Information about plays

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

GET /v2/plays/3638689/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3638689,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3638689/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-04-06T16:34:33-07:00",
    "show": 66385,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66385/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn711106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f2328b37-b7bd-4ac7-8f39-3c6bfa91986f/mbid-f2328b37-b7bd-4ac7-8f39-3c6bfa91986f-9468441906_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711106.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-f2328b37-b7bd-4ac7-8f39-3c6bfa91986f/mbid-f2328b37-b7bd-4ac7-8f39-3c6bfa91986f-9468441906_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Forget Me Nots",
    "track_id": "1c62245d-2b54-3a60-9b5f-3bb75b2d2d95",
    "recording_id": "a5311025-4551-4d45-8b78-c0b3ab327b42",
    "artist": "Patrice Rushen",
    "artist_ids": [
        "a247b1b8-8f47-4568-9a89-fa16b4a2b77f"
    ],
    "album": "The Disco Years, Volume 2: On the Beat (1978-1982)",
    "release_id": "f2328b37-b7bd-4ac7-8f39-3c6bfa91986f",
    "release_group_id": "f629d657-68ac-3c85-981c-ae0a80898a84",
    "labels": [
        "Rhino"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "c4f2cf49-b57c-4cc1-8061-f54400704ac4"
    ],
    "release_date": "1990-06-12",
    "rotation_status": "Library",
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "This song has been widely sampled and covered. Notable examples include Will Smith's \"Men in Black\" (1997) and George Michael's \"Fastlove\" (1996).",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}