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This document provides a categorized list of music APIs for tasks like accessing music metadata, discovery/playlisting, audio content, audio identification, audio analysis, lyrics, events, music analytics, and music stores. It includes over 50 different music API services that are grouped into these categories. The comments section below contains additional suggestions for APIs to include.

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Music APIs - Music Machinery

This document provides a categorized list of music APIs for tasks like accessing music metadata, discovery/playlisting, audio content, audio identification, audio analysis, lyrics, events, music analytics, and music stores. It includes over 50 different music API services that are grouped into these categories. The comments section below contains additional suggestions for APIs to include.

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Music Machinery

Music APIs
Heres a categorized list of all the Music APIs. Notice one that is missing or miscategorized?
Let me know.

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Music Metadata
ArtistLink (http://developer.artistlink.com/)
Decibel (http://decibel.net/)
Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/developers/)
FreeDB (http://www.freedb.org/)
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Gracenote (https://developer.gracenote.com/web-api)
Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/api)
MusicBrainz
(http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Development/XML_Web_Service/Version_2)
MusicStory (http://developers.music-story.com/)
Nokia (http://api.ent.nokia.com/)
OneMusicAPI (http://www.onemusicapi.com/)
OpenAura (http://developer.openaura.com/)
Rockol (https://rockol.3scale.net/)
Rovi (http://developer.rovicorp.com/)
Clipped to Inbox
Spotify (http://developer.spotify.com)
Music
APIs
The Echo Nest
(http://developer.echonest.com)

Discovery / Playlisting
8tracks (http://8tracks.com/developers)
Bandcamp (http://bandcamp.com/developer)
The Hype machine (http://hypem.com/)
Last.fm (http://last.fm/)
Playlists.net (http://playlists.net/api/documentation)
plug.dj (http://blog.plug.dj/api-documentation/)
Rovi (http://developer.rovicorp.com/)
Setlist.fm (http://api.setlist.fm/docs/index.html)
Shuffler.fm (http://developers.shuffler.fm/)
Spotify (http://developer.spotify.com)
StereoMood (http://www.stereomood.com/api/documentation/)
Tastekid (http://www.tastekid.com/page/api)
The Echo Nest (http://developer.echonest.com)
Tunefind (http://www.tunefind.com/api)

Audio Content
7Digital (http://developer.7digital.com/)
8Tracks (http://8tracks.com/developers)
Beatport (http://api.beatport.com/)
ccMixter (http://ccmixter.org/query-api)
Deezer (http://developers.deezer.com/api/)
Feed.fm (http://developer.feed.fm/documentation)
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Free Music Archive (http://freemusicarchive.org/)


Freesound (http://www.freesound.org/help/developers/)
Grooveshark (http://developers.grooveshark.com/)
Jamendo (http://developer.jamendo.com/v3.0)
Medianet (http://www.mndigital.com/integration/openapi.html)
Mixcloud (http://www.mixcloud.com/developers/documentation/)
Playme (http://lab.playme.com/api_overview)
Qobuz (https://github.com/Qobuz/api-documentation)
Rdio (http://developer.rdio.com/)
Shoudio (http://shoudio.com/developer)
SoundCloud (http://developers.soundcloud.com/)
Soundkeep (http://www.soundkeep.com/api)
Spotify (https://developer.spotify.com/)
Tomahawk (http://toma.hk/api.html)
Youtube (https://developers.google.com/youtube/)

Audio Identification
AcousticID (http://acoustid.org/webservice)
BMAT (http://www.bmat.com/)
Gracenote (https://developer.gracenote.com/)
The Echo Nest (http://developer.echonest.com)

Audio Analysis
Auphonic (https://auphonic.com/)
SampleSumo (https://www.samplesumo.com/samplesumo-classical-music-hack-dayvienna)
sonicAPI.com (http://www.sonicapi.com/)
The Echo Nest (http://developer.echonest.com)

Lyrics
ChartLyrics (http://www.chartlyrics.com/api.aspx)
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LyricFind (http://www.lyricfind.com/services/lyrics-search/)
MusixMatch (https://developer.musixmatch.com/)

Events
Bandsintown (http://www.bandsintown.com/api/overview)
EventFul (http://api.eventful.com/)
Gigatools (http://api.gigatools.com/)
Jambase (http://developer.jambase.com/)
Rockol (https://rockol.3scale.net/)
SeatGeek (http://platform.seatgeek.com/)
SeatWave (http://developer.seatwave.com/)
Setlist.fm (http://api.setlist.fm/docs/index.html)
Songkick (https://www.songkick.com/developer)
Tourfilter (http://www.tourfilter.com/boston/about/feeds)

