Example
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: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.applemusic.track.get({ url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);const params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/track?${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"])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"])
}<?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;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"]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(())
}{
"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 for display; real responses are complete.
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).
Examplehttps://music.apple.com/us/album/lover/1468058165?i=1468058169
Region: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code such as US or BR (case-insensitive). The Apple Music store to read: the same ID has its own title language, availability and links per store. Default: the store in the link, else us.
Exampleus
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 link's l=, else the store's own language.
Exampleen-US
url takes Apple Music post and video links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with invalid_input. Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests).
Parameters every endpoint accepts
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.
fieldsstringReturn 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, meta}. data is a post object; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only Apple Music has are under platform_specific.applemusic.
platformstringPlatform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstringPlatform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring uriCanonical post URL.
typestringNormalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One ofvideoimagecarouseltextlinkaudio
platform_typestringnullableThe platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestringnullableHeadline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstringnullableCaption, description or body as plain text.
languagestringnullableBCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.
published_atstring date-timenullableWhen the post went public, RFC 3339 UTC.
authorobjectThe 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.
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idstringnullablePlatform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known.
usernamestringnullableHandle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestringnullableDisplay name shown on the profile.
urlstring urinullableCanonical profile URL.
avatar_urlstring urinullableProfile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.
is_verifiedbooleannullablePlatform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.
coauthorsobject[]Other accounts credited as co-authors of the post (Instagram and Facebook collabs, YouTube collaborations), in the platform's order, author excluded; [] if none.
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idstringnullablePlatform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known.
usernamestringnullableHandle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestringnullableDisplay name shown on the profile.
urlstring urinullableCanonical profile URL.
avatar_urlstring urinullableProfile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.
is_verifiedbooleannullablePlatform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.
duration_msintegernullableLength of the primary video or audio in milliseconds; null for other posts.
thumbnail_urlstring urinullableCover or poster image URL.
mediaobject[]Attachments in display order (carousel items); [] for text posts.
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typestringKind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One ofimagevideoaudiogif
urlstring urinullableDirect 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.
expires_atstring date-timenullableWhen url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire.
thumbnail_urlstring urinullablePoster or preview image URL.
widthintegernullableWidth in pixels.
heightintegernullableHeight in pixels.
duration_msintegernullableDuration in milliseconds (video and audio only).
alt_textstringnullableAccessibility text provided by the author or platform.
hashtagsstring[]Hashtags without #, case kept; [] if none.
mentionsstring[]Mentioned or tagged usernames without @; [] if none.
is_pinnedbooleannullablePinned to the author's profile.
is_sponsoredbooleannullableLabeled as a paid partnership or branded content.
is_nsfwbooleannullableMarked adult or sensitive by the platform.
metricsobjectCounts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero.
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view_countintegernullableViews or plays.
like_countintegernullableLikes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner.
comment_countintegernullableComments and replies.
share_countintegernullableShares or sends (not reposts).
repost_countintegernullableReposts, retweets or reshares.
quote_countintegernullableQuote posts.
save_countintegernullableSaves, bookmarks or favorites.
platform_specificobjectFields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.
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applemusicobjectnullableAn Apple Music track's, music video's or radio episode's own fields.
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storefrontstringnullableThe Apple Music store this answer is from, as a lowercase country code (us, jp): titles, availability and links differ by store.
rankintegernullablePosition on the requested chart (1 = top); null off a chart.
artist_namestringnullableWho Apple credits for it, as one display string (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper), which can name more people than author and coauthors link.
album_idstringnullableThe ID of the album it is on (applemusic.album takes it); null for a music video or radio episode on none.
album_titlestringnullableThe title of the album it is on; null when on none.
album_urlstring urinullableThe album's page; null when on none.
album_artist_namestringnullableWho Apple credits for the album it is on (Various Artists on a compilation); null when on none.
disc_numberintegernullableThe disc of that album it is on, from 1.
track_numberintegernullableIts position on that disc, from 1.
isrcstringnullableInternational Standard Recording Code, 12 characters without hyphens: what joins a recording across services. Null when the source does not show it.
composer_namestringnullableThe writers Apple credits, as one display string; null when none or the source does not show them.
genresstring[]The genres Apple files it under, as shown in the answer's language, the main one first; [] when none.
is_explicitbooleannullableApple marks it explicit.
content_ratingstringnullableexplicit, or clean for an edited version of something explicit; null when Apple marks neither.
audio_traitsstring[]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.
audio_localestringnullableThe language it is sung or spoken in, as Apple's tag (en-US); null when Apple does not say.
is_lyrics_availablebooleannullableApple has its lyrics (they are for subscribers: this answer does not hold them).
is_time_synced_lyrics_availablebooleannullableApple has its lyrics line by line in time with the audio.
is_apple_digital_masterbooleannullableCarries Apple's Apple Digital Master badge.
is_mastered_for_itunesbooleannullableCarries Apple's Mastered for iTunes badge, which Apple now calls Apple Digital Master.
work_namestringnullableThe classical work this is part of; null on other music.
movement_namestringnullableThe movement of that work; null on other music.
movement_numberintegernullableThat movement's number in the work.
movement_countintegernullableHow many movements the work has.
attributionstringnullableWho a classical work is attributed to (its composer); null on other music.
is_4kbooleannullableA music video that comes in 4K; null on a song.
is_hdrbooleannullableA music video that comes in HDR; null on a song.
video_traitsstring[]A music video's formats, as Apple names them; [] on a song or when none.
curator_idstringnullableApple's ID of a radio episode's show, which is a curator and no artist; null on other posts.
long_notestringnullableA 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.
air_ended_atstring date-timenullableWhen a radio episode's broadcast ended, RFC 3339 UTC; null on other posts.
is_livebooleannullableA radio episode on the air now; null on other posts.
approximate_fieldsstring[]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.
unknown_fieldsstring[]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: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
invalid_inputNo retryA 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.
401
401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
unauthorizedNo retryThe 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.
insufficient_creditsNo retryThe 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_reachedNo retryThe 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.
forbiddenNo retryThe 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. 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.
404
404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
not_foundNo retryThe 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.
rate_limitedYes, laterThe 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 to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.
500
500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
internalYes, laterAn unexpected error on SocialTap's side.
Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.
502
502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.
upstream_errorYes, laterThe 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.
upstream_blockedYes, laterThe platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.
Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.
overloadedYes, laterSocialTap 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.
From 1 credit per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
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 (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 · Packs
Endpoint ID applemusic.track · operationId applemusic.track.get · Product overview