# Spotify Track API. Send a track link or ID. Song with exact plays, ISRC and songwriter credits. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes. [Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dspotify.track) ## Spotify Track API at a glance Returns a public Spotify track from its link, share link, URI or ID, with its exact play count, ISRC, label and songwriter and producer credits. It also has the artists, album, release date, length, cover, performance languages, popularity score, explicit flag and a preview clip. A podcast episode's link returns that episode. GET `/v1/spotify/track` [Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/track/index.md) - **1 credit** per request, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 requests - **22 typed fields** null when unknown - **`url`** is all it needs, e.g. `https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC` - **100 credits** free when you sign up, no card, so you can build before you spend ## Send one request. Get 22 fields back. Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free. `$ npm install socialtap` `url = https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC` [Open in playground](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=spotify.track) cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/track' \ --data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.spotify.track.get({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/track?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/track", params={"url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC"}, 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("url", "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/track?"+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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": { "approximate_fields": [ "published_at" ], "author": { "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 }, "coauthors": [], "duration_ms": 213573, "hashtags": [], "id": "4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC", "is_nsfw": null, "is_pinned": null, "is_sponsored": null, "language": null, "media": [ { "alt_text": null, "duration_ms": null, "expires_at": null, "height": null, "thumbnail_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273255e131abc1410833be95673", "type": "audio", "url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/40a780b231e5ed130483bec7917b6c9a4f8a4708", "width": null } ], "mentions": [], "metrics": { "comment_count": null, "like_count": null, "quote_count": null, "repost_count": null, "save_count": null, "share_count": null, "view_count": 1200207819 }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": { "spotify": { "added_at": null, "added_by": null, "album_id": "6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4", "album_title": "Whenever You Need Somebody", "album_track_count": 10, "album_type": "album", "album_url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4", "bpm": null, "camelot_key": null, "canonical_track_id": "0yNttAVwMr39qyODHNIkrY", "copyrights": [ { "text": "(P) 1987 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited", "type": "p" } ], "credits": [ { "artist_id": "0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt", "group": "Artist", "name": "Rick Astley", "role": "Main Artist" }, { "artist_id": "2JhG3QOWCDbDXNYhqFDSj1", "group": "Composition & Lyrics", "name": "Mike Stock", "role": "Composer" }, { "artist_id": "2JhG3QOWCDbDXNYhqFDSj1", "group": "Composition & Lyrics", "name": "Mike Stock", "role": "Lyricist" } ], "disc_number": 1, "is_explicit": false, "is_paywalled": null, "is_playable": true, "isrc": "GBARL9300135", "label": "Sony Music CG", "languages": [ "en" ], "music_video_count": 1, "musical_key": null, "playability_reason": "playable", "podcast_id": null, "popularity": 5, "release_date_precision": "day", "track_number": 1 } }, "platform_type": "track", "published_at": "1987-11-12T00:00:00Z", "text": null, "thumbnail_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273255e131abc1410833be95673", "title": "Never Gonna Give You Up", "type": "audio", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC" }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "spotify", "source": "api", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 472, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": { "kind": "post", "id": "4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC", "url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC" }, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete. ## One schema on 21 platforms. The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/track/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md). - ### 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 track or podcast episode: its link (open.spotify.com/track/4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC or open.spotify.com/episode/0ndqMvnUJkNmQrhK98R09Y, also under /intl-de/ and /embed/, with any share parameters, or an album's link with ?highlight=spotify:track:…), a share link (spotify.link/…), its URI (spotify:track:4uLU6hMCjMI75M1A2tKUQC, spotify:episode:0ndqMvnUJkNmQrhK98R09Y) or its 22-character ID. - ### Write one parser Spotify, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all. - **`platform`string**: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). - **`id`string**: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). - **`url`string**: Canonical post URL. - **`type`string**: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other. - **`platform_type`string**: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). - **`title`string**: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. - **`text`string**: Caption, description or body as plain text. - **`language`string**: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. Live data from 33 platforms. [TikTok](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/index.md) · [Instagram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/index.md) · [Facebook](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/index.md) · [YouTube](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/index.md) · [Reddit](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/index.md) · [Threads](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/index.md) · [Spotify](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/index.md) · [Amazon](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/index.md) · [Apple Music](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/index.md) · [Pinterest](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/index.md) · [Rumble](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/index.md) · [X](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/index.md) · [Bluesky](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/index.md) · [Twitch](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/index.md) · [LinkedIn](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/index.md) · [Telegram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/index.md) · [TikTok Shop](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktokshop/index.md) · [Kwai](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/index.md) · [Snapchat](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/index.md) · [SoundCloud](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/index.md) · [Truth