# Apple Music Track API. Send a track or video link, or an ID. Song with ISRC, composer and audio formats. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes. [Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dapplemusic.track) ## Apple Music Track API at a glance 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` [Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/track/index.md) - **1 credit** per request, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 requests - **22 typed fields** null when unknown - **`url`** is all it needs, e.g. `https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169` - **100 credits** free when you sign up, no card, so you can build before you spend ## Send one request. Get 22 fields back. Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free. `$ npm install socialtap` `url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169` [Open in playground](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=applemusic.track) cURL: ```shell 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: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.applemusic.track.get({ url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go 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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "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": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete. ## One schema on 21 platforms. The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/track/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/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 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. - **`platform`string**: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). - **`id`string**: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). - **`url`string**: Canonical post URL. - **`type`string**: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other. - **`platform_type`string**: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). - **`title`string**: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. - **`text`string**: Caption, description or body as plain text. - **`language`string**: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. Live data from 33 platforms. [TikTok](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/index.md) · [Instagram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/index.md) · [Facebook](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/index.md) · [YouTube](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/index.md) · [Reddit](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/index.md) · [Threads](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/index.md) · [Spotify](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/index.md) · [Amazon](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/index.md) · [Apple Music](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/index.md) · [Pinterest](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/index.md) · [Rumble](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/index.md) · [X](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/index.md) · [Bluesky](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/index.md) · [Twitch](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/index.md) · [LinkedIn](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/index.md) · [Telegram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/index.md) · [TikTok Shop](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktokshop/index.md) · [Kwai](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/index.md) · [Snapchat](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/index.md) · [SoundCloud](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/index.md) · [Truth Social](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/index.md) · [Kick](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/index.md) · [Komi](https://socialtap.dev/apis/komi/index.md) · [Lnk.Bio](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkbio/index.md) · [Linkme](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkme/index.md) · [Linktree](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linktree/index.md) · [Pillar](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pillar/index.md) · [TikTok Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Events](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-events/index.md) · [Facebook Marketplace](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-marketplace/index.md) · [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://socialtap.dev/apis/google-ads-transparency/index.md) · [LinkedIn Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin-ad-library/index.md) ## 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. ## 1 credit per request. 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/track/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) | Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 Track API. More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/track/index.md). **Does it return play counts?** No. Apple Music shows no play, like or comment counts, so metrics are null. The Apple Music Top Tracks API gives a song's chart rank in each country instead. **How much does the Apple Music Track API cost?** A request costs 1 credit. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack. Other platforms ## Posts on 20 more platforms. - [TikTok Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/tiktok/post`) - [Instagram Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/instagram/post`) - [Facebook Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/facebook/post`) - [YouTube Video API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/youtube/post`) - [Reddit Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/reddit/post`) - [Threads Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/threads/post`) - [Spotify Track API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/track/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/spotify/track`) - [Amazon Shop Posts API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/shop_posts/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/amazon/shop_posts`) - [Pinterest Pin API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/pin/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/pinterest/pin`) - [Rumble Video API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/rumble/post`) - [X (Twitter) Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/x/post`) - [Bluesky Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/bluesky/post`) - [Twitch Video and Clip API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/video/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/twitch/video`) - [LinkedIn Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/linkedin/post`) - [Telegram Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/telegram/post`) - [Kwai Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/kwai/post`) - [Snapchat Spotlight API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/spotlight/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/snapchat/spotlight`) - [SoundCloud Track API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/track/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/soundcloud/track`) - [Truth Social Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/truthsocial/post`) - [Kick Clip API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/kick/post`) More Apple Music ## Apple Music API. 10 endpoints, one key. - [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`) - [Apple Music Album Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/search_albums/index.md) (1 credit / page · `GET /v1/applemusic/search_albums`) ## Try it on a link you already have. 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