Discogs User Identity API
Authenticated user identity, profile, submissions, and contributions.
Discogs User Identity API is one of 8 APIs that Discogs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include User Identity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 12 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
Discogs User Identity 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 5
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 4 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Authenticated user identity, profile, submissions, and contributions.
Schemas 12
The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Profile (30 properties), ReleaseSummary (11 properties), ArtistSummary (7 properties), ProfileUpdate (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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