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Get Show

shows.retrieve(strid, ShowRetrieveParams**kwargs) -> ShowRetrieveResponse
GET/shows/{id}

Get Spotify catalog information for a single show identified by its unique Spotify ID.

ParametersExpand Collapse
id: str

The Spotify ID for the show.

market: Optional[str]

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 ShowRetrieveResponse:
episodes: ShowRetrieveResponseEpisodes

The episodes of the show.

href: str

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

limit: int

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)

offset: int

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

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

total: int

The total number of items available to return.

items: Optional[List[SimplifiedEpisodeObject]]
id: str

The Spotify ID for the episode.

Deprecatedaudio_preview_url: Optional[str]

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

description: str

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: int

The episode length in milliseconds.

explicit: bool

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

external_urls: ExternalURLObject

External URLs for this episode.

published: Optional[bool]

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

spotify: Optional[str]

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: str

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

html_description: str

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

images: List[ImageObject]

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

height: Optional[int]

The image height in pixels.

url: str

The source URL of the image.

width: Optional[int]

The image width in pixels.

published: Optional[bool]

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

is_externally_hosted: bool

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

is_playable: bool

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

languages: List[str]

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

name: str

The name of the episode.

release_date: str

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: Literal["year", "month", "day"]

The precision with which release_date value is known.

Accepts one of the following:
"year"
"month"
"day"
type: Literal["episode"]

The object type.

uri: str

The Spotify URI for the episode.

Deprecatedlanguage: Optional[str]

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[bool]

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

restrictions: Optional[EpisodeRestrictionObject]

Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

published: Optional[bool]

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: Optional[str]

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[ResumePointObject]

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[bool]

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

published: Optional[bool]

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

resume_position_ms: Optional[int]

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

published: Optional[bool]

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 Show

import os
from spotted import Spotted

client = Spotted(
    access_token=os.environ.get("SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
show = client.shows.retrieve(
    id="38bS44xjbVVZ3No3ByF1dJ",
)
print(show)
{
  "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,
  "episodes": {
    "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": "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",
        "audio_preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17",
        "description": "A Spotify podcast sharing fresh insights on important topics of the moment—in a way only Spotify can. You’ll hear from experts in the music, podcast and tech industries as we discover and uncover stories about our work and the world around us.\n",
        "duration_ms": 1686230,
        "explicit": true,
        "external_urls": {
          "published": true,
          "spotify": "spotify"
        },
        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",
        "html_description": "<p>A Spotify podcast sharing fresh insights on important topics of the moment—in a way only Spotify can. You’ll hear from experts in the music, podcast and tech industries as we discover and uncover stories about our work and the world around us.</p>\n",
        "images": [
          {
            "height": 300,
            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
            "width": 300,
            "published": true
          }
        ],
        "is_externally_hosted": true,
        "is_playable": true,
        "languages": [
          "fr",
          "en"
        ],
        "name": "Starting Your Own Podcast: Tips, Tricks, and Advice From Anchor Creators\n",
        "release_date": "1981-12-15",
        "release_date_precision": "day",
        "type": "episode",
        "uri": "spotify:episode:0zLhl3WsOCQHbe1BPTiHgr",
        "language": "en",
        "published": true,
        "restrictions": {
          "published": true,
          "reason": "reason"
        },
        "resume_point": {
          "fully_played": true,
          "published": true,
          "resume_position_ms": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "published": true
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "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,
  "episodes": {
    "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": "5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",
        "audio_preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/2f37da1d4221f40b9d1a98cd191f4d6f1646ad17",
        "description": "A Spotify podcast sharing fresh insights on important topics of the moment—in a way only Spotify can. You’ll hear from experts in the music, podcast and tech industries as we discover and uncover stories about our work and the world around us.\n",
        "duration_ms": 1686230,
        "explicit": true,
        "external_urls": {
          "published": true,
          "spotify": "spotify"
        },
        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",
        "html_description": "<p>A Spotify podcast sharing fresh insights on important topics of the moment—in a way only Spotify can. You’ll hear from experts in the music, podcast and tech industries as we discover and uncover stories about our work and the world around us.</p>\n",
        "images": [
          {
            "height": 300,
            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
            "width": 300,
            "published": true
          }
        ],
        "is_externally_hosted": true,
        "is_playable": true,
        "languages": [
          "fr",
          "en"
        ],
        "name": "Starting Your Own Podcast: Tips, Tricks, and Advice From Anchor Creators\n",
        "release_date": "1981-12-15",
        "release_date_precision": "day",
        "type": "episode",
        "uri": "spotify:episode:0zLhl3WsOCQHbe1BPTiHgr",
        "language": "en",
        "published": true,
        "restrictions": {
          "published": true,
          "reason": "reason"
        },
        "resume_point": {
          "fully_played": true,
          "published": true,
          "resume_position_ms": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "published": true
  }
}