Social](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/index.md) · [Kick](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/index.md) · [Komi](https://socialtap.dev/apis/komi/index.md) · [Lnk.Bio](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkbio/index.md) · [Linkme](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkme/index.md) · [Linktree](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linktree/index.md) · [Pillar](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pillar/index.md) · [TikTok Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Events](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-events/index.md) · [Facebook Marketplace](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-marketplace/index.md) · [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://socialtap.dev/apis/google-ads-transparency/index.md) · [LinkedIn Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin-ad-library/index.md) ## What teams build with the Spotify Track API. - ### Track a song's plays over time - ### Match tracks across services by ISRC - ### See who wrote and produced a song - ### Enrich a music catalog from shared links - ### Read an episode's details from its link ## Good to know before you build. - Spotify's plays are metrics.view_count, the first credited artist is author and the others are coauthors. type is audio, or video for a music video. - metrics.view_count is null, not 0, for a track below the threshold where Spotify starts showing plays. - published_at is the release date with no time, listed in approximate_fields, and platform_specific.spotify.release_date_precision says when it is only a month or a year. - media\[\].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. - A track Spotify withholds in that country, with no title, artist or length, returns private_or_unavailable. One that only doesn't play there returns with is_playable false. - When Spotify's main API fails, the answer comes from the embed page without the play count, album, ISRC or credits: those are null or listed in unknown_fields. - A podcast episode is a post of platform_type episode with its release time, description, length, preview and is_paywalled, and no plays, album, ISRC or credits, which Spotify shows for no episode. - An episode's author is its show, by name and cover only, and platform_specific.spotify.podcast_id is the show's ID. From the embed page its description and paywall flag are null and a video episode reads as audio. - A bare ID is tried as a track, then as an episode. An audiobook chapter's link has the same form and returns not_found. ## 1 credit per request. Failed requests are free. Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform. [Plans and packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/track/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) | Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform API `api` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | | Public page `page` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | - Cache hits are free. - Credits from packs and top-ups never expire. - A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal. - Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies. - Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID. ## Questions about the Spotify Track API. More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/track/index.md). **Can I download the full song?** No. media\[\].url is Spotify's preview, a short clip. The full audio isn't returned. **How much does the Spotify Track API cost?** A request costs 1 credit. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack. Other platforms ## Posts on 20 more platforms. - [TikTok Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/post`) - [Instagram Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/post`) - [Facebook Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/facebook/post`) - [YouTube Video API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/youtube/post`) - [Reddit Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/reddit/post`) - [Threads Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/threads/post`) - [Amazon Shop Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/shop_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/amazon/shop_posts`) - [Apple Music Track API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/track/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/applemusic/track`) - [Pinterest Pin API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/pin/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/pinterest/pin`) - [Rumble Video API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/rumble/post`) - [X (Twitter) Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/x/post`) - [Bluesky Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/bluesky/post`) - [Twitch Video and Clip API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/video/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/twitch/video`) - [LinkedIn Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/linkedin/post`) - [Telegram Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/telegram/post`) - [Kwai Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/kwai/post`) - [Snapchat Spotlight API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/spotlight/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/snapchat/spotlight`) - [SoundCloud Track API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/track/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/soundcloud/track`) - [Truth Social Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/truthsocial/post`) - [Kick Clip API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/kick/post`) More Spotify ## Spotify API. 12 endpoints, one key. - [Spotify Track Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_tracks/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/search_tracks`) - [Spotify Playlist Tracks API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/playlist_tracks/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/playlist_tracks`) - [Spotify Podcast Episodes API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/podcast_episodes/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/podcast_episodes`) - [Spotify Artist API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/artist/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/spotify/artist`) - [Spotify Artist Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_artists/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/search_artists`) - [Spotify Playlist API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/playlist/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/spotify/playlist`) - [Spotify Playlist Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_playlists/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/search_playlists`) - [Spotify Album API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/album/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/spotify/album`) - [Spotify Album Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_albums/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/search_albums`) - [Spotify Podcast API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/podcast/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/spotify/podcast`) - [Spotify Podcast Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_podcasts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/search_podcasts`) ## Try it on a link you already have. 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