Visit the Audius API Plans page and click "Create API Key" to generate your credentials.
You will receive an API Key and a Bearer Token. Save both securely — treat them like passwords.

:::tip

The bearer token is the recommended way to authenticate with the Audius API.

:::

Install the SDK

Node.js

If your project is in a Node.js environment, run this in your terminal:

npm install @audius/sdk

@audius/sdk on NPM

HTML + JS

Otherwise, include the SDK script tag in your web page. The Audius SDK will then be assigned to window.audiusSdk.

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@audius/sdk@latest/dist/sdk.min.js"></script>

Initialize the SDK

Initialize the SDK with your API key and bearer token.

Node.js example

import { sdk } from '@audius/sdk'

const audiusSdk = sdk({
  apiKey: 'Your API Key goes here',
  bearerToken: 'Your Bearer Token goes here'
})

HTML + JS example

const audiusSdk = window.audiusSdk({
  apiKey: 'Your API Key goes here',
  bearerToken: 'Your Bearer Token goes here'
})

:::warning

DO NOT include the bearer token if you are runing the SDK in the browser or anywhere in the client. The bearer token is what allows your app to write on behalf of the users that have authorized it to do so. Keep your bearer token secure and never expose it in client-side code that could be inspected.

:::

Make your first API call using the SDK

Once you have the initialized SDK instance, it's smooth sailing to making your first API calls.

// Fetch your first track!
const track = await audiusSdk.tracks.getTrack({ trackId: 'D7KyD' })
console.log(track, 'Track fetched!')

// Favorite a track
const userId = (
  await audiusSdk.users.getUserByHandle({
    handle: 'Your Audius handle goes here'
  })
).data?.id
await audiusSdk.tracks.favoriteTrack({
  trackId: 'D7KyD',
  userId
})

Full Node.js example

import { sdk } from '@audius/sdk'

const audiusSdk = sdk({
  apiKey: 'Your API Key goes here',
  bearerToken: 'Your Bearer Token goes here'
})

const track = await audiusSdk.tracks.getTrack({ trackId: 'D7KyD' })
console.log(track, 'Track fetched!')

const userId = (
  await audiusSdk.users.getUserByHandle({
    handle: 'Your Audius handle goes here'
  })
).data?.id

await audiusSdk.tracks.favoriteTrack({
  trackId: 'D7KyD',
  userId
})
console.log('Track favorited!')

Full HTML + JS example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@audius/sdk@latest/dist/sdk.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      const fn = async () => {
        const audiusSdk = window.audiusSdk({
          apiKey: 'Your API Key goes here'
        })
        const track = await audiusSdk.tracks.getTrack({ trackId: 'D7KyD' })
        console.log(track, 'Track fetched!')
      }

      fn()
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Example content</h1>
  </body>
</html>

What's next?

Get authorization to access your app's users' Audius accounts
Explore the API docs to see what else you can do with the Audius SDK

Direct API Access

You can also access the Audius API directly without the SDK:

REST API:

curl -X GET "https://api.audius.co/v1/tracks/trending" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-API-BEARER-TOKEN>"

gRPC:

grpcurl -H "authorization: Bearer <YOUR-API-BEARER-TOKEN>" \
  grpc.audius.co:443 list

For more details, visit the API documentation or the Swagger definition.

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