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Spotify API: Search music

Searches Spotify for songs, artists, albums, playlists or podcasts by keywords and returns them in Spotify's result order. Songs and albums include a release date when Spotify gives a full date.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Type optionaltype

Kind of result, such as songs.

playlists

One of songs, artists, albums, playlists, podcasts. Default songs.

Query, requiredquery

Words to search for, such as Adele Hello.

lofi study

Country optionalcountry

Country name or two-letter code, such as United States or GB.

United States (default)

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of results, such as 10.

12

Whole number from 1 to 50. Default 10.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "results": [    {      "name": "chill lofi study beats",      "type": "playlist",      "album": null,      "owner": "Spotify",      "length": null,      "artists": null,      "publisher": null,      "image_link": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f000000021498ddc160581579f9b55979",      "spotify_id": "37i9dQZF1DX8Uebhn9wzrS",      "release_date": null,      "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX8Uebhn9wzrS"    },    {      "name": "Lofi Study 2026",      "type": "playlist",      "album": null,      "owner": "Lofi Girl",      "length": null,      "artists": null,      "publisher": null,      "image_link": "https://image-cdn-fa.spotifycdn.com/image/ab67706c0000d72ce8fcb214bcd7d054018d9fe4",      "spotify_id": "6zCID88oNjNv9zx6puDHKj",      "release_date": null,      "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zCID88oNjNv9zx6puDHKj"    },    {      "name": "lofi autumn beats 🍁🍂",      "type": "playlist",      "album": null,      "owner": "Spotify",      "length": null,      "artists": null,      "publisher": null,      "image_link": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706f00000002409a98a40d38e6c16f39d796",      "spotify_id": "37i9dQZF1DX9O8HCSWScgZ",      "release_date": null,      "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9O8HCSWScgZ"    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
spotify.com/search_music
Returns
name, type, artists, owner, publisher, album, release date, length, image link, Spotify link, Spotify ID

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method spotify.com/search_music with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • Find songs matching the words Adele Hello, limit to 10 results, country United States
  • Show me 25 albums with the keyword jazz piano, country GB
  • Look up artists named Radiohead and return up to 5 results
  • Search for podcasts about true crime on spotify.com, max 15 results
  • Get playlists tagged chill lofi beats for the country Germany, 20 results
  • Finds a Spotify song by title (optionally narrowed by artist), track link, URI or track ID and returns its public play count and details. Without an artist, the most-played exact title match wins. Previews and ISRC may be unavailable for some tracks.

    open.spotify.com/get_song
  • Gets a Spotify album by name (optionally with the artist), album link or album ID, with its details and ordered track list including play counts.

    open.spotify.com/get_album
  • Gets a Spotify artist's public profile from their name, artist link or ID: listeners, followers, world rank, top cities, popular tracks, latest release and release counts.

    open.spotify.com/get_artist
  • Lists Spotify's top or trending podcasts for a country in chart order, with rank, movement, publisher, artwork and Spotify link. Category charts exist only for some countries.

    open.spotify.com/list_top_podcasts
  • Searches the Apple Music song catalog by title and artist words, returning matching tracks in relevance order with prices and previews when available.

    music.apple.com/search_songs
  • Finds Apple Podcasts shows by name or topic in a country, ordered by search relevance, with ratings when the show page provides them.

    podcasts.apple.com/search_podcasts
  • Returns the latest published Spotify daily Top 200 chart from Kworb for a country or worldwide, with rankings and stream counts.

    kworb.net/get_spotify_daily_chart
  • Finds iPhone and iPad apps by keyword in a chosen country's App Store, with ratings, prices, categories and App Store links.

    apps.apple.com/search_apps