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 Current User's Recently Played Tracks

Developing
GET
/me/player/recently-played
category-player
Get tracks from the current user's recently played tracks.
Note: Currently doesn't support podcast episodes.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played' \
--header 'Authorization;'
Response Response Example
200 - Example 1
{
  "cursors": {
    "after": "string"
  },
  "href": "string",
  "items": [
    {
      "context": {
        "external_urls": {
          "spotify": "string"
        },
        "href": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "uri": "string"
      },
      "played_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "track": {
        "artists": [
          {
            "external_urls": {
              "spotify": "string"
            },
            "href": "string",
            "id": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "uri": "string"
          }
        ],
        "available_markets": [
          "string"
        ],
        "disc_number": 0,
        "duration_ms": 0,
        "explicit": true,
        "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",
        "preview_url": "string",
        "restrictions": {
          "reason": "string"
        },
        "track_number": 0,
        "type": "string",
        "uri": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "limit": 0,
  "next": "string",
  "total": 0
}

Request

Query Params
limit
integer 
optional
The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.
after
integer 
optional
A Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Returns all items after (but not including) this cursor position. If after is specified, before must not be specified.
before
integer 
optional
A Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Returns all items before (but not including) this cursor position. If before is specified, after must not be specified.
Header Params
Authorization
string 
required
A valid access token from the Spotify Accounts service: see the Web API Authorization Guide for details. The access token must have been issued on behalf of a user.

Responses

🟢200On success, the HTTP status code in the response header is `200` OK and the response body contains an array of [play history objects](#play-history-object) (wrapped in a [cursor-based paging object](#cursor-based-paging-object)) in JSON format. The play h
application/json
Body
cursors
object (CursorObject) 
optional
after
string 
optional
The cursor to use as key to find the next page of items.
href
string 
optional
A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request.
items
array[object (PlayHistoryObject) {3}] 
optional
The requested data.
context
object (ContextObject) 
optional
played_at
string <date-time>
optional
The date and time the track was played.
track
object (SimplifiedTrackObject) 
optional
limit
integer <int32>
optional
The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
next
string 
optional
URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)
total
integer <int32>
optional
The total number of items available to return.
🟢204On success, the HTTP status code in the response header is `200` OK and the response body contains an array of [play history objects](#play-history-object) (wrapped in a [cursor-based paging object](#cursor-based-paging-object)) in JSON format. The play h
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Modified at 2022-09-12 10:04:50
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