# \#webservice **URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/tag/webservice/30.md [Latest](https://community.metabrainz.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.metabrainz.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.metabrainz.org/tags.md) --- ## [No Response from Server](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/no-response-from-server/809283)
**Author:** [@Anakor](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Anakor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/no-response-from-server/809283 "2025-10-12T19:46:22Z")
I’m trying to get a project working, which uses this client for communication: https://github.com/aesy/musicbrainz-api-client I’ve managed to compile the client into Jar’s using eclipse and maven import io.aesy.musicb… --- ## [How to get "balance engineer" from API?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-balance-engineer-from-api/775799)
**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-balance-engineer-from-api/775799 "2025-07-24T17:12:46Z")
I would like to collect this relationship type: “balance engineer”: for example from this release. My API call includes: artists+recordings+recording-rels+recording-level-rels+area-rels+place-rels+artist-rels+work-… --- ## [Does Picard Query Acoustid.org submission\_status?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/does-picard-query-acoustid-org-submission-status/726803)
**Author:** [@shenleihenlei](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/shenleihenlei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/does-picard-query-acoustid-org-submission-status/726803 "2025-02-18T17:33:57Z")
Does Picard check acoustid web service /submission\_status after submitting a fingerprint? Does it cache submissions and check at future start-ups? If not… in cases where there’s a significant processing delay at acoust… --- ## [Where to Report Web Service Delays?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-to-report-web-service-delays/726800)
**Author:** [@shenleihenlei](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/shenleihenlei)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-to-report-web-service-delays/726800 "2024-11-28T22:07:42Z")
Hello, New to the ecosystem. Is this (forum) the appropriate place to report delays with the acoustid.org web service? I know there’s this statistics page, but I didn’t see any place to submit issues or service outages. … --- ## [Related releases of related recordings via API in one step?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/related-releases-of-related-recordings-via-api-in-one-step/717525)
**Author:** [@jessefischer](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jessefischer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/related-releases-of-related-recordings-via-api-in-one-step/717525 "2024-10-04T17:45:18Z")
Hi all! First time poster and user of the MusicBrainz API. I’m building a little sample visualizer tool using the MB API and running up against a problem. I want to look up a given recording, find out all the recordings … --- ## [Aggregating simple metadata about a group](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/aggregating-simple-metadata-about-a-group/707128)
**Author:** [@samosaara](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/samosaara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/aggregating-simple-metadata-about-a-group/707128 "2024-08-02T09:13:37Z")
Hey people! Was trying to get some “aggregate” data on artist, because Im making a guess game on artists using the API, more specifically number of member of a group and “gender” of a group (all male, all female, mixed) … --- ## [API - Artist begin area](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-artist-begin-area/705390)
**Author:** [@MMMDI](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/MMMDI)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-artist-begin-area/705390 "2024-07-20T01:01:36Z")
Is it possible to get an artist’s begin / end area through the API? Example, Nirvana: https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da Returns: (begin-area id=“a640b45c-c173-49b1-8030-973603e8… --- ## [API query - get MBID from Spotify song ID](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-query-get-mbid-from-spotify-song-id/700125)
**Author:** [@kenaddams42](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/kenaddams42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-query-get-mbid-from-spotify-song-id/700125 "2024-06-14T12:44:55Z")
Hi all ! I am looking on how to get some artists details, from a Spotify track ID. I’ve already managed to get the Artist’s MBID from a Spotify URL though the following request : https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/url/?query… --- ## [MusicBrainz web service package for Go](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-web-service-package-for-go/695108)
**Author:** [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-web-service-package-for-go/695108 "2024-05-12T09:04:19Z")
As part of some side project using Go I implemented the musicbrainzws2 package. It wraps the MusicBrainz web service and search API into a Go friendly interface. I think it is currently the most complete MB API wrapper f… --- ## [How to get JSON that has all the data of a UI search](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-json-that-has-all-the-data-of-a-ui-search/660306)
**Author:** [@alanglasser](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/alanglasser)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-json-that-has-all-the-data-of-a-ui-search/660306 "2023-10-16T22:50:06Z")
Getting Release “Guitar Greatest Hits” by Julian Bream - MusicBrainz on a browser displays a lot of data. Doing a curl of https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/dac4b0ba-7e76-4759-8b10-8435428bc540 returns quite a small a… --- ## [Fetch multiple release groups in a single request?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fetch-multiple-release-groups-in-a-single-request/610310)
