MusicBrainz Scraper
Spider read musicbrainz.org in 121 ms without a browser and returned 40 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Community", "Developers" and "Recently added releases".
The browser you’re using is unsupported, and the website may not work correctly for you. It’s recommended that you upgrade to a recent version of Firefox, Safari, Edge, or any Chrome-based browser. If that’s not possible, you can try enabling legacy browser mode.# Welcome to MusicBrainz!MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.1. **The ultimate source of music information** by allowing anyone to contribute and releasing the data under open licenses.2. **The universal lingua franca for music** by providing a reliable and unambiguous form of music identification, enabling both people and machines to have meaningful conversations about music.Like Wikipedia, MusicBrainz is maintained by a global community of users and we want everyone — including you — to participate and contribute.More Information — FAQs — Contact UsMusicBrainz is operated by the MetaBrainz Foundation, a California based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation dedicated to keeping MusicBrainz free and open source.## Community## MusicBrainz DatabaseThe majority of the data in the **MusicBrainz Database** is released into the **Public Domain** and can be downloaded and used **for free**.## DevelopersUse our **XML web service** or **development libraries** to create your own MusicBrainz-enabled applications.## Recently added releases## Recently added eventsThe same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on musicbrainz.org.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=radiohead&type=release_group");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=radiohead&type=release_group");
await page.content();
const data = await page.extractFields({
title: ".tbl td a bdi",
artist: ".tbl td:nth-child(2) a bdi",
type: ".tbl td:nth-child(3)",
year: ".tbl td:nth-child(4)",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What musicbrainz.org costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000065 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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Start scraping musicbrainz.org.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.