Get Currently Playing Track

$ spotted me:player get-currently-playing

GET/me/player/currently-playing

Get the object currently being played on the user's Spotify account.

ParametersExpand Collapse

--additional-types: optional string

A comma-separated list of item types that your client supports besides the default track type. Valid types are: track and episode.
Note: This parameter was introduced to allow existing clients to maintain their current behaviour and might be deprecated in the future.
In addition to providing this parameter, make sure that your client properly handles cases of new types in the future by checking against the type field of each object.

--market: optional string

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.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

MePlayerGetCurrentlyPlayingResponse: object { actions, context, currently_playing_type, 5 more }

actions: optional object { interrupting_playback, pausing, published, 8 more }

Allows to update the user interface based on which playback actions are available within the current context.

interrupting_playback: optional boolean

Interrupting playback. Optional field.

pausing: optional boolean

Pausing. Optional field.

published: optional boolean

The playlist's public/private status (if it should be added to the user's profile or not): true the playlist will be public, false the playlist will be private, null the playlist status is not relevant. For more about public/private status, see Working with Playlists

resuming: optional boolean

Resuming. Optional field.

seeking: optional boolean

Seeking playback location. Optional field.

skipping_next: optional boolean

Skipping to the next context. Optional field.

skipping_prev: optional boolean

Skipping to the previous context. Optional field.

toggling_repeat_context: optional boolean

Toggling repeat context flag. Optional field.

toggling_repeat_track: optional boolean

Toggling repeat track flag. Optional field.

toggling_shuffle: optional boolean

Toggling shuffle flag. Optional field.

transferring_playback: optional boolean

Transfering playback between devices. Optional field.

context: optional object { external_urls, href, published, 2 more }

A Context Object. Can be null.

external_urls: optional object { published, spotify }

External URLs for this context.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: optional string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the track.

published: optional boolean

type: optional string

The object type, e.g. "artist", "playlist", "album", "show".

uri: optional string

The Spotify URI for the context.

currently_playing_type: optional string

The object type of the currently playing item. Can be one of track, episode, ad or unknown.

is_playing: optional boolean

If something is currently playing, return true.

item: optional TrackObject { id, album, artists, 18 more } or EpisodeObject { id, audio_preview_url, description, 19 more }

The currently playing track or episode. Can be null.

Accepts one of the following:

track_object: object { id, album, artists, 18 more }

id: optional string

The Spotify ID for the track.

album: optional object { id, album_type, artists, 12 more }

The album on which the track appears. The album object includes a link in href to full information about the album.

id: string

The Spotify ID for the album.

album_type: "album" or "single" or "compilation"

The type of the album.

Accepts one of the following:

"album"

"single"

"compilation"

artists: array of SimplifiedArtistObject { id, external_urls, href, 4 more }

The artists of the album. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.

id: optional string

The Spotify ID for the artist.

external_urls: optional object { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this artist.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: optional string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.

The name of the artist.

published: optional boolean

type: optional "artist"

The object type.

uri: optional string

The Spotify URI for the artist.

available_markets: array of string

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.

external_urls: object { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this album.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the album.

images: array of ImageObject { height, url, width, published }

The cover art for the album in various sizes, widest first.

height: number

The image height in pixels.

url: string

The source URL of the image.

width: number

The image width in pixels.

published: optional boolean

The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.

release_date: string

The date the album was first released.

release_date_precision: "year" or "month" or "day"

The precision with which release_date value is known.

Accepts one of the following:

"year"

"month"

"day"

total_tracks: number

The number of tracks in the album.

type: "album"

The object type.

uri: string

The Spotify URI for the album.

published: optional boolean

restrictions: optional object { published, reason }

Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

published: optional boolean

reason: optional "market" or "product" or "explicit"

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.

Accepts one of the following:

"market"

"product"

"explicit"

artists: optional array of SimplifiedArtistObject { id, external_urls, href, 4 more }

The artists who performed the track. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.

id: optional string

The Spotify ID for the artist.

external_urls: optional object { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this artist.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: optional string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.

The name of the artist.

published: optional boolean

type: optional "artist"

The object type.

uri: optional string

The Spotify URI for the artist.

available_markets: optional array of string

A list of the countries in which the track can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

disc_number: optional number

The disc number (usually 1 unless the album consists of more than one disc).

duration_ms: optional number

The track length in milliseconds.

explicit: optional boolean

Whether or not the track has explicit lyrics ( true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).

external_ids: optional object { ean, isrc, published, upc }

Known external IDs for the track.

ean: optional string

International Article Number

isrc: optional string

International Standard Recording Code

published: optional boolean

upc: optional string

Universal Product Code

external_urls: optional object { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this track.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: optional string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the track.

is_local: optional boolean

Whether or not the track is from a local file.

is_playable: optional boolean

Part of the response when Track Relinking is applied. If true, the track is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.

linked_from: optional object { id, external_urls, href, 3 more }

Part of the response when Track Relinking is applied, and the requested track has been replaced with different track. The track in the linked_from object contains information about the originally requested track.

id: optional string

The Spotify ID for the track.

external_urls: optional object { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this track.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: optional string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the track.

published: optional boolean

type: optional string

The object type: "track".

uri: optional string

The Spotify URI for the track.

