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Spotify Users API

The Users API from Spotify — 8 operation(s) for users.

Spotify Users API is one of 15 APIs that Spotify publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include User. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, rate-limit docs, a JSON-LD context, and 3 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 10 operations across 7 paths, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.spotify.com/v1.

10 operations 7 paths 19 schemas 2 DELETE6 GET2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.spotify.com/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Spotify Users API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth_2_0) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 19 scopes.

  • oauth_2_0 — Spotify supports OAuth 2.0 for authenticating all API requests.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 10
GET
/me
Get Current User's Profile
get-current-users-profile → 200401403429
GET
/me/top/{type}
Get User's Top Items
get-users-top-artists-and-tracks 4 params → 200401403429
GET
/users/{user_id}deprecated
Get User's Profile
get-users-profile 1 param → 200401403429
PUT
/playlists/{playlist_id}/followersdeprecated
Follow Playlist
follow-playlist 1 param body → 200401403429
DELETE
/playlists/{playlist_id}/followersdeprecated
Unfollow Playlist
unfollow-playlist 1 param → 200401403429
GET
/me/following
Get Followed Artists
get-followed 3 params → 200401403429
PUT
/me/followingdeprecated
Follow Artists or Users
follow-artists-users 2 params body → 204401403429
DELETE
/me/followingdeprecated
Unfollow Artists or Users
unfollow-artists-users 2 params body → 204401403429
GET
/me/following/containsdeprecated
Check If User Follows Artists or Users
check-current-user-follows 2 params → 200401403429
GET
/playlists/{playlist_id}/followers/containsdeprecated
Check if Current User Follows Playlist
check-if-user-follows-playlist 2 params → 200401403429

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TrackObject (20 properties), AlbumBase (13 properties), PrivateUserObject (12 properties), ArtistObject (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PublicUserObject
object
8 properties
CursorPagingObject
object
5 properties
AlbumBase
object
13 properties 12 required
TrackRestrictionObject
object
1 property
ExternalUrlObject
object
1 property
CursorObject
object
2 properties
FollowersObject
object
2 properties
CursorPagingSimplifiedArtistObject
object
TrackObject
object
20 properties
AlbumRestrictionObject
object
1 property
ExplicitContentSettingsObject
object
2 properties
ArtistObject
object
10 properties
ImageObject
object
3 properties 3 required
SimplifiedAlbumObject
ErrorObject
object
2 properties 2 required
PrivateUserObject
object
12 properties
SimplifiedArtistObject
object
6 properties
ExternalIdObject
object
3 properties
PagingObject
object
6 properties 7 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

spotify-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Spotify publishes across the network.

Spotify Albums API
Spotify Artists API
Spotify Audiobooks API
Spotify Categories API
Spotify Chapters API
Spotify Episodes API
Spotify Genres API
Spotify Library API
Spotify Markets API
Spotify Player API
Spotify Playlists API
Spotify Search API
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