Music artist search (iTunes) API

Search music artists via the keyless Apple iTunes Search API, normalized to name, primary genre, type, store URL, and iTunes artist id. Emulates artist directory lookups without an API key. Answers 'find the artist Radiohead','what genre is an artist','get an artist's iTunes id','look up a band'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data/media-artist-search

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

mediamusicartistbandmusicianitunesdirectoryentertainment

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data/media-artist-search

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "query": "Radiohead",
  "limit": 3
}

Example response

{
  "query": "Radiohead",
  "count": 1,
  "artists": [
    {
      "name": "Radiohead",
      "genre": "Alternative",
      "type": "artist",
      "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/radiohead/id657515",
      "artistId": 657515
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Radiohead",
        "Taylor Swift"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 15,
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}