The name of the track.

popularity: optional number

The popularity of the track. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular.
The popularity of a track is a value between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular. The popularity is calculated by algorithm and is based, in the most part, on the total number of plays the track has had and how recent those plays are.
Generally speaking, songs that are being played a lot now will have a higher popularity than songs that were played a lot in the past. Duplicate tracks (e.g. the same track from a single and an album) are rated independently. Artist and album popularity is derived mathematically from track popularity. Note: the popularity value may lag actual popularity by a few days: the value is not updated in real time.

Deprecatedpreview_url: optional string

A link to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the track. Can be null

published: optional boolean

restrictions: optional object { published, reason }

Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

published: optional boolean

reason: optional string

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.

track_number: optional number

The number of the track. If an album has several discs, the track number is the number on the specified disc.

type: optional "track"

The object type: "track".

uri: optional string

The Spotify URI for the track.

episode_object: object { id, audio_preview_url, description, 19 more }

id: string

The Spotify ID for the episode.

Deprecatedaudio_preview_url: string

A URL to a 30 second preview (MP3 format) of the episode. null if not available.

description: string

A description of the episode. HTML tags are stripped away from this field, use html_description field in case HTML tags are needed.

duration_ms: number

The episode length in milliseconds.

explicit: boolean

Whether or not the episode has explicit content (true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).

external_urls: object { published, spotify }

External URLs for this episode.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the episode.

html_description: string

A description of the episode. This field may contain HTML tags.

images: array of ImageObject { height, url, width, published }

The cover art for the episode in various sizes, widest first.

height: number

The image height in pixels.

url: string

The source URL of the image.

width: number

The image width in pixels.

published: optional boolean

is_externally_hosted: boolean

True if the episode is hosted outside of Spotify's CDN.

is_playable: boolean

True if the episode is playable in the given market. Otherwise false.

languages: array of string

A list of the languages used in the episode, identified by their ISO 639-1 code.

The name of the episode.

release_date: string

The date the episode was first released, for example "1981-12-15". Depending on the precision, it might be shown as "1981" or "1981-12".

release_date_precision: "year" or "month" or "day"

The precision with which release_date value is known.

Accepts one of the following:

"year"

"month"

"day"

show: object { id, available_markets, copyrights, 15 more }

The show on which the episode belongs.

id: string

The Spotify ID for the show.

available_markets: array of string

A list of the countries in which the show can be played, identified by their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

copyrights: array of CopyrightObject { published, text, type }

The copyright statements of the show.

published: optional boolean

text: optional string

The copyright text for this content.

type: optional string

The type of copyright: C = the copyright, P = the sound recording (performance) copyright.

description: string

A description of the show. HTML tags are stripped away from this field, use html_description field in case HTML tags are needed.

explicit: boolean

Whether or not the show has explicit content (true = yes it does; false = no it does not OR unknown).

external_urls: object { published, spotify }

External URLs for this show.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the show.

html_description: string

A description of the show. This field may contain HTML tags.

images: array of ImageObject { height, url, width, published }

The cover art for the show in various sizes, widest first.

height: number

The image height in pixels.

url: string

The source URL of the image.

width: number

The image width in pixels.

published: optional boolean

is_externally_hosted: boolean

True if all of the shows episodes are hosted outside of Spotify's CDN. This field might be null in some cases.

languages: array of string

A list of the languages used in the show, identified by their ISO 639 code.

media_type: string

The media type of the show.

The name of the episode.

publisher: string

The publisher of the show.

total_episodes: number

The total number of episodes in the show.

type: "show"

The object type.

uri: string

The Spotify URI for the show.

published: optional boolean

type: "episode"

The object type.

uri: string

The Spotify URI for the episode.

Deprecatedlanguage: optional string

The language used in the episode, identified by a ISO 639 code. This field is deprecated and might be removed in the future. Please use the languages field instead.

published: optional boolean

restrictions: optional object { published, reason }

Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

published: optional boolean

reason: optional string

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.

resume_point: optional object { fully_played, published, resume_position_ms }

The user's most recent position in the episode. Set if the supplied access token is a user token and has the scope 'user-read-playback-position'.

fully_played: optional boolean

Whether or not the episode has been fully played by the user.

published: optional boolean

resume_position_ms: optional number

The user's most recent position in the episode in milliseconds.

progress_ms: optional number

Progress into the currently playing track or episode. Can be null.

