A Bandcamp release, addressed under its artist (tracklist + durations + artwork + economics)
const url = 'https://crate.hosaka.fm/api/v2/artist/example/bandcamp/example';const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<X-API-Key>'}};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request GET \ --url https://crate.hosaka.fm/api/v2/artist/example/bandcamp/example \ --header 'X-API-Key: <X-API-Key>'Cycle-085 — the full per-release Bandcamp dossier (title, release_date, tags, label, artwork hotlink URLs, tracklist WITH per-track duration_s, and the economics object), addressed cluster-first UNDER the artist. {key} = 64-hex cluster_id (canonical) or slug; {item} = bandcamp_item_id (list them via the artist dossier’s bandcamp_releases facet). CLUSTER-FIRST INTEGRITY: the release must belong to the addressed artist — a real release filed under a DIFFERENT artist returns 200 present:false (honest-gap), never another artist’s data. artwork carries the fetchable CDN url + delivered width/height (700×700 — the _16 locator’s render dims, not source aspect; cycle-086). Honest gap: per-track DIRECT stream URL is not stored (tokenized/expiring + ToS) — track_url is the track PAGE. Keyed (X-API-Key); ONE crate_reader checkout; unresolved → 200 present:false, NOT 404.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations ”Parameters
Section titled “ Parameters ”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters ”Responses
Section titled “ Responses ”The release dossier (present:true) or an honest-gap (present:false — not found, or not filed under this artist)
object
object
A Bandcamp release id — the direct address for one release dossier (?item=
Crate’s CANONICAL artist identity — a pe-norm-v1 hex string. The SAME artist across Discogs, MusicBrainz and Bandcamp collapses to ONE cluster_id, so this is the key you store and the key you address every artist surface off of (/artist/{key} takes a 64-hex cluster_id directly). WHY IT MATTERS: it is crate’s prime IP — the non-Discogs long-tail join key; discogs_artist_id / mbid are mere leaf coordinates onto it. GOTCHA: it is an OPAQUE string — pass it through verbatim, NEVER numericize, parse, or compare it as a number. null is an HONEST GAP (the name/link couldn’t be resolved to a cluster), NOT an error — you still get HTTP 200. A 64-hex cluster_id always resolves at OBSERVED tier (resolved_via:‘cluster’), never re-anchored onto a same-name Discogs row.
ISO timestamp (may be a reissue date or a future pre-order).
The Bandcamp album page URL.
Per-release genre/mood/location tags (Bandcamp keywords).
object
Link-only cover art (source: bandcamp, grain: release).
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Hotlink-only artwork URL: a Bandcamp CDN string, or a deterministic Cover Art Archive release-group URL. crate never fetches or re-hosts the bytes; a CAA url is best-effort and may 404 if no cover exists.
A const literal — always the boolean false — declaring crate’s link-only artwork posture. WHY IT MATTERS: it is a contractual promise that the url on the artwork item is a HOTLINK the caller dereferences directly (a Bandcamp CDN url or a deterministic Cover Art Archive url); crate never fetches, caches, or re-hosts the image bytes. GOTCHA: because crate never dereferences the url, it can be stale or 404 (a CAA url is best-effort and may not exist) — your client must handle a broken image gracefully. Treat rehost:false as a fixed flag, not a toggle; it will never be true.
Delivered pixel width of the hotlinked image. For bandcamp these are the _16 locator’s render dims (700×700 square) — exactly the box the hotlink renders at, NOT the original artwork’s source aspect (HEAD the url for non-square edge cases). Absent when the source carries no dims (coverartarchive).
Delivered pixel height — see width.
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Track length in SECONDS, derived from Bandcamp’s integer duration_ms. WHY IT MATTERS: a uniform per-track length you can sum for a release runtime. GOTCHA: the unit is seconds (the _s suffix), not milliseconds and not minutes — don’t re-divide by 1000. It is nullable when Bandcamp exposed no duration (honest gap).
The Bandcamp track PAGE url for one track. WHY IT MATTERS: it is the canonical human-visitable link to the track on Bandcamp. GOTCHA: this is NOT a playable/direct audio stream URL — Bandcamp’s actual stream URLs are tokenized and expiring and are not stored (both a technical and a ToS constraint). Do not feed track_url to an audio element expecting bytes; it is a page link. It is also nullable (a track may have no stored page url) — an honest gap, not an error.
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Bandcamp enum: 1 = free, 2 = name-your-price / paid.
The artist’s own release description.
The artist’s own credits text.
