# Apple Music Top Tracks API Apple Music Returns Apple Music's chart of the most played songs or music videos in a country's store, top first, a page at a time, with each one's rank and ISRC. Each row also has the credited artists with their IDs, album, length, release date, composer, genres, explicit rating, audio formats, whether Apple has its lyrics, artwork and a preview clip. Pick the store with country and the chart with kind: the US songs chart by default. GET `/v1/applemusic/top_tracks` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/top_tracks?country=US&kind=song' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.applemusic.topTracks.list({ country: "US", kind: "song" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ country: "US", kind: "song", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/top_tracks?${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/top_tracks", params={"country": "US", "kind": "song"}, 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("country", "US") q.Set("kind", "song") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/top_tracks?"+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": [ "published_at" ], "author": { "avatar_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/AMCArtistImages211/v4/7d/f9/5b/7df95b8e-26fb-5e14-f35d-f603abc52dc8/ami-identity-6b9f829473ca41446a842ac18b0e65ee-2026-01-27T17-02-20.725Z_cropped.png/2400x2400bb.jpg", "display_name": "Ella Langley", "id": "1384373733", "is_verified": null, "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ella-langley/1384373733", "username": null }, "coauthors": [], "duration_ms": 232226, "hashtags": [], "id": "1844932150", "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/Music221/v4/e2/91/4d/e2914d0a-7f1d-f04c-fbf4-c50b38548838/196873638690.jpg/3000x3000bb.jpg", "type": "audio", "url": "https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/itunes-assets/AudioPreview211/v4/38/49/4c/38494cb4-f9e0-1db4-0b84-8c478cb55390/mzaf_14015374052766148372.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": "Ella Langley", "album_id": "1844932149", "album_title": "Choosin' Texas - Single", "album_url": 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"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": "KAROL G", "album_id": "6796864741", "album_title": "NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO", "album_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-me-arrepiento-de-sentir-tanto/6796864741", "artist_name": "KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky", "attribution": null, "audio_locale": "es-ES", "audio_traits": [ "atmos", "lossless", "lossy-stereo" ], "composer_name": "Cordel Dexter Burrell, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Marco Masis, Omer Fedi, Lara Fernández Castrelo, Andres Jael Correa Rios & Ruslán Mediavilla", "content_rating": null, "curator_id": null, "disc_number": 1, "genres": [ "Urbano latino", "Latin" ], "is_4k": null, "is_apple_digital_master": true, "is_explicit": false, "is_hdr": null, "is_live": 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"album_artist_name": "Tate McRae", "album_id": "6822497770", "album_title": "Housewife - Single", "album_url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/housewife-single/6822497770", "artist_name": "Tate McRae", "attribution": null, "audio_locale": "en-US", "audio_traits": [ "atmos", "lossless", "lossy-stereo" ], "composer_name": "Tate McRae, Julia Michaels, Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin, Jasper Harris & Pablo Diaz-Reixa", "content_rating": null, "curator_id": null, "disc_number": 1, "genres": [ "Pop" ], "is_4k": null, "is_apple_digital_master": false, "is_explicit": false, "is_hdr": null, "is_live": null, "is_lyrics_available": true, "is_mastered_for_itunes": false, "is_time_synced_lyrics_available": true, "isrc": "USRC12601916", "long_note": null, "movement_count": null, "movement_name": null, "movement_number": null, "rank": 3, "storefront": "us", "track_number": 1, "video_traits": [], "work_name": null } }, "platform_type": "song", "published_at": "2026-10-15T00:00:00Z", "text": null, "thumbnail_url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/69/64/e4/6964e483-c02c-e389-14f4-c426e8c65f2c/196874840146.jpg/3000x3000bb.jpg", "title": "Housewife", "type": "audio", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/housewife/6822497770?i=6822497774" } ], "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": 488, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - platform_specific.applemusic.rank is the row's place in the chart, top first, and stays the same whatever limit you ask for. Apple publishes no play counts, so metrics are null and the rank is all the chart says. > - Apple serves about 200 rows per chart, fewer in a few small stores, and the walk then ends with page.end_reason end: that is the whole chart. > - since and until filter by release date. A chart isn't in date order, so they don't end the walk early: every page is read and charged until the chart ends. > - Charts differ by store, and platform_specific.applemusic.storefront says which store answered. A store's titles can be in its own language: lang asks for another where Apple offers it, and a language it doesn't offer gets the store's own, as a US chart with lang=ja-JP does. > - The Apple Music Top Albums API charts albums, and the Apple Music Top Playlists API playlists. > - When Apple's catalog API fails, the top of the chart comes from Apple's RSS feed and ends the walk with platform_limit: isrc, composer_name, duration_ms, the album, the preview, the audio formats and the lyrics flags are null or \[\], and only the first artist is named (those lists in unknown_fields). The feed has no languages, so a request with lang fails rather than answer in another. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `country` optional | `string`
iso3166-1-alpha-2 | Region: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code such as US or BR (case-insensitive). The Apple Music store whose chart to read: each has its own. A country with no Apple Music store returns invalid_input. Default: US. UK is read as GB. | `JP` | | `kind` optional | `string` | Which chart: most played songs (the default) or music videos. Both come back in the same post shape, and platform_type says which it is.
