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POST
/
classifications
/
music-genre
Classify a song's music genre
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "audio": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre"

payload = { "audio": "<string>" }
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({audio: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre', 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://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre",
  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([
    'audio' => '<string>'
  ]),
  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://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"audio\": \"<string>\"\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://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"audio\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.budgetpixel.com/v1/classifications/music-genre")

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  \"audio\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "clip": {
    "duration_seconds": 123,
    "start_seconds": 123
  },
  "confidence": 123,
  "credits_charged": 123,
  "genre": "<string>",
  "genre_slug": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>",
  "mood": "<string>",
  "tags": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "model_not_available",
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "invalid_request_error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "model_not_available",
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "invalid_request_error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "model_not_available",
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "invalid_request_error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "model_not_available",
    "message": "<string>",
    "type": "invalid_request_error"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key as a bearer token: Authorization: Bearer bpx_live_xxx

Body

application/json
audio
string
required

One song (public URL, uploaded-file URL, data URI, or raw base64). Max 20 MB and 7 minutes. MP3/WAV/OGG/M4A/FLAC.

Response

The classification.

clip
object

The excerpt the classifier heard.

confidence
number

Classifier confidence, 0-1.

credits_charged
integer
genre
string

Canonical genre, e.g. Electronic & Dance. One of the site's music genres.

genre_slug
string

URL-safe slug of the genre, e.g. electronic-and-dance.

id
string

Classification request id (audit reference).

mood
string

One short mood phrase.

tags
string[]

3-6 style/mood/instrument tags.