**Author:** [@chancey](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chancey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fetch-multiple-release-groups-in-a-single-request/610310 "2022-11-21T10:48:01Z")
Is it possible to fetch multiple release groups from the API without making lots of individual calls? Otherwise, I would have to make thousands of calls and do that slowly as to no exceed the rate limit. --- ## [\[API\] Is there a way to retrieve the band's members who played/composed an album?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-is-there-a-way-to-retrieve-the-bands-members-who-played-composed-an-album/610272)
**Author:** [@chrisvoo](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chrisvoo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-is-there-a-way-to-retrieve-the-bands-members-who-played-composed-an-album/610272 "2022-11-20T13:16:03Z")
I’m trying to identify if and how is possible to retrieve the artists’ entities related to a particular album (or track, if I don’t need that precision). For example, given “A Kind of Magic” album, I’d like to be able t… --- ## [Getting dates of recordings, releases, release groups from DB dumps](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/getting-dates-of-recordings-releases-release-groups-from-db-dumps/570195)
**Author:** [@oren.shoham](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/oren.shoham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/getting-dates-of-recordings-releases-release-groups-from-db-dumps/570195 "2022-04-03T12:17:58Z")
Hi, I download the MB data dumps and deployed on a Postgres DB, and I’m trying to reverse-engineer my way through. I’m trying to find the first release of a work, e.g. Song “Sultans of Swing” - MusicBrainz. I can see … --- ## [Query other user ratings](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/query-other-user-ratings/540777)
**Author:** [@tr1976](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tr1976)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/query-other-user-ratings/540777 "2022-03-31T20:33:54Z")
Is there a way (or could there be) of getting all of either your ratings, or another users ratings if they are public? As far as I can tell you can only get your own ratings and for each artist / release / track, but I … --- ## [Query to return vocals](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/query-to-return-vocals/565523)
**Author:** [@nadl40](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nadl40)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/query-to-return-vocals/565523 "2022-01-23T15:32:32Z")
Hi, I’m working on a script and need to return mbid for vocals. There is a search entity for instruments, for example: https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/instrument/?query=soprano&limit=1 but this returns the closes instrum… --- ## [Should I use type or type-id?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/should-i-use-type-or-type-id/566565)
**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/should-i-use-type-or-type-id/566565 "2022-01-05T10:08:49Z")
Hello, For a user script, I need to browse the JSON response of various /ws/2/ web services (API?). I want to see if there is this or that relationship type on my entity. For example, if I want to see if my release gr… --- ## [Javascript fetch - how to get data from the Promise object](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/javascript-fetch-how-to-get-data-from-the-promise-object/553079)
**Author:** [@nadl40](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nadl40)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/javascript-fetch-how-to-get-data-from-the-promise-object/553079 "2021-10-01T15:05:41Z")
in javascript I’m fetching a search against MB artist but have a challenge to get the required data out of the object. I’ve found some examples in the discourse but they all print to the log when I would like to assign t… --- ## [Sitemap on musicbrainz not updated since 2016-11-29](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/sitemap-on-musicbrainz-not-updated-since-2016-11-29/414083)
**Author:** [@l984a](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/l984a)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/sitemap-on-musicbrainz-not-updated-since-2016-11-29/414083 "2021-07-26T06:55:55Z")
Hi! I noticed that sitemap for musicbrainz.org hasn’t been updated since 2016-11-29. This means that many (probably all) pages for new artists, new releases etc created since this datum cannot and have not been index… --- ## [MusicBrainz Search API - HTTP 400 Bad Request](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-search-api-http-400-bad-request/516482)
**Author:** [@SagnikGanguly](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/SagnikGanguly)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-search-api-http-400-bad-request/516482 "2021-03-07T21:24:24Z")
Hi, I’m Sagnik Ganguly! I’m creating an Android application which is a music player and I’m trying to fetch the images of the artists from MusicBrainz but to get the the images I’ve to find the MBID of the artist first a… --- ## [Where are the track names?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-are-the-track-names/533731)
**Author:** [@mgchristensen](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/mgchristensen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-are-the-track-names/533731 "2021-05-17T13:51:58Z")
I have been through the documentation several times and I just cannot find how to query the database and get the human-readable track names; i.e. for the album 90125, to get “Owner of a Lonely Heart” for the first track.… --- ## [How to get lyricist and composer by API?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-lyricist-and-composer-by-api/511673)
