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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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