# Apple Music Album Search API. Albums, singles and EPs matching your search. Albums, singles and EPs by keyword. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes. [Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dapplemusic.search_albums) ## Apple Music Album Search API at a glance Searches Apple Music albums, singles and EPs by keyword in any country's store and returns them a page at a time, with label, UPC and track count. Each has the credited artists with their IDs, full-size cover, release date, copyright, genres, explicit rating, audio formats, Apple's notes and its Mastered for iTunes badge. The Apple Music Album API returns the tracks. GET `/v1/applemusic/search_albums` [Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/search_albums/index.md) - **1 credit** per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages - **20 typed fields** null when unknown - **50** albums, singles and EPs per page, Apple Music's own relevance order for the query - **`query`** is all it needs, e.g. `lover` ## Send one request. Get up to 50 albums, singles and EPs back. Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free. `$ npm install socialtap` `query = lover` [Open in playground](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=applemusic.search_albums) cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/search_albums?query=lover' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.applemusic.searchAlbums.list({ query: "lover" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "lover", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/search_albums?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" }, }); const body = await res.json(); if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`); const { data, page, meta } = body; console.log(data, meta.credits_charged); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/search_albums", params={"query": "lover"}, headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]}, ) body = res.json() if not res.ok: raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}") data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"] print(data, meta["credits_charged"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("query", "lover") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/search_albums?"+q.Encode(), nil) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")) res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer res.Body.Close() var body struct { Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"` Page json.RawMessage `json:"page"` Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"` Error *struct { Code string `json:"code"` Message string `json:"message"` } `json:"error"` } if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if body.Error != nil { log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message) } fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": [ { "approximate_fields": [ "released_at" ], "artist_name": "Taylor Swift", "artists": [ { "avatar_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/AMCArtistImages221/v4/6d/67/88/6d67888b-9e7f-53af-7853-0f91d6fd2332/ami_U003aidentity_U003a994af5c375f4c3aa96cd6ced4a700799-2026-09-25T04-00-05.358Z_cropped.png/1640x1640bb.jpg", "display_name": "Taylor Swift", "id": "159260351", "is_verified": null, "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/taylor-swift/159260351", "username": null } ], "copyrights": [ { "text": "℗ 2019 Taylor Swift", "type": "p" } ], "cover_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music125/v4/49/3d/ab/493dab54-f920-9043-6181-80993b8116c9/19UMGIM53909.rgb.jpg/3900x3900bb.jpg", "description": "There’s a reason Taylor Swift sounds so confident and cool on Lover, her seventh album and the most free-spirited yet. She’s in love—pure, steady, starry-eyed, shout-it-from-the-rooftops love. Arriving 13 years after her eponymous debut album—and following a string of songs that …", "duration_ms": null, "genres": [ "Pop" ], "id": "1468058165", "is_explicit": false, "label": "Taylor Swift", "metrics": { "track_count": 18 }, "platform": "applemusic", "platform_specific": { "applemusic": { "audio_traits": [ "atmos", "lossless", "lossy-stereo" ], "content_rating": null, "editorial_summary": "A love letter to love itself.", "is_complete": true, "is_mastered_for_itunes": true, "is_prerelease": false, "more_by_artist": [], "other_versions": [], "rank": null, "storefront": "us" } }, "released_at": "2019-08-23T00:00:00Z", "title": "Lover", "tracks": [], "type": "album", "unknown_fields": [ "tracks", "tracks[].artists", "platform_specific.applemusic.more_by_artist" ], "upc": "00602508005275", "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165" }, { "approximate_fields": [ "released_at" ], "artist_name": "vaultboy", "artists": [ { "avatar_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/AMCArtistImages221/v4/7d/2d/2d/7d2d2da3-ca61-3cea-6478-fddbc1a92f6d/49a6d979-37fe-4612-9ce0-4dbd71b4bd43_file_cropped.png/2000x2000bb.jpg", "display_name": "vaultboy", "id": "1542387120", "is_verified": null, "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vaultboy/1542387120", "username": null } ], "copyrights": [ { "text": "℗ 2026 broke", "type": "p" } ], "cover_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/8a/fc/30/8afc3056-fd3b-3ba4-18b0-042e28b12576/612891173772.jpg/1400x1400bb.jpg", "description": null, "duration_ms": null, "genres": [ "Pop" ], "id": "6798022501", "is_explicit": true, "label": "broke", "metrics": { "track_count": 1 }, "platform": "applemusic", "platform_specific": { "applemusic": { "audio_traits": [ "lossless", "lossy-stereo" ], "content_rating": "explicit", "editorial_summary": null, "is_complete": true, "is_mastered_for_itunes": false, "is_prerelease": false, "more_by_artist": [], "other_versions": [], "rank": null, "storefront": "us" } }, "released_at": "2026-08-14T00:00:00Z", "title": "LOVER - Single", "tracks": [], "type": "single", "unknown_fields": [ "tracks", "tracks[].artists", "platform_specific.applemusic.more_by_artist" ], "upc": "612891173772", "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover-single/6798022501" }, { "approximate_fields": [ "released_at" ], "artist_name": "Park Hyo Shin", "artists": [ { "avatar_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Features211/v4/58/01/5f/58015f0a-bc1f-5814-080b-8edc678e95ea/mzl.aktvsodt.jpg/4000x4000bb.jpg", "display_name": "Park Hyo Shin", "id": "292946954", "is_verified": null, "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/park-hyo-shin/292946954", "username": null } ], "copyrights": [ { "text": "℗ 2019 (주)글러브엔터테인먼트, under license to Dreamus", "type": "p" } ], "cover_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/17/c9/8e/17c98e9b-8a8b-1dcd-c0b1-bf3f1208f1d8/8809829710020.jpg/3000x3000bb.jpg", "description": null, "duration_ms": null, "genres": [ "Rock", "Pop", "K-Pop" ], "id": "1698506754", "is_explicit": false, "label": "(주)글러브엔터테인먼트", "metrics": { "track_count": 1 }, "platform": "applemusic", "platform_specific": { "applemusic": { "audio_traits": [ "lossless", "lossy-stereo" ], "content_rating": null, "editorial_summary": null, "is_complete": true, "is_mastered_for_itunes": false, "is_prerelease": false, "more_by_artist": [], "other_versions": [], "rank": null, "storefront": "us" } }, "released_at": "2019-06-29T00:00:00Z", "title": "LOVER - Single", "tracks": [], "type": "single", "unknown_fields": [ "tracks", "tracks[].artists", "platform_specific.applemusic.more_by_artist" ], "upc": "8809829710020", "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover-single/1698506754" } ], "page": { "has_more": true, "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR", "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z", "end_reason": null }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "applemusic", "source": "api", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 400, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete. ## One schema on 2 platforms. The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/search_albums/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/album/index.md). - ### Null means unknown A field Apple Music doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero. - ### What it accepts What to search for: an album's title, an artist's name, or both together, in any language. Apple matches it as its web player's search box does. - ### Write one parser Apple Music and Spotify answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all. - **`platform`string**: Platform ID (applemusic, spotify, soundcloud, …). - **`id`string**: Platform-native album ID (string), the one in its page's URL. - **`url`string**: Canonical album page URL. - **`type`string**: What kind of release it is, as the platform says: album, single, ep or compilation; null when the platform does not say. New values may be added; treat unknown values as album. - **`title`string**: The release's title as the platform shows it (with an edition or a suffix like "- Single" where it writes one). - **`description`string**: About the release, as plain text (the service's editorial notes, or what its uploader wrote); null when it has none or the platform shows none. - **`artist_name`string**: Who the platform credits for the release, as one display string (it can name more people than have an account linked: artists holds the linked ones); null when the source does not name them. - **`artists`object\[\]**: The platform accounts of the artists credited on the release, main artist first, in the platform's order; \[\] when none is linked, as on a Various Artists compilation (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). Live data from 33 platforms. 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Songs, artists, playlists and stations have search endpoints of their own that take the same query. - tracks, more_by_artist and other_versions are \[\] and listed in unknown_fields, because a search names no tracks. metrics.track_count says how many there are, and the Apple Music Album API lists them. - Results are in Apple Music's order for the query. Apple serves about 200 results per search, however many match, and the walk then ends with page.end_reason platform_limit. - Results differ by store: a release can be missing from one or have another language's title. platform_specific.applemusic.storefront says which store answered. - When Apple's catalog API fails, the first page comes from its public search API and ends the walk with platform_limit: label, upc and description are null, the audio formats \[\] and listed in unknown_fields, type comes from the title alone (null where it doesn't say), genres holds the main one, and only the first artist is named. That API answers in the store's language, so a request with lang fails rather than answer in another. - A language the store doesn't offer isn't refused: Apple answers in the store's own language. - An empty query or an Apple Music link returns invalid_input. A link to a platform we don't cover is searched as words. ## 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free. Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform. [Plans and packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/search_albums/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform API `api` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | - Cache hits are free. - Credits from packs and top-ups never expire. - A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal. - Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies. - Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID. ## Questions about the Apple Music Album Search API. More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/search_albums/index.md). **How much does the Apple Music Album Search API cost?** A page of up to 50 albums, singles and EPs costs 1 credit. Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack. **How do I get the next page?** Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours. Other platforms ## Albums on 1 more platform. - [Spotify Album Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/search_albums/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/spotify/search_albums`) More Apple Music ## Apple Music API. 10 endpoints, one key. - [Apple Music Track API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/track/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/applemusic/track`) - [Apple Music Top Tracks API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/top_tracks/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/top_tracks`) - [Apple Music Track Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/search_tracks/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/search_tracks`) - [Apple Music Artist API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/artist/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/applemusic/artist`) - [Apple Music Artist Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/search_artists/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/search_artists`) - [Apple Music Top Playlists API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/top_playlists/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/top_playlists`) - [Apple Music Playlist Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/search_playlists/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/search_playlists`) - [Apple Music Album API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/album/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/applemusic/album`) - [Apple Music Top Albums API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/top_albums/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/top_albums`) ## Try it with your own search. Type it in the playground, or copy the request into your code. 100free credits - No credit card - Failed requests are free - Works on all 218 endpoints [Start for free](https://socialtap.dev/signup/) [Read the docs](https://socialtap.dev/docs/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/search_albums/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)