I built an app that makes playing audio plays easier using MusicKit. Now I am about to release the app to the app store. Following questions occured while doing so: Am I accessing/showing third party content in my app when I am music (in this case radio plays) from MusicKit? I am getting all of that data directly from Apple. Is Apple a third party in this case? The publisher has an app that can playback all of the content that can be accessed in my app. This app has an age rating of 4+ years. Can I just copy that? I've heard that referring to other apps doesn't convince the App Review Team if they disagree. None of the titles are marked explicit in Apple Music. Under the hood MusicKit is using HTTPS to get the data from Apple's servers. I have no code that has anything to do with encryption or HTTPS. Does my app still uses Non Exempt Encryption because MusicKit does so? Can I access music through MusicKit that is otherwise not available in this region or does MusicKit take care of this for me? In other words do I have to restrict the availability of my app to certain regions so I don't bypass any geo blockings by accident? Thank you

When I connect my MacBook to my living room AirPort (older gen wallwart) via Music app, the music output in both rooms is synced. When I try to setup a Multi-Output Device in AudioMidi setup, I'm not able to get them synced. I'm outputting to the same devices, they're all on the same sample rate, and I've played with the various settings (Primary Clock Source and Drift Sync). What gives? How are these connections different? Intel MacBook Pro 2018 running Sonoma 14.5

I'm trying to generate a developer token with the following code in nodeJS: const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken') const {TEAM_ID, KID, APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY } = require('./secret') const expiration = 36000; const currentTime = Math.floor(Date.now() /1000); const expirationTime = currentTime + expiration; const options = { algorithm: 'ES256', header :{ alg : "ES256", kid : KID } } const payload = { iss : TEAM_ID, iat : currentTime, exp : expirationTime } const newToken = jwt.sign(payload, APPLE_PRIVATE_KEY, options) console.log('1111111111111111111111' , newToken) When testing my newToken in curl -- I'm getting a 401 response. Please help.

When accessing the REST API, If you apply "include=albums" to a 'catalog//songs' endpoint requests with a filter on ISRC, the API will, without fail, return a 504 error status. If you remove the 'include=albums' and/or replace it with something like 'include=artists' it works fine. This has been like this for months and we need to get album details back with these requests. Could the Apple team please respond and verify the issue as it's blocking production for us. Thanks.

Is it possible to edit the Grouping of a song from the user's library using the Apple Music API? According to what I read from the documentation, this is not possible, but this is something that I really would love, so, I better ask. Thanks in advanced!

Could some tell what the relevant endpoint is for fetching all public list of a user playlist. I am able to fetch a one via the id but i want to fetch all in a single request without using authorization.

