Preview track

GET /v0/tracks/:trackId/stream

We recommend using HLS to allow users to play/preview a track. The main benefits of this compared to MP3 are smaller file transfers and alternate qualities, allowing the HLS client library to switch to a lower quality when necessary.

The audio is encoded using the AAC coding standard, which results in a smaller footprint for a similar quality compared to MP3. The primary manifest refers to two variant quality streams. HLS client libraries typically choose the optimal quality automatically, based on download speed.

The format consists of audio files split into smaller chunks and manifests that refer to these audio files.

We provide an example app for iOS that plays HLS streams. Users do not need to connect their account or have an active Epidemic Sound subscription to play any track using HLS streaming. That allows your users to listen to all tracks before they connect their account.

Path Parameters

trackId string required
Track id

Responses

Information about the stream url

application/json

Schema
Example (from schema)
Example

Schema

url string required
expires string required

{
  "url": "string",
  "expires": "string"
}

{
  "url": "https://hls-storage.epidemicsite.com/hls/v1/q4MImKW47D/daefecd205c01496b42ae6950c446c6e/master.m3u8",
  "expires": "2022-12-22T11:01:48Z"
}

Bad request.

application/json

Schema
Example (from schema)
Example

Schema

message string required
Human readable message
errors object[]
Array [
key string required
Error key
messages string[] required
Error messages
]

{
  "message": "string",
  "errors": [
    {
      "key": "string",
      "messages": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "message": "Bad request"
}

Unauthorized. Most likely your access token has expired.

application/json

Schema
Example (from schema)
Example

Schema

message string required
Human readable message
errors object[]
Array [
key string required
Error key
messages string[] required
Error messages
]

{
  "message": "string",
  "errors": [
    {
      "key": "string",
      "messages": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "message": "Invalid credentials"
}

Track was not found.

application/json

Schema
Example (from schema)
Example

Schema

message string required
Human readable message
errors object[]
Array [
key string required
Error key
messages string[] required
Error messages
]

{
  "message": "string",
  "errors": [
    {
      "key": "string",
      "messages": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "message": "Track was not found"
}

Rate limit exceeded.

application/json

Schema
Example (from schema)
Example

Schema

message string required
Human readable message
errors object[]
Array [
key string required
Error key
messages string[] required
Error messages
]

{
  "message": "string",
  "errors": [
    {
      "key": "string",
      "messages": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded"
}