getArtist

Returns details for an artist.
Categories:

http://your-server/rest/getArtist Since 1.8.0

Returns details for an artist, including a list of albums. This method organizes music according to ID3 tags.

Parameters

Parameter Req. OpenS. Default Comment
id Yes The artist ID.

Example

Result

A subsonic-response element with a nested artist element on success.

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "type": "AwesomeServerName",
    "serverVersion": "0.1.3 (tag)",
    "openSubsonic": true,
    "artist": {
      "id": "100000002",
      "name": "Synthetic",
      "coverArt": "ar-100000002",
      "albumCount": 1,
      "starred": "2021-02-22T05:54:18Z",
      "album": [
        {
          "id": "200000002",
          "parent": "100000002",
          "album": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "title": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "name": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "isDir": true,
          "coverArt": "al-200000002",
          "songCount": 12,
          "created": "2021-02-23T04:24:48+00:00",
          "duration": 4568,
          "playCount": 1,
          "artistId": "100000002",
          "artist": "Synthetic",
          "year": 2007,
          "genre": "Electronic",
          "userRating": 5,
          "averageRating": 3,
          "starred": "2021-02-22T05:51:53Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "artist": {
      "id": "100000002",
      "name": "Synthetic",
      "coverArt": "ar-100000002",
      "albumCount": 1,
      "starred": "2021-02-22T05:54:18Z",
      "album": [
        {
          "id": "200000002",
          "parent": "100000002",
          "album": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "title": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "name": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "isDir": true,
          "coverArt": "al-200000002",
          "songCount": 12,
          "created": "2021-02-23T04:24:48+00:00",
          "duration": 4568,
          "playCount": 1,
          "artistId": "100000002",
          "artist": "Synthetic",
          "year": 2007,
          "genre": "Electronic",
          "userRating": 5,
          "averageRating": 3,
          "starred": "2021-02-22T05:51:53Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
Field Type Req. OpenS. Details
artist artist Yes The artist
Last modified December 16, 2024: Make old endpoints consistent with OG Subsonic, various bugfixes (#119) (a080a53)