Spotify Ads API Reference

Spotify Ads API v3 Reference

Overview

The Spotify Ads API v3 enables programmatic management of advertising campaigns on Spotify. It follows a strict resource hierarchy and uses OAuth 2.0 bearer token authentication.

Base URL

https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v3

Authentication

All requests require a Bearer token and tracking headers:

Authorization: Bearer <access_token>
X-Spotify-Ads-Sdk: <sdk-product>/<version>
X-Spotify-Ads-Skill: <skill-name>

The request wrapper script (scripts/api-request.sh) injects these headers automatically. Skills define a local api() function that delegates to the wrapper:

PLUGIN_ROOT="${CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT:-${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-.}}"
api() { "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/api-request.sh" <skill-name> "$@"; }

To set up authentication, run the configure skill (/spotify-ads-api:configure on Claude/Codex, /configure on Antigravity), which supports OAuth 2.0 with automatic token refresh, manual OAuth, or direct token input.

Current API Contract

Before answering a schema question or making an Ads API v3 call, read and follow references/live-openapi.md. Fetch the public OpenAPI document once for the workflow and use the relevant operation and component definitions as the source of truth for paths, parameters, request bodies, responses, and enums.

Resource Hierarchy

Business
  └── Ad Account
        ├── Campaign
        │     └── Ad Set
        │           └── Ad (references Assets)
        ├── Draft Campaign (staging — not live until published)
        │     └── Draft Ad Set
        │           └── Draft Ad
        ├── Audience
        ├── Asset
        └── Reports

Every CRUD operation on campaigns, ad sets, ads, assets, and audiences is scoped under an ad account ID.

Draft workflow (default for campaign hierarchy writes): Create drafts for new entities or from published entities → edit → validate → publish only after explicit confirmation. Use this flow for campaign, ad set, and ad creation or modification unless the user explicitly requests a direct live write.

For draft VALIDATE and PUBLISH, always fetch the draft campaign immediately before the action and use its current draft_hierarchy_version. PUBLISH creates live entities and always requires explicit user confirmation, even when automatic execution is enabled.

Key Conventions

• Budgets use micro-amounts: Multiply values by 1,000,000 (amounts are in the ad account's billing currency). A $50 budget = 50000000 micro-amount.
• Timestamps: ISO 8601 in UTC (e.g., 2025-09-23T04:56:07Z).
• IDs: UUID format (e.g., ce4ff15e-f04d-48b9-9ddf-fb3c85fbd57a).
• Pagination: All list endpoints support limit (1-50, default 50) and offset (default 0).
• Sorting: Most list endpoints support sort_direction (ASC/DESC) and entity-specific sort fields.
• Updates use PATCH: Partial updates with minimum 1 property required. For campaign, ad set, and ad changes, PATCH the draft endpoint by default.
• No DELETE on live campaigns/ad sets/ads: Use status changes (ARCHIVED, PAUSED) instead. Draft entities can be deleted.

Public Endpoint Groups

Campaigns

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/campaigns — Create a live campaign (required: name and deprecated objective; prefer drafts with delivery_goal_group)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/campaigns — List campaigns (filterable by status, name, IDs)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/campaigns/{campaign_id} — Get campaign by ID
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/campaigns/{campaign_id} — Update campaign (name, status)

Ad Sets

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/ad_sets — Create ad set (required: name, start_time, budget, asset_format, targets, bid_strategy)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/ad_sets/{ad_set_id} — Get ad set by ID
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/ad_sets/{ad_set_id} — Update ad set

Ads

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/ads — Create ad (required: name, assets; also needs tagline, advertiser_name, ad_set_id, call_to_action)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/ads — List ads (filterable by ad_set_ids, campaign_ids, statuses)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/ads/{ad_id} — Get ad by ID
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/ads/{ad_id} — Update ad

