getArtist

Returns details for an artist.

Parameters

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

Example

http://your-server/rest/getArtist.view?id=123&u=demo&p=demo&v=1.13.0&c=AwesomeClientName&f=json

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 April 8, 2023: Simplify OpenSubsonic API (#30) (616a145)