One of `song`, `music_video` | `music_video` | | `lang` optional | `string`
bcp47 | Preferred language: a BCP-47 tag such as en or pt-BR (case-insensitive; _ is read as -). The language of the answer's text, when Apple offers it beside the store's own. Default: the store's own language. | `en-US` | | `since` optional | `string`
date-time | Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. | `2026-10-01` | | `until` optional | `string`
date-time | Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). | `2026-10-08` | | `limit` optional | `integer`
min 1
max 100 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `100` | | `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — | Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination. **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — | | `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — | ## Response ### 200 `{data, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 100 [post](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md) objects, Apple Music's own chart order (1 = most played); `page` says how to get the next page; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Apple Music has are under `platform_specific.applemusic`. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data[].platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). | | `data[].id` | `string` | Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). | | `data[].url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical post URL. | | `data[].type` | `string` | Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `video`, `image`, `carousel`, `text`, `link`, `audio` | | `data[].platform_type` | `string` or `null` | The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). | | `data[].title` | `string` or `null` | Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. | | `data[].text` | `string` or `null` | Caption, description or body as plain text. | | `data[].language` | `string` or `null` | BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. | | `data[].published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the post went public, RFC 3339 UTC. | | `data[].author` | `object` | The posting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: \[deleted\]). A post credited to what is no account of the platform's (an Apple Music radio episode's show) has a null id and username, and every other field null too when the platform doesn't name it. | | `data[].author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].coauthors` | `object[]` | Other accounts credited as co-authors of the post (Instagram and Facebook collabs, YouTube collaborations), in the platform's order, author excluded; \[\] if none. | | `data[].coauthors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].coauthors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].coauthors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].coauthors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].coauthors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].coauthors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Length of the primary video or audio in milliseconds; null for other posts. | | `data[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover or poster image URL. | | `data[].media` | `object[]` | Attachments in display order (carousel items); \[\] for text posts. | | `data[].media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` | | `data[].media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. | | `data[].media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. | | `data[].media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. | | `data[].media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. | | `data[].media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. | | `data[].media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). | | `data[].media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. | | `data[].hashtags` | `string[]` | Hashtags without #, case kept; \[\] if none. | | `data[].mentions` | `string[]` | Mentioned or tagged usernames without @; \[\] if none. | | `data[].is_pinned` | `boolean` or `null` | Pinned to the author's profile. | | `data[].is_sponsored` | `boolean` or `null` | Labeled as a paid partnership or branded content. | | `data[].is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked adult or sensitive by the platform. | | `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data[].metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. | | `data[].metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. | | `data[].metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. | | `data[].metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). | | `data[].metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. | | `data[].metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. | | `data[].metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. | | `data[].platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic` | `object` or `null` | An Apple Music track's, music video's or radio episode's own fields. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.storefront` | `string` or `null` | The Apple Music store this answer is from, as a lowercase country code (us, jp): titles, availability and links differ by store. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.rank` | `integer` or `null` | Position on the requested chart (1 = top); null off a chart. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.artist_name` | `string` or `null` | Who Apple credits for it, as one display string (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), which can name more people than author and coauthors link. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.album_id` | `string` or `null` | The ID of the album it is on (applemusic.album takes it); null for a music video or radio episode on none. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.album_title` | `string` or `null` | The title of the album it is on; null when on none. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.album_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The album's page; null when on none. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.album_artist_name` | `string` or `null` | Who Apple credits for the album it is on (Various Artists on a compilation); null when on none. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.disc_number` | `integer` or `null` | The disc of that album it is on, from 1. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.track_number` | `integer` or `null` | Its position on that disc, from 1. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.isrc` | `string` or `null` | International Standard Recording Code, 12 characters without hyphens: what joins a recording across services. Null when the source does not show it. