Create a new album

POST /albums

Create a new album

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "My New Album",
  "description": "A collection of great songs",
  "release_date": "2024-01-01",
  "artist_id": 1
}
'

import requests

url = "https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums"

payload = {
    "name": "My New Album",
    "description": "A collection of great songs",
    "release_date": "2024-01-01",
    "artist_id": 1
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'My New Album',
    description: 'A collection of great songs',
    release_date: '2024-01-01',
    artist_id: 1
  })
};

fetch('https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'My New Album',
    'description' => 'A collection of great songs',
    'release_date' => '2024-01-01',
    'artist_id' => 1
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"My New Album\",\n  \"description\": \"A collection of great songs\",\n  \"release_date\": \"2024-01-01\",\n  \"artist_id\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"My New Album\",\n  \"description\": \"A collection of great songs\",\n  \"release_date\": \"2024-01-01\",\n  \"artist_id\": 1\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://open.beatpass.ca/api/v1/albums")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"My New Album\",\n  \"description\": \"A collection of great songs\",\n  \"release_date\": \"2024-01-01\",\n  \"artist_id\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

201

{
  "status": "success",
  "album": {
    "id": 123,
    "name": "Coda",
    "image": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
    "release_date": "1982-11-19",
    "description": "<string>",
    "tracks": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "Hey Hey What Can I Do",
        "release_date": "1982-11-19",
        "image": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
        "duration": 5645848548,
        "description": "<string>",
        "artists": [
          {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "Led Zeppelin",
            "image_small": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
            "verified": true
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "artists": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "Led Zeppelin",
        "image_small": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
        "verified": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Reason for the error",
  "errors": {
    "some_data_1": "Error message for data 1",
    "some_data_2": "Error message for data 2"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API access is invite-only. Contact [e-mail] to request access. Once approved, generate tokens from Account Settings → Developers. Include as: Authorization: Bearer {token}. Tokens expire after 90 days.

Body

application/json

name · string

Example:

"My New Album"

description · string

Example:

"A collection of great songs"

release_date · string<date>

Example:

"2024-01-01"

artist_id · integer

Example:

1

Response

201

application/json

Album created successfully

status · string

Example:

"success"

album · object

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