MusicBrainz API

Provides REST access to MusicBrainz, an open and community-maintained music metadata database. Allows querying artists, albums, recordings, works, and tags with no authentication required and free usage.

Overview

Status: Active
Auth: No auth
Free Tier: Fully free
Integration: Low
Added: August 25, 2026
Last verified: August 25, 2026
Tags: müzik
açık-veri
metadata
sanatçı
albüm

Use cases

Search artists by name to retrieve MBID, country, and active years information.
Retrieve artist details and albums using MBID with related data like releases.
Query releases by album or single name and artist to get release date and format.
Search recordings by track name and artist to obtain duration and ISRC code.

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Editorial assessment

Catalog notes to consider when evaluating the integration, in addition to the provider documentation.

MusicBrainz requires no API key for read queries, but every request must carry a User-Agent header naming the application and a contact address; the documentation asks for the form Application name/version ( contact-url ). The rate limit is an average of one request per second per IP address, against a documented server-wide capacity of 300 requests per second. Clients that do not identify themselves, or that exceed the limit, can be blocked. If you need bulk data, download the published data dumps rather than iterating the API — it is both faster and the intended use. Verified 2026-08-25.

Last verified: August 25, 2026

Security notes

Auth type: No auth
Credential location: Not specified

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Playground

Public test lab configuration summary for this API.

Base URL: https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2
Endpoints: 5
Header presets: 0

Methods

GET

Verified endpoint examples

GET
/artist?query=radiohead&fmt=json&limit=5
Sanatçı adına göre arama yapar. Sonuçlar MBID (MusicBrainz ID), ülke ve aktif yıllar bilgisini içerir. User-Agent başlığı eklenmesi önerilir.
Sanatçı adına göre arama yapar. Sonuçlar MBID (MusicBrainz ID), ülke ve aktif yıllar bilgisini içerir. User-Agent başlığı eklenmesi önerilir.
GET
/artist/a74b1b7f-71a5-4011-9441-d0b5e4122711?fmt=json&inc=releases
MBID ile sanatçı detayı ve albümlerini döndürür. inc parametresiyle releases, recordings, works gibi ilişkili veri eklenebilir.
MBID ile sanatçı detayı ve albümlerini döndürür. inc parametresiyle releases, recordings, works gibi ilişkili veri eklenebilir.
GET
/release?query=OK+Computer+AND+artist:radiohead&fmt=json&limit=5
Albüm/single adı ve sanatçıya göre yayın arar. Yayın tarihi, format ve etiket bilgisi döner.
Albüm/single adı ve sanatçıya göre yayın arar. Yayın tarihi, format ve etiket bilgisi döner.
GET
/recording?query=Creep+AND+artist:Radiohead&fmt=json&limit=5
Parça adı ve sanatçıya göre kayıt arar. Süre, ISRC kodu ve albüm bilgisi içerir.
Parça adı ve sanatçıya göre kayıt arar. Süre, ISRC kodu ve albüm bilgisi içerir.

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