Get an Audiobook

GET/audiobooks/{id}

Get Spotify catalog information for a single audiobook. Audiobooks are only available within the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia markets.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

id: string

The Spotify ID for the audiobook.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

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

chapters: object { href, limit, next, 5 more }

The chapters of the audiobook.

href: string

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

limit: number

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

next: string

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

offset: number

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

previous: string

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

total: number

The total number of items available to return.

items: optional array of SimplifiedChapterObject { id, audio_preview_url, chapter_number, 18 more }

id: string

The Spotify ID for the chapter.

Deprecatedaudio_preview_url: string

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

chapter_number: number

The number of the chapter

description: string

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

duration_ms: number

The chapter length in milliseconds.

explicit: boolean

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

external_urls: ExternalURLObject { published, spotify }

External URLs for this chapter.

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

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: string

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

html_description: string

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

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

The cover art for the chapter 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_playable: boolean

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

languages: array of string

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

name: string

The name of the chapter.

release_date: string

The date the chapter 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"

type: "episode"

The object type.

uri: string

The Spotify URI for the chapter.

available_markets: optional array of string

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

published: optional boolean

restrictions: optional ChapterRestrictionObject { 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.
payment_required - Payment is required to play the content item.

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 { fully_played, published, resume_position_ms }

The user's most recent position in the chapter. 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.

published: optional boolean

Get an Audiobook

curl https://api.spotify.com/v1/audiobooks/$ID \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"

{
  "id": "id",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "name",
      "published": true
    }
  ],
  "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
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "media_type": "media_type",
  "name": "name",
  "narrators": [
    {
      "name": "name",
      "published": true
    }
  ],
  "publisher": "publisher",
  "total_chapters": 0,
  "type": "audiobook",
  "uri": "uri",
  "edition": "Unabridged",
  "published": true,
  "chapters": {
    "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",
        "chapter_number": 1,
        "description": "We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.\n",
        "duration_ms": 1686230,
        "explicit": true,
        "external_urls": {
          "published": true,
          "spotify": "spotify"
        },
        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",
        "html_description": "<p>We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.</p>\n",
        "images": [
          {
            "height": 300,
            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
            "width": 300,
            "published": 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",
        "available_markets": [
          "string"
        ],
        "published": true,
        "restrictions": {
          "published": true,
          "reason": "reason"
        },
        "resume_point": {
          "fully_played": true,
          "published": true,
          "resume_position_ms": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "published": true
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "name",
      "published": true
    }
  ],
  "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
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    "string"
  ],
  "media_type": "media_type",
  "name": "name",
  "narrators": [
    {
      "name": "name",
      "published": true
    }
  ],
  "publisher": "publisher",
  "total_chapters": 0,
  "type": "audiobook",
  "uri": "uri",
  "edition": "Unabridged",
  "published": true,
  "chapters": {
    "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",
        "chapter_number": 1,
        "description": "We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.\n",
        "duration_ms": 1686230,
        "explicit": true,
        "external_urls": {
          "published": true,
          "spotify": "spotify"
        },
        "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/5Xt5DXGzch68nYYamXrNxZ",
        "html_description": "<p>We kept on ascending, with occasional periods of quick descent, but in the main always ascending. Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.</p>\n",
        "images": [
          {
            "height": 300,
            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
            "width": 300,
            "published": 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",
        "available_markets": [
          "string"
        ],
        "published": true,
        "restrictions": {
          "published": true,
          "reason": "reason"
        },
        "resume_point": {
          "fully_played": true,
          "published": true,
          "resume_position_ms": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "published": true
  }
}