Discogs Vinyl & Music Release Scraper
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Discogs Vinyl & Music Release Scraper
Scrape Discogs for vinyl records, CDs, and music releases. Search by artist, album, label, or genre. Get pricing, tracklists, formats, and marketplace data.
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from $2.00 / 1,000 results
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Scrape Discogs for vinyl records, CDs, and music releases using Discogs' public API. Perfect for collectors, dealers, and music researchers.
What it scrapes
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
title | Release title (Artist - Album format) |
year | Release year |
country | Country of release |
label | Record label(s) |
format | Physical format (LP, 12", CD, etc.) |
genre | Genre tags |
style | Style tags (sub-genres) |
catno | Catalogue number |
community.want | How many users want this |
community.have | How many users own this |
coverImage | Album artwork URL |
url | Direct Discogs page URL |
numForSale | Listings for sale (optional) |
lowestPrice | Lowest marketplace price (optional) |
Example input
{"searchQueries": ["Pink Floyd", "Miles Davis Kind of Blue"],"type": "release","format": "Vinyl","maxResultsPerQuery": 200,"includeMarketplaceStats": true}
Example output
{"id": 4159689,"type": "release","title": "Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon","year": "1973","country": "UK","label": ["Harvest"],"format": ["Vinyl", "LP", "Album", "Gatefold"],"genre": ["Rock"],"style": ["Psychedelic Rock", "Prog Rock"],"catno": "SHVL 804","community": { "want": 45821, "have": 112034 },"coverImage": "https://i.discogs.com/...","url": "https://www.discogs.com/release/4159689","numForSale": 312,"lowestPrice": 12.50,"lowestPriceCurrency": "USD","scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"}
Use cases
- Collector research — find all pressings of a specific album
- Price tracking — monitor marketplace prices for rare records
- Dealer inventory — bulk research catalogue numbers and values
- Want list building — export community want/have counts for demand analysis
- Music research — build datasets of releases by genre, label, or era
Result types
- release — A specific pressing (most detailed, recommended)
- master — The canonical release grouping all pressings
- artist — Artist profiles
- label — Record label pages
Notes
- Uses Discogs' free public API — no authentication required
- Rate limits: ~25 requests/minute — the scraper handles this automatically
includeMarketplaceStatsfetches an extra API call per result — use sparingly on large runs- For best results, combine
format: "Vinyl"with a genre filter