The release barcode (UPC/EAN) as Bandcamp records it — the closest thing Bandcamp has to a catalogue number. WHY IT MATTERS: it is a cross-platform release identifier you can use to match the release against other catalogues. GOTCHA: it is a STRING (barcodes carry leading zeros and exceed safe-integer range — numericizing corrupts them) and is nullable (most Bandcamp self-releases have none) — null is an honest gap, not an error.
Raw physical-format / edition jsonb (verbatim).
Supply scarcity × k-anon wishlist demand (the fleet’s only made-vs-wanted ratio; mirror mig 0181). NULL means “no supply-scarcity signal on file” (the producer only scores releases that are limited or running low) — not “unknown”. wishlist_demand is k-anon FLOORED by the producer (<5 distinct wishers → 0).
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Any limited-edition package on the release.
Smallest limited-edition cap (creator-declared, public).
Units remaining on the scarcest limited package.
DERIVED 1 - quantity_available/edition_size in [0,1]; null when edition_size unknown (Bandcamp never exposes quantity_sold).
Bandcamp’s own ‘running low’ warning on any package.
[0,1]: sell_through when edition_size known, else 0.8 if low_stock, else 0.
Distinct wishers — k-anon floored to 0 below 5 by the producer.
Scarcity Pressure Index = scarcity_score · ln(1 + wishlist_demand) — “scarce AND wanted = about to be unobtainable”.
object
Example
{ "object": "bandcamp.release", "present": true, "release": { "bandcamp_item_id": "1234567890", "cluster_id": "a3f9c1e84b2d70f6a3f9c1e84b2d70f6a3f9c1e84b2d70f6a3f9c1e84b2d70f6", "artwork": [ { "source": "bandcamp", "grain": "artist", "rehost": false } ], "tracks": [ { "duration_s": "284", "track_url": "https://artistname.bandcamp.com/track/the-track-title" } ], "economics": { "upc": "888002345678" } }}Headers
Section titled “Headers ”Requests allowed in the current window.
Requests remaining in the current window.
Unix epoch (seconds) when the current window resets.
Validation failure (invalid query, malformed body, bad facet name)
The error envelope for all 4xx/5xx responses. error is the only guaranteed field — branch on it, never on HTTP status alone. An unresolved/empty lookup is NOT an error: it returns HTTP 200 with present:false / a null field / state:"honest_gap".
| code | HTTP | when thrown | fix |
|---|---|---|---|
invalid_artist_key | 400 | /artist/{key} key is not a 64-hex cluster_id, discogs:<id>, or mbid:<uuid> | resolve by name first: GET /api/v2/resolve?q=<name>, then call /artist/{cluster_id} |
use_resolve_for_locator | 400 | /artist/{key} given a discogs:/mbid: locator (not a canonical address) | GET /api/v2/resolve?discogs=<id> (or ?mbid=), then use the returned cluster_id (the response next field is the ready-to-call URL) |
invalid_label_key | 400 | /label/{key} key is not a 64-hex label_cluster_id or name-slug (e.g. a discogs:/mbid: locator — not resolvable for labels yet) | address a label by its 64-hex label_cluster_id or its name-slug (e.g. /api/v2/label/warp) |
invalid_fields | 400 | /artist/{key}?fields= lists a facet that is not a valid top-level dossier field | use only the fields in the response valid set; omit ?fields= entirely for the full dossier (see the example field) |
missing_locator | 400 | /resolve called with none of q/cluster/discogs/mbid | pass exactly one locator |
invalid_locator | 400 | a /resolve locator is malformed for its type | fix the format, or fall back to ?q=<name> |
invalid_query | 400 | /search ?q= missing/empty, or any Zod validation failure (details[] attached) | pass ?q=<text>; fix each details entry |
invalid_facet | 400 | an unknown facet filter name was supplied | GET /api/v2/facets for valid names + values |
rate_limited | 429 | an IP/key/tier rate or concurrency cap was exceeded (retry_after_seconds + Retry-After + X-RateLimit-* set) | back off retry_after_seconds (or until X-RateLimit-Reset), then retry |
object
Machine-readable error code (stable lowercase snake_case). The ONLY field guaranteed on every error body — switch on it programmatically, never on HTTP status alone (several codes share a status). See the code table in this schema’s description.
One-sentence human-readable statement of WHAT is wrong (developer-facing). Present only for catalogued codes. Describes the violated rule — not a fix (see hint/next).
Actionable remediation in human terms — what to DO next, often naming the exact endpoint (a template with next.
Deep link to this code’s docs: https://crate.hosaka.fm/docs/api#error-. Auto-populated for catalogued codes.
