Apple Music Artist API
Scrape Apple Music Artist data with one API call. Returns artist metadata: id, name, artwork, and the Apple Music artist URL. Pass either `id` or `url`.
Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns an Apple Music artist's details: id, name, artwork, and the artist URL.
Use it when you have an artist id or URL and want the artist itself rather than one of their tracks or albums.
Searching 49 platforms in parallel
TikTok·
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Threads·
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The Artist endpoint gives you structured Apple Music data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/apple_music/artist"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/apple_music/artist",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/apple_music/artist",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | No | Apple Music artist ID. |
| url | No | Apple Music artist URL. |
What does the Apple Music Artist API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/profile",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "6917704832925746181",
"username": "duolingo",
"display_name": "Duolingo",
"avatar_url": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/6b2beff1167b40574fcd2ea2caf1444d~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=f3757781&x-expires=1784674800&x-signature=9OCuBINSoeHVQPclR1XuqeA1j%2FE%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast5",
"bio": "hot owl summer 🔥🦉",
"verified": true,
"followers": 17100000,
"following": 310,
"posts_count": 1129,
"likes_count": 482200000,
"url": null,
"private": false,
"joined_at": null
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": null,
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
},
"_warnings": [
"computed.engagement_rate: author ratio exceeded 1.0 (raw: 28.19883); returned null — a lifetime likes/followers ratio is not a real engagement rate"
]
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req-8Kq2ZmR4vT9xLb3P",
"cached": false
}Example captured from the TikTok API. Every SocialCrawl endpoint returns this same unified schema, so your Apple Music Artist response has the same fields.
How does the Apple Music Artist API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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