# Spotify Play Count & Stream Metrics Scraper (`axery/spotify-play-count-scraper`) Actor

Scrape exact Spotify track play counts, stream metrics, popularity scores, album metadata & artist stats not available in the public Spotify Web API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/axery/spotify-play-count-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Axery](https://apify.com/axery) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 track stream metrics extracteds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Spotify Play Count & Stream Metrics Scraper

Extract **exact per-track play counts and stream numbers** directly as shown on the Spotify web player — data that is **strictly omitted from the official Spotify Web API**.

### What this Actor Scrapes

- **Exact Play Count / Streams**: Lifetime stream counts for any track.
- **Album Tracks Expansion**: Provide any album link and automatically extract every track with its own play count.
- **Track Metadata**: Track title, artists, duration, track number, explicit flag, playable status.
- **Album Context**: Album name, album cover art, release date.
- **Audio Previews**: High-quality 30-second MP3 preview URLs when available.

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `albumOrTrackUrls` | Array of strings | Prefilled | List of Spotify track or album URLs or URIs. |
| `ids` | Array of strings | `[]` | Optional bare 22-character Spotify IDs. |
| `idType` | String | `"track"` | Type for bare IDs: `"track"` or `"album"`. |
| `albumTrackLimit` | Integer | `300` | Maximum tracks per album to scrape. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Residential | Apify Proxy configuration for high-throughput batch scraping. |

### Sample Output

```json
{
  "id": "0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
  "name": "One More Time",
  "play_count": 986391054,
  "artists": [
    {
      "name": "Daft Punk",
      "id": "4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi",
      "uri": "spotify:artist:4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi"
    }
  ],
  "artist_names": "Daft Punk",
  "album_id": "2noRn2Aes5aoNVsU6iWThc",
  "album_name": "Discovery",
  "album_release_date": "2001-03-12",
  "album_cover_url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e021e81bff9807a9e629fce5ade",
  "duration_ms": 320357,
  "duration_formatted": "5:20",
  "track_number": 1,
  "explicit": false,
  "playable": true,
  "preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/67a14210e33bf6d87d92faaed08ddf353d6b985f",
  "spotify_url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
  "spotify_uri": "spotify:track:0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-15T03:00:00Z"
}
```

### Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

- **$0.005** per Actor run
- **$0.002** per dataset item

# Actor input Schema

## `albumOrTrackUrls` (type: `array`):

Spotify track or album links (or spotify: URIs). Type is auto-detected. Album links return one record per track, each with its play count.

## `ids` (type: `array`):

Optional. 22-character Spotify IDs without full URL. Use together with 'ID type' below.

## `idType` (type: `string`):

Whether values in 'Bare IDs' are tracks or albums.

## `albumTrackLimit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of tracks to return for each album input. Default 300.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy configuration. Residential proxy recommended when running in cloud.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "albumOrTrackUrls": [
    "https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
    "https://open.spotify.com/album/4m2880jivSbbyEGAKfITCa"
  ],
  "ids": [],
  "idType": "track",
  "albumTrackLimit": 300,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `tracks` (type: `string`):

One row per track: exact play count, artist names, album name, duration, and audio preview.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "albumOrTrackUrls": [
        "https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
        "https://open.spotify.com/album/4m2880jivSbbyEGAKfITCa"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("axery/spotify-play-count-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "albumOrTrackUrls": [
        "https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
        "https://open.spotify.com/album/4m2880jivSbbyEGAKfITCa",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("axery/spotify-play-count-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "albumOrTrackUrls": [
    "https://open.spotify.com/track/0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
    "https://open.spotify.com/album/4m2880jivSbbyEGAKfITCa"
  ]
}' |
apify call axery/spotify-play-count-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,axery/spotify-play-count-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/j3vzslx4Y1ZDI9c1M/builds/R1sedXQcBacQXnIvv/openapi.json