Play Public Instance – Django REST framework

Information about plays

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

GET /v2/plays/3637412/?format=api

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

{
    "id": 3637412,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3637412/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-03T20:22:13-07:00",
    "show": 66357,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66357/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8b7f31d6-bc8b-4cb0-b806-130f42795b70/41907758186-500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/8b7f31d6-bc8b-4cb0-b806-130f42795b70/41907758186-250.jpg",
    "song": "Shanga Yangu",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "4f1c3533-911e-412d-9a8b-1a44ae882131",
    "artist": "Harare Mambos",
    "artist_ids": [
        "9f71bda1-c7aa-4202-a012-d0982d6f3feb"
    ],
    "album": "Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare' Townships 1975-1980",
    "release_id": null,
    "release_group_id": "89ec48b8-a745-42e2-ae4b-a861fa9f2c74",
    "labels": [],
    "label_ids": [],
    "release_date": "2025-05-02",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "The album documents the dawn of Chimurenga music—a revolutionary style rooted in Shona culture—featuring early works by Thomas Mapfumo (the \"Lion of Zimbabwe\") and his groups like The Acid Band and Blacks Unlimited.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}