Play Public Instance – Django REST framework

Information about plays

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

GET /v2/plays/3621316/?format=api

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

{
    "id": 3621316,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3621316/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-02-23T14:33:44-08:00",
    "show": 66012,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66012/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0a7190af-919b-424b-8d99-21c782e03682/41981332856-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/0a7190af-919b-424b-8d99-21c782e03682/41981332856-250.jpg",
    "song": "Witch",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "70c3ee24-fa4f-4db9-9c05-cd13e3faf83a",
    "artist": "Suzanne Vega",
    "artist_ids": [
        "cf119120-7df5-47d7-9dec-49f8837a4e40"
    ],
    "album": "Flying With Angels",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "dcf40b35-cb40-41ba-9e22-52436ca91c3d",
    "labels": [
        "Cooking Vinyl"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "10a8a55b-fe80-4df6-978e-fc0548dc04b6"
    ],
    "release_date": "2025-05-02",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "\"Witch\" was inspired by a harrowing chapter in Vega's life: her husband, spoken-word poet and former trial lawyer Paul Mills, suffered multiple strokes after a severe bout of Covid. Vega personifies the cruel randomness of his illness as a \"witch,\" a way to wrestle with the anxiety, helplessness, and vigilance that followed.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}