GET /album/info · SYNK Radio API

GET/album/info

Returns full metadata for an album. Pass an album ID or a search query. Gets you the release info, label, genres, contributors, and a full tracklist summary in one go.

Rate limit

60 req/min

Caching

Cached in the internal database per album for 1 hour.

Authentication

Send a User-Agent header containing a contact email. See authentication.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	string	optional	Upstream album ID. Faster than a search if you have got it.
query	string	optional	Album name to search for. Include the artist name for better results, e.g. random access memories daft punk.

Request

curl 'https://api.synkradio.co.uk/album/info' \
  -H 'User-Agent: [email protected]'

Try it

GETTry it

Sends a real request

id · stringquery · stringUser-Agent · header

https://api.synkradio.co.uk/album/info?query=daft%20punk

Response

200 application/json

{
  "id": 11195631,
  "title": "Random Access Memories",
  "artist": {
    "id": 27,
    "name": "Daft Punk"
  },
  "cover": "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/cover?artist=Daft+Punk&title=Random+Access+Memories",
  "releaseDate": "2013-05-17",
  "recordType": "album",
  "trackCount": 13,
  "duration": 4147,
  "label": "Columbia",
  "upc": "88883716861",
  "explicit": false,
  "genres": [
    "Dance",
    "Electro"
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "id": 27,
      "name": "Daft Punk",
      "role": "Main"
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "id": 67238734,
      "title": "Give Life Back to Music",
      "durationMs": 274000,
      "explicit": false,
      "trackNumber": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 116706671,
      "title": "Get Lucky",
      "durationMs": 369000,
      "explicit": false,
      "trackNumber": 8
    }
  ]
}

Response schema

Field	Type	Example	Description
id	number	11195631	Provider identifier for the resource.
title	string	"Random Access Memories"	Display title of the resource.
artist	object	2 fields	Primary artist, either as a string or nested object.
cover	string	"https://api.synkradio.co.uk/cover?artist…"	Public URL of the cover art.
releaseDate	string	"2013-05-17"	Release date in YYYY-MM-DD form.
recordType	string	"album"	One of album, single, ep, compilation.
trackCount	number	13	Number of tracks on the release.
duration	number	4147	Duration in seconds.
label	string	"Columbia"	Record label name.
upc	string	"88883716861"	Universal Product Code.
explicit	boolean	false	True if the track is marked explicit.
genres	array<string>	2 items	Array of genre tags.
contributors	array<object>	1 item	List of contributing artists with roles.
tracks	array<object>	2 items	Tracklist for the release.

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