One API to tap into240,000+ Music Moments

Where every Movie, TV Show scene meets its soundtrack.
One API. 240,000+ music moments ready to unlock. Endless possibilities.

For Music Tech Platforms

Enhance discovery and engagement with rich, contextual music data tied to real on-screen moments. Power smarter recommendations, deepen user journeys, and connect soundtracks to the scenes people love.

For AI & Data Companies

Train smarter models with structured, real-world music context. From scene-level tagging to emotional and semantic signals, fuel next-generation recommendation engines and music intelligence systems.

For Labels, Studios & Rights Holders

Unlock new value from your catalog by linking tracks to their on-screen impact. Strengthen sync visibility, surface high-performing placements, and amplify monetization opportunities across platforms.

240,000+

Curated Music Moments

12,000+

Movies & TV Shows

1,000,000+

Monthly Active Fans

GET TV Shows200 · JSON

{
  "shows": [{
      "id": 103347,
      "name": "Heated Rivalry",
      "tmdbId": 301507,
      "imdbId": "tt35495073",
      "timelineSongs": [{
          "id": 210082,
          "seasonNumber": 1,
          "tmdbSeasonId": 476908,
          "episodes": [{
              "id": 389610,
              "episodeNumber": 1,
              "name": "Rookies",
              "songs": [{
                  "id": 731972,
                  "name": "Rivalry - from Heated Rivalry",
                  "spotifyId": "06bb202h8xCZ904uMx8Z28",
                  "appleMusicId": "1867244466",
                  "youtubeId": "OstSePIY84k",
                  "isrc": "USQX92600048",
                  "metadata": {
                    "sceneDescription": "Shane introduces
                        himself to Ilya and the
                        characters are introduced",
                    "featuredTimeInSeconds": 83

Music Moments

The most extensivesoundtracks graph

Enrich soundtracks and music syncs with placement timestamps, scene descriptions and more metadata - programmatically ingest structural relationships across Movies, TV Shows, their Seasons and Episodes.

Object Context

Every title, artistor song in context

Look up by any identifier

Resolve songs by WhatSong ID, ISRC or Track ID - up to 100 per request - and bridge cleanly between identifier systems.

Rich metadata on demand

Opt into lyrics, meaning, artwork, previews, release year, popularity and credits - a complete block, only when you ask for it.

Expand artist & album inline

Pull related artist and album records in the same call with a single include parameter - no extra round-trips.

Example requestcURL

curl -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key-here" \
     "https://api.what-song.com/v1/songs/context?ids=640412&include=artist,album"

Example response200 · JSON

{
  "songs": [
    {
      "id": 615495,
      "name": "Feeling Good",
      "spotifyId": "1VNfpCEQ0PfyfbuE5N8alF",
      "appleMusicId": "1567146660",
      "youtubeId": "wdYgsKHQJug",
      "isrc": "USPR36500094",
      "metadata": {
        "about": "Feeling Good is a song by Michael Buble.",
        "lyrics": "....",
        "meaning": "Feeling Good is a song by Michael Buble.",
        "spotifyUri": "spotify:track:1VNfpCEQ0PfyfbuE5N8alF",

Webhooks

Always in syncnever polling

Webhooks ensure that you are always up to date with any change made to our data with minimal effort on your part.

Stay up to date

Webhooks provide real-time notifications when new database entries are created, updated, or deleted. Your application stays synchronized with the latest changes without polling the API.

Reliable delivery pipeline

Every change is automatically matched to your registered webhooks and queued for delivery through a robust two-stage system, ensuring nothing is ever lost.

“Integrating WhatSong's API into Songstats gives our creators and industry partners unmatched visibility into their movie and TV sync placements. It's been a game-changer for our sync tracking capabilities.”
Evan Sacks
COO, Songstats

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