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Downloads for a podcast over time

Method: GET
Path: /v1/me/podcasts/{podcast_id}/analytics/downloads
Operation ID: getPodcastDownloads
Tags: Analytics

A dense series of downloads per day, week or month, with unique listeners per day (never summed: weeks and months give the peak single day) and 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. A range ending before your plan's history is 400 with details[0].reason = "outside_retention".

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.
`PODCAST_ID`	A podcast UUID returned by List your podcasts.

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.

bash

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

curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --get \
  "https://api.show.fm/v1/me/podcasts/${PODCAST_ID}/analytics/downloads" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${SHOWFM_API_KEY}" \
  --data-urlencode "preset=30d" \
  --data-urlencode "interval=day"

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/podcasts/${encodeURIComponent(env("PODCAST_ID"))}/analytics/downloads`);
  url.searchParams.set("preset", "30d");
  url.searchParams.set("interval", "day");

  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;
});

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/podcasts/${encodeURIComponent(env("PODCAST_ID"))}/analytics/downloads`);
  url.searchParams.set("preset", "30d");
  url.searchParams.set("interval", "day");

  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/podcasts/{quote(os.environ["PODCAST_ID"], safe="")}/analytics/downloads'
url += "?" + urlencode({
    "preset": "30d",
    "interval": "day",
})
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/podcasts/" . rawurlencode(requiredEnv("PODCAST_ID")) . "/analytics/downloads";
$url .= '?' . http_build_query([
    "preset" => "30d",
    "interval" => "day",
], '', '&', PHP_QUERY_RFC3986);
$curl = curl_init($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

podcast_id (required): string, format: uuid
The podcast 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

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): PodcastDownloads
meta (required): AnalyticsMeta

Example response

Illustrative data; your identifiers and figures will differ.

json

{
  "data": {
    "podcast_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "interval": "day",
    "periods": [
      {
        "period_start": "2026-09-01",
        "period_end": "2026-09-01",
        "downloads": 120,
        "unique_listeners": 95,
        "partial": false
      }
    ],
    "totals": {
      "downloads": 120,
      "peak_daily_unique_listeners": 95
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "range": {
      "requested_from": "2026-09-01",
      "requested_to": "2026-09-01",
      "from": "2026-09-01",
      "to": "2026-09-01",
      "clamped": false,
      "clamp_reason": null,
      "retention_days": null,
      "data_start": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "freshness": {
      "source": "show.fm",
      "verified_from": "2026-09-01",
      "complete_through": "2026-09-01",
      "revisable_days": 1,
      "today_partial": false,
      "last_updated_at": "2026-09-02T12:00:00Z"
    },
    "methodology": {
      "source": "show.fm",
      "guideline": "IAB Podcast Measurement Technical Guidelines v2.2 (aligned, not certified)",
      "certified": false,
      "download_definition": "One download per hashed IP address and user agent, per episode, per UTC day, after bot filtering and a minimum of 60 seconds of audio.",
      "unique_listener_definition": "Distinct hashed IP address and user agent pairs in one UTC day. Never summed across days.",
      "day_boundary": "UTC",
      "docs_url": "https://show.fm/docs/analytics/"
    }
  }
}

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.

Downloads for a podcast over time ​

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Response body ​

Example response ​

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

400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503 ​

Response body ​

429 rate_limited. Wait for Retry-After seconds. ​

Response headers ​

Response body ​

Downloads for a podcast over time

Make a request

Base URL

Authentication

Path parameters

Query parameters

Responses

200 OK

Response headers

Response body

Example response

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

400, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503

Response body

429 `rate_limited`. Wait for `Retry-After` seconds.

Response headers

Response body