# Spotify Podcast Episodes API

Spotify

Returns the episodes of a public Spotify podcast, a page at a time in the show's own order, from its link, share link, URI or ID. Each has its title, full description, exact release time, length, cover, whether it is audio or video, explicit flag, whether only subscribers hear it in full, and a preview clip. Filter by date with since and until.

GET `/v1/spotify/podcast_episodes`

## Example

cURL:

```shell
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/podcast_episodes' \
  --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.podcastEpisodes.list({ 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_episodes?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
```

Python (requests):

```python
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/podcast_episodes",
    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, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], 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_episodes?"+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"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		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": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7",
        "display_name": "Lex Fridman Podcast",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": null,
        "username": null
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": 13327488,
      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "0ndqMvnUJkNmQrhK98R09Y",
      "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/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7",
          "type": "audio",
          "url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/5a779c504466ba4bce6b571982043964ede1f5c5.mp3",
          "width": null
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": null,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "spotify",
      "platform_specific": {
        "spotify": {
          "added_at": null,
          "added_by": null,
          "album_id": null,
          "album_title": null,
          "album_track_count": null,
          "album_type": null,
          "album_url": null,
          "bpm": null,
          "camelot_key": null,
          "canonical_track_id": null,
          "copyrights": [],
          "credits": [],
          "disc_number": null,
          "is_explicit": false,
          "is_paywalled": false,
          "is_playable": true,
          "isrc": null,
          "label": null,
          "languages": [],
          "music_video_count": null,
          "musical_key": null,
          "playability_reason": "playable",
          "podcast_id": "2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL",
          "popularity": null,
          "release_date_precision": null,
          "track_number": null
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "episode",
      "published_at": "2026-10-26T22:57:00Z",
      "text": "Ankur Moitra, Steven Brunton and Alex Kontorovich are three mathematicians who can speak to this incredible moment in the history of mathematics, when AI solved some of its hardest problems: Navier-Stokes, the quasi-Riemann hypothesis, the unique games conjecture and hundreds of …",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7",
      "title": "#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory",
      "type": "audio",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ndqMvnUJkNmQrhK98R09Y"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7",
        "display_name": "Lex Fridman Podcast",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": null,
        "username": null
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": 13409643,
      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "082a1V6nazH9ZZqskV1vfz",
      "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/ab6765630000ba8ac0294c0d8ae28ab5e8aa4863",
          "type": "audio",
          "url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/58e0916ff165341de3cc9bde8c6da49bc8190ec0.mp3",
          "width": null
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
        "comment_count": null,
        "like_count": null,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "spotify",
      "platform_specific": {
        "spotify": {
          "added_at": null,
          "added_by": null,
          "album_id": null,
          "album_title": null,
          "album_track_count": null,
          "album_type": null,
          "album_url": null,
          "bpm": null,
          "camelot_key": null,
          "canonical_track_id": null,
          "copyrights": [],
          "credits": [],
          "disc_number": null,
          "is_explicit": false,
          "is_paywalled": false,
          "is_playable": true,
          "isrc": null,
          "label": null,
          "languages": [],
          "music_video_count": null,
          "musical_key": null,
          "playability_reason": "playable",
          "podcast_id": "2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL",
          "popularity": null,
          "release_date_precision": null,
          "track_number": null
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "episode",
      "published_at": "2026-09-17T00:42:00Z",
      "text": "Andrew Scull is a historian of psychiatry.Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep502-sdSee below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.Transcript:https://lexfridman.com/andrew-scull-transc…",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8ac0294c0d8ae28ab5e8aa4863",
      "title": "#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung",
      "type": "audio",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://open.spotify.com/episode/082a1V6nazH9ZZqskV1vfz"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a563ebb538d297875b10114b7",
        "display_name": "Lex Fridman Podcast",
        "id": null,
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": null,
        "username": null
      },
      "coauthors": [],
      "duration_ms": 19285140,
      "hashtags": [],
      "id": "45lhw2Adbrsw0xSCOgIeg3",
      "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/ab6765630000ba8a00490133143af11512aa2eb9",
          "type": "audio",
          "url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/4b1be06d8d418d2648bd63d351f252d41120a3bf.mp3",
          "width": null
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "metrics": {
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        "like_count": null,
        "quote_count": null,
        "repost_count": null,
        "save_count": null,
        "share_count": null,
        "view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "spotify",
      "platform_specific": {
        "spotify": {
          "added_at": null,
          "added_by": null,
          "album_id": null,
          "album_title": null,
          "album_track_count": null,
          "album_type": null,
          "album_url": null,
          "bpm": null,
          "camelot_key": null,
          "canonical_track_id": null,
          "copyrights": [],
          "credits": [],
          "disc_number": null,
          "is_explicit": false,
          "is_paywalled": false,
          "is_playable": true,
          "isrc": null,
          "label": null,
          "languages": [],
          "music_video_count": null,
          "musical_key": null,
          "playability_reason": "playable",
          "podcast_id": "2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL",
          "popularity": null,
          "release_date_precision": null,
          "track_number": null
        }
