Qobuz

Qobuz is a French hi-res audio streaming and download platform founded in 2007 and operated by Xandrie SA. It offers lossless FLAC streaming up to 24-bit/192 kHz and a hi-res download store covering over 100 million tracks across all genres. The Qobuz REST API (v0.2) is a partner-only interface that enables third-party applications — hi-fi hardware manufacturers, DAPs, music players, and streaming integrators — to search the catalog, retrieve album and artist metadata, generate authenticated streaming URLs, manage user playlists and favorites, and process purchases from the hi-res download store. API access requires contacting Qobuz directly at api@qobuz.com to obtain an app_id and app_secret. Consumer subscription plans (Studio Solo, Studio Duo, Studio Family, Sublime) provide the underlying access entitlement; partners and integrators are subject to the Qobuz API Terms of Use governed by French law. The service is deployed across France, Germany, and Canada infrastructure nodes monitored via a public status page.

Qobuz publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Albums API, Artists API, Authentication API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Music Streaming, Hi-Res Audio, FLAC, Lossless Audio, and Music Downloads.

The Qobuz catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Qobuz’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, GitHub presence, and 14 more developer resources.

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57.7/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 38/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessPaidSelf serve

6 APIs

Music StreamingHi-Res AudioFLACLossless AudioMusic DownloadsCatalog SearchStreaming URLsMusic MetadataAudiophileFrance

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 57.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 17.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 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

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APIs 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Qobuz Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Signup

Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

IntegrationGuidelines

IntegrationGuidelines

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact

Contact

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

AppsPartners

AppsPartners

LinkedIn

Facebook

Facebook

Twitter

Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

aid: qobuz
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qobuz/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Qobuz
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/qobuz.png
tags:
- Music Streaming
- Hi-Res Audio
- FLAC
- Lossless Audio
- Music Downloads
- Catalog Search
- Streaming URLs
- Music Metadata
- Audiophile
- France
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: Qobuz is a French hi-res audio streaming and download platform founded in 2007 and operated by Xandrie SA. It
  offers lossless FLAC streaming up to 24-bit/192 kHz and a hi-res download store covering over 100 million tracks across
  all genres. The Qobuz REST API (v0.2) is a partner-only interface that enables third-party applications — hi-fi hardware
  manufacturers, DAPs, music players, and streaming integrators — to search the catalog, retrieve album and artist metadata,
  generate authenticated streaming URLs, manage user playlists and favorites, and process purchases from the hi-res download
  store. API access requires contacting Qobuz directly at api@qobuz.com to obtain an app_id and app_secret. Consumer subscription
  plans (Studio Solo, Studio Duo, Studio Family, Sublime) provide the underlying access entitlement; partners and integrators
  are subject to the Qobuz API Terms of Use governed by French law. The service is deployed across France, Germany, and Canada
  infrastructure nodes monitored via a public status page.
apis:
- aid: qobuz:qobuz-albums-api
  name: Qobuz Albums API
  description: Album metadata retrieval and search
  humanURL: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  baseURL: https://www.qobuz.com/api.json/0.2
  tags:
  - Albums
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qobuz-albums-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/markhc/gobuz
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp#authentication
- aid: qobuz:qobuz-artists-api
  name: Qobuz Artists API
  description: Artist metadata retrieval and search
  humanURL: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  baseURL: https://www.qobuz.com/api.json/0.2
  tags:
  - Artists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qobuz-artists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/markhc/gobuz
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp#authentication
- aid: qobuz:qobuz-authentication-api
  name: Qobuz Authentication API
  description: User login and session management
  humanURL: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  baseURL: https://www.qobuz.com/api.json/0.2
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qobuz-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/markhc/gobuz
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp#authentication
- aid: qobuz:qobuz-playlists-api
  name: Qobuz Playlists API
  description: Playlist retrieval and search
  humanURL: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  baseURL: https://www.qobuz.com/api.json/0.2
  tags:
  - Playlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qobuz-playlists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/markhc/gobuz
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp#authentication
- aid: qobuz:qobuz-search-api
  name: Qobuz Search API
  description: Cross-catalog search across all content types
  humanURL: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  baseURL: https://www.qobuz.com/api.json/0.2
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qobuz-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/markhc/gobuz
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp#authentication
- aid: qobuz:qobuz-tracks-api
  name: Qobuz Tracks API
  description: Track metadata, streaming, and download URL generation
  humanURL: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  baseURL: https://www.qobuz.com/api.json/0.2
  tags:
  - Tracks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/qobuz-tracks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/markhc/gobuz
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp#authentication
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/qobuz/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/qobuz-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/qobuz-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/qobuz-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.qobuz.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
- type: TermsOfService
  url: http://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/QobuzAPI-TermsofUse.pdf
- type: IntegrationGuidelines
  url: https://static.qobuz.com/apps/api/Qobuz-AppsGuidelines-V1.0.pdf
- type: Contact
  url: mailto:api@qobuz.com
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/music/streaming/offers
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/music/streaming/offers
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.qobuz.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/magazine
- type: AppsPartners
  url: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/discover/apps-partners
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qobuz/
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/Qobuz
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/qobuz
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/DJDoubleD/QobuzApiSharp
- type: Plans
  url: plans/qobuz-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/qobuz-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/qobuz-finops.yml
x-headquarters: Paris, France
x-parent: Xandrie SA
x-founded: '2007'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com