MusicBrainz · Postman Collection

MusicBrainz Web Service v2 Areas Collections API

The MusicBrainz Web Service v2 is the free public REST API to the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia, operated by the MetaBrainz Foundation (a US 501(c)(3) non-profit). The API supports three primary access patterns over twelve core entity types (artist, release, release-group, recording, work, label, place, area, event, instrument, series, url, genre): - **Lookup** — fetch one entity by its MBID with configurable sub-resource includes. - **Browse** — list entities linked to a given parent enti

4
Requests
3
Folders
View on GitHub Raw JSON MusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen DataCatalogIdentifiersISRCISWCMBIDDiscIDArtistsReleasesRecordingsWorksLabelsCover ArtOpen-SourceNon-ProfitPostman Collection

Overview

MusicBrainz Web Service v2 Areas Collections API is a Postman Collection published by MusicBrainz on the APIs.io network.

The MusicBrainz Web Service v2 is the free public REST API to the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia, operated by the MetaBrainz Foundation (a US 501(c)(3) non-profit). The API supports three primary access patterns over twelve core entity types (artist, release, release-group, recording, work, label, place, area, event, instrument, series, url, genre): - Lookup — fetch one entity by its MBID with configurable sub-resource includes. - Browse — list entities linked to a given parent enti

The collection contains 4 requests organised into 3 folders.

Tagged areas include Music, Metadata, Encyclopedia, Open Data, and Catalog.

Requests & Folders

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Related API Specs

MusicBrainz Areas API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Artists API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Collections API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Events API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Genres API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Identifiers API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Instruments API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Labels API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Places API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Recordings API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Release Groups API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Releases API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Series API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Submission API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz URLs API (OpenAPI) MusicBrainz Works API (OpenAPI)
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