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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. Musixmatch returns a list of `claim_id`s confirming the association. Use `GET /distribution/artist/claim/{partner_user_id}` to query the status of a claim.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /enterprises/distribution/openapi.json post /distribution/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/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. Musixmatch
        returns a list of `claim_id`s confirming the association. Use `GET
        /distribution/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'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Claim submitted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArtistClaimEnvelope'
              example:
                message:
                  body:
                    artist_claim:
                      claim_id_list:
                        - clm_abc123
                        - clm_def456
                  header:
                    status_code: 201
                    execute_time: 0.05
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    ArtistClaimRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - musixmatch_user_id
        - partner_user_id
        - artist
      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
    ArtistClaimEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: object
          properties:
            body:
              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
            header:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MessageHeader'
    MessageHeader:
      type: object
      properties:
        status_code:
          type: number
          description: HTTP status code of the response
        execute_time:
          type: number
          description: Server execution time in seconds
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            error:
              type: object
              properties:
                code:
                  type: string
  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'
  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

````