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Get Album

Get Spotify catalog information for a single album.

Important policy notes

You may not facilitate downloads of Spotify content or enable “stream ripping”
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Spotify visual content must be kept in its original form, e.g. you can not crop album artwork, overlay images on album artwork, place a brand/logo on album artwork
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Please keep in mind that metadata, cover art and artist images must be accompanied by a link back to the applicable artist, album, track, or playlist on the Spotify Service. You must also attribute content from Spotify with the logo.
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Request

idstring
Required
The Spotify ID of the album.
Example: 4aawyAB9vmqN3uQ7FjRGTy
marketstring
An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. If a country code is specified, only content that is available in that market will be returned.
If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this parameter.
Note: If neither market or user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
Users can view the country that is associated with their account in the account settings.
Example: market=ES

Response

An album

album_typestring
Required
The type of the album.
Allowed values: "album", "single", "compilation"Example: "compilation"
total_tracksinteger
Required
The number of tracks in the album.
Example: 9
available_marketsarray of strings
Required
Deprecated
The markets in which the album is available: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. NOTE: an album is considered available in a market when at least 1 of its tracks is available in that market.
Example: ["CA","BR","IT"]
Required
Known external URLs for this album.
- spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
hrefstring
Required
A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the album.
idstring
Required
The Spotify ID for the album.
Example: "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
Required
The cover art for the album in various sizes, widest first.
- urlstring
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
- heightinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
- widthinteger
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
namestring
Required
The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.
release_datestring
Required
The date the album was first released.
Example: "1981-12"
release_date_precisionstring
Required
The precision with which release_date value is known.
Allowed values: "year", "month", "day"Example: "year"
Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.
- reasonstring
  The reason for the restriction. Albums may be restricted if the content is not available in a given market, to the user's subscription type, or when the user's account is set to not play explicit content. Additional reasons may be added in the future.
  Allowed values: "market", "product", "explicit"
typestring
Required
The object type.
Allowed values: "album"
uristring
Required
The Spotify URI for the album.
Example: "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ"
Required
The artists of the album. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.
- Known external URLs for this artist.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
- hrefstring
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.
- idstring
  The Spotify ID for the artist.
- namestring
  The name of the artist.
- typestring
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "artist"
- uristring
  The Spotify URI for the artist.
Required
The tracks of the album.
- hrefstring
  Required
  A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20"
- limitinteger
  Required
  The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
  Example: 20
- nextstring
  Required
  Nullable
  URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
- offsetinteger
  Required
  The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)
  Example: 0
- previousstring
  Required
  Nullable
  URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)
  Example: "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1"
- totalinteger
  Required
  The total number of items available to return.
  Example: 4
- Required
  The artists who performed the track. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.
  Known external URLs for this artist.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  hrefstring
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.
  idstring
  The Spotify ID for the artist.
  namestring
  The name of the artist.
  typestring
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "artist"
  uristring
  The Spotify URI for the artist.
  available_marketsarray of strings
  Deprecated
  A list of the countries in which the track can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
  disc_numberinteger
  The disc number (usually 1 unless the album consists of more than one disc).
  duration_msinteger
  The track length in milliseconds.
  explicitboolean
  Whether or not the track has explicit lyrics ( true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).
  External URLs for this track.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  hrefstring
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the track.
  idstring
  The Spotify ID for the track.
  is_playableboolean
  Part of the response when Track Relinking is applied. If true, the track is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.
  Deprecated
  Part of the response when Track Relinking is applied and is only part of the response if the track linking, in fact, exists. The requested track has been replaced with a different track. The track in the linked_from object contains information about the originally requested track.
  Known external URLs for this track.
  spotifystring
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  hrefstring
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the track.
  idstring
  The Spotify ID for the track.
  typestring
  The object type: "track".
  uristring
  The Spotify URI for the track.
  Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.
  reasonstring
  The reason for the restriction. Supported values:
  
  market - The content item is not available in the given market.
  
  product - The content item is not available for the user's subscription type.
  
  explicit - The content item is explicit and the user's account is set to not play explicit content.
  
  Additional reasons may be added in the future. Note: If you use this field, make sure that your application safely handles unknown values.
  namestring
  The name of the track.
  preview_urlstring
  Nullable
  Deprecated
  A URL to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the track.
  Important policy note
  Audio Preview Clips may not be offered as a standalone service or product.
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  track_numberinteger
  The number of the track. If an album has several discs, the track number is the number on the specified disc.
  typestring
  The object type: "track".
  uristring
  The Spotify URI for the track.
  is_localboolean
  Whether or not the track is from a local file.
Required
The copyright statements of the album.
- textstring
  The copyright text for this content.
- typestring
  The type of copyright: C = the copyright, P = the sound recording (performance) copyright.
Required
Known external IDs for the album.
- isrcstring
  International Standard Recording Code
- eanstring
  International Article Number
- upcstring
  Universal Product Code
genresarray of strings
Required
Deprecated
Deprecated The array is always empty.
Example: []
labelstring
Required
Deprecated
The label associated with the album.
popularityinteger
Required
Deprecated
The popularity of the album. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular.

Response sample

{"album_type": "compilation","total_tracks": 9,"available_markets": ["CA", "BR", "IT"],"external_urls": {"spotify": "string"},"href": "string","id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ","images": [{"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228","height": 300,"width": 300}],"name": "string","release_date": "1981-12","release_date_precision": "year","restrictions": {"reason": "market"},"type": "album","uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ","artists": [{"external_urls": {"spotify": "string"},"href": "string","id": "string","name": "string","type": "artist","uri": "string"}],"tracks": {"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20","limit": 20,"next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1","offset": 0,"previous": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1","total": 4,"items": [{"artists": [{"external_urls": {"spotify": "string"},"href": "string","id": "string","name": "string","type": "artist","uri": "string"}],"available_markets": ["string"],"disc_number": 0,"duration_ms": 0,"explicit": false,"external_urls": {"spotify": "string"},"href": "string","id": "string","is_playable": false,"linked_from": {"external_urls": {"spotify": "string"},"href": "string","id": "string","type": "string","uri": "string"},"restrictions": {"reason": "string"},"name": "string","preview_url": "string","track_number": 0,"type": "string","uri": "string","is_local": false}]},"copyrights": [{"text": "string","type": "string"}],"external_ids": {"isrc": "string","ean": "string","upc": "string"},"genres": [],"label": "string","popularity": 0}

URL: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album

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