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Get Artist's Albums

ArtistListAlbumsPageResponse Artists.ListAlbums(ArtistListAlbumsParamsparameters, CancellationTokencancellationToken = default)
GET/artists/{id}/albums

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums.

ParametersExpand Collapse
ArtistListAlbumsParams parameters
required string id

The Spotify ID of the artist.

string includeGroups

A comma-separated list of keywords that will be used to filter the response. If not supplied, all album types will be returned.
Valid values are:
- album
- single
- appears_on
- compilation
For example: include_groups=album,single.

Long limit

The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.

minimum1
maximum50
string market

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.

Long offset

The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ArtistListAlbumsPageResponse:
required string Href

A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request

required Long Limit

The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).

URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)

required Long Offset

The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)

URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)

required Long Total

The total number of items available to return.

IReadOnlyList<ArtistListAlbumsResponse> Items
required string ID

The Spotify ID for the album.

required AlbumGroup AlbumGroup

This field describes the relationship between the artist and the album.

Accepts one of the following:
"album"Album
"single"Single
"compilation"Compilation
"appears_on"AppearsOn
required AlbumType AlbumType

The type of the album.

Accepts one of the following:
"album"Album
"single"Single
"compilation"Compilation
required IReadOnlyList<SimplifiedArtistObject> Artists

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

string ID

The Spotify ID for the artist.

ExternalUrlObject ExternalUrls

Known external URLs for this artist.

Boolean Published

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

string Spotify

The Spotify URL for the object.

string Href

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

string Name

The name of the artist.

Boolean Published

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

Type Type

The object type.

string Uri

The Spotify URI for the artist.

required IReadOnlyList<string> AvailableMarkets

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.

required ExternalUrlObject ExternalUrls

Known external URLs for this album.

Boolean Published

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

string Spotify

The Spotify URL for the object.

required string Href

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

required IReadOnlyList<ImageObject> Images

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

required Long? Height

The image height in pixels.

required string Url

The source URL of the image.

required Long? Width

The image width in pixels.

Boolean Published

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

required string Name

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

required string ReleaseDate

The date the album was first released.

required ReleaseDatePrecision ReleaseDatePrecision

The precision with which release_date value is known.

Accepts one of the following:
"year"Year
"month"Month
"day"Day
required Long TotalTracks

The number of tracks in the album.

JsonElement Type "album"constant

The object type.

required string Uri

The Spotify URI for the album.

Boolean Published

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

Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

Boolean Published

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

Reason Reason

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"Market
"product"Product
"explicit"Explicit
Boolean Published

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

Get Artist's Albums

ArtistListAlbumsParams parameters = new() { ID = "0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg" };

var page = await client.Artists.ListAlbums(parameters);
await foreach (var item in page.Paginate())
{
    Console.WriteLine(item);
}
{
  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20\n",
  "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": [
    {
      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "album_group": "compilation",
      "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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "published": true
}
Returns Examples
{
  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20\n",
  "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": [
    {
      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "album_group": "compilation",
      "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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "published": true
}