The specific request parameter that caused the failure (e.g. “key”, “q”), so a client can point at the offending input. Present only when the code declares one.
A copy-pasteable, fully-formed corrected call (a concrete URL, NOT a template) an agent can fire verbatim to recover — the machine-actionable counterpart to hint. Present only when a handler supplies one.
Structured validation breakdown — on Zod 400s (invalid_query), an array of { path, message }, one per failed field. Present only when validation specifics are attached.
On a 429 rate_limited response, seconds to wait before retrying (mirrors the Retry-After header). Sleep at least this long, then re-issue the identical request.
Echoed on master_not_found (404) — the master id that did not resolve.
Example
{ "error": "invalid_query"}Authentication failure
The error envelope for all 4xx/5xx responses. error is the only guaranteed field — branch on it, never on HTTP status alone. An unresolved/empty lookup is NOT an error: it returns HTTP 200 with present:false / a null field / state:"honest_gap".
| code | HTTP | when thrown | fix |
|---|---|---|---|
invalid_artist_key | 400 | /artist/{key} key is not a 64-hex cluster_id, discogs:<id>, or mbid:<uuid> | resolve by name first: GET /api/v2/resolve?q=<name>, then call /artist/{cluster_id} |
use_resolve_for_locator | 400 | /artist/{key} given a discogs:/mbid: locator (not a canonical address) | GET /api/v2/resolve?discogs=<id> (or ?mbid=), then use the returned cluster_id (the response next field is the ready-to-call URL) |
invalid_label_key | 400 | /label/{key} key is not a 64-hex label_cluster_id or name-slug (e.g. a discogs:/mbid: locator — not resolvable for labels yet) | address a label by its 64-hex label_cluster_id or its name-slug (e.g. /api/v2/label/warp) |
invalid_fields | 400 | /artist/{key}?fields= lists a facet that is not a valid top-level dossier field | use only the fields in the response valid set; omit ?fields= entirely for the full dossier (see the example field) |
missing_locator | 400 | /resolve called with none of q/cluster/discogs/mbid | pass exactly one locator |
invalid_locator | 400 | a /resolve locator is malformed for its type | fix the format, or fall back to ?q=<name> |
invalid_query | 400 | /search ?q= missing/empty, or any Zod validation failure (details[] attached) | pass ?q=<text>; fix each details entry |
invalid_facet | 400 | an unknown facet filter name was supplied | GET /api/v2/facets for valid names + values |
rate_limited | 429 | an IP/key/tier rate or concurrency cap was exceeded (retry_after_seconds + Retry-After + X-RateLimit-* set) | back off retry_after_seconds (or until X-RateLimit-Reset), then retry |
object
Machine-readable error code (stable lowercase snake_case). The ONLY field guaranteed on every error body — switch on it programmatically, never on HTTP status alone (several codes share a status). See the code table in this schema’s description.
One-sentence human-readable statement of WHAT is wrong (developer-facing). Present only for catalogued codes. Describes the violated rule — not a fix (see hint/next).
Actionable remediation in human terms — what to DO next, often naming the exact endpoint (a template with next.
Deep link to this code’s docs: https://crate.hosaka.fm/docs/api#error-. Auto-populated for catalogued codes.
The specific request parameter that caused the failure (e.g. “key”, “q”), so a client can point at the offending input. Present only when the code declares one.
A copy-pasteable, fully-formed corrected call (a concrete URL, NOT a template) an agent can fire verbatim to recover — the machine-actionable counterpart to hint. Present only when a handler supplies one.
Structured validation breakdown — on Zod 400s (invalid_query), an array of { path, message }, one per failed field. Present only when validation specifics are attached.
On a 429 rate_limited response, seconds to wait before retrying (mirrors the Retry-After header). Sleep at least this long, then re-issue the identical request.
Echoed on master_not_found (404) — the master id that did not resolve.
Example
{ "error": "invalid_query"}Rate limit exceeded — see Retry-After + X-RateLimit-* headers
object
Example
{ "error": "rate_limited"}Internal server error
The error envelope for all 4xx/5xx responses. error is the only guaranteed field — branch on it, never on HTTP status alone. An unresolved/empty lookup is NOT an error: it returns HTTP 200 with present:false / a null field / state:"honest_gap".
