# Apple Music

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apple-music/  
**Website:** https://developer.apple.com/apple-music/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

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.

## Kin Score — 29.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 29.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 52.5 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 33.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apple Music Agentic Access** — 24 operations · 1 acting

## Security (3)

- **Apple Music Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Apple Music Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apple Music Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apple Music Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Music, Streaming, Apple, MusicKit, Catalog, Library

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/apple-music/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.