Spotify

Spotify Player API

The Player API from Spotify — 13 operation(s) for player.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 15

GET /me/player Get Playback State #
PUT /me/player Transfer Playback #
GET /me/player/devices Get Available Devices #
GET /me/player/currently-playing Get Currently Playing Track #
PUT /me/player/play Start/Resume Playback #
PUT /me/player/pause Pause Playback #
POST /me/player/next Skip To Next #
POST /me/player/previous Skip To Previous #
PUT /me/player/seek Seek To Position #
PUT /me/player/repeat Set Repeat Mode #
PUT /me/player/volume Set Playback Volume #
PUT /me/player/shuffle Toggle Playback Shuffle #
GET /me/player/recently-played Get Recently Played Tracks #
GET /me/player/queue Get the User's Queue #
POST /me/player/queue Add Item to Playback Queue #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api
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GettingStarted
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/tutorials/getting-started
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RateLimits
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/rate-limits

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/openapi/spotify-player-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/json-schema/spotify-track-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/json-schema/spotify-playlist-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/json-structure/spotify-track-structure.json

Other Resources

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Authorization
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/authorization
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Scopes
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/concepts/scopes
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/json-ld/spotify-context.jsonld
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SpectralRules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/rules/spotify-rules.yml
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spotify/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/spotify-vocabulary.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

spotify-player-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: You can use Spotify's Web API to discover music and podcasts, manage your Spotify library, control audio playback, and much more.
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Spotify Web Player API
  termsOfService: https://developer.spotify.com/terms/
  contact:
    name: Spotify for Developers Community
    url: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/bd-p/Spotify_Developer
servers:
- url: https://api.spotify.com/v1
tags:


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