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Downloads for an episode over time

• Method: GET
• Path: /v1/me/episodes/{episode_id}/analytics/downloads
• Operation ID: getEpisodeDownloads
• Tags: Analytics

As the podcast series, for one episode, plus its all-time and first-week totals. Requires permission to see live analytics and use the analytics API (analytics.view). Every analytics response carries meta.range (the window used, after your plan's history limit), meta.freshness (how complete the figures are) and meta.methodology.

Scope: analytics:read.

Make a request

Set these environment variables before running a sample. Each language reads the same values; no identifier needs replacing inside the code.

Variable	Value to supply
SHOWFM_API_KEY	Your API key. Keep it on your server.
EPISODE_ID	An episode UUID returned by your episode list, or the public episode list for a public request.

Samples run on your server: curl 7.76+, Node.js 22+ (TypeScript via your TypeScript runner), Python 3, or PHP 8 with the cURL extension. Never put your API key in browser code.

curl

: "${SHOWFM_API_KEY:?Set SHOWFM_API_KEY in your environment}"
: "${EPISODE_ID:?Set EPISODE_ID in your environment}"

curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --get \
  "https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/${EPISODE_ID}/analytics/downloads" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${SHOWFM_API_KEY}"

TypeScript

function env(name: string): string {
  const value = process.env[name];
  if (!value) throw new Error(`Set ${name} in your environment`);
  return value;
}

async function main() {
  const url = new URL(`https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/${encodeURIComponent(env("EPISODE_ID"))}/analytics/downloads`);

  const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env("SHOWFM_API_KEY")}` },
    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000)
  });
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
  }
  console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.json(), null, 2));
}

main().catch(error => {
  console.error(error);
  process.exitCode = 1;
});

JavaScript

function env(name) {
  const value = process.env[name];
  if (!value) throw new Error(`Set ${name} in your environment`);
  return value;
}

async function main() {
  const url = new URL(`https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/${encodeURIComponent(env("EPISODE_ID"))}/analytics/downloads`);

  const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${env("SHOWFM_API_KEY")}` },
    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000)
  });
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
  }
  console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.json(), null, 2));
}

main().catch(error => {
  console.error(error);
  process.exitCode = 1;
});

Python

import os
import json
from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError

url = f'https://api.show.fm/v1/me/episodes/{quote(os.environ["EPISODE_ID"], safe="")}/analytics/downloads'
request = Request(url, headers={
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SHOWFM_API_KEY"]
})
try:
    with urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response:
        print(json.dumps(json.load(response), indent=2))
except HTTPError as error:
    raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {error.code}: {error.read().decode()}") from error

PHP

<?php
function requiredEnv(string $name): string {
    $value = getenv($name);
    if ($value === false || $value === '') {
        throw new RuntimeException("Set $name in your environment");
    }
    return $value;
}

$url = "https://api.show.fm" . "/v1/me/episodes/" . rawurlencode(requiredEnv("EPISODE_ID")) . "/analytics/downloads";
$curl = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . requiredEnv("SHOWFM_API_KEY")],
]);
$body = curl_exec($curl);
if ($body === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}
$status = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status < 200 || $status >= 300) {
    throw new RuntimeException("HTTP $status: $body");
}
echo json_encode(json_decode($body, false, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR) . PHP_EOL;

Base URL

• https://api.show.fm

Authentication

• apiKey: HTTP bearer

  An API key from Settings → API keys. showfm_live_ in production.

Path parameters

• episode_id (required): string, format: uuid

  The episode id (UUID).

Query parameters

• preset: string, possible values: "7d", "30d", "90d", "12m", "all"

  A named range ending today (UTC): 7d, 30d, 90d, 12m or all. Default 30d. Do not combine with from or to.

• from: string, format: date

  First UTC day, YYYY-MM-DD. Not after today.

• to: string, format: date

  Last UTC day, YYYY-MM-DD. Needs from. Default today.

• interval: string, possible values: "day", "week", "month", default: "day"

  day (default), week (ISO weeks, Monday start) or month, in UTC. A daily series is limited to 1,100 days.

Responses

200304400401403404429500503

Browse the documented response statuses, headers and body fields.

200 OK

Response headers

• RateLimit-Policy

  The bucket that applied, e.g. "account";q=60;w=60.

  string

• RateLimit

  Requests left and seconds to reset, e.g. "account";r=59;t=42.

  string

• ETag

  string

Response body

Content type: application/json

no additional properties

• data (required): EpisodeDownloads
• meta (required): AnalyticsMeta

304 Not modified (matching If-None-Match).

This response has no body.

400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503

• 400 invalid_request: a bad parameter, or a key sent in the URL.
• 401 unauthorized (no Bearer key) or invalid_api_key.
• 403 insufficient_scope, forbidden (role or team-key setting) or plan_upgrade_required.
• 404 not_found: the key cannot reach this resource.
• 500 internal_error. Retry; quote X-Request-Id if it persists.
• 503 service_unavailable. Retry shortly.

Response body

Content type: application/json

schema: Error, no additional properties

• error (required): object, no additional properties

  • code (required): string, possible values: "invalid_request", "not_found", "unavailable", "unauthorized", "invalid_api_key", "insufficient_scope", "forbidden", "plan_upgrade_required", "rate_limited", "service_unavailable", "internal_error", "not_implemented"

  • message (required): string

  • details: array

    Items:

    no additional properties

    • field (required): string

    • message (required): string

    • reason: string

      A stable reason a client may branch on, for example outside_retention.

  • docs_url: string

  • request_id: string

429 rate_limited. Wait for Retry-After seconds.

Response headers

• Retry-After

  integer

• RateLimit-Policy

  The bucket that applied, e.g. "account";q=60;w=60.

  string

• RateLimit

  Requests left and seconds to reset, e.g. "account";r=59;t=42.

  string

Response body

Content type: application/json

Uses the shared Error schema. View response fields.