Assets

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/assets — Create asset (image, audio, or video)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/assets — List assets
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/assets/{asset_id} — Get asset by ID
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/assets/{asset_id} — Update asset
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/assets — Bulk archive/unarchive

Audiences

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences — Create audience (CUSTOM or LOOKALIKE)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences — List audiences
• GET/PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences/{audience_id} — Get or edit an audience
• DELETE /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences/{audience_id} — Delete audience
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences/upload_url — Get a signed customer-list upload URL
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences/upload_url/{audience_id} — Replace an audience file
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/audiences/datasets — List datasets eligible for custom audiences

Measurement Setup

• GET/POST /businesses/{id}/mobile_apps — List or register mobile apps
• GET/PATCH /businesses/{id}/mobile_apps/{mobile_app_id} — Get or update a mobile app
• POST/DELETE /businesses/{id}/mobile_apps/{mobile_app_id}/ad_accounts/{ad_account_id} — Share or unshare an app
• GET/POST /businesses/{id}/pixels — List or create Pixels
• GET/PATCH /businesses/{id}/pixels/{pixel_id} — Get or update a Pixel
• POST /businesses/{id}/capi — Create a CAPI integration
• GET/PATCH /businesses/{id}/capi/{connection_id} — Get or update CAPI
• POST/GET/DELETE /businesses/{id}/capi/{connection_id}/tokens[...] — Manage CAPI auth tokens
• GET/POST /businesses/{id}/datasets — List or create datasets
• GET/PATCH /businesses/{id}/datasets/{dataset_id} — Get or update a dataset
• GET /businesses/{id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/diagnostics — Inspect received events
• POST/DELETE /businesses/{id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/ad_accounts/{ad_account_id} — Share or unshare a dataset

Account Administration

• GET/POST /businesses — List or create businesses
• GET/PATCH /businesses/{id} — Get or update a business
• GET /businesses/{id}/members — List members and invited users
• GET/PATCH/DELETE /businesses/{id}/members/{member_id} — Inspect, edit, or remove a member
• PATCH /businesses/{id}/members/{member_id}/role — Update a business role
• GET/POST /businesses/{id}/invitations — List or create invitations
• DELETE /businesses/{id}/invitations/{invitation_id} — Cancel an invitation
• GET/POST /businesses/{id}/ad_accounts — List or create ad accounts
• GET/PATCH /ad_accounts/{id} — Get or update supported ad-account fields
• GET/POST /ad_accounts/{id}/members — List or add ad-account members
• PATCH/DELETE /ad_accounts/{id}/members/{member_id} — Update a role or remove access

Reports

• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/aggregate_reports — Aggregated metrics by entity
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/insight_reports — Audience insight breakdowns
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/async_reports — Create async CSV report
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/async_reports/{report_id} — Check async report status

Drafts (Default for Campaign Hierarchy Writes)

Draft entities are staging versions that are not live until explicitly published. The full lifecycle: create drafts → edit → validate → publish.

For changes to published campaigns, ad sets, or ads, first check whether a same-ID draft already exists. Reuse and disclose an existing draft rather than recreating or overwriting pending work. If none exists, use the create-from-published endpoint, PATCH the draft endpoint, and validate the parent draft campaign. A denied direct write does not by itself mean the credentials are read-only; draft staging may still be available.

Campaign drafts:

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/campaigns — Create draft campaign
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/campaigns — List draft campaigns
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/campaigns/{draft_id} — Get draft campaign
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/campaigns/{draft_id} — Update draft campaign
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/campaigns/{draft_id} — Publish or validate (body: {"action": "PUBLISH"|"VALIDATE", "draft_hierarchy_version": N})
• DELETE /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/campaigns/{draft_id} — Delete draft campaign

Ad set drafts:

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ad_sets — Create draft ad set (requires campaign_id referencing a draft campaign)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ad_sets — List draft ad sets
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ad_sets/{draft_id} — Get draft ad set
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ad_sets/{draft_id} — Update draft ad set
• DELETE /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ad_sets/{draft_id} — Delete draft ad set

