Amazon Music Web API

Web API Albums V1.0

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Albums

Retrieve albums and related meta-data from the Amazon Music catalog.

Get Album
Get Multiple Albums
Get Current User's Library Albums
Add Album to Current User's Library
Delete Album From Current User's Library

Get Album

GET

/albums/{id}/

Authorization Scope: [music::catalog]

Get the Amazon Music catalog meta-data for a single album by album ID. The meta-data includes the album name, artist, cover art, track-listing, label and more.

Path Parameters

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
id	string	No	The Amazon Catalog ID of the album to be retrieved.

Example

curl --request GET <base url>/v1/albums/B08XK843KK  
--header 'x-api-key: <your security profile ID>' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your auth token>'

Responses

Amazon Music response object containing:

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
album	album	No	An object representing the meta-data for the requested album

Example

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{
  "data": {
    "album": {
      "id": "B0064UPU4G",
      "globalAsin": "B0064UPU4G",
      "title": "Discovery",
      "shortTitle": "Discovery",
      "duration": 3660,
      "url": "https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0064UPU4G",
      "releaseDate": "2001-03-07T05:00:00.000Z",
      "availableMarkets": [
        {
          "id": "US",
          "name": "United States"
        },
		...
      ],
      "artists": [
        {
          "id": "B000S9ULT8",
          "name": "Daft Punk",
          "url": "https://music.amazon.com/artists/"
        }
      ],
      "eligibility": {
        "isDownloadable": true,
        "isPurchaseable": true,
        "isPreviewable": true,
        "isPrimeEligible": false
      },
      "parentalSettings": {
        "isKidFriendly": false,
        "hasExplicitLanguage": false
      },
      "tracks": [
        {
          "id": "B0064UPUDC",
          "title": "One More Time",
          "url": "https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0064UPU4G"
        },
        ...
      ],
      "trackCount": 14,
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 1800,
          "width": 1800,
          "url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71bsHTr6idL.jpg"
        },
        ...
      ],
      "label": "Daft Life Ltd./ADA France"
    }
  }
}

Get Multiple Albums

GET

/albums

Authorization Scope: [music::catalog]

Get the Amazon Music catalog meta-data for multiple albums identified by comma-separated catalog IDs. The meta-data includes the album name, artist, cover art, track-listing, label and more.

Query Parameters

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
ids	string	Yes	A comma-separated list of the IDs of the albums to be retrieved. There is a maximum limit of 100 IDs.

Example

curl --request GET <base url>/v1/albums?ids=B08XK843KK,B08XJQM7YV 
--header 'x-api-key: <your security profile ID>' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your auth token>'

Responses

Amazon Music response object containing:

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
albums	Album[]	No	An array of Album objects

Example

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{
  "data": {
    "albums": [
      {
        "id": "B0064UPU4G",
        "globalAsin": "B0064UPU4G",
        "title": "Discovery",
        "duration": 3660,
        "url": "https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0064UPU4G",
        "releaseDate": "2001-03-07T05:00:00.000Z",
        ...
      },
      {
        "id": "B00D3PLC1K",
        "globalAsin": "B00D3PLC1K",
        "title": "Around the world",
        "duration": 3660,
        "url": "https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0064UPU4G",
        "releaseDate": "1997-04-11T05:00:00.000Z",
        ...
      }
    ]
  }
}

Get Current User's Library Albums

GET

/me/library/albums

Authorization Scope: [music::library::read]

Get a list of library albums for the current Amazon Music user. Flags on each album in the user's library indicates whether they were purchased from Amazon Music, or uploaded by the user. Optional pagination parameters can be used to limit the number of albums returned.

Learn more about pagination.

Query Parameters

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
albumIds	string	Yes	A comma-separated list of album IDs. This method will check the user’s Like status against the specified tracks (if provided).
limit	number	No	The maximum number of albums to return (default: 100). Minimum of 1, maximum of 100.
cursor	string	No	The cursor/token for the page to continue pagination results from.

Example

curl --request GET <base url>/v1/me/library/albums?limit=20
--header 'x-api-key: <your security profile ID>' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your auth token>'

Responses

Amazon Music response object containing:

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
libraryAlbums	Response Collection	No	A collection of objects representing a list of albums and their uploaded or purchased status

Example

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{
  "data": {
    "user": {
      "id": "6ozjgidgbvjdv3j6dd5jm7ipom",
      "libraryAlbums": {
        "pageInfo": {
          "hasNextPage": false
        },
        "edgeCount": 2,
        "edges": [
          {
            "purchased": false,
            "uploaded": false,
            "node": {
              "id": "B07B62ZK5S"
            },
            "objectId": "15e6a15f-4c2f-4b24-a2fd-286b37ad4fa3"
          },
          {
            "purchased": false,
            "uploaded": false,
            "node": {
              "id": "B06VWVWDDH"
            },
            "objectId": "15e6a15f-4c2f-4b24-a2fd-286b37ad4fa3"
          },
		  ...
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Add Album to Current User's Library

PUT

/me/library/albums/{id}

Authorization Scope: [music::library]

Save a specified album to the current Amazon Music user’s library.

Path Parameters

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	The Amazon Music catalog ID of the album to save.

Example

curl --request PUT <base url>/v1/me/library/albums/B0101GQZGA
--header 'x-api-key: <your security profile ID>' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your auth token>'

Responses

Amazon Music response object containing:

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
saveAlbum	Response	No	a saveAlbum object containg the Album information and the saveState of the album

Example

{
  "data": {
    "saveAlbum": {
      "album": {
        "id": "B091MTJT3P",
        "title": "All Rebel Rockers",
        "url": "https://music.amazon.com/albums/B091MTJT3P"
      },
      "saveState": "SAVED"
    }
  }
}

Delete Album From Current User's Library

DELETE

/me/library/albums/{id}

Authorization Scope: [music::library]

Remove a specified album from the current Amazon Music user’s library.

Path Parameters

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	The Amazon Music catalog ID of the album to remove.

Example

curl --request DELETE <base url>/v1/me/library/albums?B0101GQZGA
--header 'x-api-key: <your security profile ID>' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your auth token>'

Responses

Amazon Music response object containing:

Name	Data Type	Required	Description
removeAlbum	Response	No

Example

{
  "data": {
    "removeAlbum": {
      "album": {
        "id": "B091MTJT3P",
        "title": "All Rebel Rockers",
        "url": "https://music.amazon.com/albums/B091MTJT3P"
      },
      "saveState": "REMOVED"
    }
  }
}