API Overview
Our API allows web developers to develop their own websites, widgets or applications based on content served from our price comparison engine. When receiving an API request we perform the appropriate actions and construct an XML formatted response for easy parsing into your code.
Please note, full API specifications including paramater and response definitions are available in PDF format on request. Please contact us.
APIs currently available are:
API: Get Chart
This API will return the current top selling Tracks or Albums depending upon the chart type passed in the request. An example of this API's use, requesting the Top Tracks, can be seen on our own website through this link.
API: Search
This API will return track/album results matching the search term passed in the request. An example of this API's use, requesting results for 'black eyed peas', can be seen on our own website through this link.
API: Price Comparison
This API will fetch prices from all available retailers for the track/album passed in the request. An example of this API's use, requesting prices for 'black eyed peas - i gotta feeling', can be seen on our own website through this link. We support passing of Amazon's ASINs to this API for both CDs and MP3s. For CD ASINs, our service will find the matching MP3 version of the CD (if available) and then return price results for this MP3 track/album from each retailer. Ideal for quickly and easily adding MP3 price results to your existing CD price comparison website.
API: Average Prices
This API will calculate the average track or album prices at each retailer for every price comparison performed on the MP3puzzled.com network within the last 7 days. An example of this API's use, requesting average prices for tracks and albums and displaying in graphical form, can be seen on our own website through this link.