>>>response.json(){u'resultCount':1,u'results':[{u'collectionExplicitness':u'notExplicit',u'releaseDate':u'1987-07-21T07:00:00Z',u'currency':u'USD',u'artistId':106621,u'previewUrl':u'https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/apple-assets-us-std-000001/Music6/v4/f2/7d/73/f27d7346-de92-bdc6-e148-56a3da406005/mzaf_2747902348777129728.plus.aac.p.m4a',u'trackPrice':1.29,u'isStreamable':True,u'trackViewUrl':u'https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweet-child-o-mine/5669937?i=5669911&uo=4',u'collectionName':u'Greatest Hits',u'collectionId':5669937,u'trackId':5669911,u'collectionViewUrl':u'https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweet-child-o-mine/5669937?i=5669911&uo=4',u'trackCount':14,u'trackNumber':2,u'discNumber':1,u'collectionPrice':9.99,u'trackCensoredName':u"Sweet Child O' Mine",u'trackName':u"Sweet Child O' Mine",u'trackTimeMillis':355267,u'primaryGenreName':u'Rock',u'artistViewUrl':u'https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/guns-n-roses/106621?uo=4',u'kind':u'song',u'country':u'USA',u'wrapperType':u'track',u'artworkUrl100':u'https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/100x100bb.jpg',u'collectionCensoredName':u'Greatest Hits',u'artistName':u"Guns N' Roses",u'artworkUrl60':u'https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/60x60bb.jpg',u'trackExplicitness':u'notExplicit',u'artworkUrl30':u'https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/30x30bb.jpg',u'discCount':1}]}
View the request headers:
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>>>response.headers{'Content-Length':'650','x-apple-translated-wo-url':'/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/ws/wsSearch?term=guns+and+roses&limit=1&urlDesc=','Access-Control-Allow-Origin':'*','x-webobjects-loadaverage':'0','X-Cache':'TCP_MISS from a2-21-98-60.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (AkamaiGHost/9.3.0.3-22245996) (-)','x-content-type-options':'nosniff','x-apple-orig-url':'https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=guns+and+roses&limit=1','x-apple-jingle-correlation-key':'GUOFR25MGUUK5J7LUKI6UUFUWM','x-apple-application-site':'ST11','Date':'Tue, 08 May 2018 20:50:39 GMT','apple-tk':'false','content-disposition':'attachment; filename=1.txt','Connection':'keep-alive','apple-seq':'0','x-apple-application-instance':'2001318','X-Apple-Partner':'origin.0','Content-Encoding':'gzip','strict-transport-security':'max-age=31536000','Vary':'Accept-Encoding','apple-timing-app':'109 ms','X-True-Cache-Key':'/L/itunes.apple.com/search ci2=limit=1&term=guns+and+roses__','X-Cache-Remote':'TCP_MISS from a23-57-75-64.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (AkamaiGHost/9.3.0.3-22245996) (-)','Cache-Control':'max-age=86400','x-apple-request-uuid':'351c58eb-ac35-28ae-a7eb-a291ea50b4b3','Content-Type':'text/javascript; charset=utf-8','apple-originating-system':'MZStoreServices'}
Python Requests and the iTunes API:
Search for the Artist Guns and Roses and limit the output to 1 Song:
>>>importrequests>>>importjson>>>a='https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=guns+and+roses&limit=1'>>>b=requests.get(a).json()>>>print(json.dumps(b,indent=2)){"resultCount":1,"results":[{"collectionExplicitness":"notExplicit","releaseDate":"1987-07-21T07:00:00Z","currency":"USD","artistId":106621,"previewUrl":"https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/apple-assets-us-std-000001/Music6/v4/f2/7d/73/f27d7346-de92-bdc6-e148-56a3da406005/mzaf_2747902348777129728.plus.aac.p.m4a","trackPrice":1.29,"isStreamable":true,"trackViewUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweet-child-o-mine/5669937?i=5669911&uo=4","collectionName":"Greatest Hits","collectionId":5669937,"trackId":5669911,"collectionViewUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweet-child-o-mine/5669937?i=5669911&uo=4","trackCount":14,"trackNumber":2,"discNumber":1,"collectionPrice":9.99,"trackCensoredName":"Sweet Child O' Mine","trackName":"Sweet Child O' Mine","trackTimeMillis":355267,"primaryGenreName":"Rock","artistViewUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/guns-n-roses/106621?uo=4","kind":"song","country":"USA","wrapperType":"track","artworkUrl100":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/100x100bb.jpg","collectionCensoredName":"Greatest Hits","artistName":"Guns N' Roses","artworkUrl60":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/60x60bb.jpg","trackExplicitness":"notExplicit","artworkUrl30":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/30x30bb.jpg","discCount":1}]}
From the response we got a "artistId": 106621, lets query the API on the ArtistId, to get info of the Artist:
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>>>a='https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=106621'>>>b=requests.get(a).json()>>>print(json.dumps(b,indent=2)){"resultCount":1,"results":[{"artistType":"Artist","amgArtistId":4416,"wrapperType":"artist","artistId":106621,"artistLinkUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/guns-n-roses/106621?uo=4","artistName":"Guns N' Roses","primaryGenreId":21,"primaryGenreName":"Rock"}]}
Query all the Albums by Artist by using the ArtistId and Entity for Album:
>>>a='https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=106621&entity=album'>>>b=requests.get(a).json()>>>print(json.dumps(b,indent=2)){"resultCount":13,"results":[{"artistType":"Artist","amgArtistId":4416,"wrapperType":"artist","artistId":106621,"artistLinkUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/guns-n-roses/106621?uo=4","artistName":"Guns N' Roses","primaryGenreId":21,"primaryGenreName":"Rock"},{"artistViewUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/guns-n-roses/106621?uo=4","releaseDate":"2004-01-01T08:00:00Z","collectionType":"Compilation","collectionName":"Greatest Hits","amgArtistId":4416,"copyright":"\u2117 2004 Geffen Records","collectionId":5669937,"artworkUrl60":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/60x60bb.jpg","wrapperType":"collection","collectionViewUrl":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/greatest-hits/5669937?uo=4","artistId":106621,"collectionCensoredName":"Greatest Hits","artworkUrl100":"https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/3c/18/87/3c188735-e462-3c99-92eb-50fb06afa73f/source/100x100bb.jpg","trackCount":14,"currency":"USD","artistName":"Guns N' Roses","country":"USA","primaryGenreName":"Rock","collectionExplicitness":"notExplicit","collectionPrice":9.99},