AudD

API

Music recognition API that names the song in an audio clip, file or live stream

Price: 300 free requests, then pay per use
Access: API token (api_token field)

About

Identifies songs from audio or video files, URLs and live streams against about 160 million tracks, returning artist, title, ISRC, UPC and Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer links. The standard endpoint takes clips up to 10 MB; an enterprise endpoint scans long files. Official SDKs in 11 languages.

What you can do with it

Identify the song playing in a short recording, like a Shazam-style feature
Detect copyrighted music in user uploads and list every track with timestamps
Monitor a radio, Twitch or YouTube live stream and get a webhook per song

Get started

Get an API token at dashboard.audd.io (300 free requests)
POST a file or URL to api.audd.io with your api_token
Use enterprise.audd.io with a limit set for long files and videos

Example

curl https://api.audd.io/ \
  -F url='https://audd.tech/example.mp3' \
  -F return='apple_music,spotify' \
  -F api_token="$AUDD_API_TOKEN"

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Rust, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, C#, Java
MCP server: Remote