Documentation Metallica API
If you choose to perform the frontend using a typescript framework, I created the Frontend.interface.ts file which has all the necessary interfaces already exported for you to use in your application.
https://metallica-api.onrender.com
Check the Metallica API.postman_collection.json
file, it contains all the API calls 🔥
Return All Members without pagination.
Endpoint: /member
[
{
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield" ,
"artisticName" : " James Hetfield" ,
"birthDate" : " 1963-08-03T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : null ,
"memberSince" : " 1982-03-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : null ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/papa.het_/"
}
// OTHER MEMBERS
]
Return One Member only.
Endpoint: /member/id/6
{
"id" : 6 ,
"name" : " Clifford Lee Burton" ,
"artisticName" : " Cliff Burton" ,
"birthDate" : " 1962-02-10T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : " 1986-09-27T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"memberSince" : " 1984-12-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : " 1986-09-26T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/257546413/cliff-burton-memorial/" ,
"albums" : [
{
"album" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"title" : " Kill 'Em All" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27320292e6cce666a69ba5a86fb" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/1aGapZGHBovnmhwqVNI6JZ" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1983-07-25T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 1 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " Hit the Lights" ,
"duration" : 255 ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/4hh0IO5OHTigfnPTpDleL7" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSN39nS9qA"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
]
}
}
// OTHER ALBUNS
]
}
Return Members that contains the searched name.
Endpoint: /member/name/lars
{
"id" : 2 ,
"name" : " Sir Lars Ulrich" ,
"artisticName" : " Lars Ulrich" ,
"birthDate" : " 1963-12-26T02:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : null ,
"memberSince" : " 1982-03-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : null ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/larsulrich/" ,
"albums" : [
{
"album" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"title" : " Kill 'Em All" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27320292e6cce666a69ba5a86fb" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/1aGapZGHBovnmhwqVNI6JZ" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1983-07-25T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 1 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " Hit the Lights" ,
"duration" : 255 ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/4hh0IO5OHTigfnPTpDleL7" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSN39nS9qA"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
]
}
}
// OTHER ALBUNS
]
}
It has pagination, if the page is not specified, by default it returns the first one.
Return All Albuns.
Endpoint: /album
{
"navigation" : {
"prev" : null ,
"next" : " baseurl/album?page=2"
},
"data" : [
{
"id" : 1 ,
"title" : " Kill 'Em All" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27320292e6cce666a69ba5a86fb" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/1aGapZGHBovnmhwqVNI6JZ" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1983-07-25T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 1 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " Hit the Lights"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
],
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"albumId" : 1 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}
// OTHER ALBUNS
]
}
Return One Album Only.
Endpoint: /album/id/5
{
"id" : 5 ,
"title" : " Metallica Black Album" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2731f9edf15e43f4c2f4938b869" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/3dck2tBxGfxj9m3CguDgjb" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1991-08-12T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 36 ,
"albumId" : 5 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " Enter Sandman" ,
"duration" : 331 ,
"lyrics" : " Say your prayers, little one, don't forget, my son..." , // COMPLETE LYRICS 👍
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/2T5q7qhJVN4m2hMSIAsOlC" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
],
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"albumId" : 5 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield" ,
"artisticName" : " James Hetfield" ,
"birthDate" : " 1963-08-03T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : null ,
"memberSince" : " 1982-03-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : null ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/papa.het_/"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}
Return Albuns that contains the searched name.
Endpoint: /album/title/puppets
[
{
"id" : 3 ,
"title" : " Master of Puppets" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273668e3aca3167e6e569a9aa20" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/2Lq2qX3hYhiuPckC8Flj21" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1986-03-03T02:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 19 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " Battery"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
],
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"albumId" : 3 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}
// OTHER ALBUNS (search for "Load" and "Reload" will come along with it, for example)
]
It has pagination, if the page is not specified, by default it returns the first one.
Return All Songs.