Hello, Problem I am having the exact same issue as described here : https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/693310 From my understanding of the answers on this topic, it appears to be a problem on the Server Side. Is it still the case or perhaps I am missing something ? Here are the curl commands and their outputs : Storefront call ➜ ~ curl -v -H 'Authorization: Bearer [VALID TOKEN]' "https://api.music.apple.com/v1/storefronts/us" * Trying [2a02:26f0:2b00:3ab::2a1]:443... * Connected to api.music.apple.com (2a02:26f0:2b00:3ab::2a1) port 443 (#0) * ALPN: offers h2 * ALPN: offers http/1.1 * CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem * CApath: none * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Unknown (8): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 * ALPN: server accepted h2 * Server certificate: * subject: businessCategory=Private Organization; jurisdictionCountryName=US; jurisdictionStateOrProvinceName=California; serialNumber=C0806592; C=US; ST=California; L=Cupertino; O=Apple Inc.; CN=itunes.apple.com * start date: Jan 23 20:23:43 2024 GMT * expire date: Jul 21 20:33:43 2024 GMT * subjectAltName: host "api.music.apple.com" matched cert's "api.music.apple.com" * issuer: C=US; O=Apple Inc.; CN=Apple Public EV Server RSA CA 2 - G1 * SSL certificate verify ok. * Using HTTP2, server supports multiplexing * Copying HTTP/2 data in stream buffer to connection buffer after upgrade: len=0 * h2h3 [:method: GET] * h2h3 [:path: /v1/storefronts/us] * h2h3 [:scheme: https] * h2h3 [:authority: api.music.apple.com] * h2h3 [user-agent: curl/7.87.0] * h2h3 [accept: */*] * h2h3 [authorization: Bearer [VALID TOKEN]] * Using Stream ID: 1 (easy handle 0x12680a800) > GET /v1/storefronts/us HTTP/2 > Host: api.music.apple.com > user-agent: curl/7.87.0 > accept: */* > authorization: Bearer [VALID TOKEN] > < HTTP/2 200 < server: daiquiri/5 < content-type: application/json;charset=utf-8 < x-apple-jingle-correlation-key: QZSH3IR75IPQYS7LSN5C5EUJRI < x-apple-request-uuid: 86647da2-3fea-1f0c-4beb-937a2e92898a < b3: 86647da23fea1f0c4beb937a2e92898a-1d7eb7b8ad18bc4d < x-b3-traceid: 86647da23fea1f0c4beb937a2e92898a < x-b3-spanid: 1d7eb7b8ad18bc4d < apple-seq: 0.0 < apple-tk: false < apple-originating-system: MZStorePlatform < x-apple-application-site: MR22 < x-apple-application-instance: 3588504 < x-responding-instance: MZStorePlatform:3588504::: < apple-timing-app: 4 ms < access-control-allow-origin: * < strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains < x-daiquiri-instance: daiquiri:11896006:mr84p00it-qujn09092102:7987:24RELEASE93:daiquiri-amp-store-l7shared-int-001-mr < x-daiquiri-instance: daiquiri:12282002:mr47p00it-qujn07081302:7987:24RELEASE93:daiquiri-amp-store-l7shared-ext-001-mr < cache-control: public, no-transform, max-age=2625 < date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:08:00 GMT < content-length: 276 < x-cache: TCP_REFRESH_MISS from a2-17-114-29.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (AkamaiGHost/11.4.5-55391218) (S) < x-cache-remote: TCP_HIT from a2-17-114-18.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (AkamaiGHost/11.4.5-55391218) (-) < vary: Accept-Encoding < vary: Accept-Encoding < * Connection #0 to host api.music.apple.com left intact {"data":[{"id":"us","type":"storefronts","href":"/v1/storefronts/us","attributes":{"supportedLanguageTags":["en-US","es-MX","ar","ru","zh-Hans-CN","fr-FR","ko","pt-BR","vi","zh-Hant-TW"],"explicitContentPolicy":"allowed","name":"United States","defaultLanguageTag":"en-US"}}]}% Album call ➜ ~ curl -v -H 'Authorization: Bearer [VALID TOKEN]' "https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/us/albums/310730204" * Trying [2a02:26f0:2b00:3ab::2a1]:443... * Connected to api.music.apple.com (2a02:26f0:2b00:3ab::2a1) port 443 (#0) * ALPN: offers h2 * ALPN: offers http/1.1 * CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem * CApath: none * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Unknown (8): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20): * [CONN-0-0][CF-SSL] (304) (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 * ALPN: server accepted h2 * Server certificate: * subject: businessCategory=Private Organization; jurisdictionCountryName=US; jurisdictionStateOrProvinceName=California; serialNumber=C0806592; C=US; ST=California; L=Cupertino; O=Apple Inc.; CN=itunes.apple.com * start date: Jan 23 20:23:43 2024 GMT * expire date: Jul 21 20:33:43 2024 GMT * subjectAltName: host "api.music.apple.com" matched cert's "api.music.apple.com" * issuer: C=US; O=Apple Inc.; CN=Apple Public EV Server RSA CA 2 - G1 * SSL certificate verify ok. * Using HTTP2, server supports multiplexing * Copying HTTP/2 data in stream buffer to connection buffer after upgrade: len=0 * h2h3 [:method: GET] * h2h3 [:path: /v1/catalog/us/albums/310730204] * h2h3 [:scheme: https] * h2h3 [:authority: api.music.apple.com] * h2h3 [user-agent: curl/7.87.0] * h2h3 [accept: */*] * h2h3 [authorization: Bearer [VALID TOKEN]] * Using Stream ID: 1 (easy handle 0x148010a00) > GET /v1/catalog/us/albums/310730204 HTTP/2 > Host: api.music.apple.com > user-agent: curl/7.87.0 > accept: */* > authorization: Bearer [VALID TOKEN] > < HTTP/2 500 < server: daiquiri/5 < content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 < content-length: 42 < access-control-allow-origin: * < x-apple-jingle-correlation-key: EABGYDVEO5AFSK47FMXBMUMODY < x-apple-application-site: st < strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains < x-daiquiri-instance: daiquiri:42282002:st53p00it-qujn13050102:7987:24RELEASE93:daiquiri-amp-store-l7shared-ext-001-st < date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:08:03 GMT < x-cache: TCP_MISS from a2-17-114-29.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (AkamaiGHost/11.4.5-55391218) (-) < * Connection #0 to host api.music.apple.com left intact {"message":"An unexpected error occurred"}% Am I missing something ? Is it a server side issue ? If so, when will it be fixed ? Otherwise, what is wrong with my approach ?

