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Discogs

Search releases, artists and labels

🎬 MediaDEADchecked 10h ago
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Discogs database API for music collectors. Search and lookup endpoints are keyless at low volume; set a descriptive User-Agent per their developer policy.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 0 · dead
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Uptime history
8.8%90 days
0.0%30 days
329P50 · ms
459P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 219 ms, slowest 459 ms, most recent 219 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
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())

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Endpoints · 3DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /database/search?q=nirvana&type=release no longer responds reliably
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

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

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?

Not directly — Discogs doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Discogs up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Discogs is dead with 8.8% uptime over 90 days and a 329 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.