Discogs Music & Marketplace Scraper — Releases, Prices & Community Stats

Search Discogs for vinyl, CD, and digital releases and get back clean structured JSON: artists, labels, year, country, genres, styles, formats, cover art — plus marketplace price and community demand. Filter by genre, style, country, year, and format, or fetch specific release IDs directly. No API key needed (though an optional token speeds up big jobs). Built for record sellers, collectors, and music data teams. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Features

• 💿 Rich release records — title, artists, labels, year, country, genres, styles, formats, catno, and coverImage.
• 💰 Marketplace pricing — includeMarketplace adds lowestPrice and numForSale per release.
• 📈 Community demand — haveCount, wantCount, ratingAvg, and ratingCount reveal collectibility at a glance.
• 🎛️ Powerful filters — narrow searches by genre, style, country, yearFilter, and format.
• 🔀 Four entity types — set searchType to release, master, artist, or label.
• 🎯 Direct ID fetch — pass releaseIds to grab specific pressings without searching.
• ⚡ Optional token — supply a free discogsToken to raise the rate limit and finish large runs faster.

What you get

Each result is one clean JSON record (with marketplace/community stats when enabled).

{
  "query": "radiohead ok computer",
  "id": 249504,
  "type": "release",
  "title": "Radiohead - OK Computer",
  "year": 1997,
  "country": "UK & Europe",
  "genres": ["Rock"],
  "styles": ["Alternative Rock"],
  "formats": ["Vinyl", "LP", "Album"],
  "labels": ["Parlophone"],
  "catno": "NODATA 01",
  "barcode": ["7243 8 55229 1 4"],
  "thumb": "https://i.discogs.com/.../150.jpg",
  "coverImage": "https://i.discogs.com/.../full.jpg",
  "discogsUrl": "https://www.discogs.com/release/249504",
  "resourceUrl": "https://api.discogs.com/releases/249504",
  "released": "1997-06-16",
  "artists": ["Radiohead"],
  "trackCount": 12,
  "haveCount": 42150,
  "wantCount": 18700,
  "ratingAvg": 4.62,
  "ratingCount": 5120,
  "numForSale": 310,
  "lowestPrice": 24.99
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
query	string	The search query that produced this record.
id	integer	Discogs numeric ID for the entity.
type	string	Entity type: release, master, artist or label.
title	string	Entity title, usually "Artist - Title".
year	integer	Release year.
country	string	Country of the pressing.
genres	array	Broad genre labels.
styles	array	More specific style labels.
formats	array	Format descriptors (e.g. Vinyl, LP, Album).
labels	array	Record labels associated with the release.
catno	string	Catalog number.
barcode	array	Barcode(s) printed on the release.
thumb	string (URL)	Thumbnail cover image URL.
coverImage	string (URL)	Full-size cover image URL.
discogsUrl	string (URL)	Public Discogs page for the entity.
resourceUrl	string (URL)	Discogs API resource URL for the entity.
released	string	Full release date when available.
artists	array	Artist name(s) on the release.
trackCount	integer	Number of tracks on the release.
haveCount	integer	How many collectors have this in their collection.
wantCount	integer	How many collectors want this release.
ratingAvg	number	Average community rating (0–5).
ratingCount	integer	Number of community ratings.
numForSale	integer	Copies currently listed for sale.
lowestPrice	integer	Lowest marketplace price currently listed.

Input

{
  "searchQueries": ["radiohead ok computer", "miles davis"],
  "searchType": "release",
  "genre": "Rock",
  "format": "Vinyl",
  "includeMarketplace": true,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}

Field	Description
searchQueries	Artist, release, or free-text queries.
searchType	release, master, artist, or label.
genre / style / country / yearFilter / format	Optional search filters.
releaseIds	Fetch specific release IDs directly (skips search).
includeMarketplace	Add price + have/want + rating per release.
maxResultsPerQuery	Max items per query (up to 2000).
discogsToken	Optional token to raise the rate limit.

Use cases

• Price vinyl inventory by pulling lowest price and copies for sale.
• Spot collectible pressings using have/want ratios and ratings.
• Build a music catalog with clean genre, style, and format metadata.
• Research an artist's or label's discography across pressings.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: you're billed a small amount per run and per item scraped — you only pay for what you get. See the Pricing tab for current rates.

FAQ

Do I need a Discogs account or API key? No API key is required — the Actor runs over Discogs' public API out of the box. You can optionally supply a free discogsToken to raise the rate limit and finish large runs faster.

How many releases can I get per run? Set maxResultsPerQuery up to 2,000 per query, with pagination handled automatically. Pass multiple queries in searchQueries to scale further.

Can I download music or audio? No. This Actor reads only public catalog, marketplace and community data — release metadata, prices and have/want stats. It does not download any audio.

What's the output format? Each result is one clean JSON record, with marketplace and community stats included when includeMarketplace is on. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Can I filter by genre, format, country or year? Yes. Narrow searches with genre, style, country, yearFilter and format, or skip search entirely by passing specific releaseIds.

Can I connect this Actor to other apps? The Discogs Music & Marketplace Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JavaScript/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Related Actors

Building a music dataset? Pair this with our other music and media scrapers:

• Spotify Scraper — tracks, artists, albums and playlists with no login or API key.
• SoundCloud Scraper — tracks, artists and playlists with play counts, likes and followers.
• Deezer Scraper — tracks, artists, albums, playlists and global top charts with ISRCs.
• Apple Podcasts Scraper — podcast shows and episodes with RSS feeds and artwork.

Notes

This Actor uses Discogs' public API and reads only public catalog, marketplace, and community data. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Discogs (Zink Media, LLC).