Hi, Is it possible to get the various audio variants for a given song ID, I am unable to find any documentation for this online. In particular, could I see if Dolby Atmos is available for the track? Here is an example of a request I am sending: https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/us/songs/1168770969

In SwiftUI there is a built-in component for displaying album artworks called Artwork but there is no equivalent for UIKit. My current approach is to use the .url() method to read image's URL and download the image or read it from the disk but the performance is much worse than it was previously with MPMediaItem's artworkImage method. let artworkQueue = DispatchQueue( label: "MusicKit-ArtworkQueue", qos: .default, attributes: .concurrent ) let artworkSemaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 5) extension Song { func artworkImage(for size: CGSize, completion: @escaping (UIImage?) -> Void) { artworkQueue.async { artworkSemaphore.wait() defer { artworkSemaphore.signal() } let imageURL = artwork?.url( width: Int(size.width), height: Int(size.height) ) // I hate doing this as it might very well break in the future guard let imageURL, imageURL.scheme == "musicKit" else { return completion(nil) } guard let imageData = try? Data(contentsOf: imageURL), let image = UIImage(data: imageData) else { return completion(nil) } completion(image) } } } I really dislike this approach because it feels hacky but somewhat works. You might ask what's the semaphore for? Well, without it I could notice that MusicKit was choking and after reading too many artworks at once. Can someone from Apple please provide us with an example on how to use MusicKit with UIKit properly? Ideally (IMO) we would have a method defined on Song and other MusicKit structures that returns the image for us, just like MPMediaItem had the .artwork() method. It would make our lives so much easier.

Has anyone found a way to retrieve user token if I want to make an app on Flutter that uses that to make Apple Music API calls to just retrieve the user data and display it on the application? Something like when a user opens their app, there is a button that says connect with apple. It takes the user to give permissions for apple music and that retrieves their user token. I know there is Music Kit on Swift but i wonder if there is something like that on flutter

Hi, is there a way to display the animated cover art in an app? Not every album has a cover art but for the ones that have one I would like to display them instead of the artwork. Thank you :)

I was about to finally sign up for the Apple Music affiliate program since one of my apps does provide the MusickKit Subscription Offer. However, it looks like it was renamed and restricts usage to only artists and record labels. (https://partners.applemediaservices.com) Is this correct? Can I as an indie developer not earn commission of Apple Music that I drive from my apps?

After thoroughly scouring the internet numerous times, I came to the realization that Apple has not documented their User Authentication flow. Instead, developers are often directed to use their JavaScript solution, which proves to be insufficient and impractical for many projects. Could we please request a comprehensive documentation outlining the process of generating a Music User Token from the Developer Token? This would greatly benefit developers seeking to integrate Apple Music functionality into their projects.

Hello everyone, my name is Joshua Osagie. For 2 months now, I have been trying to build my own music application, but unfortunately, I can’t because I was thinking I would get an API from maybe Apple Music or Spotify that will grant me access to over 100 million music. Even if the API is paid for, I have been doing my research, but then it's kind of impossible. So please, if anyone has an idea on what I can do to bring this application to life, I will really appreciate it. Or if anyone could share me an idea on how to get over millions of music on my app, I will be really grateful.

I often find when doing basic actions in MusicKit it is incredibly slow compared to Apple's Music App. I've tried different versions, devices, networks, Apple's sample code, it all throughout the last several years, and it is all the same. Does anyone else have this issue?

