Play Public Instance – Django REST framework

Information about plays

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

GET /v2/plays/3628824/?format=api

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

{
    "id": 3628824,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3628824/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-03-14T14:19:38-07:00",
    "show": 66179,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66179/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2f355069-0524-4f79-a6be-8a4ea5ff5eba/mbid-2f355069-0524-4f79-a6be-8a4ea5ff5eba-3271402305_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711003.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-2f355069-0524-4f79-a6be-8a4ea5ff5eba/mbid-2f355069-0524-4f79-a6be-8a4ea5ff5eba-3271402305_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Kate",
    "track_id": "e942fe6e-82b8-3daf-bbab-f6ec0d300157",
    "recording_id": "b0a264b1-632b-40e5-81d6-18d2e9702303",
    "artist": "Ben Folds Five",
    "artist_ids": [
        "abe2669a-a612-4bf6-9193-bb4f4b8a9088"
    ],
    "album": "Whatever and Ever Amen",
    "release_id": "2f355069-0524-4f79-a6be-8a4ea5ff5eba",
    "release_group_id": "f0731ed9-b6fd-3b1f-b95c-1c55041e492b",
    "labels": [
        "Epic"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55"
    ],
    "release_date": "2005-03-22",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Fun fact: Ben Folds actually wrote it after an ex-girlfriend told him her name wasn't 'musical' enough for a song. He basically wrote this track just to prove her wrong, and it’s been a fan favorite ever since.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}