Spotify

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Spotify Web API catalog access — search, tracks, artists, albums, audio features. Read-only via client_credentials.

6 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
🔑 Authentication

Platform credentials handled by Pipeworx. BYO format: ?_apiKey=<client_id>:<client_secret>.

Config with credentials 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-spotify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spotify/mcp?_apiKey=your_client_id:your_client_secret"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

get_track required: track_id

Single track by Spotify ID.

Parameters
Name Type Description
track_id req string Spotify track ID (base62)
market opt string Market for availability
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get_artist required: artist_id

Artist: name, genres, popularity, followers, images.

Parameters
Name Type Description
artist_id req string Spotify artist ID
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get_album required: album_id

Album record with tracklist.

Parameters
Name Type Description
album_id req string Spotify album ID
market opt string Market for availability
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get_artist_top_tracks required: artist_id

Top tracks for an artist in a market.

Parameters
Name Type Description
artist_id req string Spotify artist ID
market opt string ISO market code (default "US")
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get_audio_features required: track_id

Tempo, key, mode, energy, danceability, valence, etc. for a track.

Parameters
Name Type Description
track_id req string Spotify track ID
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spotify/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spotify/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("spotify web api catalog access — search, tracks, artists, albums, audio features");