MusicBrainz work (composition) search API

Search works (the underlying musical composition/song as written, distinct from any recording) via MusicBrainz (keyless), returning type, languages, ISWCs, attributes, and top tags. Answers 'what is the ISWC of this song','what type of work is this','what language is this composition in','find the work behind this song'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data/music-work

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

musicworkcompositioniswcsongwritingmusicbrainzpublishingmetadata

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data/music-work

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "query": "Yesterday",
  "limit": 5
}

Example response

{
  "query": "Yesterday",
  "total": 1,
  "works": [
    {
      "id": "b1a9c0e9-d987-4042-ae91-78d6a3267d69",
      "title": "Yesterday",
      "type": "Song",
      "languages": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "iswcs": [
        "T-070.139.516-3"
      ],
      "attributes": [],
      "tags": [],
      "disambiguation": null,
      "score": 100,
      "url": "https://musicbrainz.org/work/b1a9c0e9-d987-4042-ae91-78d6a3267d69"
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Yesterday",
        "Bohemian Rhapsody"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 10,
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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