      },
      "platform_type": "episode",
      "published_at": "2026-08-26T21:47:00Z",
      "text": "DHH is the creator of Ruby on Rails, Omarchy Linux, CTO of 37signals, and a racecar driver.Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep501-sdSee below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.Tran…",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6765630000ba8a00490133143af11512aa2eb9",
      "title": "#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux",
      "type": "audio",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://open.spotify.com/episode/45lhw2Adbrsw0xSCOgIeg3"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "spotify",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 301,
    "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**
>
> - An episode is a post of platform_type episode with no plays, since Spotify shows none. author is its show, by name and cover only: author.id and author.username are null, and platform_specific.spotify.podcast_id is the show's ID, which the Spotify Podcast API takes.
> - Episodes come in the show's order: newest first on most shows, and from the first episode on a serial show (show_type serial on the Spotify Podcast API), whose order isn't always by date.
> - On a show listed newest first, since stops the walk once it is passed and until walks on to where the window starts, each page charged.
> - A serial show is only filtered: after several pages in a row with nothing in the window, page.end_reason is max_pages and those empty pages are charged, so a window near the end of a long serial show may not be reached.
> - Spotify hides some episodes from logged-out listeners without saying what they are. They are left out and counted in meta.warnings, so a page can hold fewer than its limit, or none, while the list goes on.
> - media\[\].url is Spotify's preview, a short clip, and null when it has none: the full episode isn't returned. platform_specific.spotify.is_paywalled says only subscribers can hear it in full.
> - platform_specific.spotify.is_playable is for the country we request from, which may not be yours.
> - 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 first page comes from the show's embed page with one episode, the first playable in the show's order and not always the newest. page.end_reason is then platform_limit, the description and paywall flag are null, and a video-only episode reads as audio.

## 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`<br>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` |
| `since` optional | `string`<br>date-time | Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. | `2026-10-01` |
| `until` optional | `string`<br>date-time | Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). | `2026-10-08` |
| `limit` optional | `integer`<br>min 1<br>max 50 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `50` |
| `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — |

`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)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination.

**Parameters every endpoint accepts**

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_age` optional | `integer`<br>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, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 50 [post](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md) objects, the show's own order: newest first, or from the first episode on a show meant to be heard in order; `page` says how to get the next page; `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 (tiktok, youtube, …). |
| `data[].id` | `string` | Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). |
| `data[].url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical post URL. |
| `data[].type` | `string` | Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `video`, `image`, `carousel`, `text`, `link`, `audio` |
| `data[].platform_type` | `string` or `null` | The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). |
| `data[].title` | `string` or `null` | Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. |
| `data[].text` | `string` or `null` | Caption, description or body as plain text. |
| `data[].language` | `string` or `null` | BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. |
| `data[].published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the post went public, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data[].author` | `object` | The posting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: \[deleted\]). A post credited to what is no account of the platform's (an Apple Music radio episode's show) has a null id and username, and every other field null too when the platform doesn't name it. |
| `data[].author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].coauthors` | `object[]` | Other accounts credited as co-authors of the post (Instagram and Facebook collabs, YouTube collaborations), in the platform's order, author excluded; \[\] if none. |
| `data[].coauthors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].coauthors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].coauthors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].coauthors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].coauthors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].coauthors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Length of the primary video or audio in milliseconds; null for other posts. |
| `data[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover or poster image URL. |
| `data[].media` | `object[]` | Attachments in display order (carousel items); \[\] for text posts. |
| `data[].media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.<br>One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` |
| `data[].media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. |
| `data[].media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. |
| `data[].media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. |
| `data[].media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. |
| `data[].media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. |
| `data[].media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). |
| `data[].media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. |
| `data[].hashtags` | `string[]` | Hashtags without #, case kept; \[\] if none. |
| `data[].mentions` | `string[]` | Mentioned or tagged usernames without @; \[\] if none. |
| `data[].is_pinned` | `boolean` or `null` | Pinned to the author's profile. |
| `data[].is_sponsored` | `boolean` or `null` | Labeled as a paid partnership or branded content. |
| `data[].is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked adult or sensitive by the platform. |
| `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data[].metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Spotify: plays. Views or plays. |
| `data[].metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. |
| `data[].metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. |
| `data[].metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). |
| `data[].metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. |
| `data[].metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. |
| `data[].metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. |
