GET
Search
/api/spotify/search
Search tracks, albums, artists, playlists, podcasts and episodes
Spotify API
Spotify Data API for Artists, Monthly Listeners, Charts, and Podcasts
Scrappa's Spotify API turns public Spotify catalog data into structured JSON. Look up any artist for monthly listeners, follower counts, world rank, top cities and biography, then read their top tracks, discography releases and related artists. Get tracks with durations and preview links, album and playlist track lists in rank order, paginated on request, editorial charts, podcast shows with paginated episode history, and generated audio mixes — all without a Spotify developer account.
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Structured JSON
Ready for apps
API key access
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18
Endpoints
Music + Podcasts
Coverage
$0.20
Per 1k requests
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Make one request. Inspect structured JSON.
Use the first endpoint in this API family with a Scrappa API key. Every account includes 500 free monthly credits, so you can validate the response shape before buying credits.
Request preview
Request
curl -X GET "https://scrappa.co/api/spotify/artist?id=4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"
JSON response
{
"search_parameters": {
"engine": "spotify_artist",
"id": "4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi"
},
"uri": "spotify:artist:4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi",
"profile": {
"name": "Daft Punk",
"verified": true,
"biography": "French electronic music duo formed in 1993..."
},
"stats": {
"monthlyListeners": 16697461,
"followers": 10900000,
"worldRank": 12,
"topCities": [
{ "name": "Paris", "country": "FR" }
]
},
"discography": {
"topTracks": [],
"albums": [],
"singles": []
}
}What you can build
Structured data for real applications. Here are some ideas.
Artist Intelligence
Track monthly listener counts, follower growth, world rank and top cities for any artist. Build artist analytics dashboards, label reporting and audience research tools.
Playlist and Chart Tracking
Pull playlist and editorial chart track lists in rank order, a page at a time or drained with all=true. Monitor curated playlist changes, chart movement and catalogue updates over time.
Podcast Transcripts and Monitoring
Walk a show's episode history, newest first, one page at a time or drained with all=true. Build podcast monitoring, episode alerts and sponsor-placement research workflows.
Catalogue Enrichment
Enrich your own music database with Spotify metadata, durations, release dates, labels, copyrights and preview links for tracks, albums and artists.
Available endpoints
Everything you need in one API.
GET
Search Suggestions
/api/spotify/search/suggestions
Complete partial queries with Spotify suggestions
GET
Artist
/api/spotify/artist
Artist profile with monthly listeners, followers and top cities
GET
Artist Top Tracks
/api/spotify/artist/top-tracks
An artist's most popular tracks at no extra cost
GET
Artist Discography
/api/spotify/artist/discography
Albums, singles and compilations, paginated
GET
Related Artists
/api/spotify/artist/related
Artists Spotify considers similar
GET
Track
/api/spotify/track
Track metadata, duration, preview and audio features
GET
Track Colors
/api/spotify/track/colors
Dominant colours extracted from cover art
GET
Album
/api/spotify/album
Album metadata, label, release date and tracks
GET
Album Tracks
/api/spotify/album/tracks
Album tracks in order, one page by default
GET
Playlist
/api/spotify/playlist
Playlist metadata, owner and track count
GET
Playlist Tracks
/api/spotify/playlist/tracks
Playlist tracks in rank order, one page by default
GET
Charts
/api/spotify/charts/{key}
Ranked editorial chart by key (todays-top-hits, sextou, top-christian-hits, top-gospel-tracks), one page by default
GET
Podcast Show
/api/spotify/show
Show metadata, publisher and episode count
GET
Show Episodes
/api/spotify/show/episodes
Episodes newest first, one page by default
GET
Episode
/api/spotify/episode
Episode metadata, duration and release date
GET
Audio Mix Seed
/api/spotify/discovery/audio-mix-seed
A 50-track mix generated from one track
GET
Get Many
/api/spotify/get-many
Batch lookups, charged per entity
Scrappa vs Spotify Web API
See how Scrappa compares to the official API.
| Feature | Scrappa | Spotify Web API |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly listeners | ||
| Developer account required | ||
| Full playlist rank order | partial | |
| Episode history walk (bounded at 1,000 items or a 20 s budget) | partial | |
| Editorial charts as ranked lists | ||
| Pay-as-you-go pricing | ||
| Free tier | 500 credits/month |
Monthly listeners
Scrappa:
Spotify Web API:
Developer account required
Scrappa:
Spotify Web API:
Full playlist rank order
Scrappa:
Spotify Web API:
partial
Episode history walk (bounded at 1,000 items or a 20 s budget)
Scrappa:
Spotify Web API:
partial
Editorial charts as ranked lists
Scrappa:
Spotify Web API:
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Scrappa:
Spotify Web API:
Free tier
Scrappa:
500 credits/month
Spotify Web API:
Key features
Monthly listeners, followers and world rank per artist
Fully paginated album and playlist track lists
Playlist and chart results in exact rank order
Podcast episode history, walked to the end of the list or a stated drain ceiling
Editorial charts as ordinary ranked track lists
Track durations, release dates, labels and copyrights
Dominant cover-art colour extraction
Batch lookups charged per entity, never bundled
No Spotify developer account required
Frequently asked questions
No. You only need a Scrappa API key. There is no Spotify app registration, no client-secret management and no approval queue.
Every Spotify id is the last segment of its URI. A track URI such as spotify:track:2Foc5Q5nqNiosCNqttzHof has the id 2Foc5Q5nqNiosCNqttzHof. You can paste either form — the full URI or the bare id — into the id parameter.
Each id in a get-many request is a separate lookup and is charged separately, so you always know what a batch costs. Items that cannot be resolved are not charged.
A failed request is never charged. If Spotify is unavailable or returns no data for an id, you get a clear error response and your credits are untouched.
No. Spotify delivers audio through protected streaming, so this API returns metadata and the short preview links Spotify publishes for each track.
Yes. Search, music metadata, charts and podcast data all come from the same key and the same billing, so you can build a combined music and podcast product on one plan.