Endpoint: /song
{
"navigation" : {
"prev" : null ,
"next" : " baseurl/song?page=2"
},
"data" : [
{
"id" : 1 ,
"title" : " Hit the Lights" ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"duration" : 255 ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/4hh0IO5OHTigfnPTpDleL7" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSN39nS9qA" ,
"album" : {
"title" : " Kill 'Em All"
}
}
// OTHER SONGS
// ALL THE SONGS, FROM KILL EM ALL TO 72 SEASONS
]
}
Return One Song Only.
Endpoint: /song/id/39
{
"id" : 39 ,
"albumId" : 5 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 4" ,
"title" : " The Unforgiven" ,
"duration" : 387 ,
"lyrics" : " New blood joins this Earth..." , // COMPLETE LYRICS 👍
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/5lqyqPU3JkpCbUbLmTVQPW" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6dGQ_FmjxE" ,
"album" : {
"id" : 5 ,
"title" : " Metallica Black Album" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2731f9edf15e43f4c2f4938b869" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/3dck2tBxGfxj9m3CguDgjb" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1991-08-12T03:00:00.000Z"
},
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"songId" : 39 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield" ,
"artisticName" : " James Hetfield" ,
"birthDate" : " 1963-08-03T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : null ,
"memberSince" : " 1982-03-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : null ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/papa.het_/"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}
Return Songs that contains the searched name.
Endpoint: /song/title/harvester
[
{
"id" : 32 ,
"albumId" : 4 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 6" ,
"title" : " Harvester of Sorrow" ,
"duration" : 346 ,
"lyrics" : " My life suffocates..." , // COMPLETE LYRICS 👍
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/6qgYe6noMKsElSoPg9yS91" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biomxj559Lo" ,
"album" : {
"id" : 4 ,
"title" : " ...And Justice for All" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2737c05e69390ab7c628a83cee7" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/6jZ1z25PyF4Yd3kHxt9rl1" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1988-09-07T03:00:00.000Z"
},
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"songId" : 32 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield" ,
"artisticName" : " James Hetfield" ,
"birthDate" : " 1963-08-03T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : null ,
"memberSince" : " 1982-03-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : null ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/papa.het_/"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}
]
Get Songs by Album Title:
Return Songs from the albuns that contains the searched name.
Without Lyrics.
Endpoint: /song/album/magnetic
[
{
"id" : 10 ,
"title" : " Death Magnetic" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273dfe44d577f07e08564ec73ed" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/3bK58rVcWBh3V3vxMLzi0V" ,
"releaseDate" : " 2008-09-12T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 113 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " That Was Just Your Life"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
],
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"albumId" : 10 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
},
{
"id" : 12 ,
"title" : " Beyond Magnetic" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273702cd0315b57c5c25690bc58" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/6umaXKrRVHRgUH7nsxM9eg" ,
"releaseDate" : " 2011-12-13T02:00:00.000Z" ,
"tracks" : [
{
"id" : 133 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 1" ,
"title" : " Hate Train"
}
// OTHER TRACKS
],
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"albumId" : 12 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}
]
Returns a random song, only one song per call.
Endpoint: /song/random
{
"id" : 64 ,
"albumId" : 7 ,
"discTrack" : " Track 3" ,
"title" : " Devil's Dance" ,
"duration" : 318 ,
"lyrics" : " Yeah..." , // COMPLETE LYRICS 👍
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/3IHyDrQOASm7R0WBamMJO8" ,
"officialMusicVideo" : " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cYyl2keBjk" ,
"album" : {
"id" : 7 ,
"title" : " Reload" ,
"albumCover" : " https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273a49eff6d64cafc2551553380" ,
"spotifyURL" : " https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/0Ip2GlQPoAIgdkqCO2YkMa" ,
"releaseDate" : " 1997-11-18T02:00:00.000Z"
},
"composers" : [
{
"bandMemberId" : 1 ,
"songId" : 64 ,
"bandMember" : {
"id" : 1 ,
"name" : " James Alan Hetfield" ,
"artisticName" : " James Hetfield" ,
"birthDate" : " 1963-08-03T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"deathDate" : null ,
"memberSince" : " 1982-03-14T03:00:00.000Z" ,
"bandDepartureDate" : null ,
"instagram" : " https://www.instagram.com/papa.het_/"
}
}
// OTHER COMPOSERS
]
}