video list ID.
urlstring- Canonical playlist URL.
typestring- playlist: a list its owner curates and orders (TikTok playlists, YouTube playlists, Facebook playlists and series); collection: posts an account saved from any creator into a named public folder (TikTok collections). New values may be added; treat unknown values as playlist.
platform_typestring- The platform's own label, lowercase (mix, collection, playlist, series, podcast, …).
titlestring- Name its owner gave it.
descriptionstring- Description as plain text; null when it has none or the platform shows none (TikTok).
ownerobject- The account that curates it (for a collection, the account that saved the posts, not their authors). Where a platform's curators are not accounts (Apple Music), what it states of them: a name, perhaps a page and a picture, with id and username null, and every field null when it names no one.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Spotify Playlist API.
Track a playlist's followers over time
See when a curator last updated a list
Tell editorial playlists from listeners' lists
Enrich playlist links people share
Good to know before you build.
- title is null on a playlist whose title is empty or only spaces. It is still a real playlist, with its ID, link and owner.
- metrics.post_count counts every item on the playlist, as Spotify does, tracks or not.
- platform_type is playlist, or Spotify's own name for it when it has one: chart, discover-weekly, daily-mix, artistsets.
- platform_specific.spotify.created_at is null on Spotify's own playlists, which don't state it, and is_algorithmic is null where Spotify says neither.
- A playlist its owner deleted still answers, with is_deleted_by_owner true, because Spotify keeps serving it.
- When Spotify's main API fails, the answer comes from its playlist API without the follower count, the owner's name or avatar, or a mosaic cover: those are null.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
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| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
Platform API api | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
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Questions about the Spotify Playlist API.
More in the API reference.
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