# Resolving an Episode
You may resolve (i.e. lookup) an episode with the following call. Just provide one of the following: a guid, episode slug, episode id, or episode title. If the episode is found, it will return summary information about the episode.
# Resolve Episode Request
POST https://api.backtracks.fm/v1/series/<series_id>/episodes/resolve HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Authorization: JWT <your backtracks access token>...
Content-Type: application/json
{
"<one of 'guid', 'slug', 'id', 'title'>": "<guid, slug, id, or title of the episode>"
}
| resolve/lookup option | description |
|---|---|
| id | id of the episode |
| slug | slug of the episode |
| title | title of the episode |
# Resolve Episode Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Location: https://api.backtracks.fm/v1/series/<series_id>/episodes/resolve
Content-Type: application/hal+json; charset=utf-8
{
"id": "<episode_id>",
"slug": "meet-the-backtracks-player",
"title": "Meet the Backtracks Player",
"itunes_title": "",
"episode_number": null,
"episode_type_name": "full",
"season_number": null,
"subtitle": "",
"description": "<p>Meet the Backtracks Player. To learn more visit https://backtracks.fm/publishers/podcast-player.",
"show_notes": null,
"guid": "3bf1b73e-08c9-11eb-8594-1200d2a0a327",
"guid_encoded": "3bf1b73e-08c9-11eb-8594-1200d2a0a327",
"is_guid_permalink": false,
"is_guid_permalink_str": "false",
"publish_status": 1,
"publish_status_date": "2020-10-07T18:19:39.836577+00:00",
"release_date": "2020-10-07T18:16:35.474584+00:00",
"duration": "00:01:01",
"humanize_duration": "1 min",
"explicit_str": "no",
"artwork_url": "https://example.com/images/main.jpeg?1603315772098",
"external_url": "https://backtracks.fm/?ref=player",
"podcast_enclosure_url": "https://example.com/something",
"original_media_url": null,
"enclosure_url_override": null,
"filesize_in_bytes": 1014374,
"mimetype": "audio/mpeg",
"modified_timestamp": 1602094780.0,
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.backtracks.fm/v1/series/<series_id>/episodes/<episode_id>"
}
}
}