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": "37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51",
      "name": "2 Mello",
      "coverArt": "ar-37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51_0",
      "albumCount": 1,
      "userRating": 5,
      "artistImageUrl": "https://demo.org/image.jpg",
      "starred": "2017-04-11T10:42:50.842Z",
      "musicBrainzId": "189002e7-3285-4e2e-92a3-7f6c30d407a2",
      "sortName": "Mello (2)",
      "roles": [
        "artist",
        "albumartist",
        "composer"
      ],
      "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": "37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51",
      "name": "2 Mello",
      "coverArt": "ar-37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51_0",
      "albumCount": 1,
      "userRating": 5,
      "artistImageUrl": "https://demo.org/image.jpg",
      "starred": "2017-04-11T10:42:50.842Z",
      "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 March 23, 2025: Fix `artist` inconsistency (#135) (e3c1be4)