Shazam

Shazam Albums API

Album metadata

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Audio & Music AE-170.20

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GET /services/amapi/v1/catalog/{endpoint_country}/albums/{album_id} Get album info #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Shazam REST Albums API
  description: 'The Shazam REST API (reverse-engineered, also available via RapidAPI) provides song recognition from audio signatures, music charts by country/city/genre, artist profiles, track metadata, search, and listening-counter statistics. Base URL variants: amp.shazam.com (recognition), www.shazam.com (catalog/charts), cdn.shazam.com (related tracks).'
  version: 5.0.0
  contact:
    name: Shazam Developer (via Apple / ShazamKit)
    url: https://developer.apple.com/shazamkit/
  x-rapidapi-provider: apidojo
  x-rapidapi-hub: https://rapidapi.com/apidojo/api/shazam
servers:
- url: https://www.shazam.com
  description: Primary Shazam web API
- url: https://amp.shazam.com
  description: Shazam recognition endpoint
- url: https://cdn.shazam.com
  description: Shazam CDN (related tracks)
security:
- RapidAPIKey: []
tags:
- name: Albums
  description: Album metadata
paths:
  /services/amapi/v1/catalog/{endpoint_country}/albums/{album_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getAlbum
      summary: Get album info
      description: Retrieve metadata for an album by its Shazam ID.
      tags:
      - Albums
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/endpoint_country'
      - name: album_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 1234567890
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Album metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Album'
components:
  schemas:
    Album:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          example: albums
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            artistName:
              type: string
            releaseDate:
              type: string
              format: date
            trackCount:
              type: integer
            genreNames:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            artwork:
              type: object
              properties:
                url:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
  parameters:
    endpoint_country:
      name: endpoint_country
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        default: GB
        example: US
      description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for localized results
  securitySchemes:
    RapidAPIKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-RapidAPI-Key
      description: RapidAPI key for the apidojo/shazam endpoint on rapidapi.com
    ShazamPlatformHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Shazam-Platform
      description: Internal Shazam platform identifier (e.g. IPHONE)