getArtistInfo2

Returns artist info.
Categories:

http://your-server/rest/getArtistInfo2 Since 1.11.0

Similar to getArtistInfo, but organizes music according to ID3 tags.

Parameters

Parameter Req. OpenS. Default Comment
id Yes The artist, album or song ID.
count No 20 Max number of similar artists to return.
includeNotPresent No false Whether to return artists that are not present in the media library.

Example

Result

A subsonic-response element with a nested artistInfo2 element on success.

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "type": "AwesomeServerName",
    "serverVersion": "0.1.3 (tag)",
    "openSubsonic": true
    "artistInfo2": {
      "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",
    "artistInfo2": {
      "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"
    }
  }
}
Field Type Req. OpenS. Details
artistInfo2 artistInfo2 Yes The album info
Last modified April 8, 2023: Simplify OpenSubsonic API (#30) (616a145)