Discogs

aid: discogs
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: '0.20'
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-api
  name: Discogs API
  description: 'RESTful API to the Discogs music catalog and marketplace. Covers the Database (artist, release, master, label,
    search), authenticated User surfaces

    (identity, profile, collection, wantlist, lists, contributions, submissions, ratings), Marketplace (inventory, orders,
    listings, fees, price suggestions,

    release stats), bulk Inventory Management (CSV export/upload), and OAuth-signed Image retrieval.

    '
  humanURL: https://www.discogs.com/developers
  baseURL: https://api.discogs.com
  tags:
  - Database
  - Marketplace
  - User Identity
  - User Collection
  - User Wantlist
  - User Lists
  - Inventory Management
  - Image
  properties:
  - 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: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/discogs-openapi-original.yml
  - type: SDKs
    title: Python SDK (Joalla Community Continuation)
    url: https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client
  - type: SDKs
    title: Python SDK (Modern Reimplementation)
    url: https://github.com/jmfontaine/discogs-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    title: Java SDK (Community)
    url: https://github.com/andy-miles/discogs-java-client
  - type: SDKs
    title: Swift Service (Community)
    url: https://github.com/rock-n-code/discogs-service
  - type: SDKs
    title: PHP SDK (Discogs Client - Deprecated Official)
    url: https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client
  - type: BulkData
    url: https://discogs-data-dumps.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html
    title: Monthly XML Data Dumps
  - url: graphql/discogs-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- 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