| code | HTTP | when thrown | fix |
|---|---|---|---|
invalid_artist_key | 400 | /artist/{key} key is not a 64-hex cluster_id, discogs:<id>, or mbid:<uuid> | resolve by name first: GET /api/v2/resolve?q=<name>, then call /artist/{cluster_id} |
use_resolve_for_locator | 400 | /artist/{key} given a discogs:/mbid: locator (not a canonical address) | GET /api/v2/resolve?discogs=<id> (or ?mbid=), then use the returned cluster_id (the response next field is the ready-to-call URL) |
invalid_label_key | 400 | /label/{key} key is not a 64-hex label_cluster_id or name-slug (e.g. a discogs:/mbid: locator — not resolvable for labels yet) | address a label by its 64-hex label_cluster_id or its name-slug (e.g. /api/v2/label/warp) |
invalid_fields | 400 | /artist/{key}?fields= lists a facet that is not a valid top-level dossier field | use only the fields in the response valid set; omit ?fields= entirely for the full dossier (see the example field) |
missing_locator | 400 | /resolve called with none of q/cluster/discogs/mbid | pass exactly one locator |
invalid_locator | 400 | a /resolve locator is malformed for its type | fix the format, or fall back to ?q=<name> |
invalid_query | 400 | /search ?q= missing/empty, or any Zod validation failure (details[] attached) | pass ?q=<text>; fix each details entry |
invalid_facet | 400 | an unknown facet filter name was supplied | GET /api/v2/facets for valid names + values |
rate_limited | 429 | an IP/key/tier rate or concurrency cap was exceeded (retry_after_seconds + Retry-After + X-RateLimit-* set) | back off retry_after_seconds (or until X-RateLimit-Reset), then retry |
object
Machine-readable error code (stable lowercase snake_case). The ONLY field guaranteed on every error body — switch on it programmatically, never on HTTP status alone (several codes share a status). See the code table in this schema’s description.
One-sentence human-readable statement of WHAT is wrong (developer-facing). Present only for catalogued codes. Describes the violated rule — not a fix (see hint/next).
Actionable remediation in human terms — what to DO next, often naming the exact endpoint (a template with next.
Deep link to this code’s docs: https://crate.hosaka.fm/docs/api#error-. Auto-populated for catalogued codes.
The specific request parameter that caused the failure (e.g. “key”, “q”), so a client can point at the offending input. Present only when the code declares one.
A copy-pasteable, fully-formed corrected call (a concrete URL, NOT a template) an agent can fire verbatim to recover — the machine-actionable counterpart to hint. Present only when a handler supplies one.
Structured validation breakdown — on Zod 400s (invalid_query), an array of { path, message }, one per failed field. Present only when validation specifics are attached.
On a 429 rate_limited response, seconds to wait before retrying (mirrors the Retry-After header). Sleep at least this long, then re-issue the identical request.
Echoed on master_not_found (404) — the master id that did not resolve.
Example
{ "error": "invalid_query"}Database pool exhausted — retry after 5s
The error envelope for all 4xx/5xx responses. error is the only guaranteed field — branch on it, never on HTTP status alone. An unresolved/empty lookup is NOT an error: it returns HTTP 200 with present:false / a null field / state:"honest_gap".
| code | HTTP | when thrown | fix |
|---|---|---|---|
invalid_artist_key | 400 | /artist/{key} key is not a 64-hex cluster_id, discogs:<id>, or mbid:<uuid> | resolve by name first: GET /api/v2/resolve?q=<name>, then call /artist/{cluster_id} |
use_resolve_for_locator | 400 | /artist/{key} given a discogs:/mbid: locator (not a canonical address) | GET /api/v2/resolve?discogs=<id> (or ?mbid=), then use the returned cluster_id (the response next field is the ready-to-call URL) |
invalid_label_key | 400 | /label/{key} key is not a 64-hex label_cluster_id or name-slug (e.g. a discogs:/mbid: locator — not resolvable for labels yet) | address a label by its 64-hex label_cluster_id or its name-slug (e.g. /api/v2/label/warp) |
invalid_fields | 400 | /artist/{key}?fields= lists a facet that is not a valid top-level dossier field | use only the fields in the response valid set; omit ?fields= entirely for the full dossier (see the example field) |
missing_locator | 400 | /resolve called with none of q/cluster/discogs/mbid | pass exactly one locator |
invalid_locator | 400 | a /resolve locator is malformed for its type | fix the format, or fall back to ?q=<name> |
invalid_query | 400 | /search ?q= missing/empty, or any Zod validation failure (details[] attached) | pass ?q=<text>; fix each details entry |
invalid_facet | 400 | an unknown facet filter name was supplied | GET /api/v2/facets for valid names + values |
rate_limited | 429 | an IP/key/tier rate or concurrency cap was exceeded (retry_after_seconds + Retry-After + X-RateLimit-* set) | back off retry_after_seconds (or until X-RateLimit-Reset), then retry |
object
Machine-readable error code (stable lowercase snake_case). The ONLY field guaranteed on every error body — switch on it programmatically, never on HTTP status alone (several codes share a status). See the code table in this schema’s description.
