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POST
/
distribution
/
transcriptions
Request a transcription
curl --request POST \
  --url https://varco-{partner}.musixmatch.com/distribution/transcriptions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "musixmatch_user_id": "mxm:123456789012345678901",
  "isrc": "GBAAA9100070",
  "language": "en"
}
'
{
  "message": {
    "body": {
      "transcription": {
        "transcription_request_id": 123456,
        "status": "pending"
      }
    },
    "header": {
      "status_code": 202,
      "execute_time": 0.04
    }
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.musixmatch.com/llms.txt

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Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Access token obtained via the Client Credentials OAuth 2.0 flow at https://connect.musixmatch.com/oauth/token

Body

application/json
​
musixmatch_user_id
string
required

The Musixmatch user ID obtained via token introspection

​
isrc
string
required

International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) of the track to transcribe

Pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}-?[A-Z\d]{3}-?\d{2}-?\d{5}$
​
language
string

Expected language of the lyrics as an ISO 639-1 code (e.g. en, es, fr). Optional but recommended — improves transcription accuracy.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z]{2}$

Response

Transcription request accepted.

​
message
object