# Spotify Album API 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` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album' \ --data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.spotify.album.get({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/album?${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): ```python 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): ```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/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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "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. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - 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). ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `url` required | `string`
max 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. | `https://open.spotify.com/album/6N9PS4QXF1D0OWPk0Sxtb4` | `url` takes Spotify album links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
min 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. | — | | `fields` optional | `string` | 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 ### 200 `{data, meta}`. `data` is a [album](https://socialtap.dev/resources/album/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Spotify has are under `platform_specific.spotify`. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (applemusic, spotify, soundcloud, …). | | `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native album ID (string), the one in its page's URL. | | `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical album page URL. | | `data.type` | `string` or `null` | 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 of `album`, `single`, `ep`, `compilation` | | `data.title` | `string` | The release's title as the platform shows it (with an edition or a suffix like "- Single" where it writes one). | | `data.description` | `string` or `null` | 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. | | `data.artist_name` | `string` or `null` | 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. | | `data.artists` | `object[]` | 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). | | `data.artists[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.artists[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.artists[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.artists[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.artists[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.artists[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.cover_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover art URL at the largest size the platform serves; null when it has none. | | `data.released_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | 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. | | `data.label` | `string` or `null` | The record label as the platform names it; null when none is shown. | | `data.upc` | `string` or `null` | The release's barcode: its UPC or EAN, digits only; null when the platform does not show it. | | `data.copyrights` | `object[]` | The release's copyright lines as the platform shows them; \[\] when none. | | `data.copyrights[].type` | `string` or `null` | 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 of `c`, `p` | | `data.copyrights[].text` | `string` | The line as the platform shows it. | | `data.genres` | `string[]` | 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). | | `data.is_explicit` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked as holding explicit content (by the platform, or on any of its tracks); null when the platform does not say. | | `data.duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Total length of the release in milliseconds; null when neither the platform nor a complete tracks list gives it. | | `data.tracks` | `object[]` | 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. | | `data.tracks[].id` | `string` | Platform-native track ID (string): the one the platform's track endpoint takes and answers. | | `data.tracks[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The track's page; null when the source does not show it. | | `data.tracks[].title` | `string` or `null` | The track's title as the platform shows it; null when the source names the track only by its ID. | | `data.tracks[].artist_name` | `string` or `null` | Who the platform credits for this track, as one display string (a feature included); null when the source does not name them. | | `data.tracks[].artists` | `object[]` | 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). | | `data.tracks[].artists[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.tracks[].artists[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.tracks[].artists[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.tracks[].artists[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.tracks[].artists[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.tracks[].artists[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.tracks[].track_number` | `integer` or `null` | Its position on its disc, from 1; null when the source does not state it (tracks stay in album order). | | `data.tracks[].disc_number` | `integer` or `null` | The disc it is on, from 1; null when the platform does not say (a release of one disc, on platforms without discs). | | `data.tracks[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Length of the track in milliseconds; null when the source does not state it. | | `data.tracks[].is_explicit` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked as explicit by the platform; null when it does not say. | | `data.tracks[].isrc` | `string` or `null` | International Standard Recording Code, 12 characters without hyphens; null when the platform does not show it. | | `data.tracks[].play_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Audio file URL: a short preview, where the platform serves only one. Signed links expire within hours; null when not exposed. | | `data.tracks[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data.tracks[].metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Spotify: plays. Plays; null when the platform does not show them. | | `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data.metrics.track_count` | `integer` or `null` | 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. | | `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data.platform_specific.spotify` | `object` or `null` | A Spotify release's own fields. | | `data.platform_specific.spotify.release_date_precision` | `string` or `null` | How much of released_at Spotify states: day, month or year. New values may be added.
One of `day`, `month`, `year` | | `data.platform_specific.spotify.is_pre_release` | `boolean` or `null` | Announced and not out yet. | | `data.platform_specific.spotify.pre_release_ends_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When a pre-release comes out, RFC 3339 UTC; null on a release that is out. | | `data.platform_specific.spotify.is_playable` | `boolean` or `null` | Spotify plays it in the country SocialTap asked from, which is not necessarily yours. | | `data.platform_specific.spotify.popularity` | `integer` or `null` | Spotify's own score for this release, 0 to 100 and recent plays weighing most. | | `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | 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. | | `data.unknown_fields` | `string[]` | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `invalid_input` | 400 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `unauthorized` | 401 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | 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. | | `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `forbidden` | 403 | No | 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](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). 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. | | `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `not_found` | 404 | No | 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, 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](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. | ### 500 500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. | ### 502 502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, 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. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. | | `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, 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. | ## Pricing 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. | 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 | **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`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. | meta.source | Source | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | | `api` | Platform API | The platform's public, logged-out API. | | `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. | `meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `spotify.album` · operationId `spotify.album.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/album/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/album/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)