Music Analytics
Musicmetric (http://developer.musicmetric.com/)
NextBigSound (http://api3.nextbigsound.com/)
The Echo Nest (http://developer.echonest.com)

Music Stores
Amazon (https://developer.amazon.com/)
Apple iTunes
(http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/itunes-store-webservice-search-api.html)
Reverb.com (http://reverb.com/page/api) Buy and sell music gear

Miscellaneous
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The BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/developer/technology/apis.html)


DizzyJam (http://www.dizzyjam.com/) music merch
Mozzi (http://sensorium.github.io/Mozzi/) sound synthesis for Arduino
MuseScore (http://developers.musescore.com/) Sheet music
Noteflight (http://www.noteflight.com/info/learn_more_developers) Music notation
SongMeanings
(https://www.mashape.com/songmeanings/songmeanings#!documentation)
Spreaker (http://developers.spreaker.com/) API for internet radio shows
Tinysong url shortener, resolver for muisc
This Is My Jam (https://www.thisismyjam.com/developers) music sharing, one song at
a time
WhoSampled (http://blog.whosampled.com/tag/api/)
YES (http://api.yes.com/#station) Broadcast Radio now playing info
COMMENTS (20)
#1 by Gudorfer on October 24, 2013 - 3:52 pm
Audio Processing:
http://auphonic.com
#2 by Paul on October 25, 2013 - 6:02 am
thanks. Updated.
#3 by Alexandre Passant on October 25, 2013 - 11:44 am
Thats great if you make this available in JSON, one could probably write an automated
MHD-ideas generator ;-)
#4 by Cyril on October 25, 2013 - 12:49 pm
http://tuneefy.com uses a lot of them ;)
#5 by neooen (@neotheoen) on October 26, 2013 - 7:55 am
Why is grooveshark API absent ?
#6 by youyouca on October 28, 2013 - 7:40 pm
Great compilation! Here is another one Album credits & Metadata Music-Story
http://developers.music-story.com/
#7 by Paul on October 29, 2013 - 5:26 am
thx
#8 by piem on October 29, 2013 - 2:02 pm
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Hi Paul,
nice list. how would you define Music APIs?
your list of tools at http://music-ir.org/evaluation/tools.html was good too.
best, piem
#9 by Harris Reid on November 12, 2013 - 1:47 pm
Yes has been discontinued and is succeeded by http://rew.fm/. The site is intact but the
api doesnt work anymore.
Eg. http://api.yes.com/1/station?name=WFNX
#10 by B.Log on February 26, 2014 - 2:15 pm
pandora.com : http://pan-do-ra-api.wikia.com/wiki/Json/5
musicme.com: its called Axe, but I couldnt find a link.
http://www.dessbox.com/start.php : uses Youtube API, however
#11 by ade on April 7, 2014 - 5:48 pm
how about http://www.audioboo.fm
#12 by Arpege Music on April 17, 2014 - 4:26 am
Thank you to add Pizzicato (http://www.arpegemusic.com) in Miscellaneous and if
you want to add a heading called Display/Music Software Creation, there is Music
Notation Library (http://www.music-software-development.com).
#13 by Renars on May 6, 2014 - 3:50 am
Streaming Soundtracks
#14 by Bryan on May 6, 2014 - 8:55 am
a new one from Microsoft: http://www.music.xbox.com/developer.
#15 by Nathan White on October 14, 2014 - 1:59 am
Would Shazam or Slacker Radio qualify? I am a laymen.
#16 by Ansh on November 3, 2014 - 11:54 am
Great list! Another API for discovery and playlisting http://www.musicgraph.com
#17 by loungetronica on December 12, 2014 - 10:46 am

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Useful list! Been around the net to look Music API php class which is open source and
well developed.
#18 by Jeremy on February 28, 2015 - 2:12 pm
Hey Paul, cool website and looking forward to connecting with you directly. It looks like
ArtistLink is shutting down as of today. Should it be removed from the list?
#19 by Tony on March 3, 2015 - 3:21 am
Hi Paul, great post! Can we submit our music ID API to this list?
http://developer.doreso.com Thanks
#20 by Joe on June 16, 2015 - 4:41 am
Hi Paul, heres another service doing audio identification, hope you can list it on your
page: http://www.acrcloud.com

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