---
title: "Napster metadata block (no longer available)"
description: "Napster metadata is no longer available from the AudD API: the platform ceased operations. What happens if you still request it, and what to use instead."
slug: "/resources/reference/napster"
section: "reference"
keywords: [audd, napster metadata, rhapsody, provider metadata, return parameter]
---

# Napster metadata block (no longer available)

The AudD API used to offer a `napster` provider block — Napster's (formerly
Rhapsody) own metadata for a recognized recording. **Napster ceased
operations as a music platform, and the block was removed from the API.**

What that means in practice:

- `napster` is no longer a valid value for the `return` parameter
  (`return_metadata` in the SDKs). The supported providers are
  `apple_music`, `spotify`, `deezer`, and `musicbrainz`.
- Sending `napster` anyway does not fail the request — the API adds
  **warning #51** ("deprecated or nonexistent parameters") to the response
  and returns no Napster block.
- SDK versions with a typed `napster` field never populate it; with
  the SDKs' lenient parsing it reads as null/absent.

## What to use instead

- For streaming links, request the remaining providers —
  [Apple Music](/resources/reference/apple-music),
  [Spotify](/resources/reference/spotify),
  [Deezer](/resources/reference/deezer) — or use the universal `song_link`
  that every match carries.
- For cross-catalog identification, use `isrc` and `upc` on the match
  (Startup plan or higher) or the
  [MusicBrainz block](/resources/reference/musicbrainz).

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**Related**

- [Provider metadata blocks](/resources/reference/provider-metadata)
- [Result fields](/resources/reference/result-fields)