music
MusicBrainz
An open music encyclopedia that assigns canonical identifiers (MBIDs) to artists and releases. Its web-service API is keyless, rate-limited to one request per second, and our search queries it directly. The go-to source for clean, structured music metadata.
Video / audio / music API
Why it’s useful & how it works
Niche/link-catalogue tier (see product-concept): surfaced as a described link to its search form. Probe verdict recorded for liveness.
API access
https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/ (keyless; 1 req/s + UA)
Access
Programmatic API access (a key may be required — see the API tag).