# Spotify Podcast API Spotify Returns a public Spotify podcast from its link, share link, URI or ID, with its exact average rating, number of ratings and episode count. It also has the name, description, publisher, cover, topics, whether it is audio or video, whether it is episodic or serial, its explicit mark and when the latest episode came out. GET `/v1/spotify/podcast` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/podcast' \ --data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.spotify.podcast.get({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/podcast?${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/podcast", params={"url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL"}, 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/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/podcast?"+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": [], "categories": [ "Technology" ], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7", "description": "Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with pe…", "id": "2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL", "is_explicit": null, "latest_episode_at": "2026-10-26T22:57:00Z", "media_type": "mixed", "metrics": { "episode_count": 504, "rating_count": 83249 }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": {}, "publisher": null, "publisher_name": "Lex Fridman", "rating": 4.749810808538215, "show_type": "episodic", "title": "Lex Fridman Podcast", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL" }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "spotify", "source": "api", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 664, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": { "kind": "podcast", "id": "2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL", "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL" }, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - is_explicit is true on a show Spotify marks explicit and null on any other, because Spotify gives no verdict on a show it doesn't mark. > - rating is null and metrics.rating_count 0 on a show nobody has rated. The average is exact, not rounded to one decimal. > - latest_episode_at is the newest episode a logged-out listener sees. Spotify can list newer ones without their details, metrics.episode_count counts those too, and latest_episode_at is null when a serial show's last episode is one of them. > - An audiobook link has the same form but isn't a podcast: it returns not_found, or private_or_unavailable when Spotify hides it from logged-out listeners in the country we request from. > - When Spotify's main API fails, the embed page answers with the name and cover only: every other field is null and categories is listed in unknown_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 podcast: its link (open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL, also under /intl-de/ and /embed/, with any share parameters), a share link (spotify.link/…), its URI (spotify:show:2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL) or its 22-character ID. | `https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL` | `url` takes Spotify podcast 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 [podcast](https://socialtap.dev/resources/podcast/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). The fields are the podcast schema. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (spotify, youtube, …). | | `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native show ID (string), the one in its page's URL. | | `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical show page URL. | | `data.title` | `string` | The show's name as the platform lists it. | | `data.description` | `string` or `null` | About the show, as plain text; null when it has none or the platform shows none. | | `data.publisher_name` | `string` or `null` | Who publishes the show, as the platform names them; null when it does not. | | `data.publisher` | `object` or `null` | The platform account of the publisher; null when the platform names them without an account (always on Spotify). | | `data.publisher.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.publisher.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.publisher.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.publisher.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.publisher.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.publisher.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. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.media_type` | `string` or `null` | What its episodes are: audio, video or mixed (both); null when the platform does not say. New values may be added.
One of `audio`, `video`, `mixed` | | `data.show_type` | `string` or `null` | episodic: its episodes stand alone, newest first; serial: they are heard in order, from the first. Null when the platform does not say. New values may be added.
One of `episodic`, `serial` | | `data.categories` | `string[]` | Spotify: topics. Categories or topics 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; null when it does not say. | | `data.rating` | `number` or `null` | Listeners' average rating, 1 to 5 stars (metrics.rating_count ratings behind it; listed in approximate_fields when the platform rounds it); null when unrated or the platform shows none. | | `data.latest_episode_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When its newest episode came out, RFC 3339 UTC; listed in approximate_fields when read from display text or a date alone. Null when the source does not show it. | | `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data.metrics.episode_count` | `integer` or `null` | Episodes the platform counts (it may count ones no longer public, so a walk of the episodes can return fewer); null when it does not state one. | | `data.metrics.rating_count` | `integer` or `null` | Listeners who rated the show, 0 when none has; null when the platform shows no count. | | `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform, date-only or parsed from display text (rating at one decimal, metrics.rating_count from "2.6K"). \[\] when all exact. | | `data.unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); 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.podcast` · operationId `spotify.podcast.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/podcast/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/podcast/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)