published: optional boolean

timestamp: optional number

Unix Millisecond Timestamp when data was fetched

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Get Currently Playing Track

spotted me:player get-currently-playing

{
  "actions": {
    "interrupting_playback": true,
    "pausing": true,
    "published": true,
    "resuming": true,
    "seeking": true,
    "skipping_next": true,
    "skipping_prev": true,
    "toggling_repeat_context": true,
    "toggling_repeat_track": true,
    "toggling_shuffle": true,
    "transferring_playback": true
  },
  "context": {
    "external_urls": {
      "published": true,
      "spotify": "spotify"
    },
    "href": "href",
    "published": true,
    "type": "type",
    "uri": "uri"
  },
  "currently_playing_type": "currently_playing_type",
  "is_playing": true,
  "item": {
    "id": "id",
    "album": {
      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "album_type": "compilation",
      "artists": [
        {
          "id": "id",
          "external_urls": {
            "published": true,
            "spotify": "spotify"
          },
          "href": "href",
          "name": "name",
          "published": true,
          "type": "artist",
          "uri": "uri"
        }
      ],
      "available_markets": [
        "CA",
        "BR",
        "IT"
      ],
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 300,
          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
          "width": 300,
          "published": true
        }
      ],
      "name": "name",
      "release_date": "1981-12",
      "release_date_precision": "year",
      "total_tracks": 9,
      "type": "album",
      "uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "published": true,
      "restrictions": {
        "published": true,
        "reason": "market"
      }
    },
    "artists": [
      {
        "id": "id",
        "external_urls": {
          "published": true,
          "spotify": "spotify"
        },
        "href": "href",
        "name": "name",
        "published": true,
        "type": "artist",
        "uri": "uri"
      }
    ],
    "available_markets": [
      "string"
    ],
    "disc_number": 0,
    "duration_ms": 0,
    "explicit": true,
    "external_ids": {
      "ean": "ean",
      "isrc": "isrc",
      "published": true,
      "upc": "upc"
    },
    "external_urls": {
      "published": true,
      "spotify": "spotify"
    },
    "href": "href",
    "is_local": true,
    "is_playable": true,
    "linked_from": {
      "id": "id",
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "published": true,
      "type": "type",
      "uri": "uri"
    },
    "name": "name",
    "popularity": 0,
    "preview_url": "preview_url",
    "published": true,
    "restrictions": {
      "published": true,
      "reason": "reason"
    },
    "track_number": 0,
    "type": "track",
    "uri": "uri"
  },
  "progress_ms": 0,
  "published": true,
  "timestamp": 0
}

Returns Examples

{
  "actions": {
    "interrupting_playback": true,
    "pausing": true,
    "published": true,
    "resuming": true,
    "seeking": true,
    "skipping_next": true,
    "skipping_prev": true,
    "toggling_repeat_context": true,
    "toggling_repeat_track": true,
    "toggling_shuffle": true,
    "transferring_playback": true
  },
  "context": {
    "external_urls": {
      "published": true,
      "spotify": "spotify"
    },
    "href": "href",
    "published": true,
    "type": "type",
    "uri": "uri"
  },
  "currently_playing_type": "currently_playing_type",
  "is_playing": true,
  "item": {
    "id": "id",
    "album": {
      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "album_type": "compilation",
      "artists": [
        {
          "id": "id",
          "external_urls": {
            "published": true,
            "spotify": "spotify"
          },
          "href": "href",
          "name": "name",
          "published": true,
          "type": "artist",
          "uri": "uri"
        }
      ],
      "available_markets": [
        "CA",
        "BR",
        "IT"
      ],
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 300,
          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
          "width": 300,
          "published": true
        }
      ],
      "name": "name",
      "release_date": "1981-12",
      "release_date_precision": "year",
      "total_tracks": 9,
      "type": "album",
      "uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "published": true,
      "restrictions": {
        "published": true,
        "reason": "market"
      }
    },
    "artists": [
      {
        "id": "id",
        "external_urls": {
          "published": true,
          "spotify": "spotify"
        },
        "href": "href",
        "name": "name",
        "published": true,
        "type": "artist",
        "uri": "uri"
      }
    ],
    "available_markets": [
      "string"
    ],
    "disc_number": 0,
    "duration_ms": 0,
    "explicit": true,
    "external_ids": {
      "ean": "ean",
      "isrc": "isrc",
      "published": true,
      "upc": "upc"
    },
    "external_urls": {
      "published": true,
      "spotify": "spotify"
    },
    "href": "href",
    "is_local": true,
    "is_playable": true,
    "linked_from": {
      "id": "id",
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "published": true,
      "type": "type",
      "uri": "uri"
    },
    "name": "name",
    "popularity": 0,
    "preview_url": "preview_url",
    "published": true,
    "restrictions": {
      "published": true,
      "reason": "reason"
    },
    "track_number": 0,
    "type": "track",
    "uri": "uri"
  },
  "progress_ms": 0,
  "published": true,
  "timestamp": 0
}