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Discogs

Search releases, artists and labels

🎬 MediaUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Discogs database API for music collectors. Search and lookup endpoints are keyless at low volume; set a descriptive User-Agent per their developer policy.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.discogs.com/database/search?q=nirvana&type=release

{
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "pages": 200,
    "per_page": 50,
    "items": 15432,
    "urls": {
      "last": "https://api.discogs.com/database/search?q=nirvana&type=release&page=200&per_page=50",
      "next": "https://api.discogs.com/database/search?q=nirvana&type=release&page=2&per_page=50"
    }
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "country": "Europe",
      "year": "2015",
      "format": [
        "Vinyl",
        "LP"
      ],
      "label": [
        "DGC",
        "Sub Pop"
      ],
      "type": "release",
      "genre": [
        "Rock"
      ],
      "style": [
        "Grunge",
        "Alternative Rock"
      ],
      "id": 7445961
    },
    {
      "country": "US",
      "year": "2015",
      "format": [
        "Vinyl",
        "LP"
      ],
      "label": [
        "Geffen Records",
        "Sub Pop"
      ],
      "type": "release",
      "genre": [
        "Rock"
      ],
      "style": [
        "Grunge"
      ],
      "id": 7802791
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.discogs.com/database/search?q=nirvana&type=release"
const res = await fetch("https://api.discogs.com/database/search?q=nirvana&type=release");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.discogs.com/database/search?q=nirvana&type=release")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /database/search?q=nirvana&type=release awaits first probe
GET/database/search?q=nirvana&type=releasePROBED

Search releases in the Discogs database.

GET/artists/125246

Artist profile by Discogs ID.

GET/releases/249504

Release details with tracklist.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Discogs: common questions

Is Discogs free to use?

Yes — Discogs is a free media API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Discogs need an API key?

No — Discogs needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Discogs from the browser?

Yes — Discogs returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Discogs up right now?

Discogs is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.