Play Public Instance – Django REST framework

Information about plays

list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID

GET /v2/plays/3600958/?format=api

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3600958,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3600958/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-01-06T10:09:57-08:00",
    "show": 65579,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65579/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "",
    "thumbnail_uri": "",
    "song": "Begin the Begin",
    "track_id": "68c799a7-56a5-3feb-ada2-983e732c1f99",
    "recording_id": "ef7bc67f-1072-4798-8145-c4fff10fce47",
    "artist": "R.E.M.",
    "artist_ids": [
        "ea4dfa26-f633-4da6-a52a-f49ea4897b58"
    ],
    "album": "Lifes Rich Pageant",
    "release_id": "c82fe740-e65d-3a80-b477-0a9c29db6920",
    "release_group_id": "8b6b2628-7bd4-3fed-9d65-cf4e5dc45939",
    "labels": [
        "I.R.S. Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "5aa5ddcd-b5d9-4bdf-b528-5083dfd98f03"
    ],
    "release_date": "1986-01-01",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "This is the opening track from R.E.M.'s fourth album.\n\"Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand...\"\nFrontman Michael Stipe said: \"I always liked opening a song with 'a birdie and a hand.' Two fantastically honest gestures, the f--k off!, and the rampant applause.\"\nHere are the lyrics: https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/rem/begin-the-begin",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}