getArtistInfo

Returns artist info.

http://your-server/rest/getArtistInfo Since 1.11.0

Returns artist info with biography, image URLs and similar artists, using data from last.fm.

Parameters

ParameterReq.OpenS.DefaultComment
idYesThe artist, album or song ID.
countNo20Max number of similar artists to return.
includeNotPresentNofalseWhether to return artists that are not present in the media library.

Example

Result

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

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "type": "AwesomeServerName",
    "serverVersion": "0.1.3 (tag)",
    "openSubsonic": true,
    "artistInfo": {
      "biography": "Empty biography",
      "musicBrainzId": "1",
      "smallImageUrl": "http://localhost:8989/play/art/f20070e8e11611cc53542a38801d60fa/artist/2/thumb34.jpg",
      "mediumImageUrl": "http://localhost:8989/play/art/2b9b6c057cd4bf21089ce7572e7792b6/artist/2/thumb64.jpg",
      "largeImageUrl": "http://localhost:8989/play/art/e18287c23a75e263b64c31b3d64c1944/artist/2/thumb174.jpg"
    }
  }
}
{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "artistInfo": {
      "biography": "Empty biography",
      "musicBrainzId": "1",
      "smallImageUrl": "http://localhost:8989/play/art/f20070e8e11611cc53542a38801d60fa/artist/2/thumb34.jpg",
      "mediumImageUrl": "http://localhost:8989/play/art/2b9b6c057cd4bf21089ce7572e7792b6/artist/2/thumb64.jpg",
      "largeImageUrl": "http://localhost:8989/play/art/e18287c23a75e263b64c31b3d64c1944/artist/2/thumb174.jpg"
    }
  }
}
FieldTypeReq.OpenS.Details
artistInfoartistInfoYesThe album info