Spotify

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

Try it

Example

cURL
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
TypeScript SDK
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);
Node.js (fetch)
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);
Python (requests)
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"])
Go (net/http)
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"])
}
PHP
<?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;
Ruby
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"]
Java
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);
    }
}
.NET
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"));
Rust
// 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
{
  "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": []
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

x-api-keystringheaderrequired

Your API key. Authentication

urlstringrequiredmax 2,048 chars

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.

Examplehttps://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4

url takes Spotify album links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with invalid_input. Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests).

Parameters every endpoint accepts
max_ageintegermin 0

Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent.

fieldsstring

Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments[].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole.

Response

application/json

200

{data, meta}. data is a album object; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only Spotify has are under platform_specific.spotify.

platformstring

Platform ID (applemusic, spotify, soundcloud, …).

idstring

Platform-native album ID (string), the one in its page's URL.

urlstring uri

Canonical album page URL.

typestringnullable

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.

One ofalbumsingleepcompilation

titlestring

The release's title as the platform shows it (with an edition or a suffix like "- Single" where it writes one).

descriptionstringnullable

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_namestringnullable

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).

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idstringnullable

Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known.

usernamestringnullable

Handle without the @; null when the account has none.

display_namestringnullable

Display name shown on the profile.

urlstring urinullable

Canonical profile URL.

avatar_urlstring urinullable

Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

is_verifiedbooleannullable

Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.

cover_urlstring urinullable

Cover art URL at the largest size the platform serves; null when it has none.

released_atstring date-timenullable

When it was released, RFC 3339 UTC. A release date with no time (nearly all) is midnight UTC of that date, listed in approximate_fields, and so is a year or month alone (its first day). Null when the platform states none.

labelstringnullable

The record label as the platform names it; null when none is shown.

upcstringnullable

The release's barcode: its UPC or EAN, digits only; null when the platform does not show it.

copyrightsobject[]

The release's copyright lines as the platform shows them; [] when none.

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typestringnullable

c: the copyright in the work (©); p: in the sound recording (℗); null when the line does not say or states both. New values may be added.

One ofcp

textstring

The line as the platform shows it.

genresstring[]

Genres the platform files it under, as shown (not normalized), the main one first; [] when none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them).

is_explicitbooleannullable

Marked as holding explicit content (by the platform, or on any of its tracks); null when the platform does not say.

duration_msintegernullable

Total length of the release in milliseconds; null when neither the platform nor a complete tracks list gives it.

tracksobject[]

The release's tracks in album order (by disc, then track number). A list of albums, whose source shows none, answers [] and lists tracks in unknown_fields; a list the source could only read part of is listed in approximate_fields.

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idstring

Platform-native track ID (string): the one the platform's track endpoint takes and answers.

urlstring urinullable

The track's page; null when the source does not show it.

titlestringnullable

The track's title as the platform shows it; null when the source names the track only by its ID.

artist_namestringnullable

Who the platform credits for this track, as one display string (a feature included); null when the source does not name them.

artistsobject[]

The platform accounts of the artists credited on this track, in the platform's order; [] when none is linked (listed in unknown_fields as tracks[].artists when the source cannot see them).

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idstringnullable

Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known.

usernamestringnullable

Handle without the @; null when the account has none.

display_namestringnullable

Display name shown on the profile.

urlstring urinullable

Canonical profile URL.

avatar_urlstring urinullable

Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

is_verifiedbooleannullable

Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.

track_numberintegernullable

Its position on its disc, from 1; null when the source does not state it (tracks stay in album order).

disc_numberintegernullable

The disc it is on, from 1; null when the platform does not say (a release of one disc, on platforms without discs).

duration_msintegernullable

Length of the track in milliseconds; null when the source does not state it.

is_explicitbooleannullable

Marked as explicit by the platform; null when it does not say.

isrcstringnullable

International Standard Recording Code, 12 characters without hyphens; null when the platform does not show it.

play_urlstring urinullable

Audio file URL: a short preview, where the platform serves only one. Signed links expire within hours; null when not exposed.

metricsobject

Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero.

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view_countintegernullableSpotify: plays

Plays; null when the platform does not show them.

metricsobject

Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero.

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track_countintegernullable

Tracks on the release as the platform counts them, null when it does not state a count; tracks answers fewer only when listed in approximate_fields or unknown_fields.

platform_specificobject

Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.

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spotifyobjectnullable

A Spotify release's own fields.

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release_date_precisionstringnullable

How much of released_at Spotify states: day, month or year. New values may be added.

One ofdaymonthyear

is_pre_releasebooleannullable

Announced and not out yet.

pre_release_ends_atstring date-timenullable

When a pre-release comes out, RFC 3339 UTC; null on a release that is out.

is_playablebooleannullable

Spotify plays it in the country SocialTap asked from, which is not necessarily yours.

popularityintegernullable

Spotify's own score for this release, 0 to 100 and recent plays weighing most.

approximate_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of values that are date-only, rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (released_at from a date, duration_ms from "1 hour 1 minute"). A list path means the list may be incomplete. [] when all exact.

unknown_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of lists whose [] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them), tracks[].artists for that list on every track; null already means unknown for every other field. [] when every list is known.

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.

Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.

401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

unauthorizedNo retry

The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired.

Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url.

402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

The account does not have enough credits for this request.

Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically.

The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits.

Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically.

403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

forbiddenNo retry

The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code.

Act on details.reason. suspended: contact support. scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP.

The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code.

Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry.

404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

not_foundNo retry

The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).

Check the link or ID. Do not retry.

429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

rate_limitedYes, later

The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it.

Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask support to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.

500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

internalYes, later

An unexpected error on SocialTap's side.

Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.

502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_errorYes, later

The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read.

Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free.

503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.

Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.

overloadedYes, later

SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged.

Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free.

From 1 credit per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source; sources are tried cheapest first: Platform API → Public page.

SourcePrice per successful requestPer 1,000 requests
Platform API api1 credit$0.75–$1.97
Public page page1 credit$0.75–$1.97
Balance, sources and what you were charged

Your balance must be at least 1 credit to start a request; with less, it is refused with insufficient_credits (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

meta.sourceSourceWhat it means
apiPlatform APIThe platform's public, logged-out API.
pagePublic pageData embedded in the platform's public web page.

meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs

Endpoint ID spotify.album · operationId spotify.album.get · Product overview

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