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Discogs Marketplace API

Marketplace listings, orders, fees, price suggestions, and release stats.

Discogs Marketplace API is one of 8 APIs that Discogs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 14 operations across 10 paths, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.1, at version v2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.discogs.com.

14 operations 10 paths 19 schemas 1 DELETE9 GET4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.1
API Version
v2.0
Base URL
https://api.discogs.com
Authentication
API Key, API Key, OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Discogs Marketplace API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (DiscogsToken). An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (DiscogsKeySecret). It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth1) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • DiscogsToken — Discogs personal access token in header: 'Discogs token={token}'.
  • DiscogsKeySecret — Discogs consumer key + secret in header: 'Discogs key={key}, secret={secret}'.
  • OAuth1 — OAuth 1.0a flow modeled as OAuth2 for tooling. Required for write actions on behalf of other users.

Paths & Operations 14

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 1 DELETE, 9 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Marketplace 14

Marketplace listings, orders, fees, price suggestions, and release stats.

GET
/marketplace/fee/{price}
Discogs Get Marketplace Fee
getMarketplaceFee 1 param → 200
GET
/marketplace/fee/{price}/{currency}
Discogs Get Marketplace Fee with Currency
getMarketplaceFeeWithCurrency 2 params → 200
POST
/marketplace/listings
Discogs Create a New Listing
createListing body → 201401403
GET
/marketplace/listings/{listing_id}
Discogs Get a Listing
getListing 2 params → 200404
POST
/marketplace/listings/{listing_id}
Discogs Edit a Listing
editListing 1 param body → 204401403404
DELETE
/marketplace/listings/{listing_id}
Discogs Delete a Listing
deleteListing 1 param → 204401403404
GET
/marketplace/orders
Discogs List Orders
listOrders 8 params → 200401
GET
/marketplace/orders/{order_id}
Discogs Get Order
getOrder 1 param → 200
POST
/marketplace/orders/{order_id}
Discogs Update Order
updateOrder 1 param body → 200
GET
/marketplace/orders/{order_id}/messages
Discogs List Order Messages
listOrderMessages 1 param → 200
POST
/marketplace/orders/{order_id}/messages
Discogs Add Order Message
addOrderMessage 1 param body → 201
GET
/marketplace/price_suggestions/{release_id}
Discogs Get Price Suggestions
getPriceSuggestions 1 param → 200
GET
/releases/{release_id}/stats
Discogs Get Release Marketplace Stats
getReleaseStats 1 param → 200
GET
/users/{username}/inventory
Discogs Get User Inventory
getUserInventory 6 params → 200401404

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Listing (18 properties), Order (17 properties), ListingNew (11 properties), ListingRelease (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Listing
object
A Marketplace listing.
18 properties
ListingUpdate
object
Data for updating a listing.
ListingNew
object
Data for creating a new listing.
11 properties 4 required
Fee
object
Calculated Discogs marketplace fee for a transaction.
2 properties
OrdersResponse
object
Paginated marketplace orders for the authenticated seller.
2 properties
Pagination
object
Details for paginated results.
5 properties
PriceSuggestion
object
Suggested marketplace price for a release at a given media condition.
2 properties
MediaCondition
string
Order
object
A marketplace order.
17 properties
UserSummary
object
3 properties
OrderMessagesResponse
object
2 properties
ListingRelease
object
Summary of a release within a listing.
9 properties
SleeveCondition
string
Currency
string
PriceSuggestionsResponse
object
Suggested prices for a release across all standard media conditions.
ReleaseStats
object
Marketplace statistics for a release.
3 properties
Error
object
1 property
OrderMessage
object
A message attached to a marketplace order.
7 properties
Price
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

discogs-marketplace-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Discogs publishes across the network.

Discogs Database API
Discogs Image API
Discogs Inventory Management API
Discogs User Collection API
Discogs User Identity API
Discogs User Lists API
Discogs User Wantlist API
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