Discogs · Example Payload

Discogs Release Example

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Discogs Release Example is an example object payload from Discogs, with 31 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

idtitleresource_urluristatusdata_qualitythumbcountryyearnotesreleasedreleased_formatteddate_addeddate_changedlowest_pricenum_for_saleestimated_weightformat_quantitymaster_idmaster_urlartistslabelsextraartistsformatsgenresstylescommunitycompaniestracklistvideosidentifiers

Example Payload

{
  "id": 249504,
  "title": "Kind Of Blue",
  "resource_url": "https://api.discogs.com/releases/249504",
  "uri": "https://api.discogs.com/releases/249504",
  "status": "string-value",
  "data_quality": "string-value",
  "thumb": "https://api.discogs.com/releases/249504",
  "country": "string-value",
  "year": 1959,
  "notes": "string-value",
  "released": "string-value",
  "released_formatted": "string-value",
  "date_added": "2026-03-15T14:30:00Z",
  "date_changed": "2026-03-15T14:30:00Z",
  "lowest_price": 19.99,
  "num_for_sale": 1,
  "estimated_weight": 1,
  "format_quantity": 1,
  "master_id": 249504,
  "master_url": "https://api.discogs.com/releases/249504",
  "artists": [
    {
      "id": {},
      "name": {},
      "resource_url": {},
      "anv": {},
      "join": {},
      "role": {},
      "tracks": {}
    }
  ],
  "labels": [
    {
      "id": {},
      "name": {},
      "resource_url": {},
      "catno": {},
      "entity_type": {}
    }
  ],
  "extraartists": [
    {
      "id": {},
      "name": {},
      "resource_url": {},
      "anv": {},
      "join": {},
      "role": {},
      "tracks": {}
    }
  ],
  "formats": [
    {
      "name": {},
      "qty": {},
      "text": {},
      "descriptions": {}
    }
  ],
  "genres": [
    "string-value"
  ],
  "styles": [
    "string-value"
  ],
  "community": {
    "have": 1,
    "want": 1,
    "rating": {
      "count": {},
      "average": {}
    },
    "submitter": {},
    "contributors": [
      {}
    ],
    "data_quality": "string-value",
    "status": "string-value"
  },
  "companies": [
    {
      "id": {},
      "name": {},
      "resource_url": {},
      "catno": {},
      "entity_type": {}
    }
  ],
  "tracklist": [
    {
      "position": {},
      "type_": {},
      "title": {},
      "duration": {},
      "extraartists": {}
    }
  ],
  "videos": [
    {
      "uri": {},
      "duration": {},
      "title": {},
      "description": {},
      "embed": {}
    }
  ],
  "identifiers": [
    {
      "type": {},
      "value": {},
      "description": {}
    }
  ]
}

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