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We have just released a beta version of our new Track Search api endpoint. It can be accessed here:

http://api.7digital.com/1.2/track/search/beta?q=muse%20resistance&oauth_consumer_key=YOUR_KEY_HERE

With the same parameters as the current ~/track/search endpoint.

It uses Apache Solrs eDismax query parser and allows us to provide much more relevant search results than our current SQL Full Text Search based system.

It also supports the usage of basic syntax to hone down your search such as wrapping a phrase in “quotes” and + and -.

For example:

under the bridge -"All Saints"

We’re still tweaking it at the moment, and currently it will not be kept 100% up to date with the latest tracks, but it does have our entire catalogue. We would definitely appreciate some feedback on the tracks that are there!

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