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ACRCloud Metadata API

Look up enriched third-party music metadata.

ACRCloud Metadata API is one of 6 APIs that ACRCloud publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com, https://api-v2.acrcloud.com, https://eu-api-v2.acrcloud.com.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

ACRCloud Metadata API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as signature (acrSignature). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).

  • acrSignature — HMAC-SHA1 request signing for the Identification API. The client sends accesskey, timestamp, signatureversion=1, datatype, and a Base64 signature. The signatur…
  • bearerAuth — Console API access token created in the ACRCloud console developer settings and sent as "Authorization: Bearer {token}".

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata 1

Look up enriched third-party music metadata.

GET
/api/external-metadata/tracks
Look up enriched track metadata.
getExternalMetadataTracks 7 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is MetadataTrack (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MetadataTrack
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

acrcloud-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ACRCloud publishes across the network.

ACRCloud Audio Files API
ACRCloud Broadcast Monitoring API
ACRCloud Buckets API
ACRCloud File Scanning API
ACRCloud Identification API