# Spotify Album Search API Spotify Searches Spotify albums, singles and EPs by keyword, artist or UPC, in any language, and returns them a page at a time in Spotify's order. Each has its title, type, credited artists with their IDs, cover and release year. Spotify's filters work in the query: upc: finds a release by its barcode and tag:new the newest. The Spotify Album API adds the full date, label, UPC, copyrights and tracks. GET `/v1/spotify/search_albums` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_albums' \ --data-urlencode 'query=rick astley' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.spotify.searchAlbums.list({ query: "rick astley" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "rick astley", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_albums?${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/search_albums", params={"query": "rick astley"}, 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("query", "rick astley") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_albums?"+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": [ "released_at" ], "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 } ], "copyrights": [], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27315ebbedaacef61af244262a8", "description": null, "duration_ms": null, "genres": [], "id": "6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6", "is_explicit": null, "label": null, "metrics": { "track_count": null }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": { "spotify": { "is_playable": true, "is_pre_release": false, "popularity": null, "pre_release_ends_at": null, "release_date_precision": "year" } }, "released_at": "1987-01-01T00:00:00Z", "title": "Whenever You Need Somebody", "tracks": [], "type": "single", "unknown_fields": [ "genres", "copyrights", "tracks" ], "upc": null, "url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/6eUW0wxWtzkFdaEFsTJto6" }, { "approximate_fields": [ "released_at" ], "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 } ], "copyrights": [], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273ad292ed19701d9f5c8cf71b6", "description": null, "duration_ms": null, "genres": [], "id": "6CWdaSQN5rsdDkOrhFcZ0E", "is_explicit": null, "label": null, "metrics": { "track_count": null }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": { "spotify": { "is_playable": true, "is_pre_release": false, "popularity": null, "pre_release_ends_at": null, "release_date_precision": "year" } }, "released_at": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z", "title": "The Best of Me", "tracks": [], "type": "compilation", "unknown_fields": [ "genres", "copyrights", "tracks" ], "upc": null, "url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/6CWdaSQN5rsdDkOrhFcZ0E" }, { "approximate_fields": [ "released_at" ], "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 } ], "copyrights": [], "cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2733a67639779ccabd632e1a80e", "description": null, "duration_ms": null, "genres": [], "id": "4C4LvbYS0pxXLW5sGD9EK5", "is_explicit": null, "label": null, "metrics": { "track_count": null }, "platform": "spotify", "platform_specific": { "spotify": { "is_playable": true, "is_pre_release": false, "popularity": null, "pre_release_ends_at": null, "release_date_precision": "year" } }, "released_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z", "title": "Whenever You Need Somebody (Deluxe Edition - 2022 Remaster)", "tracks": [], "type": "album", "unknown_fields": [ "genres", "copyrights", "tracks" ], "upc": null, "url": "https://open.spotify.com/album/4C4LvbYS0pxXLW5sGD9EK5" } ], "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": 687, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - Results are releases only: the tracks, artists, playlists and podcasts a query matches aren't in the list. > - Search states only the year, so released_at is January 1 of that year, listed in approximate_fields, with platform_specific.spotify.release_date_precision year. The Spotify Album API returns the full date. > - Search lists no tracks, copyrights, label, UPC, length or explicit flag: tracks and copyrights are \[\] and listed in unknown_fields, the others null, and the Spotify Album API returns them. Spotify files no genres under a release anywhere. > - Results are in Spotify's order, which depends on the page size. A page often holds fewer releases than its limit while next_cursor goes on, and a walk ends with page.end_reason platform_limit where Spotify stops serving, however many it matched. > - The album filters are artist:, album:, year:, upc: and tag:new. track: and genre: return an empty page here (the Spotify Track Search API reads track:). An empty page for a UPC doesn't prove Spotify lacks the release: its search misses some UPCs. > - Spotify answers a weak query with its nearest guesses, so an empty page is rare and any result may be a loose match. > - is_playable says whether Spotify plays the release in the country we request from, which may not be yours. > - When Spotify's search doesn't answer, the first pages come from a web search engine's index, each release read from Spotify, with a partial_data warning naming the fields it lacks, and Spotify's filters are read as plain words. That list holds only what the index has, often a small part of Spotify's, in the engine's order. A next_cursor stays on the list it came from: if Spotify's search stops answering mid-walk, the next page fails with a retryable error instead of switching lists. > - An empty query, a Spotify URI or a link to a Spotify page returns invalid_input, naming the endpoint that takes it where there is one. For a link to Spotify's search page, send its words instead. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` required | `string`
max 250 chars | What to search for, as in Spotify's search box: a title, an artist or both, in any language. Spotify's own filters work too: artist:"rick astley" year:1987, year:1987-1988, album:abbey road, upc:886445613841 finds a release by its barcode, tag:new its newest. | `rick astley` | | `lang` optional | `string`
bcp47 | Preferred language: a BCP-47 tag such as en or pt-BR (case-insensitive; _ is read as -). The language of the answer's names, where Spotify holds a name in several (an artist's name in Japanese or in Latin letters). It can reorder the results a little. | `en` | | `limit` optional | `integer`
min 1
max 100 | 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. | `100` | | `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — | 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`
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 100 [album](https://socialtap.dev/resources/album/index.md) objects, Spotify's own ranking for the query; `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 (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: 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, **Spotify's own ranking for the query**. 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**: Spotify's own ranking for the query - **Page size**: Up to 100 albums (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.
One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` | ### Next page cURL: next page: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/spotify/search_albums' \ --data-urlencode 'query=rick astley' \ --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 100 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 → Web search. | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Any source | 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. | | `web_search` | Web search | A public web search engine's index of the platform's pages, where the platform has no logged-out search of its own: each result is what the index shows of the item, which can be days or weeks old. | `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.search_albums` · operationId `spotify.search_albums.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_albums/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/spotify/search_albums/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)