Pandora

Pandora is an internet radio and music streaming service powered by the Music Genome Project, offering personalized radio stations and on-demand streaming with a catalog of over 30 million tracks including songs, comedy albums, podcasts, and more. The Pandora GraphQL API enables developers to build applications that access stations, tracks, artist information, user listening history, feedback, playlists, and personalized radio content across Free, Plus, and Premium subscription tiers.

Pandora is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network: GraphQL API. Tagged areas include Music, Streaming, Radio, Podcasts, and Music Genome Project.

The Pandora catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Pandora’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, authentication, getting-started guide, and 7 more developer resources.

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28.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 18/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemium

1 API

Music Streaming Radio PodcastsMusic Genome ProjectPersonalization Audio

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 28.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 6.5 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 7.3 / 17

Access Clarity 3.1 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.1 / 15

Agent readiness — 18/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
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

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Contract Quality scores 30.7 — up to +17.3 composite points
Access Clarity scores 18.4 — up to +16.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 5.3 — up to +12.3 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Music and Rights	standard	34.5 (thin)	-	-
IDE Extension Marketplaces (JetBrains, VS Code, Open VSX, Docker Verified Publishers, PyPI orgs)	standard	34.5 (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 1

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

Pandora GraphQL API

The Pandora GraphQL API provides access to Pandora's music catalog and listener data, enabling developers to build applications with playback controls, search, user collection m...

Pandora API pricing

Not yet checked against Pandora's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free (Ad-Supported)	Free
Plus (Ad-Free)	—
Premium (Ad-Free)	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apis Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

Pandora Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

PartnerAccess

PartnerAccess

Source (apis.yml)

name: Pandora
description: Pandora is an internet radio and music streaming service powered by the Music Genome Project, offering personalized
  radio stations and on-demand streaming with a catalog of over 30 million tracks including songs, comedy albums, podcasts,
  and more. The Pandora GraphQL API enables developers to build applications that access stations, tracks, artist information,
  user listening history, feedback, playlists, and personalized radio content across Free, Plus, and Premium subscription
  tiers.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pandora.png
tags:
- Music
- Streaming
- Radio
- Podcasts
- Music Genome Project
- Personalization
- Audio
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- name: Pandora GraphQL API
  description: The Pandora GraphQL API provides access to Pandora's music catalog and listener data, enabling developers to
    build applications with playback controls, search, user collection management, feedback (thumbs up/down), profile retrieval,
    and podcast support. All API access is gated by OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens and requires an approved partner relationship
    with Pandora.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.pandora.com/
  baseURL: https://ce.pandora.com/api/v1/graphql/graphql
  tags:
  - Music
  - Radio
  - Stations
  - Tracks
  - Playlists
  - Podcasts
  - Search
  - Personalization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/key-concepts/apis/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/reference/graphql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/key-concepts/authorization-oauth2/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/getting-started/accessing-developer-portal/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.pandora.com/terms-and-conditions/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Pandora Developer Support
    url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/overview/support-and-api-features/
  meta:
  - name: Partner Program
    value: https://developer.pandora.com/partners/join/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.pandora.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pandora-domain-security.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.pandora.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/key-concepts/apis/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/key-concepts/authorization-oauth2/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/getting-started/accessing-developer-portal/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developer.pandora.com/terms-and-conditions/
- type: PartnerAccess
  url: https://developer.pandora.com/docs/overview/partner-access/
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pandora/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Pandora API — frequently asked questions

Does Pandora have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from Pandora, including Pandora GraphQL API.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Pandora API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 1 OpenAPI specification for Pandora, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Pandora API?

Pandora uses bearer-token authentication.

How much does the Pandora API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Pandora, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Pandora API ready for AI agents?

Pandora has a Kin Score of 28.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 18.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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