Endpoint Playground

Try the Spotify Search API

Test Crawlora's Spotify Search API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /spotify/search
Platform: Spotify
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: q
Common optional params: offset, limit, number_of_top_results, include_audiobooks, include_artist_has_concerts_field, include_pre_releases

Spotify Search API documentation Spotify platform page Crawlora API pricing Try Spotify album API Try Spotify album tracks API Try Spotify Albums Search API Try Spotify artist API Try Spotify artist albums API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/spotify/search?q=hello&offset=0&limit=10&number_of_top_results=5&include_audiobooks=true&include_artist_has_concerts_field=false&include_pre_releases=true&include_album_pre_releases=false&include_authors=false&include_episode_content_ratings_v2=false&is_prefix=false" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	Yes	hello	Search term
offset	integer	No	0	Search offset
limit	integer	No	10	Result limit per section, clamped to 1-50
number_of_top_results	integer	No	5	Top result limit, clamped to 1-50
include_audiobooks	boolean	No	true	Include audiobook results
include_artist_has_concerts_field	boolean	No	false	Include artist concert availability fields
include_pre_releases	boolean	No	true	Include pre-release results
include_album_pre_releases	boolean	No	false	Include album pre-release results
include_authors	boolean	No	false	Include authors
include_episode_content_ratings_v2	boolean	No	false	Include Spotify episode content ratings v2
is_prefix	boolean	No	false	Treat the search term as a prefix

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "searchTerm": "hello",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 10,
    "topResults": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:track:example",
        "type": "Track",
        "title": "Hello",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/example"
      }
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "artists": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "operationName": "searchDesktop",
      "appVersion": "1.2.90.400.g1e02cab1",
      "resultCount": 1,
      "artistCount": 1,
      "topCount": 1,
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-13T15:22:41Z"
    }
  }
}

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestspotify.searchCatalogResponseDocSpotify

GET /spotify/search

Search Spotify catalog

Returns normalized Spotify Web Player catalog search results across tracks, artists, albums, playlists, shows, episodes, audiobooks, and top results. The endpoint fetches anonymous Spotify credentials at request time; caller-supplied Spotify bearer or client tokens are not required.

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Required query parameters

requiredstring

Search term

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MCP tool

MCP URL

https://mcp.crawlora.net/mcp

Tool name

spotify_search

MCP auth

Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLORA_API_KEY

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "searchTerm": "hello",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 10,
    "topResults": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:track:example",
        "type": "Track",
        "title": "Hello",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/example"
      }
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "artists": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "operationName": "searchDesktop",
      "appVersion": "1.2.90.400.g1e02cab1",
      "resultCount": 1,
      "artistCount": 1,
      "topCount": 1,
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-13T15:22:41Z"
    }
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /spotify/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: Spotify
Parameters: 12 documented fields

Request parameters

q:queryoffset:querylimit:querynumber_of_top_results:queryinclude_audiobooks:queryinclude_artist_has_concerts_field:queryinclude_pre_releases:queryinclude_album_pre_releases:queryinclude_authors:queryinclude_episode_content_ratings_v2:queryis_prefix:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.albumsdata.albums[].descriptiondata.albums[].externalUrldata.albums[].imageUrldata.albums[].imagesdata.albums[].images[].heightdata.albums[].images[].urldata.albums[].images[].widthdata.albums[].publisherdata.albums[].subtitle

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "searchTerm": "hello",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 10,
    "topResults": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:track:example",
        "type": "Track",
        "title": "Hello",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/example"
      }
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "artists": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "operationName": "searchDesktop",
      "appVersion": "1.2.90.400.g1e02cab1",
      "resultCount": 1,
      "artistCount": 1,
      "topCount": 1,
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-13T15:22:41Z"
    }
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/spotify/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Spotify Search API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /spotify/search
Platform: Spotify
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: q
Common optional params: offset, limit, number_of_top_results, include_audiobooks, include_artist_has_concerts_field, include_pre_releases

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/spotify/search?q=hello&offset=0&limit=10&number_of_top_results=5&include_audiobooks=true&include_artist_has_concerts_field=false&include_pre_releases=true&include_album_pre_releases=false&include_authors=false&include_episode_content_ratings_v2=false&is_prefix=false" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	Yes	hello	Search term
offset	integer	No	0	Search offset
limit	integer	No	10	Result limit per section, clamped to 1-50
number_of_top_results	integer	No	5	Top result limit, clamped to 1-50
include_audiobooks	boolean	No	true	Include audiobook results
include_artist_has_concerts_field	boolean	No	false	Include artist concert availability fields
include_pre_releases	boolean	No	true	Include pre-release results
include_album_pre_releases	boolean	No	false	Include album pre-release results
include_authors	boolean	No	false	Include authors
include_episode_content_ratings_v2	boolean	No	false	Include Spotify episode content ratings v2
is_prefix	boolean	No	false	Treat the search term as a prefix

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "searchTerm": "hello",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 10,
    "topResults": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:track:example",
        "type": "Track",
        "title": "Hello",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/example"
      }
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "artists": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "operationName": "searchDesktop",
      "appVersion": "1.2.90.400.g1e02cab1",
      "resultCount": 1,
      "artistCount": 1,
      "topCount": 1,
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-13T15:22:41Z"
    }
  }
}

Search Spotify catalog

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{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "searchTerm": "hello", "offset": 0, "limit": 10, "topResults": [ { "uri": "spotify:track:example", "type": "Track", "title": "Hello", "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/example" } ], "results": [ { "uri": "spotify:artist:example", "type": "Artist", "title": "Example Artist", "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example" } ], "artists": [ { "uri": "spotify:artist:example", "type": "Artist", "title": "Example Artist", "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example" } ], "meta": { "operationName": "searchDesktop", "appVersion": "1.2.90.400.g1e02cab1", "resultCount": 1, "artistCount": 1, "topCount": 1, "fetchedAt": "2026-05-13T15:22:41Z" } } }

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /spotify/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: Spotify
Parameters: 12 documented fields

Request parameters

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "searchTerm": "hello",
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 10,
    "topResults": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:track:example",
        "type": "Track",
        "title": "Hello",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/track/example"
      }
    ],
    "results": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "artists": [
      {
        "uri": "spotify:artist:example",
        "type": "Artist",
        "title": "Example Artist",
        "externalUrl": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/example"
      }
    ],
    "meta": {
      "operationName": "searchDesktop",
      "appVersion": "1.2.90.400.g1e02cab1",
      "resultCount": 1,
      "artistCount": 1,
      "topCount": 1,
      "fetchedAt": "2026-05-13T15:22:41Z"
    }
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/spotify/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"