MusicBrainz · GraphQL Specification

MusicBrainz GraphQL API

MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia. The API covers artist lookups, recording metadata, releases and release groups, labels, works, places, events, instruments, series, and relation data between music entities.

Documentation Endpoint View on GitHub MusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen DataCatalogIdentifiersISRCISWCMBIDDiscIDArtistsReleasesRecordingsWorksLabelsCover ArtOpen-SourceNon-ProfitGraphQL

Overview

MusicBrainz GraphQL API is a GraphQL API specification published by MusicBrainz on the APIs.io network.

MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia. The API covers artist lookups, recording metadata, releases and release groups, labels, works, places, events, instruments, series, and relation data between music entities.

The GraphQL endpoint is available at No. documentation is published at https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API.

The specification includes 2 reference links.

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

Endpoint

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References

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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