Shazam Search Scraper

Search for songs and artists by keyword. Each row is one track from the results, with artwork, artist and album names, playable links when available, and a timestamp when the row was collected.

Key Features

• Required keyword (term): search by song title, artist, or other text
• Collect up to your chosen maximum number of tracks; continues with offset paging until that limit or until there are no more results
• Each row has id, type (e.g. songs), and attributes with rich metadata: name (track title), artistName, albumName, url (often Apple Music), durationInMillis, trackNumber, discNumber, releaseDate, isrc
• artwork: cover URL template ({w}x{h} placeholders), colors, dimensions
• previews: short audio preview URLs when available
• genreNames, composerName, audioLocale, audioTraits; flags such as hasLyrics, hasTimeSyncedLyrics, isAppleDigitalMaster, isMasteredForItunes
• playParams (id, kind) for playback context
• Optional locale (e.g. en-US) to influence regional results
• Each record includes scrapedAt (ISO 8601) when the row was written

Why Use It?

• Practical: Turn a search phrase into a structured list of tracks
• Structured: JSON rows suitable for playlists, research, or catalog tools
• Steady: Stops at your cap or when the feed ends

Great For

• Building playlists from a search
• Music discovery and metadata lookups
• Comparing artist or title matches across locales

Input Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
term	Yes	Search keyword (song, artist, etc.).
maxResults	No	Maximum tracks to collect (default: 20).
locale	No	Locale for results (e.g. en-US).

Output

Each dataset row is one track: the service payload plus scrapedAt appended by the actor. Most display fields sit under attributes.

Area	Field	Description
Root	id	Catalog id for the song.
Root	type	Resource kind (e.g. songs).
Root	scrapedAt	When this row was collected (ISO 8601).
attributes	name	Track title.
attributes	artistName	Artist.
attributes	albumName	Album.
attributes	url	Link to the track (often Apple Music).
attributes	durationInMillis	Length in milliseconds.
attributes	trackNumber / discNumber	Position on the album.
attributes	releaseDate	Release date string.
attributes	isrc	ISRC when present.
attributes	genreNames	Array of genre labels.
attributes	composerName	Composers when listed.
attributes	artwork	Cover art: url (template with {w}x{h}), colors, width / height.
attributes	previews	Array of { url } short preview audio.
attributes	playParams	{ id, kind } for playback.
attributes	audioLocale / audioTraits	Locale and quality traits.
attributes	hasLyrics, hasTimeSyncedLyrics, etc.	Boolean flags when provided.

Some tracks may omit optional fields; nested objects follow the catalog response.

Sample record

{
  "id": "1122782283",
  "type": "songs",
  "attributes": {
    "albumName": "Parachutes",
    "artistName": "Coldplay",
    "artwork": {
      "bgColor": "000000",
      "hasP3": false,
      "height": 1425,
      "textColor1": "f09e17",
      "textColor2": "e4740c",
      "textColor3": "c07e12",
      "textColor4": "b75c0a",
      "url": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music221/v4/f5/93/8c/f5938c49-964c-31d1-4b33-78b634f71fb7/190295978075.jpg/{w}x{h}bb.jpg",
      "width": 1425
    },
    "audioLocale": "en-US",
    "audioTraits": ["hi-res-lossless", "lossless", "lossy-stereo"],
    "composerName": "Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland & Will Champion",
    "discNumber": 1,
    "durationInMillis": 269208,
    "genreNames": ["Alternative", "Music", "Rock", "Adult Alternative", "Pop", "Britpop", "Indie Rock"],
    "hasLyrics": true,
    "hasTimeSyncedLyrics": true,
    "isAppleDigitalMaster": true,
    "isMasteredForItunes": true,
    "isVocalAttenuationAllowed": true,
    "isrc": "GBAYE1600170",
    "name": "Yellow",
    "playParams": { "id": "1122782283", "kind": "song" },
    "previews": [
      {
        "url": "https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/itunes-assets/AudioPreview221/v4/66/f3/1a/66f31a76-a6ed-cb4c-f353-23310a7ae9a8/mzaf_3953800019455541488.plus.aac.ep.m4a"
      }
    ],
    "releaseDate": "2000-06-26",
    "trackNumber": 5,
    "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/album/yellow/1122782080?i=1122782283"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-24T05:17:43.498Z"
}

Notes

• Result count and fields depend on the catalog and marketplace.
• Respect Shazam’s terms and applicable laws when using the data.