| `data[].platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\<platform>); each null when unknown. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify` | `object` or `null` | A Spotify track's or episode's own fields. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.album_id` | `string` or `null` | The ID of the release it is on (spotify.album takes it); null when the source does not show it, as on the embed page. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.album_title` | `string` or `null` | The title of that release. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.album_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | That release's page. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.album_type` | `string` or `null` | What kind of release that is, as Spotify says. New values may be added; treat unknown values as album.<br>One of `album`, `single`, `ep`, `compilation` |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.album_track_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many tracks that release has. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.release_date_precision` | `string` or `null` | How much of published_at Spotify states: day, month or year. Null for an episode, whose time is exact, and when the source does not say. New values may be added.<br>One of `day`, `month`, `year` |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.disc_number` | `integer` or `null` | The disc of that release it is on, from 1. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.track_number` | `integer` or `null` | Its position on that disc, from 1. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.isrc` | `string` or `null` | International Standard Recording Code, 12 characters without hyphens; null when the source does not show it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.label` | `string` or `null` | The record label of the release it is on; null when the source does not show it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.copyrights` | `object[]` | The copyright lines of the release it is on; \[\] when none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.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.<br>One of `c`, `p` |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.copyrights[].text` | `string` | The line as the platform shows it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.credits` | `object[]` | Who wrote, performed and produced it, as Spotify's Credits panel lists them; \[\] when none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.credits[].name` | `string` | Who, as Spotify names them. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.credits[].role` | `string` or `null` | What they did, as Spotify says (Composer, Producer, Main Artist, …). |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.credits[].group` | `string` or `null` | The heading Spotify lists it under (Composition & Lyrics, Production & Engineering, …). |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.credits[].artist_id` | `string` or `null` | Their artist ID (spotify.artist takes it); null when they have no artist page. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.is_explicit` | `boolean` or `null` | Spotify marks it explicit. |
| `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.playability_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why, as Spotify says it (playable, country_restricted, …), for that country; null when the source does not say. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.popularity` | `integer` or `null` | Spotify's own score for this track ID, 0 to 100 and recent plays weighing most; two IDs of one recording score apart (canonical_track_id). |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.languages` | `string[]` | The languages it is performed in, as Spotify's tags; \[\] when none is stated (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.music_video_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many music videos Spotify links to it; null when the source does not show it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.canonical_track_id` | `string` or `null` | The ID Spotify treats as this recording's main one, when that is another; null when this is it or the source does not show it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it was added to the playlist listed, RFC 3339 UTC; null outside a playlist's list. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by` | `object` or `null` | The listener who added it to the playlist listed: their username and page, and their name and picture when the source shows them; null outside a playlist's list and on Spotify's own lists, which name nobody. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.added_by.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.bpm` | `number` or `null` | Its tempo in beats per minute, to two decimals, as Spotify measured it; null where the source does not show it, as everywhere but a playlist's list. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.musical_key` | `string` or `null` | Its key and mode as Spotify measured them (F# minor); null where the source does not show it, as everywhere but a playlist's list. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.camelot_key` | `string` or `null` | Its key on the Camelot wheel DJs mix by (6A); null where the source does not show it, as everywhere but a playlist's list. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.podcast_id` | `string` or `null` | An episode's show (spotify.podcast takes it); null on a track. |
| `data[].platform_specific.spotify.is_paywalled` | `boolean` or `null` | An episode only subscribers can hear in full; null on a track. |
| `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) 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); 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: 2 error codes. 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. |
| `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. |

### 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. |

## Pagination

Items come in pages, **the show's own order: newest first, or from the first episode on a show meant to be heard in order**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early).

- **Order**: The show's own order: newest first, or from the first episode on a show meant to be heard in order
- **Page size**: Up to 50 episodes (the default; `limit` lowers it)
- **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors
- **Price**: Per page, 1 credit

### The `page` object

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. |
| `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. |
| `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. |
| `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.<br>One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` |

### Next page

cURL: next page:

```shell
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/podcast_episodes' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://open.spotify.com/show/2MAi0BvDc6GTFvKFPXnkCL' \
  --data-urlencode 'cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

- The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end).
- A `limit` below 50 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list.
- Errors are free, including a rejected cursor.
- Pages served from the cache are free.
- An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

[Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md)

## Pricing

From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. 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 page | Per 1,000 pages |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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_episodes` · operationId `spotify.podcast_episodes.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/podcast_episodes/index.md)

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