n8n-nodes-music-metadata

Community node for n8n that extracts metadata from audio files using music-metadata.

Supported formats

MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, AAC, M4A, AIFF, WMA, Opus, and more — anything supported by music-metadata.

Operations

| Operation | Description | |---|---| | Extract from Binary | Parse a binary field (e.g. from HTTP Request, Read Binary File) | | Extract from File Path | Parse a file directly from an absolute path on disk |

Output fields

| Field | Description | |---|---| | title | Track title | | artist | Artist name | | albumArtist | Album artist | | album | Album name | | year | Release year | | trackNumber / trackTotal | Track number and total | | diskNumber | Disk number | | genre | Genre array | | composer | Composer(s) | | comment | Comment tag | | label | Record label | | isrc | ISRC code | | bpm | Beats per minute | | key | Musical key | | mood | Mood tag | | language | Language | | container | File container (e.g. MPEG) | | codec | Codec (e.g. MP3) | | lossless | Boolean — lossless format? | | sampleRate | Sample rate in Hz | | bitrate | Bitrate in bps | | numberOfChannels | Channel count | | bitsPerSample | Bit depth | | duration | Duration in seconds or HH:MM:SS | | tagTypes | List of tag formats found | | coverArt | Base64 data-URI of cover (optional) | | nativeTags | Raw native tags object (optional) |

Options

• Include Cover Art — returns cover image as a data:<mime>;base64,… string
• Include Native Tags — returns the raw ID3/Vorbis/etc. tag objects
• Duration Format — seconds (number) or HH:MM:SS string

Installation

In your n8n instance, go to Settings → Community Nodes and install:

n8n-nodes-music-metadata

Development

npm install
npm run build

Link to your local n8n for testing:

npm link
cd ~/.n8n/custom   # or your n8n custom dir
npm link n8n-nodes-music-metadata

License

MIT