iTunes, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store Affiliate Resources - Search API:
Searching

To search for content from a field in your website and display the results in your website, you must create a search field that passes a fully-qualified URL content request to the iTunes Store, parse the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format returned from the search, and display the results in your website.

The fully-qualified URL must have the following format:

https://itunes.apple.com/search?parameterkeyvalue

Wow.  Really?  It's that easy to turn music searches into 5% back?  Why isn't everyone doing this, and why in the world is Banshee Amazon mp3 only?

This is INSANELY easy.  I know I sound like an infomercial dude here, but wow.  I'm surprised I don't see iTunes store search widgets everywhere.

Want five Black Crowes albums?

https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=black+crowes&entity=album&limit=5

Hello, JSON:

{
    "resultCount": 5,
    "results": [
        {
            "wrapperType": "collection",
            "collectionType": "Album",
            "artistId": 481547798,
            "collectionId": 481547797,
            "amgArtistId": 3688,
            "artistName": "Black Crowes",
            "collectionName": 
"Stare It Cold (Recorded live at Greek Theatre, Nov. 1991 in L.A. CA, USA)",
            "collectionCensoredName": 
"Stare It Cold (Recorded live at Greek Theatre, Nov. 1991 in L.A. CA, USA)",
            "artistViewUrl": 
"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/black-crowes/id481547798?uo=4",
            "collectionViewUrl": 
"https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stare-it-cold-recorded-live/id481547797?uo=4",
            "artworkUrl60": 
"http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/089/Music/09/30/87/mzi.osaekjzf.60x60-50.jpg",
            "artworkUrl100": 
"http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/089/Music/09/30/87/mzi.osaekjzf.100x100-75.jpg",
            "collectionPrice": 10.99,
            "collectionExplicitness": "notExplicit",
            "trackCount": 11,
            "copyright": "โ„— 2011 Akarma",
            "country": "USA",
            "currency": "USD",
            "releaseDate": "2011-09-20T07:00:00Z",
            "primaryGenreName": "Rock"
        },
        {
            "wrapperType": "collection",
            "collectionType": "Album",
            "artistId": 2969371,
            "collectionId": 278116879,
            "amgArtistId": 3688,
            "artistName": "The Black Crowes",
            "collectionName": "iTunes Originals: The Black Crowes",
            "collectionCensoredName": "iTunes Originals: The Black Crowes",
            "artistViewUrl": 
"https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-black-crowes/id2969371?uo=4",
            "collectionViewUrl": 
"https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-originals-black-crowes/id278116879?uo=4",
            "artworkUrl60": 
"http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/034/Music/62/91/e9/dj.bbvgvohe.60x60-50.jpg",
            "artworkUrl100": 
"http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/034/Music/62/91/e9/dj.bbvgvohe.100x100-75.jpg",
            "collectionPrice": 9.99,
            "collectionExplicitness": "notExplicit",
            "trackCount": 27,
            "copyright": "โ„— 2008 Silver Arrow Records",
            "country": "USA",
            "currency": "USD",
            "releaseDate": "2008-04-15T07:00:00Z",
            "primaryGenreName": "Rock"
        },
...

And that stuff works.

Album link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-originals-black-crowes/id278116879?uo=4
Album image:


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