Information about plays

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

GET /v2/plays/3628371/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3628371,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628371/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-03-13T09:36:43-07:00",
    "show": 66168,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66168/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710709.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062-29352634849_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710709.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062/mbid-f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062-29352634849_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Things Can Only Get Better",
    "track_id": "b8bc81bd-d170-4c03-9ce5-d921ba1f503b",
    "recording_id": "fe1f79ad-8bc9-42ce-8b3a-641680d79b30",
    "artist": "Howard Jones",
    "artist_ids": [
        "23b2cc78-7595-4630-bebb-a349a4f25262"
    ],
    "album": "Dream Into Action",
    "release_id": "f733aa56-c6c2-4de8-a860-dbc67e4b2062",
    "release_group_id": "c00eb33f-cdbc-3fe5-a4fe-a52e212cfb46",
    "labels": [
        "Elektra"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "873f9f75-af68-4872-98e2-431058e4c9a9"
    ],
    "release_date": "1985-01-01",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Your gift will be matched when you donate $10.00 a month or more right now!: https://www.kexp.org/donate/\n---\n\"...I wanted to write a song that was really uplifting and give people a sense of hope about the future.\"\nSynth-pop pioneer Howard Jones wrote this song in the men's locker room of a basketball stadium. Here's how: https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/songs/how-i-wrote/things-can-only-get-better-howard-jones",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}