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Discogs is a community-built music database and marketplace for physical music releases (vinyl, CD, cassette, and more). The Discogs API gives developers programmatic read/write access to artists, releases, masters, labels, search, user collections and wantlists, marketplace listings, orders, and inventory management — using Discogs Auth tokens, key+secret credentials, or full OAuth 1.0a on behalf of other users.
Discogs publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Database API, Image API, Inventory Management API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Music, Marketplace, Catalog, Community, and Vinyl.
The Discogs catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Discogs’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, support, status page, engineering blog, tooling, and 19 more developer resources.
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GraphQL 1
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Vocabularies 1
Spectral Rules 2
JSON Schema 55
JSON Structure 55
Examples 49
Security Posture 2
Scopes 1
Agentic Access 1
Resources 26
apis.yml
34 Operational Transparency
28 Create-or-Update Ergonomics
Composite quality — 43.2/100 · developing
Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready
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Source (apis.yml)
aid: discogs
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
label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
confidence: high
source:
- plans
- authentication
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/discogs.png
name: Discogs
description: 'Discogs is a community-built music database and marketplace for physical music releases (vinyl, CD, cassette,
and more). The Discogs API gives developers programmatic
read/write access to artists, releases, masters, labels, search, user collections and wantlists, marketplace listings, orders,
and inventory management — using Discogs
Auth tokens, key+secret credentials, or full OAuth 1.0a on behalf of other users.
'
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers/
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-29'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Music
x-tier: 2
x-tier-reason: Catalog + marketplace platform with a public REST API, OAuth1, well-documented endpoints, multiple community
SDKs, and an active MCP ecosystem.
tags:
- Music
- Marketplace
- Catalog
- Community
- Vinyl
- Public APIs
apis:
- aid: discogs:discogs-database-api
name: Discogs Database API
description: 'Access Discogs database: artists, releases, masters, labels, and search.'
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- Database
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-database-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-image-api
name: Discogs Image API
description: Image asset retrieval (proxied via OAuth).
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- Image
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-image-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-inventory-management-api
name: Discogs Inventory Management API
description: Bulk inventory export and CSV upload management.
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- Inventory Management
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-inventory-management-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-marketplace-api
name: Discogs Marketplace API
description: Marketplace listings, orders, fees, price suggestions, and release stats.
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- Marketplace
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-marketplace-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-user-collection-api
name: Discogs User Collection API
description: Manage a user's record collection.
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- User Collection
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-user-collection-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-user-identity-api
name: Discogs User Identity API
description: Authenticated user identity, profile, submissions, and contributions.
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- User Identity
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-user-identity-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-user-lists-api
name: Discogs User Lists API
description: Browse and manage user-created lists of releases, artists, and labels.
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- User Lists
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-user-lists-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
- aid: discogs:discogs-user-wantlist-api
name: Discogs User Wantlist API
description: Manage a user's wantlist.
humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
tags:
- User Wantlist
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/discogs-user-wantlist-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
- type: SDKs
url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
- type: BulkData
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: GraphQL
url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
url: agentic-access/discogs-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/discogs-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/discogs-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
url: scopes/discogs-scopes.yml
- type: Website
url: https://www.discogs.com
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: APIReference
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://support.discogs.com/hc/articles/360009334593-API-Terms-of-Use
- type: Authentication
url: https://www.discogs.com/developers#page:authentication
- type: Support
url: https://support.discogs.com
- type: Forums
url: https://www.discogs.com/forum/topic/1082
- type: Status
url: https://status.discogs.com
- type: Blog
url: https://blog.discogs.com
- type: Plans
url: plans/discogs-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/discogs-rate-limits.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/discogs
- type: PublicAPIsListing
url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: BulkData
title: Monthly XML Data Dumps
url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
- type: Tools
title: MCP Server (cswkim)
url: https://github.com/cswkim/discogs-mcp-server
- type: Tools
title: MCP Server (rianvdm OAuth)
url: https://github.com/rianvdm/discogs-mcp
- type: Tools
title: MCP Server (pipeworx-io)
url: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-discogs
- type: Tools
title: MCP Server (andylobban Self-hostable)
url: https://github.com/andylobban/discogs-mcp-server
- type: Tools
title: MCP Server (leosakharoff)
url: https://github.com/leosakharoff/discogs-mcp
- type: Vocabulary
url: vocabulary/discogs-vocabulary.yml
- type: SpectralRuleset
url: rules/discogs-rules.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
url: json-ld/discogs-context.jsonld
features:
- name: Database Search
description: Free-text search across releases, masters, artists, and labels with rich filters (year, country, format, label,
genre, style, barcode, catno).
- name: Release Catalog
description: Detailed release records including tracks, formats, labels, artists, videos, identifiers, community stats,
and marketplace stats.
- name: User Collection Management
description: Read and modify user record collections, organized into custom folders with notes and rating per copy.
- name: User Wantlist
description: Track wanted releases, with notes and ratings; add and remove releases programmatically.
- name: Marketplace Listings
description: List, update, and delete records for sale; query inventory by username; integrate with checkout flows via the
Listing endpoints.
- name: Marketplace Orders
description: Inspect, update, and message on orders the authenticated seller has received.
- name: Price Suggestions
description: Get Discogs-calculated suggested marketplace prices by release and media condition.
- name: Bulk Inventory Management
description: CSV-driven bulk add, change, and delete of inventory listings via asynchronous upload jobs; full inventory
export to CSV.
- name: OAuth 1.0a
description: Three-legged OAuth 1.0a flow for building third-party apps that act on behalf of other Discogs users.
- name: Monthly XML Data Dumps
description: Discogs publishes a monthly snapshot of the full database (artists, labels, masters, releases) as XML on S3
for bulk analysis.
useCases:
- name: Music Discovery Apps
description: Build apps that surface release metadata, cover art, video links, community ratings, and label discographies.
- name: Vinyl Reseller Tools
description: Power inventory management, pricing, and order workflows for vinyl resellers selling on the Discogs Marketplace.
- name: Collection Trackers
description: Mobile and desktop apps that sync a collector's Discogs collection and wantlist offline.
- name: Catalog Enrichment
description: Enrich third-party music libraries (DJ tools, archive systems, streaming metadata) with Discogs identifiers,
formats, and release dates.
- name: AI Music Agents
description: Power LLM-driven shopping, discovery, and collection-management agents via the Discogs MCP server ecosystem.
- name: Research and Analytics
description: Use the monthly XML data dumps for population-level analysis of pressing variants, label catalogs, and marketplace
pricing.
integrations:
- name: OAuth 1.0a
description: Standards-compliant OAuth 1.0a for delegated user authorization.
- name: CSV
description: Bulk inventory imports and exports use CSV files.
- name: Microcks
description: OpenAPI spec is annotated with x-microcks-operation extensions for mock-server compatibility.
- name: Model Context Protocol
description: Five plus community MCP servers expose Discogs surfaces (search, collection, wantlist, marketplace) as MCP
tools for LLM agents.
solutions:
- name: Marketplace Storefront Sync
description: Combine inventory upload, order management, and price suggestions to operate a multi-channel record store with
Discogs as inventory of record.
- name: Collector Mobile Companion
description: Combine identity, collection, wantlist, and search to build a fully-featured mobile companion for record collectors.
- name: Catalog Resolution Service
description: Use search and release endpoints to resolve fuzzy track metadata into canonical Discogs IDs and master release
versions.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
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