Apple Music Feed: A New API Endpoint for Developers

Apple recently mentioned a new API endpoint in their "Hello Developer 2024" newsletter called Apple Music Feed. This tool provides developers with bulk rich catalog metadata, enabling them to create unique experiences linked to Apple Music.

An Overview of Apple Music Feed

Apple Music Feed offers bulk exports of Apple Music's catalog content, including metadata for albums, songs, artists, and popularity charts, refreshed every 24 hours. It complements the Apple Music API, designed for online interactions, by supporting offline use cases.

Accessing and Using the Data

The data is provided in the Parquet format, known for its efficiency in storing and processing large datasets. Developers can use the Apple Media Feed API to request exports, involving generating a developer token to access and download the feed data.

Practical Applications and Examples

Developers can use the comprehensive metadata to build applications like music discovery engines or analyze music trends. Apple offers sample scripts in Java and Python on their music-feed-examples public GitHub repository, guiding through:

• Generating a developer token.
• Requesting metadata for the latest feed export.
• Downloading the feed data.
• Running simple queries on the data files in Parquet format.

Looking Ahead

The Apple Music Feed API opens up new possibilities for app development around Apple Music. Although I haven't used it yet, it looks promising for creating slick features. For more information, visit the official Apple Music Feed documentation.