Sections

API Methods

ARTIST.GET

Get the artist data from our database.

Parameters

artist_id
Musixmatch artist id
artist_mbid
Musicbrainz artist id

Authentication

This method requires authentication.

Examples

Get the artist data
Request
Get details for the artist ‘The Queen’ using the musixmatch id
artist.get?artist_id=118
Json Response
{
  "message": {
    "header": {
      "status_code": 200,
      "execute_time": 0.071532011032104
    },
    "body": {
      "artist": {
        "artist_id": 118,
        "artist_mbid": "0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3",
        "artist_name": "Queen",
        "artist_country": "GB",
        "artist_alias_list": [
          {
            "artist_alias": "\u5973\u738b"
          }
        ],
        "artist_rating": 91,
        "artist_twitter_url": "",
        "updated_time": "2012-06-11T08:19:15Z"
      }
    }
  }
}
Get the artist data
Request
Get details for the artist ‘Metallica’ using the musicbrainz id
artist.get?artist_mbid=65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab
Json Response
{
  "message": {
    "header": {
      "status_code": 200,
      "execute_time": 0.025005102157593
    },
    "body": {
      "artist": {
        "artist_id": 64,
        "artist_mbid": "65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab",
        "artist_name": "Metallica",
        "artist_country": "US",
        "artist_alias_list": [
          {
            "artist_alias": "Metalica"
          },
          {
            "artist_alias": "\u30e1\u30bf\u30ea\u30ab"
          },
          {
            "artist_alias": "\uba54\ud0c8\ub9ac\uce74"
          },
          {
            "artist_alias": "Metallika"
          }
        ],
        "artist_rating": 94,
        "artist_twitter_url": "http:\/\/twitter.com\/metallica",
        "updated_time": "2012-06-19T16:22:14Z"
      }
    }
  }
}