Ad drafts:

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ads — Create draft ad (requires ad_set_id referencing a draft ad set)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ads — List draft ads
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ads/{draft_id} — Get draft ad
• PATCH /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ads/{draft_id} — Update draft ad
• DELETE /ad_accounts/{id}/drafts/ads/{draft_id} — Delete draft ad

Create draft from published entity:

• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/campaigns/{campaign_id}/drafts — Draft from live campaign
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/ad_sets/{ad_set_id}/drafts — Draft from live ad set
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/ads/{ad_id}/drafts — Draft from live ad

Other Public Endpoints

• GET/PATCH /ad_accounts/{id} — Get/update ad account
• POST/GET /businesses — Create/list businesses
• GET /businesses/{id} — Get business by ID
• GET /targets/artists — Search artist targets
• GET /ad_categories — List ad categories
• GET /ad_product_catalog — Get live product-specific validation rules for AUCTION, CONTENT, and FPMNG. Fetch once per create or update workflow and do not retain a timed cross-operation cache. Follow references/ad-product-validation.md before mutating campaigns, ad sets, or ads.
• POST /estimates/audience — Estimate audience size for targeting parameters (recommended before creating ad sets to validate reach)
• POST /estimates/bid — Get bid recommendations
• POST /ad_accounts/{id}/reserved_prices — Get pricing for reserved ad products (fCPM)
• GET /ad_accounts/{id}/experiment_availability — Check which experiment types can be created

Making API Calls

All skills use the request wrapper script (scripts/api-request.sh) which handles settings discovery, authentication, and tracking headers automatically:

PLUGIN_ROOT="${CODEX_PLUGIN_ROOT:-${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-.}}"
api() { "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/api-request.sh" <skill-name> "$@"; }

# GET
api GET "ad_accounts/{ad_account_id}/campaigns?limit=50"

# Draft-first POST with JSON body
api POST "ad_accounts/{ad_account_id}/drafts/campaigns" '{"name":"...","delivery_goal_group":"AWARENESS"}'

# Retrieve settings values for use outside API calls
eval $(api --env)

The wrapper reads the user's plugin settings from the active platform settings file (with platform-ordered fallback), reads the plugin version from the platform manifest, and injects Authorization, X-Spotify-Ads-Sdk, and X-Spotify-Ads-Skill headers. It appends \nHTTP_STATUS:<code> to every response. Paths use {ad_account_id} as a placeholder (auto-substituted from settings).

If the settings file does not exist, the wrapper exits with an error. Instruct the user to run the configure skill first (/spotify-ads-api:configure on Claude/Codex, /configure on Gemini).

curl -s -w "\nHTTP_STATUS:%{http_code}" -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "X-Spotify-Ads-Sdk: <sdk-product>/<version>" \
  -H "X-Spotify-Ads-Skill: <skill-name>" \
  "https://api-partner.spotify.com/ads/v3/ad_accounts/$AD_ACCOUNT_ID/campaigns?limit=50"

For error response format and common HTTP status codes, see references/endpoints.md (Error Responses section).

Additional Resources

Reference Files

For detailed request/response schemas and field definitions, consult:

• references/live-openapi.md — Mandatory workflow for fetching and inspecting the current public OpenAPI document
• references/endpoints.md — Complete endpoint details with all parameters and response schemas
• references/schemas.md — Request/response body schemas with field types, constraints, and required fields
• references/enums.md — All enum values for status fields, asset formats, targeting options, report dimensions/metrics
• references/ad-product-validation.md — Mandatory catalog-validation procedure for campaign, ad set, and ad mutations

Example Files

Working examples with complete curl commands and expected responses:

• examples/full-campaign-flow.md — End-to-end: create campaign, ad set, and ad with targeting
• examples/aggregate-report.md — Pull aggregate metrics and create async CSV reports