Apple Music

Apple Music is Apple's streaming music service. The Apple Music API and MusicKit framework give developers access to the Apple Music catalog, user library, charts, recommendations, search, and playback control. Authentication is via Apple Developer Program JWT tokens; user library access requires a MusicKit Music User Token.

Apple Music publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Catalog API, Charts API, Library API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Music, Streaming, Apple, MusicKit, and Catalog.

The Apple Music catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Apple Music’s developer surface includes authentication and 10 more developer resources.

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1 published contract

Music Streaming AppleMusicKitCatalog Library Audio

What this lets a business do 1

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Media Asset Management

BC-3710

Catalog

GET /catalog/{storefront}/songs/{id} GET /catalog/{storefront}/songs GET /catalog/{storefront}/albums

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 29.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.5 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Contract Quality scores 45.3 — up to +13.7 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 38.1 — up to +12.4 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Apple Accessory & Device Ecosystem (MFi, Matter, Apple partners)	long-tail	2.5 (thin)	-	-
IFTTT Services (service publishers)	long-tail	2.5 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apple Music API

REST API for Apple Music: catalog (songs, albums, artists, music videos, playlists, stations), search, charts, recommendations, and the authenticated user's library, playlists, ...

Apple Music Catalog API

Apple Music catalog resources

Apple Music Charts API

The Charts API from Apple Music — 1 operation(s) for charts.

Apple Music Library API

Authenticated user library resources

Apple Music Search API

The Search API from Apple Music — 2 operation(s) for search.

Apple Music Storefronts API

The Storefronts API from Apple Music — 3 operation(s) for storefronts.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Apple Music Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apple Music Catalog Charts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apple Music Catalog Library API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apple Music Catalog Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apple Music Catalog Storefronts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apple Music API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apple Music API pricing

Not yet checked against Apple Music's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 from developer.apple.com/programs/; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Apple Developer Program paid	—
Apple Music Subscription (End-User) subscription	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Per developer token: see provider documentation requests
Per Music User Token: see provider documentation requests

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Apple Music's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apple Music Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apple Music Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Apple Music

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apple Music Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apple Music API Rules

45 rules · 43 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apple Music Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Apple Music Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apple Music Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apple Music Agentic Access

24 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apple-music
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apple-music/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Apple Music
kind: company
description: Apple Music is Apple's streaming music service. The Apple Music API and MusicKit framework give developers access
  to the Apple Music catalog, user library, charts, recommendations, search, and playback control. Authentication is via Apple
  Developer Program JWT tokens; user library access requires a MusicKit Music User Token.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apple-music.png
tags:
- Music
- Streaming
- Apple
- MusicKit
- Catalog
- Library
- Audio
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apple-music:catalog-library
  name: Apple Music API
  description: 'REST API for Apple Music: catalog (songs, albums, artists, music videos, playlists, stations), search, charts,
    recommendations, and the authenticated user''s library, playlists, and ratings.'
  humanURL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  baseURL: https://api.music.apple.com/v1
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - Library
  - Search
  - Charts
  - Recommendations
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi/getting_keys_and_creating_tokens
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://developer.apple.com/musickit/
- aid: apple-music:apple-music-catalog-api
  name: Apple Music Catalog API
  description: Apple Music catalog resources
  humanURL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  baseURL: https://api.music.apple.com/v1
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apple-music-catalog-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apple-music:apple-music-charts-api
  name: Apple Music Charts API
  description: The Charts API from Apple Music — 1 operation(s) for charts.
  humanURL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  baseURL: https://api.music.apple.com/v1
  tags:
  - Charts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apple-music-charts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apple-music:apple-music-library-api
  name: Apple Music Library API
  description: Authenticated user library resources
  humanURL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  baseURL: https://api.music.apple.com/v1
  tags:
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apple-music-library-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apple-music:apple-music-search-api
  name: Apple Music Search API
  description: The Search API from Apple Music — 2 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  baseURL: https://api.music.apple.com/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apple-music-search-api-openapi.yml
- aid: apple-music:apple-music-storefronts-api
  name: Apple Music Storefronts API
  description: The Storefronts API from Apple Music — 3 operation(s) for storefronts.
  humanURL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
  baseURL: https://api.music.apple.com/v1
  tags:
  - Storefront
  tags_raw:
  - Storefronts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apple-music-storefronts-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/apple-music-capability-edges.yml
  name: Apple Music Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apple-music-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apple-music-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apple-music-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/apple-music-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://developer.apple.com/apple-music/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apple-music-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apple-music-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apple-music-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Apple Music API — frequently asked questions

Does Apple Music have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Apple Music, including Apple Music API, Apple Music Catalog API and Apple Music Charts API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apple Music API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Apple Music, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Apple Music API?

Apple Music uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Apple Music Authentication.

How much does the Apple Music API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Apple Music, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Apple Music API ready for AI agents?

Apple Music has a Kin Score of 29.5 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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