Apple Music Track API

Returns an Apple Music song, music video or radio episode from its link or ID in any country's store, with its ISRC, composer and audio formats. It also has the artists, album, disc and track number, exact length, release date, genres, explicit rating, whether Apple has its lyrics, the classical work and movement, artwork and a preview clip. Legacy iTunes links work too.

GET /v1/applemusic/track

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22 typed fields null when unknown
url is all it needs, e.g. https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169
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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169

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GET /v1/applemusic/trackTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track",
    params={"url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169"},
    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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => 'https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?"+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"`
		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"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [
      "published_at"
    ],
    "author": {
      "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
    },
    "coauthors": [],
    "duration_ms": 170651,
    "hashtags": [],
    "id": "1468058169",
    "is_nsfw": null,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "language": null,
    "media": [
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": null,
        "expires_at": null,
        "height": null,
        "thumbnail_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music125/v4/49/3d/ab/493dab54-f920-9043-6181-80993b8116c9/19UMGIM53909.rgb.jpg/3900x3900bb.jpg",
        "type": "audio",
        "url": "https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/itunes-assets/AudioPreview221/v4/9c/e2/97/9ce2976a-b1c8-aa80-3e94-f4562cbad53e/mzaf_13898706762824220632.plus.aac.ep.m4a",
        "width": null
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "metrics": {
      "comment_count": null,
      "like_count": null,
      "quote_count": null,
      "repost_count": null,
      "save_count": null,
      "share_count": null,
      "view_count": null
    },
    "platform": "applemusic",
    "platform_specific": {
      "applemusic": {
        "air_ended_at": null,
        "album_artist_name": "Taylor Swift",
        "album_id": "1468058165",
        "album_title": "Lover",
        "album_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165",
        "artist_name": "Taylor Swift",
        "attribution": null,
        "audio_locale": "en-US",
        "audio_traits": [
          "atmos",
          "lossless",
          "lossy-stereo"
        ],
        "composer_name": "Taylor Swift, Louis Bell & Adam Feeney",
        "content_rating": null,
        "curator_id": null,
        "disc_number": 1,
        "genres": [
          "Pop"
        ],
        "is_4k": null,
        "is_apple_digital_master": true,
        "is_explicit": false,
        "is_hdr": null,
        "is_live": null,
        "is_lyrics_available": true,
        "is_mastered_for_itunes": true,
        "is_time_synced_lyrics_available": true,
        "isrc": "USUG11901471",
        "long_note": null,
        "movement_count": null,
        "movement_name": null,
        "movement_number": null,
        "rank": null,
        "storefront": "us",
        "track_number": 1,
        "video_traits": [],
        "work_name": null
      }
    },
    "platform_type": "song",
    "published_at": "2019-08-23T00:00:00Z",
    "text": null,
    "thumbnail_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music125/v4/49/3d/ab/493dab54-f920-9043-6181-80993b8116c9/19UMGIM53909.rgb.jpg/3900x3900bb.jpg",
    "title": "I Forgot That You Existed",
    "type": "audio",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-forgot-that-you-existed/1468058165?i=1468058169"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "applemusic",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 154,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "post",
      "id": "1468058169",
      "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-forgot-that-you-existed/1468058165?i=1468058169"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.applemusic.track.get({ url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track")
        .query(&[("url", "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/trackLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 21 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

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
The track: its album link with ?i= (music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169), its song link (music.apple.com/us/song/i-forgot-that-you-existed/1468058169), a music video's link (music.apple.com/us/music-video/hello/1544490140), a radio episode's link (music.apple.com/us/station/20-years-of-taylor-swift/ra.6825008805), with or without the slug and the store, on music.apple.com, geo.music.apple.com or itunes.apple.com; or its ID alone (1468058169, ra.6825008805).
Write one parser
Apple Music, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring: Canonical post URL.
typestring: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring: Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

What teams build with the Apple Music Track API.

Get a song's ISRC from a shared link
Match recordings across services by ISRC
Check a song in another country's store
Enrich a catalog with composers and genres

Good to know before you build.

type is audio for a song and video for a music video, and platform_type says which. media holds Apple's short preview only, while duration_ms is the whole song's length.
Stores differ: an ID can be missing from one or have another language's title. The answer comes from the store in country, else the link's store, else us, and platform_specific.applemusic.storefront says which.
A song credited to no artist page, such as Various Artists, has that name as author.display_name with a null id and url.
A radio episode's author is its show, with its name, page and picture and a null ID, because a show isn't an artist. platform_specific.applemusic.curator_id holds Apple's ID for it, and is all there is when Apple holds the show by ID alone: every author field is then null.
A radio episode's published_at is when it aired. A radio station isn't a track: the Apple Music Playlist Search API lists stations.
Apple Music shows no play, like or comment counts, so metrics are null. published_at is the release date with no time, at midnight UTC, listed in approximate_fields.
When Apple's catalog API fails, the answer comes from its public lookup API: isrc, composer_name, audio_traits, video_traits and the lyrics flags are null or [], only the first artist is named (those lists in unknown_fields), and a request with lang fails rather than answer in another language.

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Apple Music Track API. Send a track or video link, or an ID.