Discogs
Discogs is a community-built music database and marketplace for physical music releases (vinyl, CD, cassette, and more). The Discogs API gives developers programmatic read/write access to artists, releases, masters, labels, search, user collections and wantlists, marketplace listings, orders, and inventory management — using Discogs Auth tokens, key+secret credentials, or full OAuth 1.0a on behalf of other users.
Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.
API Evangelist profiles Discogs the way a machine reads it — 177 machine-readable artifacts across 8 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Discogs scores 56.0/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Discogs
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Discogs. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 8
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Discogs Database API
Access Discogs database: artists, releases, masters, labels, and search.
Discogs Image API
Image asset retrieval (proxied via OAuth).
Discogs Inventory Management API
Bulk inventory export and CSV upload management.
Discogs Marketplace API
Marketplace listings, orders, fees, price suggestions, and release stats.
Discogs User Collection API
Manage a user's record collection.
Discogs User Identity API
Authenticated user identity, profile, submissions, and contributions.
Discogs User Lists API
Browse and manage user-created lists of releases, artists, and labels.
Discogs User Wantlist API
Manage a user's wantlist.
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GraphQL 1
Where a provider ships GraphQL, the schema is the contract. We profile it alongside the REST surface so the whole interface is legible in one place.
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
Discogs GraphQL Schema
This document describes a conceptual GraphQL schema for the Discogs API. Discogs is a community-built music database and marketplace for physical music releases (vinyl, CD, cass...
GRAPHQLPricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Discogs Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Discogs Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Discogs API Rules
SPECTRALDiscogs API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 55
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
ArtistRelease
JSON SCHEMAArtist
JSON SCHEMAArtistSummary
JSON SCHEMACollectionFolder
JSON SCHEMACollectionRelease
JSON SCHEMACommunity
JSON SCHEMAContribution
JSON SCHEMACurrency
JSON SCHEMAFee
JSON SCHEMAIdentifier
JSON SCHEMAIdentity
JSON SCHEMAImage
JSON SCHEMAInventoryExport
JSON SCHEMAInventoryExportsResponse
JSON SCHEMAInventoryUpload
JSON SCHEMAInventoryUploadsResponse
JSON SCHEMALabelRelease
JSON SCHEMALabel
JSON SCHEMALabelSummary
JSON SCHEMAListItem
JSON SCHEMAList
JSON SCHEMAListingNew
JSON SCHEMAListingRelease
JSON SCHEMAListing
JSON SCHEMAListingUpdate
JSON SCHEMAListsResponse
JSON SCHEMAMaster
JSON SCHEMAMediaCondition
JSON SCHEMAOrderMessage
JSON SCHEMAOrderMessagesResponse
JSON SCHEMAOrder
JSON SCHEMAOrdersResponse
JSON SCHEMAPagination
JSON SCHEMAPrice
JSON SCHEMAPriceSuggestion
JSON SCHEMAPriceSuggestionsResponse
JSON SCHEMAProfile
JSON SCHEMAProfileUpdate
JSON SCHEMAReleaseFormat
JSON SCHEMAReleaseRating
JSON SCHEMARelease
JSON SCHEMAReleaseStats
JSON SCHEMAReleaseSummary
JSON SCHEMAReleaseVersion
JSON SCHEMASearchResultArtist
JSON SCHEMASearchResultLabel
JSON SCHEMASearchResultMaster
JSON SCHEMASearchResultRelease
JSON SCHEMASleeveCondition
JSON SCHEMASubmission
JSON SCHEMATrack
JSON SCHEMAUserReleaseRating
JSON SCHEMAUserSummary
JSON SCHEMAVideo
JSON SCHEMAWant
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JSON Structure 55
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Discogs Artist Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Artist Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Artist Summary Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Collection Folder Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Collection Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Community Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Contribution Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Currency Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Fee Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Identifier Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Identity Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Image Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Inventory Export Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Inventory Exports Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Inventory Upload Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Inventory Uploads Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Label Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Label Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Label Summary Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs List Item Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs List Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Listing New Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Listing Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Listing Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Listing Update Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Lists Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Master Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Media Condition Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Order Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Order Messages Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Order Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Orders Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Pagination Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Price Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Price Suggestion Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Price Suggestions Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Profile Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Profile Update Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Release Format Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Release Rating Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Release Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Release Summary Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Release Version Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Search Result Artist Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Search Result Label Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Search Result Master Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Search Result Release Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Sleeve Condition Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Submission Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Track Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs User Release Rating Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs User Summary Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Video Structure
JSON STRUCTUREDiscogs Want Structure
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Examples 49
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Discogs Artist Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Community Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Contribution Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Fee Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Identifier Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Identity Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Image Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Label Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs List Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs List Item Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Listing Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Listing New Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Master Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Order Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Pagination Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Price Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Profile Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Release Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Submission Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Track Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs User Summary Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Video Example
EXAMPLEDiscogs Want Example
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes are the vocabulary of least-privilege access. Profiling them shows exactly what an integration — or an agent acting on a user's behalf — is allowed to do.
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Discogs — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 6
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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