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.composer_name` | `string` or `null` | The writers Apple credits, as one display string; null when none or the source does not show them. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.genres` | `string[]` | The genres Apple files it under, as shown in the answer's language, the main one first; \[\] when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_explicit` | `boolean` or `null` | Apple marks it explicit. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.content_rating` | `string` or `null` | explicit, or clean for an edited version of something explicit; null when Apple marks neither. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.audio_traits` | `string[]` | The audio formats it comes in (atmos, lossless, lossy-stereo, spatial, …); \[\] when none or the source does not show them. New values may be added. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.audio_locale` | `string` or `null` | The language it is sung or spoken in, as Apple's tag (en-US); null when Apple does not say. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_lyrics_available` | `boolean` or `null` | Apple has its lyrics (they are for subscribers: this answer does not hold them). | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_time_synced_lyrics_available` | `boolean` or `null` | Apple has its lyrics line by line in time with the audio. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_apple_digital_master` | `boolean` or `null` | Carries Apple's Apple Digital Master badge. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_mastered_for_itunes` | `boolean` or `null` | Carries Apple's Mastered for iTunes badge, which Apple now calls Apple Digital Master. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.work_name` | `string` or `null` | The classical work this is part of; null on other music. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.movement_name` | `string` or `null` | The movement of that work; null on other music. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.movement_number` | `integer` or `null` | That movement's number in the work. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.movement_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many movements the work has. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.attribution` | `string` or `null` | Who a classical work is attributed to (its composer); null on other music. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_4k` | `boolean` or `null` | A music video that comes in 4K; null on a song. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_hdr` | `boolean` or `null` | A music video that comes in HDR; null on a song. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.video_traits` | `string[]` | A music video's formats, as Apple names them; \[\] on a song or when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.curator_id` | `string` or `null` | Apple's ID of a radio episode's show, which is a curator and no artist; null on other posts. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.long_note` | `string` or `null` | A radio episode's longer note, as Apple writes it: often the name of its show, or a shorter or older form of it, and sometimes something else, such as a date; so a hint, not an identity. Null when Apple has none, which depends on the store and language, and on other posts. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.air_ended_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When a radio episode's broadcast ended, RFC 3339 UTC; null on other posts. | | `data[].platform_specific.applemusic.is_live` | `boolean` or `null` | A radio episode on the air now; null on other posts. | | `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. | | `data[].unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. | not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned. ### 400 400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. | | `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. | ### 401 401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. | ### 402 402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. | | `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. | ### 403 403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. | | `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. | ### 404 404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. | ### 429 429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. | ### 500 500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. | ### 502 502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. | ### 503 503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. | | `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. | ## Pagination Items come in pages, **Apple Music's own chart order (1 = most played)**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early). - **Order**: Apple Music's own chart order (1 = most played) - **Page size**: Up to 100 tracks (the default; `limit` lowers it) - **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors - **Price**: Per page, 1 credit ### The `page` object | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. | | `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. | | `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. | | `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.
One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` | ### Next page cURL: next page: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/top_tracks?country=US&kind=song&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` - The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end). - A `limit` below 100 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list. - Errors are free, including a rejected cursor. - Pages served from the cache are free. - An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. [Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md) ## Pricing From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`. | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Platform API `api` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | **Balance, sources and what you were charged** Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. | meta.source | Source | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | | `api` | Platform API | The platform's public, logged-out API. | `meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `applemusic.top_tracks` · operationId `applemusic.top_tracks.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/top_tracks/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/applemusic/top_tracks/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)