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# Claim an artist

> Associates a Musixmatch user with one or more artist identities from an external service. Submit at least one artist identifier per item. Musixmatch returns a list of `claim_id`s confirming the association. Use `GET /distribution/v1/artist/claim/{partner_user_id}` to query the status of a claim.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /enterprises/distribution/openapi.json post /distribution/v1/artist/claim
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Musixmatch Distribution API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    API for music distributors to submit releases and lyrics to the Musixmatch
    catalog.
servers:
  - url: https://varco-{partner}.musixmatch.com
    description: >-
      Replace {partner} with the identifier assigned to your organization during
      onboarding
    variables:
      partner:
        default: partner
        description: Identifier assigned to your organization during onboarding
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /distribution/v1/artist/claim:
    post:
      tags:
        - Claims
      summary: Claim an artist
      description: >-
        Associates a Musixmatch user with one or more artist identities from an
        external service. Submit at least one artist identifier per item.
        Musixmatch returns a list of `claim_id`s confirming the association. Use
        `GET /distribution/v1/artist/claim/{partner_user_id}` to query the
        status of a claim.
      operationId: claimArtist
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArtistClaimRequest'
            example:
              musixmatch_user_id: mxm:123456789012345678901
              partner_user_id: '123456'
              artist:
                - spotify_artist_id: 4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb
                  partner_artist_id: '123456'
              trustee: my-distributor
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Claim submitted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArtistClaimEnvelope'
              example:
                message: artist claim submitted
                data:
                  artist_claim:
                    claim_id_list:
                      - clm_abc123
                      - clm_def456
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadGateway'
components:
  schemas:
    ArtistClaimRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - musixmatch_user_id
        - artist
        - trustee
      properties:
        musixmatch_user_id:
          type: string
          description: The Musixmatch user ID obtained via token introspection
        partner_user_id:
          type: string
          description: The partner's internal user identifier
        artist:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          description: >-
            List of artist identifiers. At least one identifier per item is
            required.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              spotify_artist_id:
                type: string
                description: Spotify artist ID
              itunes_artist_id:
                type: string
                description: iTunes/Apple Music artist ID
              partner_artist_id:
                type: string
                description: Distributor's internal artist identifier
        trustee:
          type: string
          description: The trustee identifier representing the submitting partner
    ArtistClaimEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Descriptive message of performed operation
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            artist_claim:
              type: object
              properties:
                claim_id_list:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: List of claim IDs, one per matched artist
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Descriptive message of what has failed
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            error:
              type: object
              properties:
                code:
                  oneOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: number
                  description: Application-level error code
                namespace:
                  type: string
                  description: Application-level error namespace
                extraData:
                  description: Additional error context
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request — invalid or missing parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid Bearer token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadGateway:
      description: >-
        Bad gateway — upstream service call failed or returned an unexpected
        response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Access token obtained via the Client Credentials OAuth 2.0 flow at
        https://connect.musixmatch.com/oauth/token

````