Hello, I am working on the Musickit web browser application. I have created my developer token as mentioned in the documentation. When I call the authorize() method to authenticate, I get the Apple Music pop up as expected. However, after entering the user credentials and "allowing" access, I get the following error: POST https://play.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZPlay.woa/wa/webPlayerLogout 403 (Forbidden) musickit.js:28 Uncaught (in promise) AUTHORIZATION_ERROR: Unauthorized at https://js-cdn.music.apple.com/musickit/v3/musickit.js:28:269512 at Generator.next () at asyncGeneratorStep$u (https://js-cdn.music.apple.com/musickit/v3/musickit.js:28:266594) at _next (https://js-cdn.music.apple.com/musickit/v3/musickit.js:28:266821) I am using an user account with paid subscription to Apple Music. With the JWT created, I am able to make API calls and receive the response for requests that do that need the userToken. I am currently stuck at this step and would like some help to root cause this issue.

Hi! For a couple of days and only for some users, we are getting this error message on this endpoint: https://api.music.apple.com/v1/me/library/playlists?limit=100 {"id":"6NT5LBXIZW65K2G3L6QY3WWYAA","title":"Upstream Service Error","detail":"Error fetching library content","status":"500","code":"50001"} Any idea?

I am working on a radio app. This is the first time and I have a problem with lock Screen Audio Card. According to docs It looks ok but could you please check why I can not display Audio Now Playing Card on lock Screen. 2 Code samples, 1. Now Playing and 2. Logic of current song and Album art. 1. Now Playing // Create a dictionary to hold the now playing information var nowPlayingInfo: [String: Any] = [:] // Set the title of the current song nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyTitle] = currentSong // If album art URL is available, fetch the image asynchronously if let albumArtUrl = albumArtUrl { URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: albumArtUrl) { data, _, error in if let data = data, let image = UIImage(data: data) { // Create artwork object let artwork = MPMediaItemArtwork(boundsSize: image.size) { _ in image } // Update now playing info with artwork on the main queue DispatchQueue.main.async { nowPlayingInfo[MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork] = artwork MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo } } else { // If there's an error fetching the album art, set now playing info without artwork MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo print("Error retrieving album art data:", error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unknown error") } }.resume() } else { // If album art URL is not available, set now playing info without artwork MPNowPlayingInfoCenter.default().nowPlayingInfo = nowPlayingInfo } } 2. Current Song, Album Art Logic let parts = currentSong.split(separator: "-", maxSplits: 1, omittingEmptySubsequences: true).map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) } let titleWithExtra = parts.count > 1 ? parts[1] : "" let title = titleWithExtra.components(separatedBy: " (").first ?? titleWithExtra return title } func updateSongInfo() { let url = URL(string: "https://live.heartfm.com.tr/listen/heart_fm/currentsong")! URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in if let data = data, let songString = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) { DispatchQueue.main.async { self.currentSong = songString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) self.updateAlbumArtUrl(song: self.currentSong) } } }.resume() } private func updateAlbumArtUrl(song: String) { let parts = song.split(separator: "-", maxSplits: 1, omittingEmptySubsequences: true).map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) } let artist = parts.first ?? "" let titleWithExtra = parts.count > 1 ? parts[1] : "" let title = titleWithExtra.components(separatedBy: " (").first ?? titleWithExtra let artistAndTitle = artist.isEmpty || title.isEmpty ? song : "\(artist) - \(title)" let encodedArtistAndTitle = artistAndTitle.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed) ?? artistAndTitle albumArtUrl = URL(string: "https://www.heartfm.com.tr/ArtCover/\(encodedArtistAndTitle).jpg") }

I can not find an album where isCompilation is true, even when the album clearly consists of "songs by various artists". For example: Album( id: "567979803", title: "Earth's Answer", artistName: "Brian Keane, Deuter, James Newton, ,...many more", isCompilation: false The compilation checkbox for this album in the Apple Music Catalog Get Info dialog is also not checked. Is this field NEVER SET in the catalog or the MusicKit API? If there IS an album where isCompilation is true, I'd like its ID to use for a test case. If not, can this be added to the API?

The MusicKit JS V3 documentation has this article about Native WebViews. For some reason, my app fails to do anything after musicKitInstance.authorize() is called. I think that it is not being recognized as a WebView and is trying to open the window as if it was running in a browser, but since it's not a browser, there's no way for it to open a browser window. Is there something I can do to make this work? I have tried many things, including setting the user agent to a few different ones for web views and seeing if it behaves differently but didn't see any different behavior. Is there something musickit.js checks for, when determining if it's running in a WebView, that I can leverage to ensure the Native WebView workflow is followed?