BMI: Search Writers
BMI via Parse · Music
Search for writers/composers by name in the BMI Songview database. Returns matching writers with their IPI numbers, affiliations, and opaque identifiers needed to fetch their full catalog via get_catalog. Search for writers/composers and retrieve their songview catalog from BMI's repertoire database. Fulfilled by Parse from repertoire.bmi.com.
- bmi
- entertainment
- government-public
- music
- parse
- platform-key
- repertoire-bmi-com
Price and execution
- Price
- $0.04 USD credits / call
- Trust tier
- Indexed
- Execution
- Managed call
- Capability group
- Music
Interface snapshot
- Protocol
- HTTP operation
- Operation
- GET /scraper/fc797f45-3476-4cf2-ac70-2392382c3a89/search_writers
- Interface artifact
- sha256:3987005f84952298365cc5dfcf3763f54317fa73c1f51b20f14478dd45533566
- Manifest digest
- sha256:f67cff8bf1651cef61a204d973fd66957663ff6c8b5cb56fd3a921e1dcf3a76d
Request fields
- name (string, required): Writer or composer name to search for (e.g. 'Ed Sheeran', 'Taylor Swift').
- page (integer): Page number of search results.
- search_type (string): Which catalog scope to search in.: Allowed values: all, bmi, bmi-work