Play Public Instance – Django REST framework

Information about plays

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

GET /v2/plays/3638169/?format=api

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

{
    "id": 3638169,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638169/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-05T12:19:09-07:00",
    "show": 66374,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66374/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn721807.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-ffdb0202-6992-4e20-8385-9c8cea86096a/mbid-ffdb0202-6992-4e20-8385-9c8cea86096a-43497026377_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "",
    "song": "Day in the Sun (Gettin’ Wit U)",
    "track_id": "daa8ed3d-3d57-4026-a10f-6ed2b7a04c52",
    "recording_id": "4540e29b-fc07-4414-82cf-967c3b4f8f8d",
    "artist": "De La Soul feat. Q‐Tip & Yummy Bingham",
    "artist_ids": [
        "b3c94036-6166-41d2-91a2-dc3a0b5fa188",
        "9ffd84ca-f5f0-4f1e-a781-0f34e53bd120",
        "a8ebde98-7e91-46c7-992c-90039ba42017"
    ],
    "album": "Cabin in the Sky",
    "release_id": "ffdb0202-6992-4e20-8385-9c8cea86096a",
    "release_group_id": "05e414ac-82dd-4fbd-bd85-a6d294c8a1df",
    "labels": [
        "Mass Appeal"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "6f6e9784-ac68-4dcc-9790-d6b3edbb1a56"
    ],
    "release_date": "2025-11-21",
    "rotation_status": "R/N",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "Released in November, \"Cabin in the Sky\" marks De La Soul’s first studio album in nine years. \n\nDay in the Sun is an uplifting, feel-good track centered on themes of gratitude, joy, and personal rebirth. Posdnuos described the song as emerging from past struggles to \"stand back in the sun\".\n\nAt \"A Great Night in Hip-Hop\" in Mountain View on August 29th and Bumbershoot in Seattle on September 6th.\n\nhttps://www.wearedelasoul.com/",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}