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TheAudioDB

Artist, album and track metadata with artwork

🎬 MediaUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

TheAudioDB is a community music-metadata database with the free test key `2` in the path. Search artists, list albums and tracks, and pull banners, logos and biographies. Sister site to TheSportsDB and TheMealDB.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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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://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/2/search.php?s=coldplay

{
  "artists": [
    {
      "idArtist": "111239",
      "strArtist": "Coldplay",
      "strArtistStripped": null,
      "strArtistAlternate": "",
      "strLabel": "Parlophone",
      "idLabel": "45114",
      "intFormedYear": "1996",
      "intBornYear": "1996"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/2/search.php?s=coldplay"
const res = await fetch("https://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/2/search.php?s=coldplay");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.theaudiodb.com/api/v1/json/2/search.php?s=coldplay")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /search.php?s=coldplay awaits first probe
GET/search.php?s=coldplayPROBED

Artist, album and track metadata with artwork

GET/search.php?limit=5

Search Php — documented GET route.

GET/search.php?page=1

Search Php — documented GET route.

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.

TheAudioDB: common questions

Is TheAudioDB free to use?

Yes — TheAudioDB 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 TheAudioDB need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call TheAudioDB from the browser?

Yes — TheAudioDB 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 TheAudioDB up right now?

TheAudioDB 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.