One-sentence human-readable statement of WHAT is wrong (developer-facing). Present only for catalogued codes. Describes the violated rule — not a fix (see hint/next).
Actionable remediation in human terms — what to DO next, often naming the exact endpoint (a template with next.
Deep link to this code’s docs: https://crate.hosaka.fm/docs/api#error-. Auto-populated for catalogued codes.
The specific request parameter that caused the failure (e.g. “key”, “q”), so a client can point at the offending input. Present only when the code declares one.
A copy-pasteable, fully-formed corrected call (a concrete URL, NOT a template) an agent can fire verbatim to recover — the machine-actionable counterpart to hint. Present only when a handler supplies one.
Structured validation breakdown — on Zod 400s (invalid_query), an array of { path, message }, one per failed field. Present only when validation specifics are attached.
On a 429 rate_limited response, seconds to wait before retrying (mirrors the Retry-After header). Sleep at least this long, then re-issue the identical request.
Echoed on master_not_found (404) — the master id that did not resolve.
Example
{ "error": "invalid_query"}Request deadline (15s) or query timeout exceeded
The error envelope for all 4xx/5xx responses. error is the only guaranteed field — branch on it, never on HTTP status alone. An unresolved/empty lookup is NOT an error: it returns HTTP 200 with present:false / a null field / state:"honest_gap".
| code | HTTP | when thrown | fix |
|---|---|---|---|
invalid_artist_key | 400 | /artist/{key} key is not a 64-hex cluster_id, discogs:<id>, or mbid:<uuid> | resolve by name first: GET /api/v2/resolve?q=<name>, then call /artist/{cluster_id} |
use_resolve_for_locator | 400 | /artist/{key} given a discogs:/mbid: locator (not a canonical address) | GET /api/v2/resolve?discogs=<id> (or ?mbid=), then use the returned cluster_id (the response next field is the ready-to-call URL) |
invalid_label_key | 400 | /label/{key} key is not a 64-hex label_cluster_id or name-slug (e.g. a discogs:/mbid: locator — not resolvable for labels yet) | address a label by its 64-hex label_cluster_id or its name-slug (e.g. /api/v2/label/warp) |
invalid_fields | 400 | /artist/{key}?fields= lists a facet that is not a valid top-level dossier field | use only the fields in the response valid set; omit ?fields= entirely for the full dossier (see the example field) |
missing_locator | 400 | /resolve called with none of q/cluster/discogs/mbid | pass exactly one locator |
invalid_locator | 400 | a /resolve locator is malformed for its type | fix the format, or fall back to ?q=<name> |
invalid_query | 400 | /search ?q= missing/empty, or any Zod validation failure (details[] attached) | pass ?q=<text>; fix each details entry |
invalid_facet | 400 | an unknown facet filter name was supplied | GET /api/v2/facets for valid names + values |
rate_limited | 429 | an IP/key/tier rate or concurrency cap was exceeded (retry_after_seconds + Retry-After + X-RateLimit-* set) | back off retry_after_seconds (or until X-RateLimit-Reset), then retry |
object
Machine-readable error code (stable lowercase snake_case). The ONLY field guaranteed on every error body — switch on it programmatically, never on HTTP status alone (several codes share a status). See the code table in this schema’s description.
One-sentence human-readable statement of WHAT is wrong (developer-facing). Present only for catalogued codes. Describes the violated rule — not a fix (see hint/next).
Actionable remediation in human terms — what to DO next, often naming the exact endpoint (a template with next.
Deep link to this code’s docs: https://crate.hosaka.fm/docs/api#error-. Auto-populated for catalogued codes.
The specific request parameter that caused the failure (e.g. “key”, “q”), so a client can point at the offending input. Present only when the code declares one.
A copy-pasteable, fully-formed corrected call (a concrete URL, NOT a template) an agent can fire verbatim to recover — the machine-actionable counterpart to hint. Present only when a handler supplies one.
Structured validation breakdown — on Zod 400s (invalid_query), an array of { path, message }, one per failed field. Present only when validation specifics are attached.
On a 429 rate_limited response, seconds to wait before retrying (mirrors the Retry-After header). Sleep at least this long, then re-issue the identical request.
Echoed on master_not_found (404) — the master id that did not resolve.
Example
{ "error": "invalid_query"}