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MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz is the open, community-maintained music encyclopedia: its Version 2 web service exposes structured lookups and full-text search across artists, releases, recordings, and labels, cross-linked to identifiers like ISRC and barcode. No API key or account is needed, but MetaBrainz requires every client to send a descriptive User-Agent identifying the calling application and to keep to roughly one request per second, with heavier or commercial use expected to go through a separate paid Live Data Feed instead. Responses are available as XML (the default) or JSON via a format parameter.
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/musicbrainz/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/musicbrainz.svg" alt="Scored 77 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- No key needed — but this API requires a descriptive User-Agent identifying your app.
- Set it on every request
User-Agent: <your app name or contact URL>
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.
Developer reference
~1 request/second for anonymous use, tracked by client IP and a required descriptive User-Agent header