**Author:** [@Acccept](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Acccept)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-lyricist-and-composer-by-api/511673 "2021-01-06T22:25:00Z")
Hi, first I wish a Happy New Year to everyone. Let’s hope 2021 will be much better than 2020. I use MP3Tag for tagging my music archive and I also want to tag composer and lyricist. Til now I do this manually, but thes… --- ## [How to search releases with dots in the name, like "S.H.I.E.L.D."\`?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-search-releases-with-dots-in-the-name-like-s-h-i-e-l-d/500643)
**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-search-releases-with-dots-in-the-name-like-s-h-i-e-l-d/500643 "2020-10-25T20:03:04Z")
I’m trying to find a release called “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Original Soundtrack Album” from Bear McCreary with a webservice call. My attempt: https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/?query=release:%22Marvel%27s+… --- ## [How to get/search cover image of track?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-search-cover-image-of-track/337917)
**Author:** [@dev.m](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/dev.m)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-get-search-cover-image-of-track/337917 "2020-07-13T15:02:39Z")
Hi, I want to get the cover image of track. How can i do that? Can anybody give an example? Thanks --- ## [Search api is unable / I am unable to find this recording when using alias/artistcredit](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-api-is-unable-i-am-unable-to-find-this-recording-when-using-alias-artistcredit/480411)
**Author:** [@nicholasbird](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nicholasbird)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-api-is-unable-i-am-unable-to-find-this-recording-when-using-alias-artistcredit/480411 "2020-07-12T16:55:20Z")
I am unable to find this recording by name and artist “Bobby Martell” https://musicbrainz.org/recording/1ff5642e-eeed-41da-b71c-6e79b2a1fadc i have tried https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording?query="One%20Cup%20of%20… --- ## [Returning all Artist-Credits and Artist Aliases for an artist name](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/returning-all-artist-credits-and-artist-aliases-for-an-artist-name/480333)
**Author:** [@nicholasbird](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nicholasbird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/returning-all-artist-credits-and-artist-aliases-for-an-artist-name/480333 "2020-06-05T18:45:25Z")
I am writing an application to find musicbrainz artist id from artist string \[and track name\]. To give myself the best opportunity i want to seek an exact match against any of artist credit and artist alias as well as a… --- ## [Filtering by album does not seem to work](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/filtering-by-album-does-not-seem-to-work/480144)
**Author:** [@aphidlox](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aphidlox)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/filtering-by-album-does-not-seem-to-work/480144 "2020-06-04T15:53:30Z")
Hi folks, Newbie here, so please be kind. :slight\_smile: I can’t seem to get type=album to filter a release-group by album. Here’s an example: http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group?artist=65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-9… --- ## [Search API can not find this recording](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-api-can-not-find-this-recording/479535)
**Author:** [@nicholasbird](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nicholasbird)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-api-can-not-find-this-recording/479535 "2020-05-31T20:13:41Z")
I am trying to find this recording using the api https://musicbrainz.org/recording/4de1d1b5-1546-4ff7-ba8f-d8b70c947a13 using track title and one of the artists on the track “#1 dads” i am using an artist and title on… --- ## [Looking for API Call providing writer, composer, cover recording details](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/looking-for-api-call-providing-writer-composer-cover-recording-details/478652)
**Author:** [@totokropp](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/totokropp)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/looking-for-api-call-providing-writer-composer-cover-recording-details/478652 "2020-05-26T13:23:36Z")
Hello I’m lookin to find detailed information of a release, e.g. writer/composer, cover recording e.g. for the song “Love in vain”, composer etc in, e.g. here the below link. \[Release “Let It Bleed” by The Rolling Ston… --- ## [Error 400 bad request](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/error-400-bad-request/462442)
**Author:** [@bikermike](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/bikermike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/error-400-bad-request/462442 "2020-02-08T16:37:13Z")
Update - As it turns out this was a DA ID10T error. Thank you for the reads and responses I have a home grown cd database that has worked very well using Freedb.org for accessing CD info. With Freedb closing down I wa… --- ## [Recording Relationships](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/recording-relationships/460918)
**Author:** [@nadl40](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nadl40)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/recording-relationships/460918 "2020-01-29T15:30:17Z")
Hi, I can see on the recording page the relationships that I need: recording But when I query with ws and include recording-rels, I don’t get them all https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording/73008554-ec01-48d7-96fc-e76… [Next page](https://community.metabrainz.org/tag/webservice/30.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=webservice)