Spotify Web API
  1. category-player
Spotify Web API
  • category-albums
    • Get Multiple Albums
      GET
    • Get an Album
      GET
    • Get an Album's Tracks
      GET
  • category-artists
    • Get Multiple Artists
      GET
    • Get an Artist
      GET
    • Get an Artist's Albums
      GET
    • Get an Artist's Related Artists
      GET
    • Get an Artist's Top Tracks
      GET
  • category-tracks
    • Get Audio Analysis for a Track
      GET
    • Get Audio Features for Several Tracks
      GET
    • Get Audio Features for a Track
      GET
    • Get Several Tracks
      GET
    • Get a Track
      GET
  • category-browse
    • Get All Categories
    • Get a Category
    • Get a Category's Playlists
    • Get All Featured Playlists
    • Get All New Releases
    • Get Recommendations
    • Get Recommendation Genres
  • category-episodes
    • Get Multiple Episodes
    • Get an Episode
  • category-markets
    • Get Available Markets
  • category-users-profile
    • Get Current User's Profile
    • Get a User's Profile
  • category-library
    • Remove Albums for Current User
    • Get User's Saved Albums
    • Save Albums for Current User
    • Check User's Saved Albums
    • Remove User's Saved Episodes
    • Get User's Saved Episodes
    • Save Episodes for User
    • Check User's Saved Episodes
    • Remove User's Saved Shows
    • Get User's Saved Shows
    • Save Shows for Current User
    • Check User's Saved Shows
    • Remove User's Saved Tracks
    • Get User's Saved Tracks
    • Save Tracks for User
    • Check User's Saved Tracks
  • category-follow
    • Unfollow Artists or Users
    • Get User's Followed Artists
    • Follow Artists or Users
    • Get Following State for Artists/Users
    • Unfollow Playlist
    • Follow a Playlist
    • Check if Users Follow a Playlist
  • category-player
    • Get Information About The User's Current Playback
      GET
    • Transfer a User's Playback
      PUT
    • Get the User's Currently Playing Track
      GET
    • Get a User's Available Devices
      GET
    • Skip User’s Playback To Next Track
      POST
    • Pause a User's Playback
      PUT
    • Start/Resume a User's Playback
      PUT
    • Skip User’s Playback To Previous Track
      POST
    • Add an item to queue
      POST
    • Get Current User's Recently Played Tracks
      GET
    • Set Repeat Mode On User’s Playback
      PUT
    • Seek To Position In Currently Playing Track
      PUT
    • Toggle Shuffle For User’s Playback
      PUT
    • Set Volume For User's Playback
      PUT
  • category-playlists
    • Get a List of Current User's Playlists
    • Get a Playlist
    • Change a Playlist's Details
    • Get a Playlist Cover Image
    • Upload a Custom Playlist Cover Image
    • Remove Items from a Playlist
    • Get a Playlist's Items
    • Add Items to a Playlist
    • Reorder or Replace a Playlist's Items
    • Get a List of a User's Playlists
    • Create a Playlist
  • category-personalization
    • Get a User's Top Artists and Tracks
  • category-search
    • Search for an Item
  • category-shows
    • Get Multiple Shows
    • Get a Show
    • Get a Show's Episodes
  1. category-player

Get Information About The User's Current Playback

Developing
GET
/me/player
Get information about the user's current playback state, including track or episode, progress, and active device.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player' \
--header 'Authorization;'
Response Response Example
200 - Example 1
{
    "actions": {
        "interrupting_playback": true,
        "pausing": true,
        "resuming": true,
        "seeking": true,
        "skipping_next": true,
        "skipping_prev": true,
        "toggling_repeat_context": true,
        "toggling_repeat_track": true,
        "toggling_shuffle": true,
        "transferring_playback": true
    },
    "context": {
        "external_urls": {
            "spotify": "string"
        },
        "href": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "uri": "string"
    },
    "currently_playing_type": "string",
    "device": {
        "id": "string",
        "is_active": true,
        "is_private_session": true,
        "is_restricted": true,
        "name": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "volume_percent": 0
    },
    "is_playing": true,
    "item": {
        "album": {
            "album_group": "string",
            "album_type": "string",
            "artists": [
                {
                    "external_urls": {
                        "spotify": "string"
                    },
                    "href": "string",
                    "id": "string",
                    "name": "string",
                    "type": "string",
                    "uri": "string"
                }
            ],
            "available_markets": [
                "string"
            ],
            "external_urls": {
                "spotify": "string"
            },
            "href": "string",
            "id": "string",
            "images": [
                {
                    "height": 0,
                    "url": "string",
                    "width": 0
                }
            ],
            "name": "string",
            "release_date": "string",
            "release_date_precision": "string",
            "restrictions": {
                "reason": "string"
            },
            "total_tracks": 0,
            "type": "string",
            "uri": "string"
        },
        "artists": [
            {
                "external_urls": {
                    "spotify": "string"
                },
                "followers": {
                    "href": "string",
                    "total": 0
                },
                "genres": [
                    "string"
                ],
                "href": "string",
                "id": "string",
                "images": [
                    {
                        "height": 0,
                        "url": "string",
                        "width": 0
                    }
                ],
                "name": "string",
                "popularity": 0,
                "type": "string",
                "uri": "string"
            }
        ],
        "available_markets": [
            "string"
        ],
        "disc_number": 0,
        "duration_ms": 0,
        "explicit": true,
        "external_ids": {
            "ean": "string",
            "isrc": "string",
            "upc": "string"
        },
        "external_urls": {
            "spotify": "string"
        },
        "href": "string",
        "id": "string",
        "is_local": true,
        "is_playable": true,
        "linked_from": {
            "external_urls": {
                "spotify": "string"
            },
            "href": "string",
            "id": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "uri": "string"
        },
        "name": "string",
        "popularity": 0,
        "preview_url": "string",
        "restrictions": {
            "reason": "string"
        },
        "track_number": 0,
        "type": "string",
        "uri": "string"
    },
    "progress_ms": 0,
    "repeat_state": "string",
    "shuffle_state": "string",
    "timestamp": 0
}

Request

Query Params

Header Params

Responses

🟢200A successful request will return a `200 OK` response code with a json payload that contains information about the current playback. The information returned is for the last known state, which means an inactive device could be returned if it was the last o
application/json
Body

🟢204A successful request will return a `200 OK` response code with a json payload that contains information about the current playback. The information returned is for the last known state, which means an inactive device could be returned if it was the last o
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Modified at 2022-09-12 10:04:50
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