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Get Several Shows

ShowBulkRetrieveResponse Shows.BulkRetrieve(ShowBulkRetrieveParamsparameters, CancellationTokencancellationToken = default)
GET/shows

Get Spotify catalog information for several shows based on their Spotify IDs.

ParametersExpand Collapse
ShowBulkRetrieveParams parameters
required string ids

A comma-separated list of the Spotify IDs for the shows. Maximum: 50 IDs.

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.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ShowBulkRetrieveResponse:
required IReadOnlyList<ShowBase> Shows
required string ID

The Spotify ID for the show.

required IReadOnlyList<string> AvailableMarkets

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

required IReadOnlyList<CopyrightObject> Copyrights

The copyright statements of the show.

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

The copyright text for this content.

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

required string Description

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

required Boolean Explicit

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

required ExternalUrlObject ExternalUrls

External URLs for this show.

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 show.

required string HtmlDescription

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

required IReadOnlyList<ImageObject> Images

The cover art for the show 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 Boolean IsExternallyHosted

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

required IReadOnlyList<string> Languages

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

required string MediaType

The media type of the show.

required string Name

The name of the episode.

required string Publisher

The publisher of the show.

required Long TotalEpisodes

The total number of episodes in the show.

JsonElement Type "show"constant

The object type.

required string Uri

The Spotify URI for the show.

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 Several Shows

ShowBulkRetrieveParams parameters = new()
{
    Ids = "5CfCWKI5pZ28U0uOzXkDHe,5as3aKmN2k11yfDDDSrvaZ"
};

var response = await client.Shows.BulkRetrieve(parameters);

Console.WriteLine(response);
{
  "shows": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "available_markets": [
        "string"
      ],
      "copyrights": [
        {
          "published": true,
          "text": "text",
          "type": "type"
        }
      ],
      "description": "description",
      "explicit": true,
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "html_description": "html_description",
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 300,
          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
          "width": 300,
          "published": true
        }
      ],
      "is_externally_hosted": true,
      "languages": [
        "string"
      ],
      "media_type": "media_type",
      "name": "name",
      "publisher": "publisher",
      "total_episodes": 0,
      "type": "show",
      "uri": "uri",
      "published": true
    }
  ]
}
Returns Examples
{
  "shows": [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "available_markets": [
        "string"
      ],
      "copyrights": [
        {
          "published": true,
          "text": "text",
          "type": "type"
        }
      ],
      "description": "description",
      "explicit": true,
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "html_description": "html_description",
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 300,
          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
          "width": 300,
          "published": true
        }
      ],
      "is_externally_hosted": true,
      "languages": [
        "string"
      ],
      "media_type": "media_type",
      "name": "name",
      "publisher": "publisher",
      "total_episodes": 0,
      "type": "show",
      "uri": "uri",
      "published": true
    }
  ]
}