Pissed off by Spotify Enshittifying more API endpoints? We can help

https://blog.metabrainz.org/2024/11/28/pissed-off-by-spotify-enshittifying-more-api-endpoints-we-can-help/

by mayhemchaos • 2 years ago

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Today Spotify has taken away some API endpoints, leaving many users in the lurch. ListenBrainz has been working hard to create similar API endpoints and datasets, all freely available.

MaxBarraclough• 2 years ago

Your profile makes it clear this is your project. I recommend also stating this explicitly in your comments, as your username doesn't suggest a connection.

nickthegreek• 2 years ago

Should be Show HN:

bix6• 2 years ago

Is there a list of projects / examples that are using your APIs? Intrigued.

Edit. Found this (app list linked here as well): https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Beginners_Guide

ChrisArchitect• 2 years ago

Spotify has shut down several API endpoints

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42260481

BostonFern• 2 years ago

How does your artist similarity algorithm work?

Any plans to include the feature on artist pages on MusicBrainz?

mr_monkey• 2 years ago

Artist similarity is calculated from the listening history of all users. Basically if many people listen to artist X and artist Y within a short window of time, that counts towards their similarity score. Also artists that appear together on compilation albums also counts for similarity, but to a lesser degree.

In the near future we want to add more data from MusicBrainz, for an easy example band members being part of other bands = they are probably similar.

All of this is available on ListenBrainz, but will most likely not be surfaced on the MusicBrainz pages which have a different —more factual— focus.

ko3us• 2 years ago

Do you have endpoints for song features and song analysis?

Pissed off by Spotify Enshittifying more API endpoints? We can help

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