Apple Developer Token API

Generate JSON Web Tokens for use with the Apple Music API

Overview

Getting Started
Usage
Built With
Contributing
Deployment

Getting Started

The Apple Developer Token (ADT) API is a serverless REST API that can be used to generate JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) suitable for use with the Apple Music API.

For more information, see Getting Keys and Creating Tokens from the Apple Developer docs.

Usage

Create Developer Token

Generates a JSON Web Token (JWT) suitable for use with the Apple Music API.

• URL: https://adt-api.flexdevelopment.vercel.app/token
• Method: POST

Authentication

The ADT API uses Basic Authentication to retrieive the Musickit identifier and private key used to generate developer tokens.

Example

APPLE_MUSICKIT_PRIVATE_KEY='-----BEGIN PRIVATE
KEY-----\nXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
XX\nXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\nXXX
+XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+XXXXX\nXXXXXX\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n'
APPLE_MUSICKIT_PRIVATE_KEY_ID='XXXXXXXXXX'

Query Parameters

name	type	default	required	description
expiresIn	number	15777000	false	Token expiration time
team	string		true	Apple Team ID

Notes

• expiresIn must not exceed 15777000 (6 months in seconds)
• team is a 10-character string that can be retrieved from your developer account
• A NotAuthenticated error will be thrown if team is invalid

Sample Response

"eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.SflKxwRJSMeKKF2QT4fwpMeJf36POk6yJV_adQssw5c"

Documentation

Retrieve the ADT API documentation as a JSON object. Documentation follows OpenAPI Specification v3.0.0 standards.

• URL: https://adt-api.flexdevelopment.vercel.app
• Method: GET

Sample Response

{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Apple Developer Token API",
    "description": "Generate JSON Web Tokens for use with the Apple Music API.",
    "termsOfService": "",
    "contact": {
      "name": "GitHub",
      "url": "https://github.com/flex-development/adt-api"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "License - BSD 3 Clause",
      "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html"
    },
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "description": "Production",
      "url": "https://adt-api.flexdevelopment.vercel.app"
    },
    {
      "description": "Next",
      "url": "https://adt-api-git-next-flexdevelopment.vercel.app"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "paths": {
    "/token": {
      "post": {
        "summary": "Create an Apple Developer token",
        "description": "Generates a JSON Web Token (JWT) suitable for use with the Apple Music API.",
        "operationId": "token-post",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "expiresIn",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Expiration time of registered claim key in seconds. Must not exceed `15777000` (6 months in seconds)",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "team",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Apple Team ID",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "201": {
            "description": "Created",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AppleDeveloperToken"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "BadRequest",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BadRequest"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "NotAuthenticated",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NotAuthenticated"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "GeneralError",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeneralError"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "security": ["BasicAuth"]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "AppleDeveloperToken": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "BadRequest": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "className": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "bad-request"
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 400
          },
          "data": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "BadRequest"
          }
        }
      },
      "GeneralError": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "className": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "general-error"
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 500
          },
          "data": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "GeneralError"
          }
        }
      },
      "NotAuthenticated": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "className": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "not-authenticated"
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 401
          },
          "data": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "NotAuthenticated"
          }
        }
      },
      "NotImplemented": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "className": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "not-implemented"
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "example": 501
          },
          "data": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": "object",
            "example": {}
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "NotImplemented"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BasicAuth": {
        "description": "Musickit identifier and private key",
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "basic"
      }
    }
  },
  "externalDocs": {
    "description": "Apple Developer Docs - Getting Keys and Creating Tokens",
    "url": "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi/getting_keys_and_creating_tokens"
  }
}

Errors

If an error is thrown, it will have the following shape:

{
  "name": "GeneralError",
  "message": "",
  "code": 500,
  "className": "general-error",
  "data": {},
  "errors": {}
}

Built With

• Vercel - Hosting platform for serverless functions
• jsonwebtoken - JSON Web Token implementation for Node.js